I am the leading/corresponding author in 84 peer-reviewed journal articles and I have authored/co-edited 19 books, 38 book chapters, 31 policy reports, and more than 204 invited international conferences.
Total citation by Google Scholar: 6,743 citations, h-index 37, i10-index 85.
Calzada, I. (2026) ‘Digital Infrastructures of Democracy’ (25 June 2026), in Rayvon Fouché (ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society (New York, NY, online edn, Oxford Academic, 25 June 2026 – ), https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197852712.003.0127, accessed 26 June 2026.
Calzada, I. (2025), The Illusion of the Web3 Decentralization. Data & Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 8(e9). DOI: 10.1017/dap.2026.10055.Available at SSRN: DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5008910
Calzada, I. (2020), Algorithmic Governance & AI in the Post COVID-19 Society // Herrigintza Algoritmikoa eta Adimen Artifiziala Post COVID-19 Gizartean, Galde 29:46-48. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33413.58081/1.
Calzada, I. (2020) The Role of Social Movements in the Social Innovation: Euskaraldia, as a Digital Panopticon/Gizarte Mugimenduen Rola Gizarte Berrikuntzan: Euskaraldia, Panoptiko Digital Gisa, BAT Soziolinguistika Aldizkaria/Journal (ISSN: 1130-8435) 115(2): 85-114. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35980.05763/5.
Calzada, I. (2019), Catalonia Rescaling Spain: Is It Feasible to Accommodate Its “Stateless Citizenship”?, Regional Science, Policy and Practice11(5): 805-820. DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12240.
Calzada, I. (2019), Technological Sovereignty: Protecting Citizens’ Digital Rights in the AI-driven and post-GDPR Algorithmic and City-Regional European Realm, Regions eZine, Issue 4. DOI: 10.1080/13673882.2018.00001038.
Calzada, I. & Almirall, E. (2019), Barcelona’s Grassroots-led Urban Experimentation: Deciphering the ‘Data Commons’ Policy Scheme. Zenodo. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.2604618. Conference Data for Policy 2019, London (UK), 11-12 June.
Calzada, I. (2026, Forthcoming). Gobernanza Anticipatoria de la IA: Economía y Políticas Públicas para la Transformación Algorítmica. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, Colección Estudios de Economía y Sociología. ISBN: 979 137 038 7389.
Calzada, I. (2026, Forthcoming), EcoTecnoPolítica: IA y Experimentación Territorial. Madrid: Dykinson.
Calzada, I. (forthcoming). Beyond the Smart City: AI, Urban Governance and the Transformation of Contemporary Cities. In G. Karunaratne (Ed.), AI Urbanism. London: Routledge.
Valdaliso, JM. & Calzada I. (2026). Evolución y Retos de la Economía Vasca y de sus Políticas de Innovación y Competitividad. San Sebastián, Spain: Orkestra, Basque Institute of Competitiveness.
Calzada, I. (Forthcoming, 2027). Digital Metropolis. In T. Alizadeh, R. Firmino, N. Vadiati, & S. J. Zahan (Eds.), Smart Urbanism and Urban AI in the Global Majority: An Intersectional Critique. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Calzada, I. (2027) AI Economics and Data In Motion: Between the Moon and the Ghetto. In Rob Kitchin & Anu Masso, Data in Motion. Bristol: Bristol University Press. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7363218
Calzada, I. (2026) EcoTechnoPolitical Citizenship. In M. Sardoc (Ed), The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Citizenship. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-81535-5. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7359662
Calzada, I. & Eizaguirre, I. (2026) EcoTechnoPolitics: Beyond the Digital-Green Transition Policy Agenda. In Visvizi. A. et al. Research & Innovation Forum 2026. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6516378
Calzada, I. & Garaikoetxea, A. (2027). Anticipating trustworthy GenAI in the public healthcare system: Co-producing human–AI governance between patients and GPs in the Basque Country through living lab assemblages. In S. Misra, S. Traymbak, S. Chockalingam, M. Kjølerbakken, & P. Ø. Braarud (Eds.), Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence: Human–Technology Integration (pp. 288–319). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003635871. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5932177
Calzada, I.(2025) Decentralizing Power? Data Sovereignty in the Age of AI and Web3. In. Amay Korjan, Anita Gurumurthy, et al. (Ed.). Research Handbook on Big Data and Economic Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. DOI: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5081504
Calzada, I. (2025) Leveraging Generative AI for Democracy: Detection Techniques of Trust Through Decentralized Web3 Ecosystems. In A. Visvizi et al. (ed), Multidisciplinary Movements in AI and Generative AI: Society, Business, Education. Chentelham: Edward Elgar. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4983034
Masso, A., Kasapoglu, T., Calzada, I., & Tammpuu, P. (2025) Estonia’s E-Residency and the Rise of ‘Citizenship by Connection’. In Amelia Johns and Arne Hintz. Handbook of Digital Citizenship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12666718, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4887026 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4887026
Calzada, I. (2022), Democracia Postpandémica Tecnopolítica: Naciones Algorítmicas, Soberanía del Dato, Derechos Digitales, y Co-operativas de Dato. En Filibi, I., Escacedo, L. & Zabalo, J. (Ed) Formas y Escalas Emergentes de las Democracias Contemporáneas. Miradas desde la Sociedad Vasca. Dykinson: Madrid. pp. 123-146. ISBN: 978-84-1122-443-7. DOI:10.14679/13536.
Calzada, I. (2020), Seeing Tourism Transformations in Europe through Algorithmic, Techno-Political and City-Regional Lenses, In Transforming Tourism: Regional Perspectives on a Global Phenomenon. Edited by the Coppieters and Ezkerraberri Foundations. 2020/01. Chapter 6. pp 74-89. Brussels: Centre Maurits Coppieters CMC. ISBN: 978-90-826321-0-1. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.33522.45769/1.
Ayerbe, M., Calzada, I. and Olaia Larruskain (2002), El trabajo como valor: los valores en CAPV – Navarra y en la UE, In Elzo, J. (ed): Los valores de los vascos y navarros ante el nuevo milenio: Tercera aplicación de la encuesta europea de valores (1990, 1995, 1999). Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto. ISBN: 84-7485-840-2. pp. 121-176.
POLICY REPORTS (32):
Calzada, I. (2026) The Evolution of Urban Digital Transformation: From Smart City to Digital Metropolis. IBEI/AMB. Metropolis Digital.
Craglia, M., Gomez, E., Glovicko, J., Manzan, S., Scholten, H., Barbaglia, L., Calzada, I., Charisi, V., Consoli, S., Hradec, J., Micheli, M., Miron, M., Tiozzo Pezzoli, L., Tolan, S., & Tosetti, E. (2020), Centre for Advanced Studies – CAS, Amran, G. & Sutherland, S. (Eds.), Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg. JRC119959. DOI: 10.2760/97389. ISBN: 978-92-76-17589-6.
Calzada, I. (2020), Open Data Platform to Share the Outcomes Integrated in the Common ICT Platform (Weblink) (Horizon 2020: REPLICATE Project Reports No. 8.5.). Oxford: University of Oxford. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21412.83843/2.
Calzada, I. (2019), Activating the Basque Network of Smart Municipalities through 2018-2019 Implementation of the Strategic Programme HERRISMARTIK (Basque Smart City-Regional Strategy in the H2020 European Context)/Activando la Red Vasca de Municipios Inteligentes mediante la Implementación 2018-2019 del Programa HERRISMARTIK (Estrategia Vasca de Territorio Inteligente en el Contexto Europeo Horizonte 2020). Oxford: University of Oxford. ISBN: 978-84-946385-6-5. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14382.97606
Calzada, I. (2019), Report on Conclusions of the Interviews and the Focus Groups (Horizon 2020: REPLICATE Project Reports No. 8.4.). Oxford: University of Oxford. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20416.58884
Calzada, I. (2018), AUZOLABS: Recomendaciones Estratégicas desde la Innovación Social para la Regeneración Urbana Integral mediante Barrios-Laboratorio (Urban Living Labs) – NEIGHBOURHOODLABS: Neighbourhood Laboratories for the Urban Integral Regeneration through Strategic Recommendations from the Social Innovation. EUSKO JAURLARITZA//GOBIERNO VASCO. Ingurumena, Lurralde Plangintza eta Etxebizitza Saila//Departamento de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial y Vivienda. Zumaia: Translokal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making y University of Oxford. ISBN: 978-84-946385-4-1. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36311.11686.
Calzada, I. (2018), SMART RURAL COMMUNITIES (SRC): Towards a New Development Model for International Co-operation? Experimenting through a Fieldwork Action Research in Colombia and Mozambique. Ed. Ayuda en Acción, Zumaia: Translokal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making y University of Oxford. ISBN: 978-84-946385-2-7. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24971.59685/1.
Calzada, I. & Arranz, A. (2018), Plan de Turismo Zumaia 2018-2021: Garantizando el Bienestar de los/las Locales y la Convivencia con los/las Visitantes, Zumaia: Translokal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making y University of Oxford. ISBN: 978-84-946385-3-4. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12686.46409/1.
Calzada, I. (2016), (Un)Plugging Smart Cities Transformations and Strategies in Europe, Harvard University Whitepaper contribution given on 13th October at 2016 Strategic Innovation Summit: Smart Cities Europe held by the Dublin City Council and the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard University in Dublin, Maynooth University. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34524.80000.
Calzada, I. & McAdam, G. (2016), Smartness for Prosperity: Brazil & UK, Policy report commissioned by Future Cities Catapult in collaboration with MACI Innovation in Projects. Zumaia: Translokal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making – Publishing, Donostia. ISBN: 978-84-942752-9-6. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1074.0087.
Calzada, I. (Ed) [Abubaker, H., Bensaid, M., Butler, M., Cameron, M., Doin, S., Duke, I., Dutary, R., Fleming-Knox, A.R., & Klinefelter, T.] (2018), Global Sustainable City-Regions: Naples, Glasgow, Rio de Janeiro, Lyon, Panamá, Kuala-Lumpur, & Silicon Valley, Zumaia: Translokal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making – Publishing, in collaboration with the Institute for Future Cities, University of Strathclyde. ISBN (e-book): 978-84-946385-5-8. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21794.73922.
Calzada, I. (2015), Gizarte Berrikuntza: Lurraldegintza Estrategikorako. Policy Paper < > Politika-Txostena. Ikerketa Estrategikoa. BeteBerritzen Proiektua. [Elhuyar Aholkularitza, Gipuzkoa Foru Aldundia eta Beterri]. Zumaia: TransLoKal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making – Publishing, Donostia. ISBN: 84-942752-5-9.
Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia & Orkestra – Lehiakortasunerako Euskal Institutua (2015), Gipuzkoa Sarean. Bidean, Donostia-San Sebastián: Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia. 187 pp. Legal deposit: SS 702-2015. With the participation of Igor Calzada.
Calzada, I. (2026), Keynote Speaker. Inteligencia Artificial: Poderes y Desigualdades Globales. Voces Africanas Nor Miran y Evalúan. V Edición. Coopera.eus. Grupo Pro África.
Calzada, I. (2026), EcoTechnoPolitics: Beyond the Digital-Green Transition Policy Agenda. Research & Innovation Forum 2026. Beyond Disruption: Redefining Innovation and Competitiveness in the Context of (Twin) Transition. Athens (Greece). April 16-17.
Calzada, I. (2026), Between the Moon and the Ghetto: AI Economics for Data Mobilities and Migration. Data Migration and Mobilities: Towards a New Research Agenda. Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) (Estonia). 8th-9th April.
Calzada, I. (2025), Co-operation: Wales and the Basque Country. Co-operative Economic Development. Cross Party Group on Co-operatives & Mutuals. Welsh Parliament, Sennedd (UK). 24th Sept.
Calzada, I., Tamari, R. & Rinta Stewart, C. (2025) Fostering Innovation in Open Science through P2P Inter-Cooperation: The Role of Data Cooperatives. ICA CCR Global Research Conference. Montreal (Quebec, Canada), 8-11th July.
Calzada, I. (2025) Digital Platform Markets: Economic Principles and Implications for Public Policy. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi (India), June.
Calzada, I., Tamari, R. & Rinta Stewart, C. (2025) Leveraging Data Cooperatives for Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Research Ecosystems: Transforming Open Science through Web3. Research & Innovation Forum 2025. Barcelona (Spain), 24-25th April.
Calzada, I., Tamari, R. & Rinta Stewart, C. (2025) Exploring Data Cooperatives in Silicon Valley. Santa Clara University, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, California (USA), 7th April.
Calzada, I. (2024) Bridging Public Spheres in Wales and the Basque Country. Creating Public Spheres. Canolfan Richard Price Centre. Cardiff University (UK), Aberdare Hall. 2nd July.
Calzada, I. (2022), Digital Sustainability, EURegionsWeekUniversity, 10-13 October, European Commission.
Calzada, I. (2022), e-Diasporas and Digital Citizenship, Stanford University, DAO Workshop 2022 and The Conference of the Science of Blockchain. 1 September, Stanford University.
Calzada, I. (2022), Digital Foundational Economy, WISERD Annual Conference 2022 – ‘Civil Society and Participation: Issues of Equality, Identity, and Cohesion in a Changing Social Landscape’. 6-7 July, Swansea University.
Calzada, I., Morgan, K., and Jones, I.R. (2021), Wales and Basque Country Cooperation, Cardiff University, WISERD & Euskampus Foundation, 4Gune Cluster, 28th Sept.
Calzada, I. (2021) Pandemic Citizenship Amidst Stateless Algorithmic Nations: Digital Rights and Technological Sovereignty at Stake. The 9th World Sustainability Forum. 13-15 September. Basel, Switzerland.
Calzada, I. (2021), Digital Transformations and How It is Changing Our Lives: Origins, Processes, Promises & Perils, European Commission, IntoEU 2 Feb, Brussels (Belgium). #IntoEU.
Calzada, I. (2021), The Future of Urban Living Post Pandemic Consultation, 22 Jan. St Georges House, England (UK).
Bustard, J. & Calzada, I. (2021) The Innovation Imperative in Smart Cities and Smart Tourism: A Call for Collaboration Toward Building and Sharing Knowledge of Patterns of Success in Sustainable Living and Climate Renewal. ENTER Exchange, 19-22 January.
Calzada, I. & Craglia, M. (2021) Platform and Data Co-operatives as Data Governance Alternative Models, 10th December, JRC, Ispra (Italy).
Calzada, I. (2020), The Economy of the 4.0 Cities radio/zoom roundtable via Urban Expert Meeting, 26 Nov. Barcelona (Spain).
Calzada, I. & Almirall, E. (2019), Accepted paperWill Barcelona’s grasroots-led urban experimentation through the ‘data commons’ policy remain and be reinforced after the local elections in May 2019? in Data for Policy International Conference 2019, London (UK), June 11-12.
Calzada, I. (2019), Invited speaker on Why does Smart Devolution matter in the age of Dataism at the 1st Conference of Public Policy UK-Chile, LSE and the University of Oxford- Blavatnik School of Governance, 24-25 May, London-Oxford (UK).
Calzada, I. (2018), Invited keynote speaker on XXI century and the diplomacy of cities and regions in the Summer School of the University of the Basque Country entitled Para-diplomacy of Nations in the XXI century and the Basque Country. Summer School Programme at the Miramar Palace, St. Sebastián, Basque Country (Spain). 9-10th July.
Ureta, I. & Calzada, I. (2018), Contrasting regional innovation and devolution schemes across Europe paper presented at the Special Session SS31 ‘The impact of technological change on regional innovation dynamics and governance structures’ at the RSA Annual Conference Lugano 2018 ‘A World of Flows: Labour Mobility, Capital and Knowledge in an Age of Global Reversal and Regional Revival’ in Lugano (Switzerland) from 3rd to 6th June.
Calzada, I. (2018), Panelist on Intelligent governance, smarter cities – Central Government’s role in facilitating collaboration between cities, at the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities (APPG) in the UK Parliament, Westminster, London (UK), 24th April.
Calzada, I. (2017), Invited keynote speaker on Smart Cities and Transformations in Territories and Cities, MSc Course Urbanism and Territorial Studies 2017-2018 organised by IVAP (Instituto Vasco de Administraciones Públicas) and EVETU (Escuela Vasca de Estudios Territoriales y Urbanos) in Bilbao (Basque Country/Spain), 22th November.
Calzada, I. (2017), Invited keynote speaker on TurisTIC: Tourism Living Lab, workshop at the Tarragona Province Council, Tarragona (Catalonia/Spain), 17th November.
Calzada, I. (2017), Local Governance and Regional Development, discussant at the EWCR European Week of Cities and Regions in the European Commission in Brussels, 10-12rd October.
Calzada, I. (2017), Democratising Smart Cities: Urban Commons, paper will be presented at the Spatial Smartness, Third Conference of the RSA Research Network on Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability, Gdansk (Poland), on 21-22 September.
Calzada, I. (2017), Scaling Migration in European City-Regions, Bridging European Urban Transformations Workshop Series in, 11th September.
Calzada, I. (2017), Keynote Speaker, La Europa de ‘Nuestras’ Ciudades: El Poder ‘TransloKal’ de ‘Lo Pequeño’, in the Getxo Europa 2017 Conference, Getxo, Basque Country (Spain), on 10th May 2017.
Calzada, I. (2016), Keynote Speaker. The Identity of the European Cities, Summer School organised jointly by Bilbao Metropolitan Agency and St Sebastian Strategic Plan Office, 11-12nd July into the Miramar Palace Summer School. (Basque Country-Spain)
Calzada, I. (2016), Keynote Speaker. Smart (City)-Regions: Territorial & Urban Transformations, delivered in Vilanova i la Geltru (Garraf, Barcelona), Catalonia, organised by the Neàpolis (Public Innovation Agency), Province Council of Barcelona and the Catalan Government – Generalitat de Catalunya on 6th April.
Calzada, I., Goikoetxea, J. & Soto, I. (2016), Independentzia: Nola eta Nondik?, panel convened by Ezkerraberri Foundation on 10th March (Bilbao).
Calzada, I. (2015), Vision of Future Cities, PechaKucha presentation delivered at the Institute for Future Cities at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (Scotland) on 25th September 2015.
Calzada, I. (2015), Foresight Project on the Future of Cities Workshop, Government Office for Science, UK Government. London (England) on 21st September 2015.
Calzada, I. (2015), InFocus Smart City 2015 Conference. Yinchuan (China) on 12th September 2015.
Calzada, I. (2015), Gizarte Berrikuntza Lurraldegintza Estrategikorako, at Videoconference with Andoain, Bastero Cultural Centre (Basque Country – Spain), paper given on 18 June, organised by Elhuyar Social Innovation Consultancy & Gipuzkoa Province Council.
Calzada, I. (2014), PostIndependence and devolution strategies from a city-regional perspective. Public University in Navarra (Spain). Alkartasuna Foundation. 29th September – 1st
Calzada, I. (2014), Cities and Participation Thematic Session. (Chair). Towards Living Cities Conference. Urban Regeneration Forum Bilbao-Bizkaia Architecture (Spain), 26th September 2014 and member of the Scientific Committee.
Calzada, I. (2014), Smart Cities Systemic approach, paper given in Bristol (UK) in the STEEP 7th FP project Advisory Board conference in 23rd July.
Calzada, I. (2014), City-Regional Policies, paper given at the Sharegune Workshop at the Basque Institute of Competitiveness, Orkestra – University of Deusto (Spain), 26th May.
Calzada, I. (2014), Balance and Imbalance Territorial Development Strategies, paper given at Klimagune 2013 Workshop entitled Opportunities, Challenges and Barriers for Transitions Towards Sustainability in the Context of Climate Change, Bilbao, 19th December.
Calzada, I. (2013), Regional Policy, Governance & Social Innovation from the Action Research approach paper given at the Regional Innovation Policy RIP 2013, organized by Orkestra- Basque Institute of Competitiveness, University of Deusto. St. Sebastian (Spain)[1], 10th October. [1]https://sites.google.com/a/orkestra.deusto.es/rip_2013/
Calzada, I. & Casado, A. (2013), Basque & Iceland Connection, paper given at the Philosophy Department, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, September 27th.
Calzada, I. (2013), Entrepreneurs & Territories, paper given at the Research Symposium Skool Centre for Entrepreneurship, Säid Business School, University of Oxford (UK), 23rd July.
Calzada, I. (2005). Sustainable Development in the City-Region: the future of work and innovation by means of creatrive communities and classes paper given at the XVI. Congreso de Estudios Vascos: Garapen Iraunkorra-IT. Etorkizuna=Desarrollo Sostenible-IT en el Futuro. Pag. 626. Bilbao (Spain), 5th March.
POLICY/MEDIA COVERAGE/ARTICLES (40<):
Eizaguirre, I. & Calzada, I. (2026) Ecotecnopolítica: Desarmando la IA. EL DIARIO VASCO/GRUPO NOTICIAS.
Eizaguirre, I. & Calzada, I. (2026) Ekoteknopolitika: Adimen Artifiziala Armagabetzen. BERRIA.