Nicos Komninos is a researcher and author in the field of intelligent (smart) cities. He published the trilogy “Intelligent Cities: Innovation, knowledge systems and digital spaces” (Routledge 2002), “Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks” (Routledge 2008), and “The Age of Intelligent Cities: Smart Environments and Innovation-for-all Strategies” (Routledge 2014).

He guest-edited five special issues on smart cities: “Intelligent Clusters, Communities and Cities: Enhancing innovation with virtual environments and embedded systems”, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol. 1.4, 2009; “Smart Applications for Smart Cities” Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (3, 2012); “Smart Cities and the Future Internet in Europe” Journal of the Knowledge Economy (4.2, 2013) ; “Intelligent Environments and Planning for Urban Renewal” Sustainability (8, 2016); and “Smart Cities and Cloud Computing” Journal of Smart Cities (2.1, 2016).

His latest books are “Smart Cities and Connected Intelligence: Platforms, ecosystems and network effects ” (Routledge 2020), and “Smart Cities in the Post-algorithmic Era: Integrating technologies, platforms and governance” (Edward Elgar, 2019). Books @Amazon. Books@Amazon China. Books@Gutenberg.