Smart cities can be regarded as the latest important administrative reform and digital innovation in most metropolitan cities globally. The international seminar focuses on open data, open innovation, online and offline participation, sustainability (smart energy, smart mobility, smart architecture etc.) as components of a smart city. International best and bad practices will be analyzed. Here the main regional focus is on Brazil and Germany.
What are goals, structures and institutions of smart cities? What contextual factors are helpful? Who is included and who is excluded? How can successful smart cities be evaluated (Indicators)? What lessons can be learned? What will be the future of smart cities?
First session is planned Tuesday 23.04.2024, 18:00 o'clock.
The seminar will have app three presence blocks (two preparation sessions and a two-day workshop. In addition, further materials (online texts, videos, Gathertown) are available on learnweb, which must be used.
Registration in leanweb by 14th April 2024 is mandatory. All further information and dates can be found on learnweb.
Required reading (please read in advance, also available for download on learnweb):
Kersting, Norbert 2023: Online participation. in Teles, F. (ed.) 2023: Handbook on Local and Regional Governance. Cheltenham: Elgar: 203-218
- Lehrende/r: Norbert Kersting