Uttara Purandare

About

I am a postdoctoral researcher at HEC Liege--Management School of the University of Liege and Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. I work with Prof Nathalie Crutzen and Prof Martin de Jong. We are looking at questions of governance, inclusion, and institutions in smart cities. Our research focus spans cities in India and in Europe.

I received my PhD in Public Policy in November 2023, jointly awarded by IIT Bombay and Monash University, Melbourne. My thesis is titled 'Whose Smart Cities? Management Consultants, Governance, and Inclusion in India's Smart Cities Mission'. Following my PhD I was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy, IIT Bombay.

As a researcher in the realm of public policy, governance, and public management, I am interested in exploring the intersections of technology, governance, inclusion, and urban development. With a focus on smart cities, privatisation of governance, consultocracy, and the use of digital technologies in urban governance, my work aims to unravel the complexities of modern urban landscapes and propose innovative solutions for sustainable and inclusive development.

Key words: smart cities; India's Smart Cities Mission; privatisation of governance; digitalisation of governance; surveillance; gender.

Employment

• University of Liège Postdoctoral Researcher
  2024 - Present

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Publications (8)

• Digital Infrastructure: Public Good or Private Commodity?—Rethinking the Right to Internet Access in the Context of Urban Digitisation
  Science, Technology and Society 2024 DOI: 10.1177/09717218241281824
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• VCs, Technology Firms, and Governance: Examining the Tentacles of Digital Growth
  Economic Geography 2024 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53594-9_5
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• India's cities mission a smart earner for private firms
  2023 DOI: 10.54377/ae3e-8f4b
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• The Language of Smart Cities
  South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 2023 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.8706
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• Reorienting vitality for ageing cities
  Cities 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104268
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• Pandemic consulting. How private consultants leverage public crisis management
  Critical Policy Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2022.2089706
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• Who Drives India’s Smart Cities? Understanding the Role of Consulting Firms in the Smart Cities Mission
  Professional Service Firms and Politics in a Global Era 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72128-2_4
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• “Eyes and Ears”: Surveillance in the Indian Smart City
  Handbook of Smart Cities 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69698-6_60
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