Pouya Sepehr
Biographic Data
| ID | 903646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pouya Sepehr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pouya |
| FAMILY NAME | Sepehr |
| SIGNATURE | SEPEHR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4209-0759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From data to belonging
This article examines citizen science as situated urban politics in Siena, Italy, through two initiatives engaging students, residents, migrants, volunteers, and researchers in documenting everyday urban life and river ecosystems. Drawing on ethnographic engagement, data walks, and interviews, we argue that citizen science produces more than data: it becomes a relational practice through which participants negotiate belonging, enact presence, and…
Urban Imaginaries as Tacit Governing Devices
Many cities have formulated strategies, visions, and policies to deploy a local version of the "smart city." While analysts have frequently focused on tech innovators as central players, this paper takes one step back investigating policy documents and how they open a space to reimagine the city. Taking Vienna as a case study, we examine how policy documents translate and adapt globally circulating smart city imaginaries into local versions. This…
Infrastructuring citizenry in Smart City Vienna
The notion ‘smart city' has found a prominent place in urban visions, policies, planning, and infrastructure development, often promising citizens’ participation in shaping urban futures. This paper examines the frictions emerging between powerful Smart City Vienna policy imaginaries and their realization in real-world participatory experiments. Drawing on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) sensitivities, we highlight the challenges of giv…
Mundane Urban Governance and AI Oversight
This article examines the implications of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into urban infrastructures, using Vienna's Intelligent Pedestrian Traffic Light (IPTL) as a focal point.As cities globally embrace AI, Urban AI (UAI) emerges, reshaping urban life.The central inquiry is: How does AI in urban governance alter urban spaces, and what new political dynamics arise?The IPTL, a UAI exemplar, uses advanced surveillance and algorithms to en…
Urban Imaginaries as Tacit Governing Devices
Many cities have formulated strategies, visions, and policies to deploy a local version of the "smart city." While analysts have frequently focused on tech innovators as central players, this paper takes one step back investigating policy documents and how they open a space to reimagine the city. Taking Vienna as a case study, we examine how policy documents translate and adapt globally circulating smart city imaginaries into local versions. This…
Infrastructuring citizenry in Smart City Vienna
The notion ‘smart city' has found a prominent place in urban visions, policies, planning, and infrastructure development, often promising citizens’ participation in shaping urban futures. This paper examines the frictions emerging between powerful Smart City Vienna policy imaginaries and their realization in real-world participatory experiments. Drawing on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) sensitivities, we highlight the challenges of giv…
Mundane Urban Governance and AI Oversight
This article examines the implications of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into urban infrastructures, using Vienna's Intelligent Pedestrian Traffic Light (IPTL) as a focal point.As cities globally embrace AI, Urban AI (UAI) emerges, reshaping urban life.The central inquiry is: How does AI in urban governance alter urban spaces, and what new political dynamics arise?The IPTL, a UAI exemplar, uses advanced surveillance and algorithms to en…
Urban Imaginaries as Tacit Governing Devices
Many cities have formulated strategies, visions, and policies to deploy a local version of the "smart city." While analysts have frequently focused on tech innovators as central players, this paper takes one step back investigating policy documents and how they open a space to reimagine the city. Taking Vienna as a case study, we examine how policy documents translate and adapt globally circulating smart city imaginaries into local versions. This…
From data to belonging
This article examines citizen science as situated urban politics in Siena, Italy, through two initiatives engaging students, residents, migrants, volunteers, and researchers in documenting everyday urban life and river ecosystems. Drawing on ethnographic engagement, data walks, and interviews, we argue that citizen science produces more than data: it becomes a relational practice through which participants negotiate belonging, enact presence, and…
Engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Smart Cities and Technologies (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)