25 May Dr Calzada appointed Editorial Advisory Board member of the journal Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TGPPP)
Since 2020, Dr Calzada serves as editorial advisory board member of the journal TGPPP. ...
17 Jan Speaker on the Board of Directors of the Barcelona City Council on Data-Driven Cities (17/01/2018, Catalonia/Spain)
Dr Calzada, in collaboration with Prof Esteve Almirall from the ESADE Business School in ESADE and Francesca Bria, Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer of the Barcelona City Council, presented the conference 'Cities & Data: How the Digital, Big Data & Data Science are Transforming...
21 Sep Workshop on Technology and the Future of UK Cities in the Urban Innovation Centre, UK Government (21st Sept. 2015, London – UK)
Co-sponsored by GO Science Foresight Project on the Future of Cities and the ESRC Urban Transformations Programme, on 21 September 2015, Dr Calzada took part as a delegate of Future of Cities, University of Oxford in the Workshop on Technology and the Future of UK...
11 May Commenting & analysing on the UK General Elections 2015 in Onda Vasca radio station with Xabier Lapitz
Analysis on the General Elections 2015 in the United Kingdom in Onda Vasca, a Basque radio station in Spain. Programme conducted by the Basque journalist, Xabier Lapitz...
23 Aug PostIndependentzia: Eskoziatik Demokrazia eta Independentziaz telegrama (Part II)
On 24th August, Berria Basque newspaper published the article entitled "Telegram from Scotland about Democracy and Independence". ...
25 Jan Doctoral Research Fellowship & Award by the Spanish Prince > Premio Proyecto de Investigación Euskal Hiria / Ciudad Vasca
One month after departing to the USA, to start writing my dissertation in March 2008 I received some very important news: My Doctoral research project about the Basque City-Region (Euskal Hiria / Ciudad-Región Vasca) had been awarded. On May 28th, I received the research award...
18 Sep (Basque) Diaspore 2.0?
Nearly one year ago, I watched the "AmerikanUak" film at the St. Sebastian International Film Festival. It reminded me of many things: Moments and landscapes in which I lived for a year and a half around the Western USA. For sure, it is a really...
21 Mar Strategic Advisory Framework for the Basque Government after Dimission at the Basque Regional Government (Igor Calzadak, egungo EJko HPSn zuzendari gisa lan-etapa amaitzea erabaki du gaur)
In March 2009, I was called for being nominated as the Coordination Director of the Basque Government. I started working as a Director (independent politician) attempting to change the Coordination Direction into the Research Direction. After one year, I decided to quit after leaving an...
15 Dec Basque 2.0 > Berrikuntza + Euskara? (Part II)
This article is a forward looking view in the field of the Basque language enhancement. More particularly, this is the Strategic Framework called Basque 2.0 that I outlined and tried to apply in my two-years policy making and advising contribution as the Director of the...