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Data and Urban Governance
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 11 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة Sciences Po
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Since the beginning of the 2000s, cities have witnessed a massive influx of data, transforming how cities are governed. Data has an impact on how city life is structured, as it influences coalitions, actors, instruments, policies, and forms of regulation. In this MOOC, we will look at this shift more closely: what has the advent of big data done to urban governance? Have platforms disrupted local authorities? How has big data changed local politics? How do we govern using algorithms? What is the place of citizens in the digital city? Is it still possible to be anonymous in the city? At the end of this course, you will be able to navigate the landscape of urban governance in the digital era, including its myriad actors and instruments; to decipher what drives ongoing transformations in how local governments are structured and operate; to analyze the contemporary changes in municipal service markets; and to understand what is at stake in terms of the creation and implementation of public policies when data comes to town. This MOOC is offered by the Digital Cities Chair of the Urban School of SciencesPo, funded by La Poste, RTE and the Caisse des Dépôts. Videos are in creative commons license BY NC

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Introduction

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • General course introduction
  • Introduction to the session: When data comes to town

1 Readings

  • Digital Cities Chair: partners and credits

Data and the City

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Share your experience: Spotting digital technologies in public spaces

1 Videos

  • Data: Socio-technical infrastructures

3 Readings

  • What is data?
  • The environmental impact of digital technologies
  • Practical exercise (optional) – Spotting digital technologies in public spaces

Urban reductionism: Data and cognitive tools

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Share your experience: Comparing two similar data sets

2 Videos

  • Consensus, then measurement
  • The political stakes of urban reductionism

2 Readings

  • Practical exercise: Comparing two similar data sets
  • Case study: GTFS

The doubly political nature of data

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Data and the reconfiguration of power
  • The semantic power of public institutions is challenged
  • Interview with Pierre Emmanuel Brunet - Rouen Respire

1 Readings

  • Case study: Google Maps and conflicting representations of the urban environment

Evaluation

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week1 Quiz

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • The city versus the digital economy

Is data the new black gold for city actors?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • From the sharing economy to digital labor

2 Readings

  • Is data the new black gold for city actors?
  • Reading guide - Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Smart cities: Optimizing urban functioning with data

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Creating the smart cities market
  • Interview with Vincent Vendenberge - Engie Digital

1 Readings

  • Case study – IBM and the smart city in Rio

Connecting offer and demand thanks to data platforms

    • 1 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Share your experience: Processing Airbnb data

1 Videos

  • The platform model: The algorithm as middleman

5 Readings

  • What are the effects of platforms on local municipalities?
  • Ungovernable platforms?
  • Case study: Airbnb and the city of Paris
  • Reading guide - Langley P., Leyshon A. - Platform capitalism: the intermediation and capitalization of digital economic circulation.
  • Practical exercise: Processing Airbnb data

Evaluation

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week2 Quiz

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to the session: Data and local administration

From open data to the governance of territorial data

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Understanding and implementing open data

3 Readings

  • The state of open data
  • Reading guide - Antoine Courmont - Denis J., Goëta S.
  • Case study – Accessing platform data: Los Angeles and the fight against free-floating data

Governments grapple with data

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Data and local governments
  • Interview with Martha Norrick - MODA - NY Analytics

2 Readings

  • Governments and the impacts of data
  • Reading guide - Kitchin, R. - Jeannot Gilles, Maghin Victor - Vogl, T. M., et al.

Public action informed by data: A redefined relationship with citizens and the urban space?

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Share your experience: Reporting-system data and the geography of maintenance operations

1 Videos

  • Data-driven local policies and the reconfiguration of relationships between governments and the people and territories they govern

4 Readings

  • Data as the digital side of the relationship with users
  • What are the impacts for the public and the urban space?
  • Reading guide- Nam T., Pardo T.A - Malomo, F., & Sena, V. - Fourcade, M., & Gordon, J.
  • Practical exercise – Reporting-system data and the geography of maintenance operations

Evaluation

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week3 Quiz

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Digital footprints, algorithmic governmentality, and the safe city

Digital footprints and personal data

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Share your experience: Downloading your personal data from social networks

1 Videos

  • GDPR and the protection of personal data

3 Readings

  • Digital footprints and personal data in the city
  • Practical exercise (optional): Downloading your personal data from social networks
  • Case study: The Sidewalk Labs controversy in Toronto, a data protection issue?

Algorithms and urban government: A new deal?

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Governing the city with algorithms: What’s the difference?

4 Readings

  • Case study: Waze and the regulation of road traffic
  • The limits of AI and algorithmic systems
  • Citizens and algorithmic black boxes
  • Reading guide: Virginia Eubanks - Automating inequality: How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor

Can anyone still be anonymous in the city?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Share your experience: Policing data, predictions, and algorithmic bias

1 Videos

  • Institutional, commercial, and citizen surveillance

3 Readings

  • The safe city: Centralizing data flows for surveillance purposes
  • Reading guide: Sarah Brayne - Predict and surveil: Data, discretion, and the future of policing
  • Practical exercise: Policing data, predictions, and algorithmic bias

Evaluation

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week4 Quiz

Auto Summary

"Data and Urban Governance" is an insightful course offered by Coursera, aimed at individuals interested in understanding the transformative impact of data on city governance. Since the early 2000s, the influx of data has significantly reshaped urban life, affecting how cities are managed, the roles of various actors, and the implementation of policies and regulations. This course delves into the profound changes brought about by big data in urban settings. It explores whether digital platforms have disrupted local authorities, the influence of big data on local politics, governance through algorithms, the role of citizens in digital cities, and the challenges of maintaining anonymity in urban environments. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the digital era's urban governance landscape, learning to navigate its actors and tools. They will also develop the skills to analyze the ongoing transformations in local government structures and municipal service markets, and to grasp the implications of data-driven public policies. The course is crafted by the Digital Cities Chair of the Urban School of SciencesPo, with support from La Poste, RTE, and the Caisse des Dépôts. It spans 660 minutes and is available under a Creative Commons license BY NC, making it accessible for personal development at a foundational level. This course is ideal for learners keen on exploring the intersection of data, technology, and urban management.

Antoine Courmont
Instructors

Antoine Courmont

Jean-Baptiste Chambon
Instructors

Jean-Baptiste Chambon