Category Archives: Smart cities

How local and central governments work with community groups and citizens for better outcomes. An early example of ecosystem engagement.

NEOM’s ambition to be a cognitive city

Joseph Bradley describes himself as an applied futurist, author and cognitive city developer—not necessarily three [...]

How Matterport is digitising the built environment—and why it matters

Over the last year or so, as stay-at-home orders have come and gone around the [...]

How can cities use social media to engage more effectively post-pandemic?

Over the course of the pandemic, the realisation has grown among many people and businesses [...]

Bridging the digital divide: IFIP/IP3 and Rotary 

The ‘digital divide’ between those with access to technology, and those without, is a huge [...]

How a pandemic accelerated the re-invention of a small community

Sant’Agata di Esaro, in Cosenza in Southern Italy, is not a name usually associated with [...]

How The Good Law Project is igniting participation in the legal landscape

New models of work and funding are changing business all around the world. Crowdsourcing in [...]

Are digital channels redefining connected societies?

It is sometimes said that everything in life is connected by six or fewer steps. [...]

Copenhagenize Design Company: designing for cycling

If you lived in London or Paris ten or twenty years ago and you cycled [...]

The Global Open Data Initiative (GODI): sharing resources on how to use open data

The Global Open Data Initiative (GODI) is a coalition of civil society organisations sharing principles and resources [...]