Hi everyone, My new book _Undoing Optimization: Civic action and smart cities>_ is out with Yale University. Press. It looks at the politics and practices of communication, data and sensing technologies across a range of urban contexts. I try to move past the usual discussion of 'top-down' versus 'bottom up' use of technology and instead look how citizenship shifts in response to technological change. I end the book with discussions of other kinds of futures. Order from the press and get 25% off with code YEUDO: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300223804/undoing-optimization The book' being launched TODAY April 28 at 4 PM BST alongside Dan Greene's _The Promise of Access_. The event is here: https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/event/technology-civic-engagement-doubl... All best! Alison. -- Dr Alison Powell Associate Professor, Director of MSc in Data & Society Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Director: JUST-AI Network on Data and AI Ethics Ada Lovelace Institute Twitter: @a_b_powell