Digital Civic Infrastructure

Policy case on Barcelona's digital city strategy — data sovereignty, participatory democracy, and alternatives to extractive smart-city models.

Pairs with our Decidim and Barcelona research entries on civic digital infrastructure.

Free, open-source participatory platforms like Decidim, first implemented in Barcelona, have spread widely. This study examines Decidim’s rollout in Catalan municipalities across transparency, participation, and deliberation, combining interviews, a survey of public officials, and platform participation data.

Canonical source in our Research Library — supports Voice Build digital noticing and Civic technology infrastructure. We cite the publisher/DOI directly; recommendation is independent of any commission.