22 October 2026 | Invited Local-International Keynote | Bilbao, Spain Professor Igor Calzada will join Ivy Karushi Akii and moderator Marcelle Mardon for a conversation examining AI, data sovereignty and global inequalities, placing African perspectives at the centre of the discussion. On 22 October 2026, Professor Igor...
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, held in Bilbao and organized by the Subiranotasuna Europako Herrietan Masterra (UPV/EHU). The event gathered scholars and researchers...
The article entitled ‘Metropolitanising small European stateless city-regionalised nations’ has been published in the Space and Polity journal....
Dr Calzada has just published the article entitled 'Problematizing and Politicizing Smart City-Regions: Is Devolution Smart?' in the journal Territorio. ...
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 Jones. Dr Calzada's chapter entitled 'Political Regionalism: Devolution, Metropolitanisation, and the Right to Decide'....
Dr Calzada published the article entitled 'Metropolitan and city-regional politics in the urban age: why does (smart) devolution matter?' via Palgrave Communications....
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....
Dr Calzada will took part in the thematic session entitled 'Going Beyond Data Mining: Building a City Data Strategy' of the SCEWC17 in Barcelona....
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....
