Riikka Koulu
Biographic Data
| ID | 2744306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Riikka Koulu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Riikka |
| FAMILY NAME | Koulu |
| SIGNATURE | KOULU R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1298-2406 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance
Automation in public administration is often seen as a recent, purely digital phenomenon that transforms decision‐making and governance. This article challenges that view by elucidating a historical continuum in the automation of administrative decision‐making. It introduces the concept of analog automation to highlight how complex social, organizational, legal, and historical factors have impacted decision‐makers' discretionary space and paved t…
Complete the Test First” Prescreening Tests at the Margins of Digital Public Administration
Western welfare states are rushing to digitalise access to public services and citizens’ interactions with public institutions. Finland exemplifies this trend towards digital‐first administration. In this article, we discuss digital public administration and the interaction between citizens and the state through the example of digital prescreening tests. Digital prescreening tests are interactive webpages or mobile apps in which a citizen‐user is…
Imaginaries of better administration: Renegotiating the relationship between citizens and digital public power
This article investigates future visions of digital public administration as they appear within a particular regulatory process that aims to enable automated decision-making (ADM) in public administration in Finland. By drawing on science and technology studies, public administration studies, and socio-legal studies we analyze law in the making and identify four imaginaries of public digital administration: understandable administration, self-mon…
Crafting Digital Transparency: Implementing Legal Values into Algorithmic Design
According to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, transparency should be considered by design in data processing activities. Transparency entails the promise of control and legitimacy: if we can see inside algorithmic systems, we can ensure compliance with legal rights and principles. But is “by design” able to ensure compliance? I interrogate the relationship of law and technology by asking how law can capture the products and intricacie…
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Crafting Digital Transparency: Implementing Legal Values into Algorithmic Design
According to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, transparency should be considered by design in data processing activities. Transparency entails the promise of control and legitimacy: if we can see inside algorithmic systems, we can ensure compliance with legal rights and principles. But is “by design” able to ensure compliance? I interrogate the relationship of law and technology by asking how law can capture the products and intricacie…
Imaginaries of better administration: Renegotiating the relationship between citizens and digital public power
This article investigates future visions of digital public administration as they appear within a particular regulatory process that aims to enable automated decision-making (ADM) in public administration in Finland. By drawing on science and technology studies, public administration studies, and socio-legal studies we analyze law in the making and identify four imaginaries of public digital administration: understandable administration, self-mon…
Complete the Test First” Prescreening Tests at the Margins of Digital Public Administration
Western welfare states are rushing to digitalise access to public services and citizens’ interactions with public institutions. Finland exemplifies this trend towards digital‐first administration. In this article, we discuss digital public administration and the interaction between citizens and the state through the example of digital prescreening tests. Digital prescreening tests are interactive webpages or mobile apps in which a citizen‐user is…
From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance
Automation in public administration is often seen as a recent, purely digital phenomenon that transforms decision‐making and governance. This article challenges that view by elucidating a historical continuum in the automation of administrative decision‐making. It introduces the concept of analog automation to highlight how complex social, organizational, legal, and historical factors have impacted decision‐makers' discretionary space and paved t…
E-Government and Public Services (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Administration (probate law (1 works) · Automation (1 works)