Accountability →
Who is answerable for conduct and consequences, and gaps in that answerability.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →THE EVENT’S WORKING VOCABULARY
Words with context.
61 concepts connect the event’s ideas to the people and passages behind them. Explore their meanings, their boundaries, and the differences that matter.
Definitions explain how terms are used in this collection. Direct quotations from speakers are shown separately.
61 concepts
Adoption →
Actual uptake, sustained use or the gap between attention and useful use.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Agency →
Effective ability to pursue valued ends, define needs or act; include autonomy and usable opportunities.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Alternatives →
Building or choosing institutional or technical options to dominant arrangements.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Assurance learning →
Continuing assurance, monitoring, feedback and improvement over a system's life.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Automation →
Replacement or augmentation of tasks through robots or AI and the organisational response.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Bargaining power →
Ability to influence exchange terms through credible alternatives or collective strength.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Benefit distribution →
Allocation of benefits, costs or surplus across participants and groups.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Capacity →
Staff time, skills, organisational resources or complementary capability required to act.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Collective coordination →
Organising interdependent actors around shared work, learning or resources.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Competition →
Pressure from rival providers or enterprises shaping strategic choices.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Contestability →
Routes to question, report harm, obtain remedy or challenge decisions.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Contextual adaptation →
Modification or limits required by local language, setting, sector or task.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Credible commitment →
Arrangements or missing resources that make promises and continuing participation believable.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Data rights →
Entitlements and conditions governing access, use, control or benefits from data.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Data security →
Safeguards and concerns about unauthorised access, disclosure or leakage of data.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Decision rights →
Authority to determine rules or major decisions; include equal voting and control of scope definitions.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Due diligence →
Investigating and addressing impacts or claims with substantive verification beyond formal compliance.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Evaluation →
How performance or effects are assessed, including research evidence and criteria of credibility.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Evidence reuse →
Reusing data or assurance across requests instead of repeated collection or verification.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Exit rights →
Ability to leave an institution or switch provider, including technical portability and its conditions.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Finance access →
Availability and terms of capital or funding for an activity or institution.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Funding horizon →
Timing and duration of funding relative to the activity or obligation it must support.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Governance rules →
Rules and responsibilities shaping collective decisions and conduct.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Implementation path →
Concrete routes or open operational questions about moving from proposal to practice.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Incentives →
Rewards, costs or motivations that shape choices and participation.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Institutional change →
Change in the organisation of authority, incentives or established practice beyond a new tool.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Interoperability →
Ability of systems to exchange meaningfully compatible data or functions.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Intersectionality →
Explicit attention to interacting dimensions of disadvantage or power, including feminist and Afrofeminist approaches.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Knowledge silos →
Separation of evidence, expertise or organisational information that impedes use or learning.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Livelihoods →
Material means of living and dependence on particular work or activities.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Local knowledge →
Contextual, professional or lived knowledge used to define problems or judge systems.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Maintenance →
Resources and practices needed to keep a system useful and safe after launch.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Market access →
Conditions for entering or maintaining exchange with buyers, clients or service providers.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Market concentration →
Concentration of market or technological power among a few actors.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Material demand →
Resource requirements and end uses shaping demand for minerals or other material inputs.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Membership boundary →
Who is included in ownership or member benefits and who is excluded.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Negative case learning →
Explicit learning from failure, disappointing results or ineffective practice.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Network effects →
Dependence of usefulness on other participants, matching density, geography or synchrony.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Ownership model →
The institutional form and basis of ownership, including worker and producer cooperatives.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Place based →
Regional productive context, local assets and geographically embedded development.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Problem definition →
How a need, task or desired outcome is framed before choosing an intervention.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Provenance →
Origin, chain of custody and correspondence between records and their source.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Reinvestment →
Retaining or directing surplus into future productive or social capability.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Relational trust →
Confidence in people or institutions based on competence, familiarity, relationships and dependable conduct.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Reliability →
Whether systems function consistently under intended conditions.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Representation →
Whose perspectives enter deliberation or design; include missing or limited worker voice.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Resilience →
Ability of livelihoods, operations or systems to withstand or respond to disruption.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Risk pooling →
Sharing losses or adjustment costs across a group rather than leaving them with one member.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Risk tradeoff →
Explicit balancing of risk, opportunity, speed, cost or uncertainty.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Shared infrastructure →
Reusable common foundations serving multiple organisations or applications.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Social norms →
Household, community and organisational expectations or social relationships shaping access, behaviour and participation.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Standards →
Shared definitions, normative requirements or certification schemes and their scope.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →State capacity →
Government ability to set and implement collective policy, including producer-state leverage.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Stewardship →
Durable responsibility and protected purpose across ownership, leadership or generational transitions.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Sufficiency →
Limiting or redirecting consumption to meet needs within ecological and distributive constraints.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Unequal harms →
Costs or exposure differentiated across people, especially marginalised groups.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Upstream dependence →
Reliance on providers or components outside the deployer's control.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Value capture →
How an actor retains or monetises value through processing, data or market position.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Viability →
Ability of an enterprise or model to sustain useful operations economically.
Definition, boundaries & evidence →Workflow integration →
Embedding tools, evidence and actions in an operational sequence.
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