Digitally-Enabled Social Innovation in Cities: Insights from Practice and Lived Experiences
Sanna Venere Stefania, Yildiz Gozde, Solarino Melany (2025). Digitally-Enabled Social Innovation in Cities: Insights from Practice and Lived Experiences. Zenodo.
Innovative cities as cathedrals governing sustainable-digital-energy transitions. An Introduction
De Falco Stefano, Fiorentino Giulia, Certomà Chiara. Innovative cities as cathedrals governing sustainable-digital-energy transitions. An Introduction[J]. AIMS Geosciences, 2025, 11(1): 1-6. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2025001
Geografia economica e politica
Certomà Chiara, Conti Sergio, Giaccaria Paolo, Rossi Ugo, Salone Carlo (2022) Geografia economica e politica, Pearson, Torino
Narratives of Digital Social Innovation at the Society of Geographical Studies
Certomà Chiara (2023) “Narrazioni dell’Innovazione Sociale Digitale a confronto. “Leggere per differenza” spazio e spazialità delle reti socio-tecnologiche nella città aumentata”. V. Albanese, G. Muti (a cura di), Oltre la Globalizzazione – Narrazioni/Narratives, Società di Studi Geografici. Memorie geografiche, 23, 689-693
Digital Technologies for Sustainable Futures: Promises and Pitfalls
Certomà Chiara, Martellozzo Federico, Iapaolo Fabio (eds.)(2024) “Digital Technologies for Sustainable Futures: Promises and Pitfalls”, Routledge, London
UNLOCKING THE URBAN CODE A photographic catalogue of Digital Social Innovation in Turin and Rome
This catalogue is a product of the project “DSICity_Digitally-enabled Social Innovation in the City. Implications for urban spaces, societies and governance” (project code 2022KTEZPX). DSICity is a PRIN 2022 Research Project of National Relevance funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR). Financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU.
Full list of DSICity project publications
Edited books
Capineri C., Sanna V.S. (eds 2026, in production), “Co-Creating Cities: Citizen Science Meets Social Innovation”. Firenze University Press (FUP), Open Geo – Geografia, esperienze e società, Open Access Series.
Certomà C., Martellozzo F., Iapaolo F. (eds.) (2024) “Digital Technologies for Sustainable Futures: Promises and Pitfalls”, Routledge, London.
Curation of journal special issue
De Falco S., Fiorentino G., Certomà C. (2025). Special Issue: Innovative cities as cathedrals governing sustainable-digital-energy transitions. AIMS Geosciences
Journal article in peer-reviewed journals
Garofani G., Certomà C. (accepted, forthcoming 2026), Riuso temporaneo come attivatore socio-economico territoriale. Il caso del programma luoghi comuni, Archivio di Studi Urbani e Regionali.
De Falco S., Fiorentino G., Certomà C. (2025), Innovative cities as cathedrals. Governing sustainable-digital-energy transition, AIMS Geoscience, 11, 1, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2025001
Book chapters
Yildiz G., Capineri C., Sanna V.S. (accepted, forthcoming 2026) Bridging Local Governance and Global Citizenship: Transformative Potential of Citizen Science in Higher Education for Urban Ecology, in W. Leal Filho and C. R. Portela de Vasconcelos (eds.), Handbook of Best Practices in Sustainable Development at University Level, World Sustainability Series.
Iapaolo F., Certomà C., Martellozzo F. (2025) Digital (Un)Sustainabilities in C. Certomà, F. Martellozzo, F. Iapaolo (eds.) Digital Technologies for Sustainable Futures: Promises and Pitfalls, Routledge, London
Proceedings
Certomà C. (2023) “Narrazioni dell’Innovazione Sociale Digitale a confronto. “Leggere per differenza” spazio e spazialità delle reti socio-tecnologiche nella città aumentata”. V. Albanese, G. Muti (a cura di), Oltre la Globalizzazione – Narrazioni/Narratives, Società di Studi Geografici. Memorie geografiche, 23, 689-693
Cenere S., Certomà C. (eds.) (2023) “La partecipazione digitale alla governance urbana. Esplorazioni critiche su spazio, spazialità e assemblaggi socio-tecnici”, Atti Giornate di Studi Interdisciplinari “Geografia e Tecnologia”, Società Studi Geografici, Florence.
Cenere S., Certomà C. (2022) “Sustainable cities and digital participation. Analysing and modelling digital social innovation processes in the governance of urban sustainability in Turin and Brussels”, Open Living Labs Day, Turin.
Scientific datasets and reports
Dato M., Certomà C., Battaglia M. (2026) DSI Interview_DSICity project. Zenodo.
Dato M., Certomà C., Battaglia M. (2026) DSI Literature Analysis_Project DSICity. Zenodo.
Sanna V. S., Yildiz G., Solarino M. (2025) Digitally-Enabled Social Innovation in Cities: Insights from Practice and Lived Experiences. Zenodo.
Certomà C. and Raw-News (2024) 9 Video-interviews with social innovators in Rome (MondoDigitale, RepairCaffe, OfficineZero) and Turin (OrtoSME, Hackability, PreciousPlastic, FabLabTorino).
Certomà C. and Raw-News (2024) 3 artistic photographic sets on social innovators in Rome (MondoDigitale, RepairCaffe, OfficineZero) and Turin (OrtoSME, Hackability, PreciousPlastic, FabLabTorino), and Ostia (Cantieri Navali).
Thesis supervision
Certomà C. supervision of Master’s Thesis by G. Garofani, MA “ Temporary use of underused public spaces: a case study”, Sapienza University of Rome 2025.
Sanna V. S. Doctoral Examination Committee of PhD Thesis by Chiara Viano “Blockchain for civic initiatives in the urban space” University of Turin, 2024.
Certomà C. supervision of PhD Thesis by Chiara Viano “Blockchain for civic initiatives in the urban space” University of Turin, 2024.
Certomà C. supervision of Master’s Thesis by A. Dotto, Masters Thesis “Sustainable Digitalisation: Analysis of socio-environmental contradictions”, University of Turin, 2023.