I am pleased to share with you recent publications related to cities and more generally, democratic participation,
- 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 is enclosed below and you may access the full article as well through the UCM repository link.
- For fans, I also recommend the Book ¿Como se gobernan las ciudades?, comparing over eight world city cases, including Shanghai, Iskandar, nine cities in Japan, New York, Amsterdam, Málaga, Tarragona and Santander. Download the full book here
At the moment with my team of researchers at UCM (TFGs, TFMs, PhD) we work in progress on:
- The philosophical differences in participation in public administrtion in China and western countries
- Political participation in democracies
- Ideas and the objectives of the Millenium
- Ideas and the nature-based-city
- Ideas and the grand design of Madrid Nuevo Norte neighborhood
- Ideas and how financial ratings influence regimes, local, regional and national levels