This article defines Active Citizenship within a European context as a broad range of value based participation. It develops a framework for measuring this phenomenon which combines the four...

This book examines socioeconomic inequality and student outcomes across various Western industrialized nations and the varying success they have had in addressing achievement gaps in lower...

The long-standing lack of a global definition of urban and rural areas is an obstacle to reliably comparing these areas across national borders. Six international organisations (EU, FAO...

Composite indicators aggregate multi-dimensional processes into simplified concepts often aiming at underpinning the development of datadriven narratives for policy consumption. Due to methodological issues, doubts are...

We reconstruct the genealogical tree of all individuals ever appearing in Dutch municipalities records starting in 1995. Using microdata from tax authorities, we compute a measure...

Italy and Germany are two major cultural powerhouses in Europe, both characterised by a recent history of unified countries where a diverse set of culturally vibrant cities...

Economic activities based on the invention, production and distribution of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have recently emerged worldwide. Yet, little is known about the innovative activities...

How can we measure culture in urban areas? Can empirical metrics on culture function as an urban planning tool for cities' well-being? This paper fits into the research...

Nello scenario attuale, cultura e creatività vengono sempre più identificate come fattori di innovazione, crescita e sviluppo, per imprese e territori...

Asia and Europe are now leading trade partners, with $1.5 trillion of annual merchandise trade, overtaking each continent’s trade with the United States. A new study...