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...
Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective
Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., Zhang, X., Batty, M., de Jong, M., Santi, P., & Appio, F. P. (2021)
Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1834831
This Special Issue begins with a middle-range theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which forms bridges between theorizing in smart city development studies and some o...
The embedded intelligence of smart cities: urban life, citizenship and community
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2017)
The embedded intelligence of smart cities: urban life, citizenship and community. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 4(4), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2017100105
This paper reviews Mitchell’s thesis on the transition from the city of bits to e-topia. The review finds it wanting and suggests the problems encountered with the thesis rest...
Citizens' expectations of information cities: implications for urban planning and design
Journal Article
Curwell, S., Deakin, M., Cooper, I., Paskaleva-Shapira, K., Ravetz, J., & Babicki, D. (2005)
Citizens' expectations of information cities: implications for urban planning and design. Building Research and Information, 33(1), 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961321042000329422
The European Union has made the development of a vibrant knowledge-based economy a key policy objective, and increasingly national and local governments worldwide are seeking ...
The census as an information source in public policy-making
Journal Article
Killick, L., Hall, H., Duff, A. S., & Deakin, M. (2016)
The census as an information source in public policy-making. Journal of Information Science, 42(3), 386-395. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551516628471
This paper provides an assessment of the value of national population censuses as information sources with specific reference to
UK census data and its use in policy-making. M...
The BEQUEST framework: the vision and methodology of a collaborative platform for sustainable urban development.
Presentation / Conference
Deakin, M., & Curwell, S. (2004, October)
The BEQUEST framework: the vision and methodology of a collaborative platform for sustainable urban development. Paper presented at EnviroInfo 2004: an international conference dedicated to sh@ring, Geneva
The concepts of sustainable development that have emerged in the ‘post Brundtland’ era are explored in terms of a vision and methodology of sustainable urban development (SUD)...
Exploring Current Trends in Scientific Research on Smart Specialisation
Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2019)
Exploring Current Trends in Scientific Research on Smart Specialisation. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 18(3), 397-422. https://doi.org/10.14650/94657
This paper describes current trends in scientific research on Smart Specialisation by answering the following questions: (1) How many scientific publications on Smart Speciali...
Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2018)
Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 17(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.14650/88816
This paper summarizes the outcomes of a literature review on smart cities and goes on to provide an overview of the critical insights it offers. Bypassing mainstream academic ...
Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations.
Journal Article
Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Campbell, F. H. (2013)
Demonstrating How Urban Morphology Matters: Reaching Beyond the Geometry of Building Design, Construction Systems and Occupational Behaviours and Towards Broader Context-Specific Transformations. Environmental management and sustainable development, 2, 101. https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v2i2.4307
Recent studies of urban morphology, suggest the design, layout and texture of district centres, neighbourhoods and buildings have as much a bearing on levels of energy consump...
Smart cities: the state-of-the-art and governance challenge
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2014)
Smart cities: the state-of-the-art and governance challenge. Triple Helix, 1, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40604-014-0007-9
Reflecting on the governance of smart cities, the state-of-the-art this paper advances offers a critique of recent city ranking and future Internet accounts of their developme...