Smart and Connected Cities and Communities

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    The Indicator of CCTV Success is Winning Elections”: Insights from the Implementation of an Algorithmic Video Surveillance System in Poland
    (2026-01-06) Berdys, Monika
    This article explores the emergence and dynamics of institutional collaboration surrounding the implementation of an algorithmic video surveillance system (AVS) in a Polish city, utilizing the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) as a theoretical lens. The study identifies two primary coalitions: the “Safe City,” focused on public safety and crime prevention, and the “Smart City,” which emphasizes technological innovation and city branding. Through qualitative case study method, including in-depth interviews, the research provides an empirical analysis of how cooperation unfolded among actors who are typically reluctant to work together. The paper argues that the system’s success is owed to the convergent belief systems of the coalition’s members. The findings also highlight the role of individual policy entrepreneurs, local authorities, law enforcement, and private contractors in engaging citizens in financing the CCTV system and reducing any opposing voices. Ultimately, the study contributes to understanding the interplay between politics and policy in the context of urban surveillance technology, while calling for further research on the implications of such systems for core components of the “right to the smart city” like privacy and democratic engagement.
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    Inclusive Participation in Smart City Initiatives: Mapping the Scientific Discourse
    (2026-01-06) Spitzer, Vera; Wimmer, Maria A.
    Stakeholder involvement is crucial in smart city initiatives, with growing emphasis on inclusive participation of all social groups. By means of a systematic literature review, we study how inclusive participation is conceptualized in smart city initiatives. We therefore study publications on digital and analogue participation formats in smart city initiatives and assess how various stakeholder groups are engaged. The review reveals inconsistent definitions and applications of inclusion and in-clusive participation across the literature. Drawing on these findings, we propose a structured overview and a conceptual definition of inclusive participation in smart city initiatives to support clearer frameworks for future research and implementation.
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    Facilitating Better Deliberation about Smart Cities: Designing a Meta-deliberation Instrument
    (2026-01-06) Van Twist, Anouk; Melenhorst, Mark; Veenstra, Mettina
    In smart cities, deliberation between public professionals and discontented citizens risks devolving into a ‘dialogue of the deaf’, where parties talk past each other due to differing perceptions of what constitutes good deliberation. Meta-deliberation offers a promising direction to raise awareness of this risk, encourage reflection on differing perceptions, and anticipate tensions. However, its potential remains unexplored, and practical instruments are lacking. Therefore, Design Science Research (DSR) was used to develop a practice-oriented, academically grounded meta-deliberation instrument guided by six standards of deliberative quality, for public professionals in smart city contexts. The instrument is informed by academic insights and interviews with public professionals (n=17), and was evaluated by experts (n=9) and professionals (n=2x3). This study contributes academically by showcasing the potential of meta-deliberation to address a dialogue of the deaf, methodologically by applying DSR to smart city governance challenges, and practically by designing an instrument to improve government-citizen interactions.
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    Folk Theorization and the Counterpublic of Data in Hong Kong
    (2026-01-06) Ting, Tin-Yuet
    While AI algorithms and big data have constituted the latest agenda in urban governance, they can also be a prime source of public contention. However, despite increased attention paid to public participation and its lack in data-driven governance, limited work has examined how public perceptions of social datafication alter and bring about (counter)public engagement, particularly amid changes in state–public relations. In this paper, we analyze how contemporary networked processes of folk theorization have (re)produced a contentious publicness of data in Hong Kong across four relevant projects that unfolded under democratic backsliding. Through the analysis, we explicate how ostensibly banal incidents of data-driven urban governance have become a locus of public contention and resulted in various modalities of data disobedience in a low trust society. We further contend that a renewed conception of folk theorization offers significant insights into the emerging yet underexplored disjuncture between digital citizenship and automated state power, alongside its developmental repercussions.
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    Introduction to the Minitrack on Smart and Connected Cities and Communities
    (2026-01-06) Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro; Viale Pereira, Gabriela; Przeybilovicz, Erico