All Outputs (4)

The Multilevel Governance of State Aid for Broadband Diffusion: Evidence from Three European Countries (2021)
Journal Article
Gerli, P., Navio-Marco, J., & Whalley, J. (2023). The Multilevel Governance of State Aid for Broadband Diffusion: Evidence from Three European Countries. International Journal of Public Administration, 46(3), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2021.1993904

This paper explores multilevel governance (MLG) in the context of state aid programmes for the diffusion of broadband in the European Union. By comparing three EU Member States (Italy, Spain and the UK), the qualitative analysis illustrates how MLG a... Read More about The Multilevel Governance of State Aid for Broadband Diffusion: Evidence from Three European Countries.

Municipal 5G bans during the Covid-19 pandemic: the case of Italy (2021)
Journal Article
Gerli, P. (2021). Municipal 5G bans during the Covid-19 pandemic: the case of Italy. Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, 23(6), 553-573. https://doi.org/10.1108/dprg-07-2020-0091

Purpose Several sources have reported an increase in the opposition to the fifth-generation (5G) amongst local communities following the outbreak of Covid-19. In Italy, more than 300 municipalities banned 5G rollout from their territory between Apri... Read More about Municipal 5G bans during the Covid-19 pandemic: the case of Italy.

Fibre to the countryside: A comparison of public and community initiatives tackling the rural digital divide in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Gerli, P., & Whalley, J. (2021). Fibre to the countryside: A comparison of public and community initiatives tackling the rural digital divide in the UK. Telecommunications Policy, 45(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102222

Although digitisation offers numerous opportunities for rural areas, they still lag behind cities in terms of access and adoption of Internet-based services. This divide is the result of multiple market failures in both the demand and supply of broad... Read More about Fibre to the countryside: A comparison of public and community initiatives tackling the rural digital divide in the UK.

Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Gerli, P., Arakpogun, E. O., Elsahn, Z., Olan, F., & Prime, K. S. (2021). Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic. Government Information Quarterly, 38(3), Article 101581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101581

This study adopts a public value perspective to examine the eHealth services deployed by national and regional governments to contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, including symptoms checkers, information portals and contact-tracing applicatio... Read More about Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic.