Beschreibung
SCiNDTiLA (Smart Cities and Digital Twins in Lower Austria) was a 30-month interdisciplinary research project funded by GFF Niederösterreich and jointly implemented by the University for Continuing Education Krems (UWK) and the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten (USTP). The project addressed a critical research gap by investigating how smart city concepts and digital twin technologies can be transferred from large metropolitan environments to smaller-scale urban, peri-urban and non-urban contexts in Lower Austria. Grounded in Design Science Research and Socio-Technical Systems theory, the project established a transdisciplinary framework integrating scientific expertise, stakeholder knowledge and digital twin development. Through an Expert Roundtable involving 14 international experts from 10 countries, semi-structured interviews with municipal representatives, participatory workshops, and proof-of-concept implementations, SCiNDTiLA developed a transferable governance and simulation framework tailored to smaller municipalities. The project delivered a systematic literature review and state-of-the-art assessment, a conceptual smart city governance framework informed by 43 expert propositions, three digital twin Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) addressing real societal challenges in Lower Austria, stakeholder validation workshops, a policy roadmap for tackling societal challenges in smart cities and regions, and a sustainability strategy based on the GOFA framework. The results contribute both to the scientific discourse on smart governance and digital twins and to practical policy development for municipalities, regions and smart villages. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scindtila/
Details
| Projektzeitraum | 01.10.2023 - 31.03.2026 |
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| Fördergeber | Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen) |
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| Department | |
| Projektverantwortung (Universität für Weiterbildung Krems) | Assoz. Prof. Gabriela Viale Pereira, PhD MSc BSc |
| Projektmitarbeit |
Lörinc Thurnay, MSc
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| Projektwebsite | https://scindtilaproject.wixsite.com/scindtila |
Publikationen
Temple, L.; Viale Pereira, G.; Klasuner, L. D. (2024). Unravelling the Use of Digital Twins to Assist Decision- and Policy-Making in Smart Cities. In: Proceedings of the 37th Bled eConference, (Bled 2024): 755-763, University of Maribor, University Press, Maribor
Viale Pereira, G.; Lampoltshammer, T.J.; Temple, L.; Klausner, L.D. (2024). Fostering Sustainable Futures: Digital Twins for Small Towns and Regions. Ubacht, J.; Crompvoets, J.; Csáki, C.; Danneels, L.; Janssen, M.; Johannessen, M.R.; Lampoltshammer, T.; Lee, H.; Lindgren, I.; Hofmann, S.; Parycek, P.; Viale Pereira, G.; Schwabe, G.; Susha, I.; Tambouris, E.; Zuiderwijk, A., Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners, Posters, Workshops, and Projects of the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2024, 3737: 1-2, CEUR, Ghent University and KU Leuven, Ghent/Leuven, Belg
Viale Pereira, G.; Temple, L.; Klausner, L.D. (2024). Transferring Smart City Concepts to Smaller Urban and Rural Contexts: A Systematic Literature Review. Ubacht, J.; Crompvoets, J.; Csáki, C.; Danneels, L.; Janssen, M.; Johannessen, M.R.; Lampoltshammer, T.; Lee, H.; Lindgren, I.; Hofmann, S.; Parycek, P.; Viale Pereira, G.; Schwabe, G.; Susha, I.; Tambouris, E.; Zuiderwijk, A., Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners, Posters, Workshops, and Projects of the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2024, 3737: 1-2, CEUR, Ghent University and KU Leuven, Ghent/Leuven, Belg
Pereira, G. V.; Klausner, L. D.; Temple, L.; Delissen, T.; Lampoltshammer, T.; Priebe, T. (2023). Smart Cities and Digital Twins in Lower Austria. In: Cid, D. D.; Sabatini, N.; Hagen, L.; Liao, H., Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DGO '23): 644–645, ACM, New York, NY, USA
Pereira, G.V.; Klausner, L.D.; Temple, L.; Delissen, T.; Lampoltshammer, T.; Priebe, T. (2023). "This (Smart) Town Ain’t Big Enough": Smart Small Towns and Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development. In: Ubacht, J.; Csáki, C.; Edelmann, N.; Janssen, M.; Kalampokis, E.; Lingren, I.; Novak, A.-S.; Panagiotopoulos, P.; Parycek, P.; Pereira, G.V.; Susha, I.; Schwabe, G.; Virkar, S.; Tambouris, E.; Zuiderwijk, A., Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners, Posters, Workshops, and Projects at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2023 co-located with the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart (EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2023): 1-6, CEUR-WS.org, online
Vorträge
Sustainable digital twin prototypes for small towns and regions (Workshop)
17th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference - EGOV2025 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2025, 04.09.2025
Building Resilient Cities through Digital Governance: Implications to Policy Making
9th IFIP WG5.15 Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR2024), 15.10.2024
Three propositions on Smart City Elements in Smaller Contexts
Expert Round Table, SCiNDTiLA project, 26.09.2024
Fostering Sustainable Futures: Digital Twins for Small Towns and Regions
16th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference - EGOV2024 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2024, 10.09.2024
Unravelling the Use of Digital Twins to Assist Decision- and Policy-Making in Smart Cities
37th Bled eConference, 11.06.2024
"This (Smart) Town Ain’t Big Enough": Smart Small Towns and Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development
15th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference - EGOV2023 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2023 Veranstaltungsort Budapest, 07.09.2023
Smart Cities and Digital Twins in Lower Austria
24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2023), 11.07.2023
