I am pleased to share with you recent publications related to cities

I am pleased to share with you recent publications related to cities and more generally, participation, writen together with my team at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where the research of María Elicia excells. This research counts with the participation and co-direction of Iván Cantador from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

• Defining the Engagement Cycle in e-participation. Proceedings of D.go’18, May 2018, Delft, The Netherlands. Cortés-Cediel, M. E., Gil, O., Cantador, I. 2018. ACM ISBN 123-4567-24-567/08/06. https://doi.org/10.475/123_4. Access to download
• Engagement en ciudades inteligentes. Diseño de un marco de análisis teórico y aplicado para la participación ciudadana. Cortés-Cediel, M.E., Gil, O. 2018. Revista de Gestión y Análisis de las Políticas Públicas. Mayo. Access to download.
• Citizen Participation and The Rise of Digital Media Platforms in Smart Governance and Smart Cities. 2019. International Journal for E-Planning Research.  Gil, O., Cortés-Cediel, M. E., Cantador, I. 

  
  

  Abstract. Many governments and firms do believe that technology can supplant governance and human responsibility. This belief poses the question of who will really benefit from smart cities. This article explores this fundamental question through the study of digital media platforms. The ultimate goal is to understand the link between e-governance and smart city initiatives in our cases of study by testing whether these projects are explicitly for citizens. This article shows how e-platforms represent the use of information and communication technologies with the aim of encouraging citizen participation in decision-making processes, improving information and service delivery, reinforcing transparency, accountability, as well as credibility. Thirteen digital media platforms are surveyed, mostly in cities across countries. These e-platforms raise implementation challenges for both firms and policy makers, and new research opportunities for scientist to build up new research and to experiment with the aim to make the benefits for citizens wider and the participatory dimension stronger.
  
  To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link www.igi-global.com/article/citizen-participation-and-the-rise-of-digital-media-platforms-in-smart-governance-and-smart-cities/217705, or find a preprint here.

  
  

  International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)
  Volume 8, Issue 1, January - March 2019
  Indexed by: Compendex (Elsevier Engineering Index), INSPEC, SCOPUS, Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

  ISSN: 2160-9918; EISSN: 2160-9926;
  Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)