Research Seminar "Legal Aspects of a Smart City"

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент права цифровых технологий и биоправа

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Преподаватель

Боженова Валерия Алексановна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The discipline "Legal Aspects of Smart City" reveals the legal issues of implementation and development of "smart city" technologies, theoretical and practical aspects of the digitalization of urban management, the legal foundations for ensuring public safety in the urban environment. Special attention is paid to the legal regulation of data circulation in the digital ecosystem of the city, sector-specific issues of integrating digital solutions into the urban economy (e-health and education, urban social policy, transport and security). As part of the course, students will develop models of legal support for the implementation of digital solutions in certain areas of urban management.

Learning Objectives

• To acquaint students with the main approaches to defining a smart city and the features of legal regulation of this area in Russia and other countries.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students know the definitions of a smart city and the main classifications, theoretical and practical approaches to legal regulation of smart cities, they are aware of the main legal challenges in this area.

Course Contents

• Introduction. Definition of a smart city
• Legal regulation of smart cities
• Circulation of data in smart cities
• Ensuring public safety in a smart city
• Digital city governance
• Protection of citizens' rights. Digital profile of a citizen
• Legal regulation of various aspects of smart city
• Projects Defence

Assessment Elements

• Test
• Project
• Seminars activity

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.3 * Project + 0.3 * Test + 0.4 * Seminars activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Dameri, R. P., & Rosenthal-Sabroux, C. (2014). Smart City : How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space. Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=806612
• Hecht, B., Valaskova, K., Kral, P., & Rowland, Z. (2019). The Digital Governance of Smart City Networks: Information Technology-driven Economy, Citizen-centered Big Data, and Sustainable Urban Development. Geopolitics, History & International Relations, 11(1), 128–133. https://doi.org/10.22381/GHIR111201910

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Smart cities : big data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia, Townsend, A. M., 2013

Authors

• BOZHENOVA VALERIYA ALEKSANOVNA