Accepted Paper IEEE International Conference on Agentic AI (ICA2025), Wuhan (China), 5-7 December

Posted on: November 2025By: Prof. Dr. Igor Calzada, MBA, FeRSADOI: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5660050 Co-author: Itziar Eizaguirre (Diputación Foral de Gip

Prof Calzada contributed to the 2nd International Conference in Digital Sovereignty in Oslo (Norway) on 30-31 Oct 2025

On 30–31 October 2025, Prof. Igor Calzada participated in the 2nd International Conference on Digital Sovereignty (ICDS 2025), held at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in

Prof Calzada invited talk at Global Innovation Coop Summit 2025 at Terra Vedras (Portugal) on Data Cooperatives on 27th October

On 27 October 2025, Prof. Igor Calzada delivered an invited talk at the Global Innovation Coop Summit (GICS) 2025, held in Torres Vedras, Portugal, within Workshop 2.3 dedicated to

Prof Calzada Launching the Springer Nature Book: Datafied Democracies & AI Economics Unplugged on 1st January 2026

Prof Calzada Launching In Collaboration with European Colleagues the Edward Elgar Book: Multidisciplinary Movements in AI and Generative AI: Shaping Technology for Society, Business, and Education (2025)

Igor Calzada, with European colleagues, has recently co-edited the volume Multidisciplinary Movements in AI and Generative AI: Shaping Technology for Society, Business, and Educati

Accepted Paper in the Journal Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (IF 2.6; CiteScore 5.0): Generative AI and the Urban AI Policy Challenges Ahead: Trustworthy for Whom?

Accepted Paper in Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy Title: Generative AI and the Urban AI Policy Challenges Ahead: Trustworthy for Whom?Journal: Transforming Gove

International Conference on Digital Sovereignty 2025 (ICDS2025), Oslo (Norway): Two papers has been accepted and will be presented accordingly by Prof Calzada

AAG2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco (California): Call for Abstracts/Call for Papers due to 25th October on ‘Anticipatory AI Governance’

🌐 Call for Abstracts: AAG 2026 Annual Meeting – San Francisco, California Session: Anticipatory AI Governance in Public Administrations Worldwide: Digital Inclusion, Territorial In

Prof Calzada contributes to the Senedd Welsh Parliament on ‘Co-operation: Wales & the Basque Country’ with focus on Data Cooperatives and AI for the Public Good

On 24 September 2025, Professor Igor Calzada contributed to the Cross-Party Group on Cooperatives and Mutuals at the Senedd Research, Welsh Parliament in Cardiff. This intervention

Prof Calzada publishes an editorial article in Open Access ‘Digital Inclusion & Urban AI’ in Springer Nature journal Discover Cities

Prof. Dr. Igor Calzada, in collaboration with co-author Itziar Eizaguirre, has published an open-access editorial in the Springer Nature journal Discover Cities. The article, title

Prof Calzada publishes a chapter From Data-opolies to Decentralization? in Springer Nature volume

Prof. Dr. Igor Calzada has contributed a chapter to the newly released Springer Nature volume Research and Innovation Forum 2024, edited by Anna Visvizi, Vincenzo Corvello, and Orl

Prof Igor Calzada Appointed as Spain’s Management Committee Member for European COST Action on Multilingualism, Social Transformation & Generative AI

Prof. Igor Calzada has been officially appointed by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) as a Management Committee (MC) Member representing Spain in the newly

Prof Igor Calzada appointed as Distinguished Senior Academic Fellow at the Future Government Institute

Prof. Igor Calzada has been appointed as a Distinguished Senior Academic Fellow at the Future Government Institute, a global think-and-do tank dedicated to transforming public gove

Researching the Basque e-Diaspora: From Fieldwork to Scientific Publications and Policy Impact

Since January 2021, Prof. Igor Calzada has been actively contributing to the strategic and academic formalisation of research on the Basque Diaspora, in close collaboration with th

Strategic Roadmap Delivered: Finalising the AI4SI Project under the Etorkizuna Eraikiz Programme by the Province Council of Gipuzkoa in March 2025

Prof. Igor Calzada has successfully concluded the AI4SI (Artificial Intelligence for Social Innovation) project, a competitive research initiative funded by the Etorkizuna Eraikiz

Prof Calzada is editing an Special Issue entitled ‘Digital Inclusion & Urban AI’ in the journal Discover Cities. Deadline: 31 December 2025

📢 Call for Expressions of Interest – Special Issue Contribution Prof. Igor Calzada invites to consider submitting their work to the ongoing Special Issue of the Springer Nature jou

Prof Calzada directed and led Digital Inclusion & GenAI International Summer School in Donostia on 15-16 July 2025

Prof Calzada directed the international UIK 2025 Summer School titled ‘Digital Inclusion & Generative Artificial Intelligence,’ held on July 15–16 at the Miramar Palace in Dono

Prof Calzada has received the Best Paper Award at Rii2025, held at the UOC in Barcelona in April 2025

Igor Calzada has recently received the Best Paper Award at the Research and Innovation Forum 2025 (Rii2025), held at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona. The awa

Prof Calzada has contributed to Data Cooperative report by Liberty Project and Decentralization Research Centre by participating at Georgetown University workshop in Washington DC on 1-2 April 2025

He contributed to the report on ‘Data Cooperatives’ developed during a high-level workshop held on April 1–2 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He was invited by the Libe

Prof Calzada Lecturing Urban Economics at the Faculty of Economics at the University of the Basque Country in March 2025, in Sarriko Faculty in Bilbao

In coordination with Professors Marisol Esteban and Beatriz Plaza, he has been involved in undergraduate teaching on Urban Economics, a subject within the field of Applied Economic

Horizon Europe ‘Trustworthy AI’ ENFIELD succesfully culminated by Prof Calzada in March 2025 in Budapest (Hungary)

Successfully culminating after being selected by the European Commission, the Horizon Europe ENFIELD Lighthouse project “Trustworthy AI” was led as Principal Investigator (PI) by c

Prof Calzada’s article ‘Trustworthy AI for Whom? GenAI Detection Techniques of Trust Through Decentralized Web3 Ecosystems’ has been accepted for publication stemming from his Horizon Europe ENFIELD project

Professor Igor Calzada is pleased to announce that his latest research article, “Trustworthy AI for Whom? GenAI Detection Techniques of Trust Through Decentralized Web3 Ecosy

Prof Calzada published the article ‘(Libertarian) decentralised Web3 map: in search of a post-Westphalian territory’ in the EUI Global Governance Programme and ERC BlockchainGov

Summary of ‘Libertarian Decentralised Web3 Map: In Search of a Post-Westphalian Territory’ The European University Institute (EUI) Global Governance Programme recently

Prof Calzada delivered an Invited Keynote at the Statutory/Chartered Parliament of Navarre on the Impact of Emerging (GenAI) and Decentralized (Blockchain) Techs for Citizenship, Society, and Industry in the Frame of LORAFNA Organic Law’s Renewal Process

Navarra, Reyno Foral, Territory in the Age of Algorithms: A Keynote at the Parliament of Navarra On Friday, 21st February 2025, Prof Calzada had the honor of delivering a keynote a

Edward Elgar Book on ‘Multidisciplinary Movements in AI and Generative AI: Society, Business, Education’: Forthcoming, August 2025

Forthcoming, August 2025: Visvizi, A., Kozlowski, K., Calzada, I., & Troisi, O. (2025), Multidisciplinary Movements in AI and Generative AI: Society, Business, Education. Chent

Chairing Workshop Horizon Europe ENFIELD: Trustworthy AI for Whom? Budapest (Hungary), 14th February 2025

Prof. Igor Calzada, presented physically in Budapest, was set to chair a pivotal workshop in Budapest on 14th February 2025, titled “Trustworthy AI for Whom? Roadmapping Gene

Prof Calzada’s Invited Professorship since 2020 at Mondragon University, Global Digital Humanities by Delivering Digital Rights & Digital Citizenship Module in February 2025

🚀 Bringing Global #AI-Driven #SmartCity Lessons to #Local #Communities? 🌍🏡 This week, while lecturing #GlobalDigitalHumanities #students in the #DigitalRights & #DigitalCitizen

Prof Calzada Opens Up AI Strategic Roundtable with Senior Officials from Government of the Sultanate of Oman, Middle East

AI for Smart Cities: Decentralized AI Governance and Societies for the Future On 4 February 2025, Prof. Igor Calzada, MBA, FeRSA participated as an expert panelist in a high-level

Prof Calzada, Editor of Special Issue on GenAI & UrbanAI in the journal Transforming Government: People, Process, and Policy (TGPPP)

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Generative AI & Urban AI Policy 🔍 Generative AI and the Urban AI Policy Challenges Ahead: Trustworthy AI for Whom? Professor Igor Calzada, MBA

Professor Calzada appointed Editor in Cambridge University Press, Data & Policy Journal

New Editorial Role for Professor Igor Calzada: Addressing Global Challenges & Dynamic Threats Professor Igor Calzada, a distinguished academic and thought leader in the field o

Prof Calzada contributed to a Remarkable Policy Report on ‘Data Cooperatives’ by Liberty Project and Decentralization Research Centre in North America

Prof. Igor Calzada is pleased to share his contribution to the preliminary policy report titled “How Can Data Cooperatives Help Build a Fair Data Economy?” This effort

Prof Calzada Invited to Preliminary Foundational Discussions in December 2024 on AIActionSummit2025 Between Paris and Bangalore

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming societies, economies, and governance structures worldwide. While many nations struggle to balance innovation with ethical and i

Prof Calzada has been appointed Senior Scientific Advisor for the SenseNet project on ‘Open Science & Data Cooperatives’ funded by Astera Institute based in Silicon Valley (California, USA)

Prof Calzada has been selected as Senior Researcher in TrustworthyAI by the European Commission, Horizon Europe ENFIELD lighthouse project for the period 2024-2025 to collaborate with Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) (Hungary, EU)

Prof Calzada’s project AI4SI ‘AI for Social Impact in Gipuzkoa Historic Territory’ receives the highest rank and thus funds for 2024-2025 in the Policy Exploration Call of the Province Council of Gipuzkoa, Etorkizuna Eraikiz 2024 (Basque Country, Spain)

Invited Professorship in Warsaw (Poland) in Public Policy, TechnoPolitics, and Digital Rights/Citizenship at Warsaw School of Economics SGH in November-December 2024

Prof Dr Igor Calzada is deeply grateful to the SGH Warsaw School of Economics (#SGH) for inviting him as #InvitedProfessor next week. This opportunity to engage with such a disting

Invited Keynote Speaker in Budapest (Hungary) on 13th November 2024 at WIRE2024 (Week of Innovative Regions in Europe) and as Invited Professor and PI of Horizon Europe Enfield project at BME in November 2024

Invited Speaker Reflections from Budapest: WIRE2024 & BME Seminar This November, I had the privilege of contributing to two significant events in Budapest, Hungary, exploring t

Selected Evaluator/Expert of the European Commission/Research Executive Agency in Brussels

Prof Igor Calzada evaluates highly-profiled ongoing Horizon Europe projects by providing constructive scientific advise in topics related to AI, digital transformations, Web3, bloc

Article published in the journal Sustainability: Artificial Intelligence for Social Innovation: Beyond the Noise of Algorithms and Datafication

Article published in the journal Future Internet: Decentralized Web3 Reshaping Internet Governance: Towards the Emergence of New Forms of Nation-Statehood?

SOAM Network Sovereignties Residence Programme: May-October 2024. Selected Resident. Ammersee (Germany). https://soam.earth/work/SOAM

From May to October 2024, I had the honor of being a selected resident at the SOAM Network Sovereignties Residence Programme, held at Ammersee, Germany. The programme focuses on th

Kick-off Project: EC-HorizonEurope-ENFIELD. Democracy in the Age of Algorithm: Enhancing Transparency and Trust in AIGenerated Content through Innovative Detection Techniques” SGA: oc1-2024-TES-01 / GA: 101120657.

On 13 September 2024, I had the opportunity to present my research on Trustworthy AI at a workshop held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, under the auspices of the Enfield EU project. The

Paper presented at Data Power Conference, Graz (Austria) & Bangalore (India), 4-6 September: Data-In-Flux: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Data On Move.Paper presented at Data Power Conference, Graz (Austria) & Bangalore (India), 4-6 September

On 4-6 September 2024, I had the honor of presenting my research titled Data-In-Flux: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Data On Move at the Data Power Confer

Scientific Direction of the Summer School AI4SI 2024: 2-3 September. Donostia-San Sebastian (Spain)

On 2-3 September 2024, I had the honor of directing the Summer Course AI for Social Innovation (AI4SI) in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain. This unique event brought together particip

Invited paper presented at the RGS-IBS Annual Meeting, Panel Digital Territories. London (UK), 27-30 August: PostWestphalian Datafied Network States.

I recently had the opportunity to present my latest paper at the RGS-IBG (Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual Meeting, as part of the Panel

Paper presented at WISERD Annual Conference 2024, South Wales University, Cardiff (UK), 3-4 July 2024: ‘Digital Foundational Economy: AI, Data Democracy, and Social Innovation’

On 3-4 July 2024, I had the honor of presenting my paper titled “Digital Foundational Economy: AI, Data Democracy, and Social Innovation” at the WISERD Annual Conferenc

Kindly Invited by Dr. Dafydd Huw Rees: Bridging Public Spheres in Wales and the Basque Country: Creating Public Spheres Workshop. Canolfan Richard Price Centre, Cardiff University, Aberdare Hall (UK), 2 July 2024

On 2 July 2024, I had the honor of presenting my paper titled “Bridging Public Spheres in Wales and the Basque Country” at the Creating Public Spheres Conference, hoste

Exploring Coordi-Nations and New Network Sovereignties: Research Workshop and Public Conference. Healdsburg, California (USA), 17-27 June 2024

From July 17-27, 2023, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Research Workshop and Public Conference in Healdsburg, California, titled “Exploring Coordi-Natio

Paper Presented at the 2024 Equitable Tech Summit, National Press Club, Washington DC (USA), 6 June 2024. Equitable Tech: Navigating AI, Blockchain, and Data Sovereignty

I was honored to present my paper on “Equitable Tech: Navigating AI, Blockchain, and Data Sovereignty” at the 2024 Equitable Tech Summit, held at the National Press Clu

Invited Paper Presented at the 4th International Conference on Nationalism. Bilbao (Spain), 24 May 2024. ‘What is an Algorithmic Nation? Sovereignties Under Scrutiny’

On May 24, 2024, I had the honor of presenting my paper “What is an Algorithmic Nation? Sovereignties Under Scrutiny” at the 4th International Conference on Nationalism

Invited paper presented at the Research & Innovation Forum 2024. Ravello (Italy), 10-12 April 2024: Democratic Erosion of Data-Opolies Amid Web3 and AI Realms

I had the pleasure of presenting my research titled “Democratic Erosion of Data-Opolies Amid Web3 and AI Realms” at the Research & Innovation Forum (Rii Forum) 2024

Invited talk at VIII World Congress of Basque Communities held by Basque Government, Presidency, External Affairs’ General Secretary in St Sebastian on 20th December 2023

This past week #Eraldaroa VIII World #Congress of Basque Communities was held by #BasqueGovernment, Presidency, External Affairs’ General Secretary, in #Donostia gathering delegati

Invited talk at Mondragon University’s UniverCity Symposium around Welsh & Basque Cooperation on 14th December 2023

Thank to the grant funding achieved this year by the Learned Society of Wales to undertake ‘#Welsh & #Basque Cooperation’ #ActionResearch project, this week I prese

Published peer-reviewed article in the journal Globalizations (IF 2.5/CiteScore 4.7)

Here is the article’s full reference of the article (in press). To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2023), Blockchain-Driven Digital Nomadism in the Basque e-Diaspora. Globalization

Published peer-reviewed article in the journal Futures (IF 3.0/CiteScore 6.3)

Here is the article’s full reference to the link to Open Access. To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2023), Disruptive Technologies for e-Diasporas: Blockchain, DAOs, Data Coo

Invited Speaker at Global Innovation Coop Summit, 29 Sept., Montreal (Canada)

Invited Speaker at Workshop: New Tools for the Digital Society, 29 Sept., Philipps Universität Marburg (Germany)

Invited Speaker at Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum, 13th Sept., London (UK)

Dr Calzada participated in the event by addressing data governance issues to smart cities.

Invited Speaker at the University of Salamanca (Spain) on ‘Smart City Citizenship: AI from a Transdisciplinary Social Science Perspective’, 11th Sept., Salamanca (Spain)

Dr Calzada delivered an invited seminar with different scholars from Social Science: Economy, Finance, Corporate Governance, Sociology, Demography, and Marketing, among others.

‘Towards an Algorithmic Nation? Dilemmas Around Synthetic Citizenship in Northern Ireland’ paper delivered at The Synthetic City: Potential, Politics, and Everyday Life Conference, 6-7 Sept. 2023, at Dublin City University (Ireland)

Towards an Algorithmic Nation? Dilemmas Around Synthetic Citizenship in Northern Ireland paper delivered at The Synthetic City: Potentials, Politics, and Everyday Life, Dublin (Ire

Invited Speaker at Stanford University, The Science of Blockchain Conference 2023 (SBC23)/ Stanford DAO Workshop, 31th August, Palo Alto – California (USA)

Dr Calzada participated in an invited speaker capacity at Stanford University, The Science of Blockchain Conference 2023 (SBC23)/ Stanford DAO Workshop, in Palo Alto, California, o

Wales & Basque Cooperation Online Workshop funded by the Learned Society of Wales

Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence via US-UK Fulbright Commission: Successfully culminated

Promoted to Principal Research Fellow (Reader) academic position at Cardiff University

Dr Calzada has been promoted to Principal Research Fellow (Reader) academic position at Cardiff University (since August 2022)

Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence 2022-2023 by US-UK Fulbright Commission

Dr Igor Calzada has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) for the 2022-2023 academic year by the U.S. Department of

Article entitled ‘ The Dilemmas Around Digital Citizenship in a Post-Brexit and Post-Pandemic Northern Ireland: Towards an Algorithmic Nation?’ published in the journal Citizenship Studies

To cite this article: Calzada, I. & Bustard, J. (2022), The Dilemmas Around Digital Citizenship in a Post-Brexit and Post-Pandemic Northern Ireland: Towards an Algorithmic Nati

Article entitled ‘Emerging Digital Citizenship Regimes: Pandemic, Algorithmic, Liquid, Metropolitan, and Stateless Citizenships’ published in the journal Citizenship Studies

To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2021), Emerging Digital Citizenship Regimes: Pandemic, Algorithmic, Liquid, Metropolitan, and Stateless Citizenships. Citizenship Studies 25(6-8)

100 Most Influencial Academics in Government Apolitical List

Honoured having been listed among 100 Most Influencial Academics in Government according to Apolitical.

Article entitled ‘People-Centered Smart Cities: An Exploratory Action Research on the Cities’ Coalition for Digital Rights’ published in the Journal of Urban Affairs

To cite this article: Calzada, I., Pérez-Batlle, M., & Batlle-Montserrat, J. (2021), People-Centered Smart Cities: An Exploratory Action Research on the Cities’ Coalition for D

Call for Papers, Research Topic/Special Issue: Postpandemic Technopolitical Democracies, Frontiers in Political Science, Politics of Technology (Editor)

About this Research Topic Submission Deadlines 03 February 2022 Abstract 03 April 2022 COVID-19 has hit citizens dramatically, not only creating a general risk-driven environment e

Citizenship Studies, Special Issue: ‘Digital Citizenship in the Post-Pandemic Urban Realm’ (Guest Editor) [Forthcoming]

Invited panelist at ‘Cities, Human Mobility, and Digital Citizenship’ International Conference, New School University, (USA) (30/11/2021)

Here is the link to the event.

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.    D

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 & Soli

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 Innova

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 govern

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,’: experi

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. Th

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

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 Rev

‘Smart City Citizenship’ book released by ELSEVIER on 25th October 2020

The book 'Smart City Citizenship' will be released and launched by Elsevier on 1st November 2020.

Article entitled ‘Platform and Data Co-operatives Amidst European Pandemic Citizenship’ published in the journal Sustainability

The article entitled 'Platform and Data Co-operatives Amidst European Pandemic Citizenship' published in the journal Sustainability in Open Access.

Article entitled ‘Democratising Smart Cities? Penta-Helix Multistakeholder Social Innovation Framework’ published in the journal Smart Cities

Article entitled ‘Democratising Smart Cities? Penta-Helix Multistakeholder Social Innovation Framework’ published in the journal Smart Cities

Article entitled ‘Replicating Smart Cities: The City-to-City Learning Programme in the Replicate EC-H2020-SCC Project’ published in the journal Smart Cities

Article entitled 'Replicating Smart Cities: The City-to-City Learning Programme in the Replicate EC-H2020-SCC Project' published in Smart Cities journal

‘COVID-19 + Brexit’ article in the newspaper Berria (a newspaper in Basque language)

The article examines the scientific interrelation between COVID-19 and post-Brexit scenario.

Article entitled ‘Algorithmic Governance & AI in the Post COVID-19 Society’ published in the journal GALDE

The article and the 29 Volume of the journal Galde will be published online by 7th July 2020 here. To cite this article: Calzada, I. (2020), Algorithmic Governance & AI in the

Dissemination article entitled ‘Europe need a revolution in the administration’ about TGPPP journal article

Dr Igor Calzada has been the co-authored of the article published in www.dobetter.ESADE.edu in collaboration with Dr Esteve Almirall. Here there is the link to the article. To cite

‘Techno Politics’: new article published in the dissemination site of the domain .EUS

This article remarks the importance of the techno-political stance amidst the post COVID-19 world geopolitics for the domain .EUS, representing the wide global Basque community.

Forthcoming chapter in the ‘Handbook on the Changing Geographies of the State: New Spaces of Geopolitics’ by Edward Elgar

Dr Calzada has contributed to the Handbook on the Changing Geographies of the State: New Spaces of Geopolitics.

Dr Calzada co-authoring the CAS – Centre for Advanced Studies brochure from the JRC at the EC

Dr Calzada cited in the CAS brochure, published by the EC DG JRC.

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.

Article entitled ‘Setting Up the Basque Algorithmic Nation: Technological Sovereignty Amidst the Post-COVID-19 Society’ being published in the portal TM eLab

Dr Calzada has contributed to a city-regional reflection in the Basque Country through the first issue launched by TM eLab (Telesforo Monzon eLab) to address the technological sove

‘Transforming Tourism: Regional Perspectives on a Global Phenomenon’ publication out in open access edited by Coppieters & Ezkerraberri Foundations

Dr Calzada contributes to the publication 'Transforming Tourism: Regional Perspectives on a Global Phenomenon'.

Article entitled ‘The Role of Social Movements in the Social Innovation (SI): Euskaraldia, as a Digital Panopticon’ being published in the journal BAT in press by 13th July 2020

Dr Calzada's article entitled 'The Role of Social Movements in the Social Innovation (SI): Euskaraldia, as a Digital Panopticon' being published in the journal BAT.

Article entitled ‘Data Ecosystems for Protecting European Citizens’ Digital Rights’ published in the journal Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TGPPP)

Dr Calzada, has led and co-authored the article entitled 'Data Ecosystems for Protecting European Citizens' Digital Rights' in the journal TGPPP.

‘Will COVIDー19 be the end of theGlobal Citizen?’ article published in Apolitical

Dr Calzada has published in Apolitical the article entitled 'Will COVID-19 be the end of the Global Citizen?'

‘Irlanda, gure bihotzean’ (Ireland, in our heart) opinion article in the newspaper Berria (a newspaper in Basque language)

This article examines the General Elections 2020 outcome in Ireland and analyses political potential effects on issues such as reunification and the Unity Referendum, among others.

Analysis on the consequences of Brexit for the Basque Country in Euskalerria Irratia Radio (Spain) (21/04/2019)

After the clear outcome of the General Elections in December 2019, Dr Calzada, as an academic of the University of Oxford, gave a brief analysis of the social context after the eff

Book review ‘Smart City Barcelona’ forthcoming in the International Journal of Iberian Studies (IJIS)

Dr Calzada has reviewed the book 'Smart City Barcelona' for the International Journal of Iberian Studies (IJIS).

Accepted paper in the Data Justice Lab 2020 Conference at Cardiff University (UK) (28-29/05/2020, Cardiff, UK)

The paper by Dr Calzada entitled 'Data and Platform Co-operatives amidst the European Algorithmic and Liquid Citizenship' has been accepted in Data Justice Lab 2020 Conference at C

Invited speaker at ‘Building Smart Cities with Citizens and for the Commonweal: A Symposium’ Conference at Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool (09/03/2020)

Dr Calzada participates at the Conference entitled 'Governing the Smart City Progressively' at the University of Liverpool, invited by Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practi

Invited lecturer at ‘Humanities & Social Sciences Oxford International Winter Course 2020’, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford (UK) (10-11/02/2020)

Dr Calzada lectures the Oxford International's Humanities and Social Sciences Winter Course 2020 at the University of Oxford's St Antony's College.

Invited keynote speaker in Topaldia 2020, Bilbao (Spain) (6/02/2020)

Dr Igor Calzada participates as invited keynote speaker at Topaldia event organised by the social movements of the Basque Country working to foster the use of the Basque language i

Call for Abstracts (CfA): DigiTranScope Spring Institute 2020 (Italy) (11-15/05/2020)

Call for Abstracts: DigiTranScope Spring Institute 2020 (11-15 May)

Analysis on the consequences of Brexit for the Basque Country in the Basque TV (Spain) (28/12/2019)

2019 UK General Elections' outcome and Brexit aftermath in the Basque TV.

Invited guest speaker by the King’s College London (KCL) for the panel ‘Life at the edge of nations: Hong Kong, Kashmir, Catalonia’ in London (UK) (14/11/2019)

Dr Igor Calzada was invited by the King's College by participating in the panel entitled 'Life at the edge of nations: Hong Kong, Kashmir, Catalonia'.

Co-leading ‘Review Meeting & General Assembly’ of the EU-H2020-Replicate-Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) in Florence (Italy) (28-31/10/2019)

Dr Calzada co-leads the WP8 Replication by presenting preliminary findings on multistakeholders framework and 'City-to-City-Learning' Programme coordinated for the whole 2019.

Participating in the ‘Workshop on Public Policy, Cities and the State’ co-organised by the UPF (Barcelona) & SciencesPo (Paris) in Barcelona (26-27/09/2019)

Dr Igor Calzada participates on 26th and 27th September 2019 in Barcelona on the 'Workshop on Public Policy, Cities and the State'.

‘Brexit: erraietatik’ (Brexit: from inside, from the guts) opinion article in the newspaper Berria (a newspaper in Basque language)

The article revolves around the volatile Brexit context by giving several insights referring to the democratic dysfunctional nature of it.

Co-directing the Summer School ‘Smart Rural Communities’ on 12-13 September 2019 in St. Sebastian (Spain)

Dr Calzada co-directed the Summer School 'Smart Rural Communities' that aims to experiment a new international development model based on the SDGs.

‘Catalonia Rescaling Spain: Is It Feasible to Accommodate Its “Stateless Citizenship”?’ article has been published in the journal Regional Science Policy & Practice

The article entitled ‘Catalonia Rescaling Spain: Is It Feasible to Accommodate Its "Stateless Citizenship"?' has been published in Regional Science, Policy & Practice journal.

Publication in RSA Journal: ‘Data Spaces and Democracy’

The RSA Journal publishes the article of Dr Calzada entitled 'Data Spaces and Democracy'.

Lecturing on the 2019 Summer Humanities and Social Sciences Course at the University of Oxford

Dr Calzada lectures on the 2019 Summer Humanities and Social Sciences Course at the University of Oxford at St. Anthony's College on Smart Cities and Experimental Cities.

Publication in Regions eZine: ‘Technological Sovereignty: Protecting Citizens’ Digital Rights in the AI-driven and post-GDPR Algorithmic and City-Regional European Realm’

Dr Igor Calzada contributes to the 4th issue of Regions eZine with a piece of research blending techno-political and city-regional assemblages.

Accepted paper on the International Symposium ‘Cities Against Nationalism?’ at University of Kent (18/06/2019, UK)

Dr Calzada presents his accepted paper in the International Symposium: Cities Against Nationalism? held by the University of Kent (UK).

Invited paper on the International Symposium ‘City and Nation: Changing Relations, New Perspectives in Urban and Cultural Studies’ at University of Bristol (13/06/2019, UK)

Dr Calzada presents his invited paper in the International Symposium: City and Nation held by the University of Bristol (UK).

Media interview in the Basque TV regarding the second Scottish independence announcement by the Scottish FM, Nicola Sturgeon

Dr Calzada was kindly interviewed by the Basque Public TV (Euskal Telebista), regarding the recent Scottish independence announcement by 2012 made by the Scottish First Minister, N

‘Seeing Tourism Transformations in Europe through Algorithmic, Techno-Political and City-Regional Lenses’ book chapter is forthcoming via Coppieters Foundation

Dr Calzada has contributed to the volume on tourism as a result of the symposium that took place at the University of Deusto in May 2018. The publication is forthcoming in June 201

Accepted paper at the Data for Policy 2019 International Conference in the UCL-London (10-12/06/2019, UK)

Dr Igor Calzada will participate in co-authorship with Dr Esteve Almirall from the ESADE Business School in Barcelona in the Data for Policy 2019 conference.

Invited speaker in the 1st Chile Conference UK of Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Governance, University of Oxford (25/05/2019, UK)

Dr Igor Calzada will participate as speaker at the 1st Conference of Public Policy organised by students of the LSE, Oxford, and Cambridge on 24 and 25th May 2019.

Participating at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2019 (#aagDC) as presenter and panelist in Washington DC (3-6/04/2019, USA)

Dr Igor Calzada participated in the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2019 by presenting a co-authored paper and taking part as panelist.

Invited Expert by the European Commission at the DigiTranScope Workshop ‘Connecting Policy Developers and Decision Makers With the DigiTranScope Experiments’ in Ispra (28-29/03/2019, Italy)

In late March 2019, Dr Calzada was kindly invited by the European Commission - JRC Centre for Advanced Studies to be speaker in the workshop DigiTranScope.

Speaker in the European Smart Projects Summit H2020-SCC in San Sebastian (26-27/03/2019, Spain)

Dr Igor Calzada participated as an expert in the round table about Data Governance by presenting some updates about his research on data commons.

Summary of four lectureship editions in the MSc in Global Sustainable Cities at the University of Strathclyde: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 in Glasgow, Scotland (UK)

Since 2015 onwards, Dr Calzada has continuously been a lecturer in the MSc Master in Global Sustainable Cities at the University of Strathclyde for four editions.

Co-founder of the spin-off Translokal (Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making): Portfolio 2014-2019

In 2014, Dr Calzada founded an spin-off called Translokal – Academic Entrepreneurship for Policy Making. Here the portfolio generated in the last five years: 2014-2019.

‘Deciphering Smart City Citizenship: The Techno-Politics of Data and Urban Co-operative Platforms’ article is forthcoming in the journal RIEV

The article entitled ‘Deciphering Smart City Citizenship: The Techno-Politics of Data and Urban Co-operative Platforms’ is forthcoming in RIEV journal by March 2019.

Urban Governance and City Policies Winter School 2019 at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (25/01/2019, Spain)

Dr Calzada participates in the Urban Governance and City Policies Winter School 2019 at the Autonomous University of Barcelona organised by Barcelona Gov.

Smart Municipalities Symposium: #HerriSmartik Strategic Programme for the Basque Country Municipalities (24/01/2019, Spain)

On 24th January, Dr Calzada scientifically directed the strategy through conducting the Smart Municipalities Symposium from the programme #HerriSmartik.

‘Metropolitanising small European stateless city-regionalised nations’ article has been published in the journal Space and Polity

The article entitled ‘Metropolitanising small European stateless city-regionalised nations’ has been published in the Space and Polity journal.

‘Future of Urban Living international consultation’ at the Windsor Castle, St George House (13-14/12/2018, UK)

Dr Igor Calzada will take part in 'The Future of Urban Living Consultation' that will take place in the Windsor Castle in St George House on 13-14 December 2018.

‘The Algorithmic Revolution’ article in the media El Correo in Spanish

Dr Calzada published the article entitled 'The Algorithmic Revolution' in the newspaper 'El Correo' in Spanish on September 30, 2018.

‘Smart Municipalities Workshop’ in Bilbao (05/10/2018, Basque Country/Spain)

On October 5, 2018, an strategic workshop took place in Bilbao, to define the Smart Municipalities' networked, evolution-guided and bottom-up strategy for the 252 municipalities en

‘(Smart) Citizen from Data Providers to Decision-Makers? The Case Study of Barcelona’ article has been published in the journal Sustainability MDPI

The article entitled ‘(Smart) Citizens from Data Providers to Decision-Makers? The Case Study of Barcelona’ has been published in Sustainability (MDPI) journal belonging to the Spe

‘Algorithmic Nations: Seeing Like a City-Regional and Techno-Political Conceptual Assemblage’ article has been published in the journal Regional Studies, Regional Science

The article entitled 'Algorithmic Nations: Seeing Like a City-Regional and Techno-Political Conceptual Assemblage' has been published in the Regional Studies, Regional Science jour

Participating at the Workshop ‘Big Data and Urban Governance on the Margins of the City’ funded by the British Academy in the King’s College London (02-03/08/2018, UK)

Dr Calzada participated in the worshop entitled 'Big Data and Urban Governance on the Margins of the City', which took place in the King's College London.

‘City-to-City-Learning’ Programme being led by Dr Calzada (UOxf) on H2020-Replicate-EU Lighthouse Smart Cities Project

'City-to-City-Learning' programme of Replicate project is being curated by Dr Calzada, as WP8 leader of the EU-H2020-Replicate project.

Participating as speaker at ‘Europe-China workshop on innovation and development of mega-city regions’ Workshop at the University of Oxford (10/10/2018, UK)

Dr Calzada will give a conference in the 'Europe-China workshop on innovation and development of mega-city regions' that will take place in Oxford on October 10, 2018.

Member of the Editorial Board of Smart Cities MDPI Open Access Journal

Dr Calzada has recently been appointed member of the Editorial Board of the open access journal 'Smart Cities' MDPI.

Replicate H2020-EU Lighthouse’ Smart City project on City-to-City-Learning Workshop in Nilüfer (29/6/2018, Turkey)

Dr Calzada from the University of Oxford conducted a workshop with the local and regional stakeholders of Nilüfer.

Publishing the journal article ‘Local Entrepreneurship Through a Multistakeholders’ Tourism Living Lab in the Post-Violence/Peripheral Era in the Basque Country’ in Regional Science Policy & Practice

The article 'Local Entrepreneurship Through a Multistakeholders’ Tourism Living Lab in the Post-Violence/Peripheral Era in the Basque Country' has been accepted for publication by

Keynote speaker at the Summer School on ‘Diplomacy of Nations in the XXI Century’ in St. Sebastian (09-10/07/2018, Basque Country/Spain)

Dr Calzada delivered a keynote conference entitled 'The XXI Century and the Diplomacy of Cities and Regions' in the Summer School that took place on 9-10th July in the Miramar Pala

Keynote speaker at the Summer School on ‘Predictive Analytics, Big Data, Mobility and Open Platforms for an Efficient and Participative City’ in Rennes (02-03/07/2018, Britanny/France)

Dr Calzada will be the keynote speaker on the Summer School EIT Digital entitled 'Predictive analytics, big data, mobility and open platforms for an efficient and participative cit

Speaker at the Global Challenges Summit 2018 – Astana Economic Forum in Astana (18/05/2018, Kazakhstan)

Dr Calzada will participate as keynote speaker at the Global Challenges 2018 Summit 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 18th May.

Panelist on ‘Transforming Tourism from a Regional Perspective: Challenges, Visions, Ways Forward’ roundtable at the University of Deusto in St. Sebastian (03/05/2018, Basque Country/Spain)

Dr Calzada participated in the roundtable entitled 'Transforming Tourism from the European Regions' at the University of Deusto, held by Ezkerraberri foundation and funded by Coppi

Participating in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities at the UK Parliament in Westminster, London (24/04/2018, UK)

Dr Calzada participated on 24th April in the roundtable held by All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smart Cities entitled 'Intelligence governance, smarter cities' at the UK Pa

‘The Good City’ International Conference took place in Oxford as part of the outcome of the Urban Transformations ESRC programme

Dr Calzada has been the coordinator of the European strategy by organising a Workshop Series entitled 'Bridging European Urban Transformations' from June 2016 to June 2018.

Publishing the journal article ‘Problematizing and Politicizing Smart City-Regions: Is Devolution Smart?’ in Territorio Journal

Dr Calzada has just published the article entitled 'Problematizing and Politicizing Smart City-Regions: Is Devolution Smart?' in the journal Territorio.

Contributing as Panelist & Discussant in the Session ‘Seeing Like a Region’ in the #AAG2018 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in New Orleans (11/04/2018, USA)

Dr Calzada will contribute as Discussant on 'City-Regional Geopolitics' and Panelist on 'Debates and Future Directions' on the Session: Seeing Like a Region.

Giving advice to the ‘Science, Technology, & Innovation Plan 2020’ (PCTI2020/ZTBP2020) Urban Habitat project on Social Innovation of the Basque regional government (13/02/2018 & 26/06/2018, Basque Country/Spain)

Dr Calzada contributed by giving a conference to kick-off the strategic advisory on social innovation among a wide range of stakeholders.

Invited Keynote Speaker in the Urban Future Global Conference in Vienna (28/02/2018, Austria)

Dr Igor Calzada will give a keynote presentation in the Urban Future Global Conference 2018 in Vienna on 28th February 2018.

Publishing the chapter on ‘Political Regionalism: Devolution, Metropolitanisation and the Right to Decide’ in the Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories by Edward Elgar

Dr Calzada has contributed to Edward Elgar's Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories volume kindly edited by Prof Anssi Paasi, Prof John Harrison, and Prof Martin Jo

Publishing the journal article ‘Do Digital Social Networks Foster Civilian Participation among Millennials? Kitchenware Revolution & 15M Democratic Regeneration Cases’ in Globalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation

Dr Calzada's article on the role of the social media in millennials' civilian participation in the cases of the 15M in Spain and Kitchenware Revolution in Iceland, has been publish

Coordinating the 4th and final Workshop from the Series ‘Bridging European Urban Transformations’ > Rethinking the Urban Commons in European City-Regions in Brussels (12/02/2018, Belgium)

On 12th February 2018, the fourth and final workshop from the series 'Bridging European Urban Transformations' will take place in Brussels entitled: 'Rethinking the Urban Commons i

Participating as Replicate-H2020-Smart Cities & Communities WP Replication Leader at ‘Replication Workshop: From Follower to Lighthouse City for Smarter Cities’ in Brussels (26/01/18, Belgium)

Dr Calzada is participating as partner representative and WP leader of Replication of Replicate EU project, in the 'Replication Workshop: From Follower to Lighthouse City for Smart

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

Invited Instructor/Guest Lecturer on the MIT Metro Lab Initiative in Boston, Massachusetts (11/01/2018, USA)

Dr Calzada will be teaching as an invited invited and guest lecturer on the MIT Metro Lab Initiative in Boston, Massachusetts on 11th January 2018 on 'Political Regionalism and Met

Publishing the chapter ‘From Smart Cities to Experimental Cities?’ in a book published by Palgrave Macmillan

Dr Calzada has recently published a chapter entitled 'From Smart Cities to Experimental Cities?' in the book published by Palgrave Macmillan and Springer/Nature. 

Publishing the paper entitled ‘Beyond Data-Driven Smart City-Regions? Rethinking Stakeholder-Helixes Strategies’ in Regions Magazine

Dr Calzada from the Urban Transformations programme at the University of Oxford in collaboration with Dr Cowie from the Future Cities Catapult, has published the article on rethink

Publishing the chapter entitled ‘About Independence (With Independence)’ in a crowdfunded compilation-book entitled ‘The Right to Decide, Drivers and Sovereignty’

This chapter entitled 'About Independence (with independence)' will be included in a book edition called 'The Right to Decide, Power & Sovereignty'.

Publishing the journal article ‘Metropolitan and city-regional politics in the urban age: why does (smart) devolution matter?’ in Palgrave Communications

Dr Calzada published the article entitled 'Metropolitan and city-regional politics in the urban age: why does (smart) devolution matter?' via Palgrave Communications.

Directing ‘Smart Rural Communities’ Action Research Intervention project 2017-2018 in Colombia (Latin America) & Mozambique (Africa) organised by the NGO Ayuda En Acción (Aid-in-Action)

This project aims to conduct fieldwork research in two rural and remote communities in post-conflict areas: Colombia (Latin America) and Mozambique (Africa).

Conducting Replicate H2020-EU Lighthouse Smart City project on City-to-City-Learning Workshop in Lausanne (12/12/2017, Switzerland)

On the last 12th December, the workshop for analysing the multistakeholders' configuration was conducted by Dr Calzada in Lausanne (Switzerland).

Invited Guest Speaker on ‘Data Devolution in Europe’ in the session ‘Smart Cities & Data’ at MSc in Data, Analytics & Cloud at the ESADE Business School in Barcelona (23/11/2017, Catalonia/Spain)

Dr Calzada elaborated on 'Data Devolution in Europe' in the Speakers Session in ESADE Business School by presenting two journal articles

Invited Lecturer on ‘Smart Cities and Transformations for Territories and Cities’ Master Course at the Urban and Territorial Studies School of the Basque Country in Bilbao (23/11/2017, Basque Country/Spain)

Dr Calzada will deliver a Master Course on 'Smart Cities and Transformations for Territories and Cities' in the Urban and Territorial Studies School of the Basque Country in Bilbao

Giving advice to Projectes d’Especialització i Competitivitat Territorial (PECT)/RIS3CAT/FEDER. TurisTIC LivingLab. Tourism Living Lab Training Workshop in Tarragona (17/11/2017, Catalonia/Spain)

Dr Calzada conducted an internal learning-by-doing session with the Province Council of Tarragona on Tourism Living Labs.

Keynote speaker in the Smart City Expo World Congress #SCEWC17 in Barcelona (16/11/2017, Catalonia/Spain)

Dr Calzada will took part in the thematic session entitled 'Going Beyond Data Mining: Building a City Data Strategy' of the SCEWC17 in Barcelona.

Wrapping-up and Presenting ‘HerriSmartik: Basque City-Regional Strategy in the H2020 European Context’ Smart Municipalities policy report presentation in Bilbao (14/11/2017, Basque Country/Spain)

Dr Calzada conducted a workshop and present the policy report 'Basque Smart City-Regional Strategy in the H2020 European Context' on 14th November in Bilbao.

Conducting ‘ZumaiaLab: Tourism Living Lab’ in Zumaia. 2nd Lab (10/11/2017, Basque Country/Spain)

Dr Calzada is conducting this strategic process and setting-up the Tourism Living Lab.

Keynote conference ‘Culture a Tool for Innovating?’ at the State Conference in Culture in Valladolid (Spain)

The State Conference in Culture will take place from 8th to 10th March in Valladolid (Spain). Dr Calzada will deliver a keynote entitled 'Culture a Tool for Innovating?'.

‘Education for (Social) Innovation: Transformation in (Smart) Cities/Educación para la Innovación (Social): Transformación en las Ciudades (Inteligentes)” Workshop 2016 Innovation Week organised by Fomento San Sebastian (Economic Promotion Agency)

Dr Calzada and Dr Cobo (both from the Future of Cities/Urban Transformations and Oxford Internet Institute respectively at the University of Oxford), will conduct a workshop entitl

Keynote speaker Summer School ‘The Identity of the European Cities’ Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque Country – Spain). 11-12th July 2016

Dr Calzada will open with the keynote conference 'Is Changing the Identity of (European) Cities?' the Summer School 'The Identity of the European Cities' 2016 in Donostia-St. Sebas

Paper at 15th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conference ‘Cities, States and Borders’: Comparing Cross-Bordering City-Regional Strategies Beyond Nation-States in Oresund and the Basque Country. Hamburg (Germany) <> Sonderborg (Denmark) 17-20th May 2016

Dr Igor Calzada will deliver a paper entitled 'Comparing Cross-Bordering City-Regional Strategies Beyond Nation-States in Oresund and the Basque Country' in the 15th Border Regions

Habitat III: Public Spaces – Thematic Meeting in Barcelona (Catalonia-Spain) #H3Barcelona #Habitat3 #NewUrbanAgenda

Dr Igor Calzada, MBA, has been participating (in representation of the Urban Transformations ESRC porfolio co-ordinated by the University of Oxford), in the Habitat III Thematic Me

‘Independentziaz (independentziarekin)’ book chapter published by Sorzain publisher

Here is the chapter entitled 'About Independence (with independence)' that will contribute to a new edition on 'The Right to Decide, Power and Sovereignty' by Sorzain publishing.

‘Independentziara: nola eta nondik?/Towards independence? where from and how?’ Conference in Bilbao on 10th March 2016

Dr Calzada took part in the roundtable organised by Ezkerraberri Foundation (which belongs to Aralar, left independentist political Basque party). He discussed with Dr Goikoetxea f