The U4SSC actively works on a number of thematic groups, including topics surrounding city platforms, building urban economic resilience at city level, artificial intelligence in cities, enabling people-centered cities through digital transformation, digital wellbeing, future foresight for cities, sustainable digital transformation in buildings and urban energy, socio-cultural sustainability in people-centered city governance, and digital public infrastructure for cities.
The U4SSC thematic groups develop action plans, technical specifications, case studies, guidelines and offer policy guidance for cities to become smarter and more sustainable while accelerating their digital transformation.
Ongoing Thematic Groups
Past Thematic Groups
Procurement for Smart Sustainable Cities
Deliverable: Procurement guidelines for smart sustainable cities
Compendium of Practices on Innovative Financing for Smart Sustainable Cities Projects
Deliverable: Compendium of practices on innovative financing for smart sustainable cities projects
Guidelines on strategies for circular cities
Deliverable: A Guide to Circular Cities and its case studies
Impact of Frontier Technologies in Cities
Deliverable: Accelerating city transformation using frontier technologies
Innovative Financing Instruments for Smart Sustainable Cities
Deliverable: Guidelines on tools and mechanisms to finance smart sustainable cities projects
City Science Application Framework
Deliverable: City Science Application Framework and its case studies