Popular Articles

  1. Unlocking the Sharing Economy in Umeå, Sweden

    This research identifies barriers to establishing the sharing economy and suggests solutions for smaller, well-developed cities like Umeå.
  2.  Online Seminar: Acting on the Rapid Changes in Transportation

    Watch the recording of our first online seminar to learn how Washington D.C. deals with new ride sharing and -hailing platforms and prepares for autonomous vehicles.
  3. D.C. Prepares to Launch Transportation as a Service

    Washington D.C.'s pilot program to boost for-hire vehicle occupancy rates, while also improving low-income residents’ access to transportation and reducing traffic congestion.
  4. How sustainable is the sharing economy? On the sustainability connotations of sharing economy platforms

    This paper describes and classifies the sustainability connotation of sharing economy platforms. It analyses 121 platforms derived through social media analytics to figure out whether they describe themselves as sustainable.
  5. IPS-MCCY Sharing City Workshop

    Report on the IPS-MCCY-Sharing Cities Alliance Sharing City Workshop, with insights on local landscape, challenges and opportunities.
  6. Short Changing New York City: The Impact of Airbnb on New York City’s Housing Market

    This study examines the impact of short-term rental on housing prices in New York.
  7. Open Data Platform Improves City Infrastructure

    The Human Ecosystem Project founded in Bologna, shows how cities can use data creatively to empower its citizens and its city, through the use of open data.
  8. Sharing Economy vs Sharing Cultures? Designing for social, economic and environmental good

    In this paper Light and Miskelly contrast the design and experiences of a local crowd-funding initiative with global enterprises more commonly associated with the sharing economy.
  9. Tel Aviv: Digitel: City as a Platform

    Sharing Cities Alliance Online Seminar held on February 2019 (Tel Aviv: DigiTel: City as Platform)
  10. Analytical paper on market access requirements in the short-term accommodation rental sector in Barcelona, Berlin and Amsterdam

    Analytical paper on market access requirements in the short-term accommodation rental sector in Barcelona, Berlin and Amsterdam.