Federico Caprotti

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About

Federico Caprotti is a leading urban studies scholar whose research sits at the cutting edge of digital urbanism, artificial intelligence, and the future of cities. Best known for his pioneering work on urban artificial intelligence, Caprotti has helped establish AI urbanism as a distinct and critically important field of inquiry, moving scholarly conversation beyond earlier frameworks of "smart cities" toward a more nuanced understanding of how AI systems are reshaping urban life, planning, and governance. His most influential contribution, "The Rise of AI Urbanism in Post-Smart Cities" (2023), has already amassed 126 citations, signaling the field's urgent appetite for critical frameworks that interrogate autonomous vehicles, city brains, urban robots, and algorithmic governance. Building on this foundation, his 2024 paper developing research directions in urban AI studies has rapidly accumulated 57 citations, further cementing his role as a agenda-setter in the discipline. His edited work introducing AI into urban studies provides accessible conceptual scaffolding for students and researchers entering this rapidly evolving space. Caprotti's scholarship is notable for its critical orientation — he does not simply document technological change but interrogates its social, political, and spatial implications, making his work essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how artificial intelligence is transforming 21st-century urban environments.