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Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures (2024)
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Gerli, P. (2024). Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures. British Academy

Over the past two decades, community broadband networks, platform cooperatives, and data cooperatives have emerged as promising models to counterbalance market distortions and power asymmetries in the governance of digital infrastructures, services a... Read More about Building a Good Digital Society from the Grassroots: Harnessing the Tradition of Community-led Initiatives in the Governance of Digital Services and Infrastructures.

Addressing inequalities in smart places: a primer for public administrations and third sector organisations (2024)
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Gerli, P., Ferreri, M., Lauri, C., Regalia, M., & Williams, A. (2024). Addressing inequalities in smart places: a primer for public administrations and third sector organisations. The British Academy, Accademia dei Lincei

Over the past 15 years, a variety of initiatives that claim to make places smarter have been launched at different geographic levels and scales, with smart cities and smart villages being just the most prominent examples of this phenomenon. Despite t... Read More about Addressing inequalities in smart places: a primer for public administrations and third sector organisations.

Affrontare le disuguaglianze negli smart places: una guida per le amministrazioni pubbliche e le organizzazioni del terzo settore (2024)
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Gerli, P., Ferreri, M., Lauri, C., Regalia, M., & Williams, A. (2024). Affrontare le disuguaglianze negli smart places: una guida per le amministrazioni pubbliche e le organizzazioni del terzo settore. The British Academy, Accademia dei Lincei

Negli ultimi 15 anni sono state lanciate, a diversi livelli geografici, una varietà di iniziative che puntano a promuovere lo sviluppo socio-economico attraverso l’implementazione di soluzioni tecnologiche innovative. Smart cities e smart villages so... Read More about Affrontare le disuguaglianze negli smart places: una guida per le amministrazioni pubbliche e le organizzazioni del terzo settore.

Managing smart city governance: A playbook for local and regional governments (2023)
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Beckers, D., Gerli, P., Mora, L., Thabit, S., & Tonnarelli, F. (2023). Managing smart city governance: A playbook for local and regional governments. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

This playbook and its recommendations are primarily aimed at municipal governments and their political leaders, local administrators, and public officials who are involved in smart city initiatives. The recommendations, which are delineated in the su... Read More about Managing smart city governance: A playbook for local and regional governments.

Global Review of Smart City Governance Practices (2022)
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Beckers, D., Gerli, P., Mora, L., Thabit, S., & Tonnarelli, F. (2022). Global Review of Smart City Governance Practices. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Through smart city initiatives, digital technologies are increasingly applied in cities to modernize city operations and transform service delivery. The ongoing digital transformation provides new opportunities but also creates challenges, and it is... Read More about Global Review of Smart City Governance Practices.