Luca Mora
luca mora

Prof Luca Mora

Professor

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  L.Mora@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Luca is a Professor of Urban Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School, where he leads both the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Subject Group and the Urban Innovation Policy Lab. This research lab hosts over 25 academics whose expertise connects social sciences with engineering and technology disciplines. Additionally, Luca holds the position of Professor of Urban Innovation at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), where he supports the development of the FinEst Centre for Smart Cities, a €32 million investment through the European Commission’s Horizon Europe program.

With 15 years of experience in conducting multidisciplinary research that bridges urban studies, computer science, and innovation management, Luca constantly introduces new theoretical and practical advancements in the field of smart city development. His scholarly work has been widely published in prestigious journals, including Organization Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation, Government Information Quarterly, Regional Studies, and Cities.

He has been serving as an academic consultant for several intergovernmental organizations such as the European Commission, the United Nations, and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. In this capacity, he authored three major United Nations reports on digital transformation governance in urban areas. Luca's efforts have contributed to generating over €40 million through research and consultancy projects, predominantly supported by European funding schemes.

In addition to his research and consulting work, Luca is an active member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Urban Technology and IET Smart Cities and serves as Executive Editor for Technological Forecasting and Social Change. He has also been a guest editor for seven Special Issues on smart city development in notable academic journals.

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Themes

Research Areas

Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Scientific Committee Member, 2023 Technological Forecasting and Social Change Special Conference | Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Academic Consultant (Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development), United Nations
  • Academic Consultant (Governance of Smart City Projects), CAF - the Development Bank of Latin America
  • Academic Consultant (Urban data Ecosystems), European Commission
  • Academic Consultant (Governance of Smart City Projects), United Nations
  • Research Associate at University of Liège - Smart City Institute | Liège, Belgium
  • Scientific Committee Member, 4th Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition (SmartBlueCity 2020) | Athens, Greece
  • Academic Advisor (Smart City Policy Development), Zhejiang Provincial Government
  • Academic Board Member at Edinburgh Napier University
  • Scientific Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (SSPCR 2019) | Bozen, Italy
  • Member of the European Commission’s Smart Cities and Communities Action Clusters
  • Scientific Committee Member, 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition (SmartBlueCity 2018) | Larnaca, Cyprus
  • Scientific Committee Member, 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition (SmartBlueCity 2016) | Limassol, Cyprus

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Organiser of "Future Cities Masterclass", in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) - AIM Congress 2024 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Co-Chair of the Track “Emerging Technology” at 2023 Technological Forecasting and Social Change Special Conference | Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Organiser of UN Expert Group Meeting on “The State of Smart City Governance”, in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and CAF - the Development Bank of Latina America
  • Organiser of the RSA Scotland Annual Conference 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Chair of the Track "Thriving Governance and Citizenship in a Smart World" at the 3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (SSPCR 2019) | Bozen, Italy
  • Organiser of the "Online S3 Final Workshop" at European Commission | Brussels, Belgium
  • Organiser and Co-Chair of the "Circular & Smart Cities Workshop" at European Commission - European Week of Regions and Cities 2018 | Brussels, Belgium
  • Organiser and Chair of "Meet the Innovation Guru - Edinburgh Napier University's Lecture Series on Innovation Management" | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Organiser and Co-chair of the 2nd Annual International Conference of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Organiser of a Discussion Panel on Smart Specialisation at Trinity College Dublin - RSA Annual Conference 2017 | Dublin, Ireland
  • Organiser and Chair of the conference "Smart Culture: ICT and the Enhancement of Cities' Cultural Heritage" | Bologna, Italy
  • Organiser and Chair of the conference "Funding the Smart City: Comparing Alternative Solutions" | Bologna, Italy
  • Organiser of the 7th Summer Workshop of Italian PhD Programmes in Architectural Technology | Mantua, Italy

 

Editorial Activity

  • Executive Editor (Deputy Editor-in-Chief) - Technological Forecasting & Social Change (Elsevier)
  • Guest Editor for the Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Emerald, ISSN: 0951-3574) - Special Issue "Accountability for a Connected Society: The Unaccounted Effects of Digital Transformations”, in collaboration with Prof Giuseppe Grossi (Nord University, Norway; Kozminski University, Poland; Kristianstad University, Sweden), Dr Daniela Argento (Kristianstad University, Sweden), Prof Dorota Dobija (Kozminski University, Poland), Dr Mauricio Marrone (Macquarie University, Australia)
  • Guest Editor for Technology in Society (Elsevier, ISSN 0160-791X) - Special Issue "Twin transitions: unravelling the interplay between green and digital in socio-technical transformation processes", in collaboration with Dr Paolo Gerli (Edinburgh Napier University), Dr Alberto Ferraris (University of Turin), Prof Marina Dabic (University of Zagreb & Nottingham Trent University)
  • Lead Guest Editor for Regional Studies (Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 0034-3404) - Special Issue "Towards a Technology-enabled Approach to Smart Specialisation Development", in collaboration with Dr Anastasia Panori (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Prof Mark Deakin (Edinburgh Napier University), Prof Raquel Ortega-Argiles (University of Birmingham)
  • Lead Guest Editor for Organization Studies (SAGE, ISSN: 0170-8406) - Special Issue "Boosting Urban Sustainability through Organizing Collaborative Ecosystems for Smart City Development", in collaboration with Dr Francesco Paolo Appio (Université Côte d'Azur), Prof Nicolai J. Foss (Copenhagen Business School), Prof David Arellano Gault (Center for Research and Teaching in Economics), Dr Xiaoling Zhang (City University of Hong Kong)
  • Lead Guest Editor for the Journal of Urban Technology (Routledge, ISSN: 1063-0732) - Special Issue "Smart city Development as an ICT-Driven Approach to Urban Sustainability", in collaboration with Prof Mark Deakin (Edinburgh Napier University), Dr Xiaoling Zhang (City University of Hong Kong), Prof Michael Batty (University College London), Prof Martin de Jong (Delft University of Technology), Dr Paolo Santi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Dr Francesco Paolo Appio (Université Côte d'Azur)
  • Associate Editor - IET Smart Cities (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
  • Editorial Board Member - Journal of Urban Technology (Routledge, ISSN: 1063-0732)
  • Guest Editor for the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (Springer, ISSN: 1554-7191) - Special Issue "The Strategic, Organizational, and Entrepreneurial Evolution of Smart Cities", in collaboration with Dr Francesco Schiavone (Parthenope University of Naples), Dr Francesco Paolo Appio (Université Côte d'Azur)
  • Guest Editor for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE, ISSN 0018-9391) - Special Issue "Strategies to reach convergence: A multiple perspectives assessment", in collaboration with Dr Francesco Paolo Appio (Université Côte d'Azur), Dr Sungjoo Lee (Ajou University), Prof Stefanie Bröring (University of Bonn), Dr Nathalie Sick (University of Technology Sydney)

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Leadership Excellence Award (Nominated) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2020-21
  • Best Research Article Award 2021 - Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
  • Research and Innovation Award (Winner) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2020-21
  • Partnership Award (Nominated) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2019-20
  • Leadership Excellence Award (Nominated) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2019-20
  • Research and Innovation Award (Winner) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2019-20
  • Enterprise Award (Winner) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2018-19
  • Partnership Award (Shortlisted) - Edinburgh Napier University, Above & Beyond Awards 2017-18
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Best Dissertation Award (Winner) - Polytechnic University of Milan

 

Grant Funding Panel Member

  • Grant Funding Panel Member for the High North and Arctic Smart City Development Competition 2020 | Nord University, Norway

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Grant Reviewer for the European Commission - 2022 ERC Consolidator Grant
  • Grant Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Grant Reviewer for UKRI - Economic and Social Research Council
  • Grant Reviewer for the French National Research Agency
  • Grant Reviewer for the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland

 

Invited Speaker

  • Invited Speaker at 38th Annual British Academy of Management Conference (BAM 2024) - Nottingham Trent University | Nottingham, UK
  • Invited Speaker at DOS-BAM Joint Research Consortium Meeting - Royal Holloway, University of London | London, UK
  • Invited Speaker at 56th Annual Conference of the University Transport Studies Group (UTSG 2024) - University of Huddersfield | Huddersfield, UK
  • Invited Speaker at 15th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business (Odyssey 2024) - University of Zagreb | Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Invited Speaker at LSE Hybrid Cities Workshop - London School of Economics | London, UK
  • Invited Speaker at 2023 Technological Forecasting and Social Change Special Conference - National Tsing Hua University | Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Invited Speaker at 20th Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge Conference (ACIEK 2024) - Sorbonne University | Paris, France
  • Invited Speaker at Smart Cities in Smart Regions Conference 2024 - LAB University of Applied Sciences | Lahti, Finland
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at UN World Urban Forum 11 | Katowice, Poland
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at 3rd Smart City Exchange Forum - Tallinn University of Technology | Tallinn, Estonia
  • Invited Speaker at R&D Management Conference 2022 - Innovation for People and Territories | Trento, Italy
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at IEEE Smart Cities Week 2022
  • Invited Speaker at UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), 25th Edition | United Nations, Geneva
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Cátedra Eugenio Méndez Docurro (CEMD) 2021 | Mexico City, Mexico
  • Invited Speaker at UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), 2021-2022 Intersessional Panel - United Nations | Geneva, Switzerland
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at 17th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM 2021) - Aalto University | Helsinki, Finland
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at Smart City Research Seminar of University of Liège - Smart City Institute | Liège, Belgium
  • Invited Speaker at 36th EGOS Colloquium - Organizing for a Sustainable Future: Responsibility, Renewal, and Resistance | Hamburg, Germany
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress - Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals | Doha, Qatar
  • Invited Speaker at 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE 2020) - University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at High North Dialogue 2020 - Nord University | Bodø, Norway
  • Invited Speaker at the China-UK Bilateral Workshop organised by University of Cambridge and Huazhong University of Science Technology | Wuhan, China
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at Kristianstad University - GRIP Seminar Series | Kristianstad, Sweden
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at RSA Edinburgh Area: Shaping New Places Through the Human-Centred Smart City | Edinburgh, UK
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at The University of Edinburgh - New Thinking Group (NTG) Interdisciplinary Seminar Series | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Invited Speaker at the 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development | Rome, Italy
  • Invited Speaker at University of Exeter - Future Cities Research Directions Workshop | Exeter, United Kingdom
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at Nordic Smart Cities 2018 | Malmo, Sweden
  • Invited Speaker at the RSA Annual Conference 2017 | Dublin, Ireland
  • Invited Speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions | Bozen, Italy
  • Invited Speaker at the 3rd Conference of the RSA Research Network on Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability | Gdansk, Poland
  • Invited Speaker at the 10th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development | Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Invited Speaker at the 1st International City Regeneration Congress | Tampere, Finland
  • Invited Keynote Speaker at Innovation Day | Pisa, Italy
  • Invited Speaker at the 1st International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions | Bozen, Italy
  • Invited Speaker at the Smart City Exhibition 2013 | Bologna, Italy
  • Invited Speaker at International Conference Artists in Industry: The Role of Design in the Digital Age | Bucharest, Romania
  • Invited Speaker at RSA Winter Conference 2012 | London, United Kingdom

 

Media Activity

  • News: Edinburgh Napier University develops smart city playbook | UKAuthority
  • News: UN and Edinburgh Napier University collaborate on smart city governance playbook | SmartCitiesWorld
  • News: UN and Napier collaborate on smart city governance playbook | SmartCitiesWorld
  • News: Edinburgh Napier researchers launch ‘smart city playbook’ for United Nations | Edinburgh Napier University
  • News: Edinburgh Napier University creates smart city ‘playbook’ for UN | Project Scotland
  • News: Edinburgh Napier researchers launch ‘smart city playbook’ for United Nations | North Edinburgh News
  • News: Managing smart city governance – A playbook for local and regional governments | Tomorrow.city
  • News: Edinburgh-based expert in smart city innovation joins €32 million international research project | Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
  • News: Smart city innovation expert joins €32m international research project | Edinburgh Napier University News
  • Magazine article: Collaboration crucial to increase offsite adoption | Project Scotland
  • News: Dr Luca Mora collaborates with Zhejiang provincial government | Edinburgh Napier University News
  • Magazine article: Developing smart and sustainable cities | The Red Triangle, Edinburgh Napier University
  • News: Luca Mora, Visiting Professor: “As a researcher, mobility is part of the game” | EMLV Paris
  • News: Prof Mark Deakin and Dr Luca Mora complete the U!REKA bibliometric analysis | Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) News

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
  • Member of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
  • Member of the Regional Studies Association (RSA)

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Invited by University of Cambridge to collaborate in delivering a China-UK bilateral workshop | Wuhan, China

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External examiner of research degrees for Lancaster University
  • External examiner of research degrees for Royal Holloway, University of London
  • External examiner of research degrees for Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer for Journal of Planning Literature (SAGE, ISSN 0885-4122)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Urban Design (Routledge, ISSN: 1357-4809)
  • Reviewer for Regional Sustainability (Elsevier, ISSN: 2666-660X)
  • Reviewer for for Technology in Society (Elsevier, ISSN 0160-791X)
  • Reviewer for npj Urban Sustainability - Nature Portfolio Journal (Springer, ISSN 2661-8001)
  • Reviewer for - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (Elsevier, ISSN: 1618-8667)
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Urban Sciences (Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1226-5934)
  • Reviewer for International Review of Administrative Sciences (SAGE, ISSN 0020-8523)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Contemporary European Studies (Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1478-2804)
  • Reviewer for Government Information Quarterly (Elsevier, ISSN: 0740-624X)
  • Reviewer for New Media & Society (Sage, ISSN: 1461-4448)
  • Book proposal reviewer for Routledge
  • Reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IEEE, ISSN: 2327-4662)
  • Reviewer for Discover Sustainability (Springer, ISSN: 2662-9984)
  • Reviewer for Futures (Elsevier, ISSN: 0016-3287)
  • Reviewer for Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer, ISSN: 1573-2975)
  • Reviewer for Environmental Development (Elsevier, ISSN: 2211-4645)
  • Reviewer for Urban Studies (Sage, ISSN: 0042-0980)
  • Reviewer for Public Management Review (Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 1471-9037)
  • Reviewer for Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (Sage, ISSN: 2399-8083)
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE, ISSN: 0018-9391)
  • Reviewer for Nature Communications (Springer Nature Publishing AG, ISSN: 2041-1723)
  • Reviewer for European Planning Studies (Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 0965-4313)
  • Reviewer for Sustainable Cities and Society (Elsevier, ISSN: 2210-6707)
  • Reviewer for The Canadian Geographer (Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 0008-3658)
  • Book proposal reviewer for Oxford University Press
  • Reviewer for Annals of the American Association of Geographers (Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2469-4452)
  • Reviewer for Urban Research & Practice (Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 1753-5069)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier, ISSN: 0959-6526)
  • Book proposal reviewer for Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Reviewer for Journal of Intellectual Capital (Emerald, ISSN 1469-1930)
  • Reviewer for World Development (Elsevier, ISSN: 0305-750X)
  • Reviewer for Scienze Regionali: The Italian Journal of Regional Science (Il Mulino, ISSN: 1720-3929)
  • Reviewer for Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Elsevier, ISSN: 0040-1625)
  • Reviewer for Regional Studies (Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 1360-0591)
  • Book proposal reviewer for Elsevier (Book Series on Smart Cities)
  • Reviewer for Sensors (MDPI, ISSN: 1424-8220)
  • Reviewer for Sustainability (MDPI, ISSN: 2071-1050)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Smart Cities (Whioce Publishing, ISSN: 2382-6401)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Knowledge Economy (Springer, ISSN: 1868-7865)
  • Reviewer for European Journal of Innovation Management (Emerald, ISSN: 1460-1060)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Urban Technology (Routledge, ISSN: 1063-0732)
  • Reviewer for Cities (Elsevier, ISSN: 0264-2751)
  • Reviewer for Building and Environment (Elsevier, ISSN: 0360-1323)
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Electronic Governance (Inderscience, ISSN: 1742-7517)
  • Reviewer for Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (Universidad de Talca, ISSN: 0718-1876)

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Professor at Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, École de Management Léonard de Vinci | Paris, France
  • Visiting Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Centre for Smart Cities | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Visiting Researcher at Aristotle Univeristy of Thessaloniki, Urban and Regional Innovation Research (URENIO) | Thessaloniki, Greece

 

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How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study

Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Angelidou, M. (2019)
How to Overcome the Dichotomous Nature of Smart City Research: Proposed Methodology and Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Urban Technology, 26(2), 89-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2018.1525265
Overcoming the dichotomous nature of smart city research is fundamental to providing cities with a clear understanding of how smart city development should be approached. This...

Intelligence and co-creation in smart specialisation strategies: towards the next stage of RIS3

Report
Komninos, N., Kakderi, C., Panori, A., Garcia, E., Reid, A., Cvijanović, V., …Mora, L. (2018)
Intelligence and co-creation in smart specialisation strategies: towards the next stage of RIS3. European Commission
The white paper on “Intelligence and Co-creation in Smart Specialisation Strategies” outlines some key conclusions from the Online S3 project, funded under the Horizon 2020 pr...

Combining Co-Citation Clustering and Text-Based Analysis to Reveal the Main Development Paths of Smart Cities

Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2019)
Combining Co-Citation Clustering and Text-Based Analysis to Reveal the Main Development Paths of Smart Cities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 142, 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.019
Bibliometrics is a powerful tool for analyzing knowledge domains and revealing their cognitive-epistemological structure. Different mathematical models and statistical techniq...

Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices

Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2019)
Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 142, 70-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.035
Recent studies reveal a deep-rooted division in research on smart cities, which surfaces as a set of dichotomies that question whether smart city development should be based o...

Online S3 D2.3 - Online S3 mechanism for knowledge-based policy advice

Report
Komninos, N., Panori, A., Kakderi, C., Reid, A., Cvijanović, V., Roman, M., …Badii, L. (2018)
Online S3 D2.3 - Online S3 mechanism for knowledge-based policy advice. European Commission
No abstract available.

Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth

Conference Proceeding
Panori, A., Angelidou, M., Mora, L., Reid, A., & Sefertzi, E. (2018)
Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth. In Regions at a Turning Point: Post-Digital Communities, New Regionalism and Re-Nationalisation - Sustainable Development Implications, (96-102
This paper reports on the findings of the Online-S3 project, funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme (ISSI-4-2015), which tries to address the challenge of strengthening regio...

Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research

Conference Proceeding
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018)
Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research. In A. Bisello, D. Vettorato, P. Laconte, & S. Costa (Eds.), Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: Results of SSPCR 2017, (403-420). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75774-2
More than 20 years have now passed since the concept of smart city first appeared in a scholarly publica-tion, marking the beginning of a new era in urban innovation. Since th...

Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research

Conference Proceeding
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018)
Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research. In M. Bozina Beros, N. Recker, & M. Kozina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, (176-185
Smart Specialisation has generated a paradigmatic change in regional innovation policies and the European Union has shown a strong interest in supporting research that investi...

The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix

Conference Proceeding
Deakin, M., Mora, L., & Reid, A. (2018)
The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix. In M. Bozina Beros, N. Recker, & M. Kozina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, (94-103
This article suggests the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EPD) that underlies Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) is not so much caught in th...

Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research

Journal Article
Komninos, N., & Mora, L. (2018)
Exploring the Big Picture of Smart City Research. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 1, 15-38
This paper analyses the big picture of the smart city research field by means of a bibliometric analysis of the literature on smart cities produced between 1992 and 2012. The ...

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • Building capacity for smart city transitions in public sector organisations | Period: 2023-27 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €65,000 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Organizing Collaborative Ecosystems for Sustainable Smart City Transitions | Period: 2021-25 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €65,000 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Places Matter: Examining the Overlooked Geographies of Smart City Transitions | Period: 2021-25 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €65,000 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Exploratory Study on Governance Models for Smart Cities | Period: 2021-22 | Funder: CAF - The Development Bank of Latin America; United Nations (UN-Habitat) | Role: Principal Investigator
  • Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development in a Post-COVID World | Period: 2021-22 | Funder: United Nations (UNCTAD) | Role: Principal Investigator
  • GreenTwins | Period: 2021-23 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €1,300,000 | Role: Co-Investigator
  • Sustainable Smart City Transitions in the Education Sector: The Case of Higher Education Institutions | Period: 2021-25 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €65,000 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • The unfolding, assemblage, and governance mechanisms of sustainable smart city transitions | Period: 2021-25 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €65,000 | Role: Principal Investigator
  • FinEst Twins | Period: 2019-26 | Funder: European Commission - Horizon 2020; Estonian Government | Overall value: €32,000,000 | Role: Co-Investigator
  • RESTART (Roadmap for European Smart City Strategies) | Period: 2016-17 |Funder: Banca del Monte di Lombardia Foundation - Early Career Research Grant Scheme | Overall value: £28,000 | Role: Principal Investigator and Project Manager
  • MA-IN (Mantua Innovation Center) | Period: 2014-16 | Funder: Cariverona Foundation | Overall value: £50,000 | Role: Co-Investigator and Project Manager
  • Census of the Oglio Po Region’s Landscape Heritage | Period: 2013-14 | Funder: European Commission - EAFRD | Overall value: £60,000 | Role: Co-Investigator
  • PEOPLE | Period: 2012-13 | Funder: European Commission - 7th Framework Programme | Overall value: £3,200,000 | Role: Co-Investigator

Current Post Grad projects

Previous Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Director of Studies: Farah Hisham Abdelfattah Elbehairy, Building capacity for smart city transitions in public sector organisations, PhD Degree, Tallinn University of Technology (Expected award year: 2027)
  • Director of Studies: Gabriella Esposito, Empowering sustainable urban futures: integrating stakeholder engagement, digital innovations, and actionable strategies for people-centric smart cities, Double PhD Degree, University of Turin & Tallinn University of Technology (Expected award year: 2026)
  • Director of Studies: Francesco Tonnarelli, Places Matter: Examining the Overlooked Geographies of Smart City Transitions, PhD Degree, Tallinn University of Technology (Expected award year: 2025)
  • Director of Studies: Ioannis Lykouras, Sustainable Smart City Transitions in the Education Sector: The Case of Higher Education Institutions, PhD Degree, Tallinn University of Technology (Expected award year: 2025)
  • Director of Studies: Dominik Beckers, The Unfolding, Assemblage, and Governance Mechanisms of Sustainable Smart City Transitions, PhD Degree, Tallinn University of Technology (Expected award year: 2025)
  • Director of Studies: Sara Thabit, Organizing Collaborative Ecosystems for Sustainable Smart City Transitions, PhD Degree, Tallinn University of Technology (Expected award year: 2025)
  • Second Supervisor: Mie Weile, Bridging for the future: how digital competence development can accelerate innovation in public organizations, PhD Degree, Technical University of Denmark (Expected award year: 2026)
  • External supervisor: Xinyi Wu, Social Anthropology and Smart Cities, PhD Degree, The University of Edinburgh (Award year: 2022)
  • External supervisor: Natasha Panori, Education as a Main Component of the Developmental Dynamics of the Regions, PhD Degree, Panteion University (Award year: 2018)