Blog, Talks and interviews, urban design
19/03/2025
Data, processes, public space and urban design. UCM Master’s Degree in Smart Cities (Madrid, 21 January 2025)
On 21 January I was invited to give a lecture at the Master in Smart Cities and Sustainability of the Complutense University (UCM) on how...
Blog, Book reviews, urban design
08/03/2025
Colin Ellard. Psychogeography. Places Of The Heart
I bought Colin Ellard’s ‘Psychogeography . Places Of The Heart’ in Cálamo, my favourite bookshop in Zaragoza. For those...
17/02/2025
Startups, Sustainability and Unprecedented European Innovation
Local governments and sustainability professionals in Europe face interconnected environmental, social and economic issues, alongside the...
06/01/2025
Jane Jacobs hypothetical interview on the 15-minute city.
If Jane Jacobs was alive today and actively engaging with the smart city community, her sharp critique of urban planning trends would...
27/12/2024
Smart Moves: Montpellier’s Strategy for Sustainable Urban Transport
Montpellier, one of France’s fastest-growing cities and host of one of Europe’s largest pedestrian areas, is setting the...
BOOK REVIEWS
Kevin Lynch. The Image Of The City 22/02/2023
Jane Jacobs: Death and Life of Cities 04/05/2020
Marshall McLuhan. Understanding media (and cities) 26/09/2020
The most influential texts on urban design 03/06/2021
William Mitchell “E-topia…”: smart, green and… 26/08/2020
LAST TALKS & INTERVIEWS
19/03/2025
Data, processes, public space and urban design. UCM Master’s Degree in Smart Cities (Madrid, 21 January 2025)
On 21 January I was invited to give a lecture at the Master in Smart Cities and Sustainability of...
22/05/2023
Making the most of data: supporting data stewardship in local ecosystems
On Tuesday, 23rd May 2023, I chair the webinar “Making the most of data: supporting data...
17/04/2023
Digitizing Government Ecosystems. De Klik Met De Burger. March, 28th 2023. Mechelen (Belgium)
On March, 28th 2023 I was invited as a keynote speaker at the De Klik Met De Burger event in...
08/12/2022
Democratic co-production of sustainable public services. Rome. Dec, 14th 2022
Democratic co-production of sustainable public services is an event related to the Interlink...
10/10/2022
Governance of the Data Space for Smart Cities and Communities. Eurocities Digital Society Forum. 5-7 Oct 2022 (Madrid)
As chairs of Eurocities Data Working Group, on Oct, 6th we moderated the pannel “WG Data:...