Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance: Volume 23 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn Muschert

Towards digital sustainability: the long journey to the sustainable development goals 2030

Sergio Sparviero, Massimo Ragnedda

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that, to build a digital sustainable society, core terminal and instrumental values of sustainability and sustainable development should be…

Digital sustainability: how information and communication technologies (ICTs) support sustainable development goals (SDGs) assessment in municipalities

Daielly Melina Nassif Mantovani Ribeiro, Flavio Hourneaux Junior, Cristiana Lara Lara Cunha, Patricia Taeko Kaetsu, Patricia Fernanda Dionizio-Leite, Celso Machado Junior

This paper aims to discuss the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the effective assessment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) related to smart…

A matter of time? Sustainability and digital media use

Stephan Oliver Görland, Sigrid Kannengießer

This paper aims to unfold and emphasise the relevance of sustainability and time as research topics in media and communication research and discusses the relation of both…

A framework for building a sustainable digital nation: essential elements and challenges

Murali Krishna Penmetsa, Sebastián Bruque-Camara

Nations around the globe are moving from digital transformation toward the realization of a digital nation, but they are facing challenges in the process. This study aims to build…

Bridging the gender digital divide: an analysis of existing guidance for gender digital inclusion programmes’ evaluations

Alicja Pawluczuk, JeongHyun Lee, Attlee Munyaradzi Gamundani

This aim of this paper is to examine the existing gender digital inclusion evaluation guidance and proposes future research recommendations for their evaluation. Despite modern…

Exploring digital sustainability of/through Estonia’s e-residency: Africa’s case and the importance of culture for sustainability

Tamunonengiyeofori Abaku, Stefano Calzati, Anu Masso

This paper aims to take the lead from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9 and 10 – foster “resilient infrastructures and inclusive innovation” and “reduce…