We are smart city creators.

We focus on smart city governance. Our interdisciplinary approach brings urban studies and public policy together with engineering and technology management to study how cities make decisions about technology.

What technology can achieve depends on how cities govern its use. Governance determines whose needs guide the design of a service and who can revise it when it falls short. Those decisions shape the mutual adaptation of technology and urban life. The systems cities adopt change how people access services, and residents’ experiences can guide how those systems evolve.