{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4412850271","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338297","title":"Urban futures in the mirror of technology? The politics of urban digital twins","display_name":"Urban futures in the mirror of technology? The politics of urban digital twins","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4412850271","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338297"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/14614448251338297","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338297","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S88603889","display_name":"New Media & Society","issn_l":"1461-4448","issn":["1461-4448","1461-7315"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"New Media & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338297","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053909659","display_name":"Sophia Knopf","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-9433"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sophia Knopf","raw_affiliation_strings":["Technical University Munich, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-9433","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Technical University Munich, Germany","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054194348","display_name":"Hadrien Macq","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157674565","display_name":"University of Li\u00e8ge","ror":"https://ror.org/00afp2z80","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157674565"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hadrien Macq","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-3181","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157674565"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068501654","display_name":"Alexander Wentland","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-8599"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alexander Wentland","raw_affiliation_strings":["Technical University Munich, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-8599","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Technical University Munich, Germany","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5053909659"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.2116,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92470174,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"27","issue":"8","first_page":"4385","last_page":"4401"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11479","display_name":"Smart Cities and Technologies","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11479","display_name":"Smart Cities and Technologies","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14258","display_name":"Legal and Policy Issues","score":0.9617999792098999,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14147","display_name":"Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development","score":0.9550999999046326,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/futures-contract","display_name":"Futures contract","score":0.8768500089645386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/politics","display_name":"Politics","score":0.7129339575767517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.4662707448005676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/media-studies","display_name":"Media studies","score":0.33332180976867676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.2981029152870178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.2155078947544098},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/financial-economics","display_name":"Financial economics","score":0.12362533807754517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/law","display_name":"Law","score":0.09388074278831482}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106306483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183984","display_name":"Futures contract","level":2,"score":0.8768500089645386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.7129339575767517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4662707448005676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29595303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165650","display_name":"Media studies","level":1,"score":0.33332180976867676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.2981029152870178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.2155078947544098},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106159729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2294553","display_name":"Financial economics","level":1,"score":0.12362533807754517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.09388074278831482}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/14614448251338297","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338297","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S88603889","display_name":"New Media & Society","issn_l":"1461-4448","issn":["1461-4448","1461-7315"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"New Media & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/326179","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/326179","pdf_url":"https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/326179/1/Knopf-et-al-2025_Urban-futures-in-the-mirror-of-technology-the-politics-of-urban-digital-twins.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400651","display_name":"Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Li\u00e8ge)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I157674565","host_organization_name":"University of Li\u00e8ge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157674565"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"New Media and Society, 27 (8), 4385-4401 (2025)","raw_type":"http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/14614448251338297","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251338297","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S88603889","display_name":"New Media & Society","issn_l":"1461-4448","issn":["1461-4448","1461-7315"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"New Media & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321114","display_name":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung","ror":"https://ror.org/04pz7b180"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321390","display_name":"Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS","ror":"https://ror.org/03q83t159"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":33,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W409344806","https://openalex.org/W1779680771","https://openalex.org/W2053272364","https://openalex.org/W2093252011","https://openalex.org/W2096474095","https://openalex.org/W2283315240","https://openalex.org/W2474887103","https://openalex.org/W2563747155","https://openalex.org/W2747658029","https://openalex.org/W2896896550","https://openalex.org/W2903837304","https://openalex.org/W2919761153","https://openalex.org/W2954793934","https://openalex.org/W2979359699","https://openalex.org/W2989492435","https://openalex.org/W3012437795","https://openalex.org/W3036260331","https://openalex.org/W3047921508","https://openalex.org/W3120064844","https://openalex.org/W3125181003","https://openalex.org/W3125866593","https://openalex.org/W3205366338","https://openalex.org/W3208935103","https://openalex.org/W3211497372","https://openalex.org/W4250335861","https://openalex.org/W4250399327","https://openalex.org/W4252594356","https://openalex.org/W4285122544","https://openalex.org/W4303456982","https://openalex.org/W4313478664","https://openalex.org/W4385602906","https://openalex.org/W4389335361","https://openalex.org/W4393055412"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2200638682","https://openalex.org/W2494020708","https://openalex.org/W2080194917","https://openalex.org/W2230611034","https://openalex.org/W4387762087","https://openalex.org/W2069474937","https://openalex.org/W3124189739","https://openalex.org/W2497925409"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Urban":[0],"digital":[1,49,77,118],"twins":[2],"(UDTs)":[3],"represent":[4],"a":[5,22,63,125],"growing":[6],"trend":[7,131],"in":[8,51,69,97,120,134],"urban":[9,60,107,122,135],"governance,":[10,136],"offering":[11,124],"the":[12,31,36,93,115,129],"promise":[13],"of":[14,38,57,66,79,95,105,117,128,132],"enhanced":[15],"prediction,":[16],"decision-making,":[17],"and":[18,47,59,72,103,137,143],"public":[19],"participation.":[20],"Adopting":[21],"constructivist":[23],"perspective":[24,91],"toward":[25],"UDTs,":[26,39],"this":[27],"article":[28],"contributes":[29],"to":[30,53,140],"emerging":[32],"literature":[33],"on":[34],"\u201ctwinning\u201d:":[35],"making":[37],"which":[40],"produces":[41],"an":[42],"interrelation":[43],"between":[44],"tangible":[45],"reality":[46],"its":[48,141],"representation":[50],"order":[52],"enable":[54],"new":[55],"forms":[56],"knowledge":[58],"governance.":[61,87,108],"Through":[62],"comparative":[64],"analysis":[65,110],"UDT":[67],"projects":[68],"Boston,":[70],"Namur,":[71],"Munich,":[73],"we":[74],"explore":[75],"how":[76],"representations":[78],"cities":[80],"are":[81],"co-produced":[82],"with":[83],"ideas":[84,104],"about":[85],"desirable":[86,106],"Our":[88],"locally":[89],"situated":[90],"highlights":[92],"interrelations":[94],"twinning":[96],"three":[98],"dimensions:":[99],"representation,":[100],"epistemic":[101],"promise,":[102],"The":[109],"provides":[111],"crucial":[112],"insights":[113],"into":[114],"role":[116],"technologies":[119],"shaping":[121],"futures,":[123],"critical":[126],"reading":[127],"current":[130],"UDTs":[133],"is":[138],"attentive":[139],"social":[142],"political":[144],"implications.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-25T09:21:30.201066","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}