About this Research Topic Submission Deadlines 03 February 2022Abstract03 April 2022 COVID-19 has hit citizens dramatically, not only creating a general risk-driven environment encompassing a wide array of economic vulnerabilities but also exposing them to pervasive digital risks, such as biosurveillance, misinformation, and e-democracy...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...