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City of Bots
Maxwell Hartt, Co-Principal Investigator
Justin B. Hollander, Co-Principal Investigator
Ruth Potts, Co-Principal Investigator
Stephanie Cantlay, Graduate Research Fellow
Joanna Riddle, Research Assistant
Alexander Seto, Research Assistant
Minyu Situ, Graduate Research Assistant
2019-present
Land Economics Foundation
Summary: Online participatory planning processes are cheaper, easier, and may reach a broader audience than in-person techniques. However, they are also vulnerable to disruption from automated social bots. This is the first study to explore the potential impact of automated social media bots on participatory planning.
Publications
Hollander, J.B., M. Hartt & R. Potts. (2027). City of Bots: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Urban Planning. Bristol: Policy Press.
Potts, R., J. Riddle, J.B. Hollander & M. Hartt. (2025) The Online Conversion Framework: Understanding antagonism, planning theory, and social media. Planning Theory, 24 (2): 115-140. [accepted post-print]
Hartt, M., S. Cantlay, J. B. Hollander, R. Potts & A. Seto. (2024). iNIMBY? The potential of automated social media bots to create echo chambers in the online participatory planning discourse. International Planning Studies, 29 (4): 436-448. [accepted post-print]
Hollander, J.B., R. Potts, M. Hartt, M. Situ & A. Seto. (2023) The Role of Bots in U.S. Real Estate Development Online Communication, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 99: 101918. [accepted post-print]
Hollander, J.B., R. Potts, M. Hartt & M. Situ. (2020) The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Community Planning, International Journal of Community Well-being, 3 (4): 507-521. [accepted post-print]
Hollander, J.B. & M. Hartt. (2019) Big Data and Shrinking Cities: How Twitter Can Help Determine Urban Sentiments, in L.A. Schintler & Z. Chen (eds) Big Data for Urban and Regional Science, Routledge: 265-274.
Department of Geography and Planning
Queen’s University
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