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Editor's Blog

Graeme, our editor, loves to give his take on how smart cities are evolving. His weekly blog gives a small insight into his thinking on this week's news.

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Featured Stories

Cities of dreams

16 Oct 2020

Big topics, big challenges and big questions around the future of cities dominated the discussion at SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory board meeting – and we look forward to addressing them.

Data ownership could unleash truly smart cities

31 Jan 2020

A simple way to control personal data could foster greater trust around smart city initiatives and open up a discussion around what citizens really find valuable – an extension of participatory budgeting, giving people a say in how they ‘spend’ their data.

SURVEY: Smart cities: Are you open?

18 Jun 2019

SmartCitiesWorld’s latest research, in partnership with uCIFI Alliance, focuses on openness and interoperability in smart cities.

Smart cities: Will they ad up?

13 Dec 2018

Advertising in smart cities throws up a lot of questions. Now’s a good time to talk about them.

City data-sharing scales up

03 Oct 2018

New initiatives around city data-sharing look way beyond open data.

Smart cities: Mind the gaps

06 Jun 2018

Recent research on technology and smart cities has highlighted a number of divides – such as a potential gap in how the tech industry and consumers view smart cities, and a disconnect between how citizens think about technology for individual use versus its impact for society as a whole.