EcoTechnoPolitical Citizenship

Description

Igor Calzada:

"It defines citizenship as the practical capacity to claim digital rights, participate in collective decisions, shape technological infrastructure and accept ecological responsibilities according to each actor's power and contribution. The framework has four dimensions: the physical and ecological basis of digital systems; democratic control over infrastructure; meaningful citizen agency; and responsibility across territories, supply chains and generations. The chapter traces the development of digital citizenship towards automated public life and explains AI economics through data, computing capacity, finance, labour and public dependence. It then examines the digital-green transition, which seeks to align digitalisation with sustainability but often leaves technological growth outside enforceable ecological limits. Practical implications are developed for impact assessment, public digital infrastructure, data commons, territorial oversight, citizen participation and education. Particular attention is paid to unequal power among citizens, governments, firms and communities affected by infrastructure. EcoTechnoPolitical Citizenship ultimately provides an accessible conceptual map for governing AI-dependent societies democratically while respecting planetary limits."

(https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7359662)

Source

* Article: Calzada, Igor, EcoTechnoPolitical Citizenship (August 27, 2026).

Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7359662 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7359662