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 the Presidency – General Secretariat for External Action of the Basque Government. His work has involved both policy-oriented research...

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, which took place in Ravello, Italy from April 10-12. The event, chaired by Dr. Anna Visvizi from SGH...

This past week #Eraldaroa VIII World #Congress of Basque Communities was held by #BasqueGovernment, Presidency, External Affairs’ General Secretary, in #Donostia gathering delegations from #Argentina #USA #Uruguay #Venezuela #Germany #Australia #Belgium #Brazil #Canada #Chile #Colombia #Cuba #France #Japan #Mexico #Paraguay #Peru 20th Dec, I presented...

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, on 31st August 2023 after spending a whole week conducting fieldwork action research. Agenda-for-2023-Stanford-DAO-WorkshopDownload Agenda-for-2023-Stanford-DAO-Workshop-1Download Dr-Igor-Calzada-MBA-is-a-Principal-Investigator-and-Fulbright-Scholar-at-Ikerbasque-University-of-th-1Download T20_PB_TF2_201_DigitalTransformationDownload ...

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...