15 Nov Invited panelist at ‘Cities, Human Mobility, and Digital Citizenship’ International Conference, New School University, (USA) (30/11/2021)
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15 Nov Teaching Seminar about ‘Data Co-operatives through Data Sovereignty: Towards Digital Foundational Economy?’, WISERD, Cardiff University (UK) (30/11/2021)
Presented by Igor Calzada This presentation is based on Dr Calzada’s recently published paper ‘Data Cooperatives through Data Sovereignty’* Highlights: 1. Data are not the oil of the Twenty-First Century; they are people. 2. Stemming from a recent published paper*, this seminar sheds light on two intertwined technopolitical notions...
15 Nov Invited speaker at ‘Fostering Inclusive Growth to “Level Up” the UK: Lessons from the Basque Country’, Aston Centre for Europe & Foreign Policy Centre, Aston University (UK) (29/11/2021)
Fostering inclusive growth to ‘level up’ the UK: Lessons from the Basque Country Speakers: Henriette Lyttle-Breukelaar, Director of Economic Strategy, Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise PartnershipBill Murray, Former Head of Economics and Public Policy at the British Embassy in Spain Dr Igor Calzada, Senior Researcher,...
16 Oct Article entitled ‘The Right to Have Digital Rights in Smart Cities’ published in the journal Sustainability
To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2021), The Right to Have Digital Rights in Smart Cities. Sustainability 13(20), 11438. DOI:10.3390/su132011438. Special Issue “Social Innovation in Sustainable Urban Development”. ...
05 Sep Article entitled ‘Data Co-operatives through Data Sovereignty’ published in the journal Smart Cities
The article entitled ‘Data Co-operatives through Data Sovereignty’ published in the journal Smart Cities in Open Access. This article illustrates an open debate in data governance and the data justice field related to current trends and challenges in smart cities, resulting in a new approach advocated...
14 Apr Article entitled ‘Data Co-operatives in Pandemic Times’ published in the journal Public Seminar
This is article entitled ‘Data Co-operatives in Pandemic Times’ published in the journal Public Seminar in Open Access. This article suggests avoiding ‘co-op whitewashing,’: experiments with data co-ops should be co-developed with communities connected to the long history and analysis of the various forms of...
13 Apr Article entitled ‘Pandemic Citizenship: Will COVID-19 Reinforce Nation-States’ Borders and Liquify Citizens?’ published in the journal Academia Letters
The article entitled ‘Pandemic Citizenship: Will COVID-19 Reinforce Nation-States' Borders and Liquify Citizens?’ published in the journal Academia Letters in Open Access. This article introduces the term 'pandemic citizenship' by sparking a debate regarding the way borders in nation-states may have been reinforced as as result...
31 Mar Article entitled ‘Pandemic Citizenship Amidst Stateless Algorithmic Nations: Digital Rights and Technological Sovereignty’ published through Coppieters Foundation
The article entitled ‘Pandemic Citizenship Amidst Stateless Algorithmic Nations: Digital Rights and Technological Sovereignty at Stake’ published via Coppieters Foundation in Open Access. This article introduces the term 'pandemic citizenship' to better understand the extreme circumsntances in which citizens have been surviving. To cite...
21 Jan Article entitled ‘Book Review: Smart City Citizenship’ published in the Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
The article entitled ‘Book Review: Smart City Citizenship’ published in the Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs in Open Access. To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2021), Book Review: Smart City Citizenship, Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs 5(1), 145-150. DOI:10.25034/ijcua.2021-v5n1-7. Abstract: Against the backdrop of the current hyperconnected and...