ARDHI UNIVERSITY

Title: Dr.

Name: Deodatus Patrick Shayo

School: School of Spatial Planning and Social Sciences (SSPSS)

Department:  Economics and Social Studies

Role: Lecturer

Current Summarized CV:

Deodatus Patrick Shayo (PhD) is a lecturer in the Department of Economics and Social Studies, School of Spatial Planning and Social Sciences, and Coordinator, Inclusive Societal Outreach, African Centre for Sustainable Cities Studies. He holds a B.A with Education and M.A in Political Science and Public Administration both from the University of Dar es Salaam, and a PhD in Political Science from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Muenster, Germany. His PhD research focused on crowdsourcing and digitalization of democratic processes. He has experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses. His key areas of research interests include: community-based crowdsourcing, community-based monitoring/citizen science, digital engagement, smart local governance, crowdmonitoring smart city services and related aspects of inclusive and sustainable communities.

Lists of Publications

1. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2022): Digitalising Local Democracy: Citizen Participation in Monitoring Local Government Elections through Crowdsourcing Methods in Tanzania. Journal of African Politics, 1&2, 66-96, https://doi.org/10.58548/2022jap212.6699
2. Shafii Dini Kanju & Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2022): Expect the Unexpected? The Poli-tricks of Central-Local Government Relationship in Tanzania. International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 5(8), 130-144. https://doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v5i8.388
3. Mustafa Kassim Kipingu & Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2021): Technology and Immigration System: A New Paradigm for Improving Government Service Delivery in Tanzania.  PanAfrican Journal of Governance and Development (PJGD), Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 81-106. https://doi.org/10.46404/panjogov.v2i2.3231
4. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2021): Citizen Participation in Local Government Elections in the Age of Crowdsourcing: Explorations and Considerations in Tanzania. Program on Governance and Local Development, Working Paper No. 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3871844
5. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2021): Doing Old Things in a New Way? Technology and Crowdsourced Observation in the 2015 Tanzanian Election.Scientific African, Vol. 11, e00661, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00661
6. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2020): Democracy is Going Digital: Crowdsourced monitoring of election integrity in East Africa. Africa Insight, 50(3), 1-18, https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ai/article/view/237508
7. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2019): Citizen Participation in Local Democracy Online: A Snapshot of Trends and Challenges in Adoption of Crowdsourcing Methods in Tanzania, Journal of Social and Political Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.848-864. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3482264
8. Neema Eugene Shiyo; Yulli Jeremia; Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2018): Digital Citizens at Work: Mapping Citizen m-Participation Cases in the Governance of Services in Tanzania. Tanzanian Journal of Population Studies and Development, Vol. 25, Nos. 1&2, pp. 77-101. https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tjpsd/article/view/2820
9. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2017): Crowdsourcing and Digitalization of Electoral Integrity: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. In: Peter Parycek and Noella Edelmann (eds.) Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Danube University Krems, (Austria), 17-19 May 2017. Edition Donau-Universität Krems, pp.123-133. 
10. Deodatus Patrick Shayo; Norbert Kersting (2017): Crowdmonitoring of Elections through ICT: The Case of Uchaguzi Wetu 2015 Crowdsourcing Platform in Tanzania. In: Peter Parycek and Noella Edelmann (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Danube University Krems, Austria, 17-19 May 2017. IEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California, pp.36-45. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8046271
11. Deodatus P. Shayo (2016): Facebooking the Tanzanian Elections: Citizen and Party Campaigners in the Social Media Ecosystem. In: Journal of Education, Humanities & Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.67-88 - https://ojs3.bongotech.info/index.php/jehs/article/view/151
12. Deodatus Patrick Shayo; Norbert Kersting (2016): An Examination of Online Electoral Campaigning in Tanzania. In: Peter Parycek and Noella Edelmann (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Danube University Krems, (Austria), 18-20 May 2016. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California, pp.69-76. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7781910

Publications link: Google Scholar/Deodatus Shayo

Monographs/Manuscripts

1. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2017): Crowdsourcing and Digitalization of Electoral Integrity: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. PhD Thesis, University of Muenster, Germany. Link:  https://miami.uni-muenster.de/Record/3081df9d-1f4b-4be4-a1a1-c2ba58ac2333/TOC
2. Deodatus Patrick Shayo (2009): Does Usable Research-to-Policy Inform Policy and Decision Making Processes in Tanzania? M.A Dissertation, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Contact:

Email: deodatus.shayo@aru.ac.tz, dpshayo@gmail.com

Mobile: 0788735490