SubjectEconomy and business

Cities and citizens, not companies, ought to own the data produced in cities and should be able to use said data to improve public services and put their policies...

The European Union has tabled a new directive on copyright to harmonize different aspects of the European digital market.

The large global metropolis embodies the spirit of our era, while small and medium-sized deindustrialized cities are sceptical about the future, with nostalgia for a...

Caterina Biscari
Alba is the most important synchrotron light laboratory in the Mediterranean and south-west Europe. However, it is a great unknown for Barcelona society in general....

Marta Reynal-Querol
To prevent wars, it is essential that we stress on the prior latent causes of the unrest. The use of modern technologies and the analysis of big data are the basis of...

Isabelle Anguelovski, researcher in political ecology
The creation of city parks, green belts and ecological corridors in urban neighbourhoods attracts upmarket estate agencies and new residents with more purchasing...

In his essays, Richard Sennett considers the ways of life that capitalism is destroying. He looks at the alienating mechanisms of the market, and considers more...

Multinational enterprises are increasingly aware of the need to respect fundamental rights, and not only for legal and ethical reasons; there are also sound...
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