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Active Ageing in Inclusive Urban Social Innovation
(2025-04-23) Matei, Ani; Dobre, Alexandra Elena; Matei, Oana; Leoveanu, Andy Constantin
In response to the demographic shift toward ageing populations, this review explores how active ageing can be supported through Inclusive Urban Social Innovation Ecosystems (IUSIE) embedded within smart cities. The study defines IUSIE as complex adaptive systems in which multiple stakeholders—public authorities, civil society, academia, and private actors—collaborate to promote health, participation, and security for older adults. Based on an interdisciplinary literature review and an analytical framework informed by recent European and global policy initiatives, the article validates three central hypotheses: (H1) smart cities function effectively as support environments for active ageing when structured as inclusive innovation ecosystems; (H2) inclusive social innovation plays a pivotal role in linking artificial intelligence and other smart technologies to ageing processes; (H3) inclusiveness in urban systems reflects and reinforces systemic adaptability. The article also synthesizes international case studies from Europe, Asia, and North America, emphasizing co-creation, citizen engagement, and digital accessibility as critical components. By combining concepts such as the 5P model, smartaging, and longevity-ready cities, this review outlines a comprehensive vision of age-friendly smart urbanism. The findings are intended to inform decisionmakers, researchers, and practitioners interested in transforming urban environments to support healthy, inclusive ageing for all.
Driving Sustainable Development from Fossil to Renewable: A Space–Time Analysis of Electricity Generation Across the EU-28
(MDPI, 2025-11-26) Grigorescu, Adriana; Lincaru, Cristina; Pirciog Camelia Speranta
The transition to renewable energy is crucial in order to attain sustainable development, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and secure long-term energy security. This study examines spatial–temporal trends in electricity generation (both renewable and non-renewable) across EU-28 countries using monthly Eurostat data (2008–2025) at the NUTS0 level. Two harmonized Space–Time Cubes (STCs) were constructed for renewable and non-renewable electricity covering the fully comparable 2017–2024 interval, while 2008–2016 data were used for descriptive validation, and 2025 data were used for one-step-ahead forecasting. In this paper, the authors present a novel multi-method approach to energy transition dynamics in Europe, integrating forecasting (ESF), hot-spot detection (EHSA), and clustering (TSC) with the help of a new spatial–temporal modeling framework. The methodology is a step forward in the development of methodological literature, since it regards predictive and exploratory GIS analytics as comparative energy transition evaluation. The paper uses Exponential Smoothing Forecast (ESF) and Emerging Hot Spot Analysis (EHSA) in a GIS-based analysis to uncover the dynamics in the region and the possible production pattern. The ESF also reported strong predictive performance in the form of the mean Root Mean Square Errors (RMSE) of renewable and non-renewable electricity generation of 422.5 GWh and 438.8 GWh, respectively. Of the EU-28 countries, seasonality was statistically significant in 78.6 per cent of locations that relied on hydropower, and 35.7 per cent of locations exhibited structural outliers associated with energy-transition asymmetries. EHSA identified short-lived localized spikes in renewable electricity production in a few Western and Northern European countries: Portugal, Spain, France, Denmark, and Sweden, termed as sporadic renewable hot spots. There were no cases of persistent or increase-based hot spots in any country; therefore, renewable growth is temporally and spatially inhomogeneous in the EU-28. In the case of non-renewable sources, a hot spot was evident in France, with an intermittent hot spot in Spain and sporadic increases over time, but otherwise, there was no statistically significant activity of hot or cold spots in the rest of Europe, indicating structural stagnation in the generation of fossil-based electricity. Time Series Clustering (TSC) determined 10 temporal clusters in the generation of renewable and non-renewable electricity. All renewable clusters were statistically significantly increasing (p < 0.001), with the most substantial increase in Cluster 4 (statistic = 9.95), observed in Poland, Finland, Portugal, and the Netherlands, indicating a transregional phase acceleration of renewable electricity production in northern, western, and eastern Europe. Conversely, all non-renewable clusters showed declining trends (p < 0.001), with Cluster 5 (statistic = −8.58) showing a concerted reduction in the use of fossil-based electricity, in line with EU decarbonization policies. The results contribute to an improved understanding of the spatial dynamics of the European energy transition and its potential to support energy security, reduce fossil fuel dependency, and foster balanced regional development. These insights are crucial to harmonize policy measures with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (especially Goals 7, 11, and 13).
Greenland: Trump's Special Operation
(European Institute of Romania, 2026-06-18) Anglitoiu, George
The issue of Greenland and the US militant discourse about the future of the region have been of great interest in the last years. This hasty and unforeseen evolution of events has raised a number of significant questions about the relations between the US (the preeminent Western power in the international system) and the largest island on Earth, which has the lowest population per surface ratio, but plenty of untapped resources of fresh water, minerals, carbon and green energy, an unrestricted panorama of the Arctic lights, pristine ice coastline and the potential for unchecked military multirole bases with strategic positioning. Drawing on a comparative historical analysis, this article argues that Greenland is managed with hard-power tools by the current US administration. Our findings show that this approach is part of the great power competition, where claims of historical and national security reasons are used to take over territories and population, regardless of the international law and the will of the local people. We also underline the potentially divisive policy implications for NATO and the EU.
Exploring Inclusive Sustainability Paired with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Official Development Assistance. A Data-Driven and Evidence-Based National Experience
(2025) Bitoiu, Teodora Ioana; Cocosatu Madalina
This paper is thought as an exploratory case of reaching two policy objectives, inclusion and sustainability, by the fourth EU institutions’ bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipient – Moldova (after Ukraine, Turkey and Serbia, in 2023, according to OECD Reports), as an EU candidate country, also the most committed to sustainable, fair and equitable human development, according to Coherence Index of the European Commission and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The research seeks to use Tinbergen’s model of two objectives: inclusion and sustainability, and two instruments: ODA and SDGs, one for each objective of the researched objectives, aiming to prove that this is a more effective way to bring growth and yield faster results in line with the EU targets. Using this, the researchers seek to propose a way that can lead to more effective and predictable policy outcomes. The research addresses the concept of inclusive sustainability in relation to the scores for three selected SDGs (11, 12, and 17) and to the indicator for the net official development assistance and official aid received, aiming to provide better support for developing policies that allow all citizens to get involved in the co-creation of eco-conscious behaviors and co-producing sustainable and inclusive growth.
Artemis II: am văzut plecarea oamenilor spre Lună și am înțeles de ce nu e doar o lansare
(SNSPA - Faculty of Public Administration, 2026-04-05) Vrabie, Catalin
Articolul descrie misiunea Artemis II, un zbor istoric care are menirea de a duce iarăși oameni în vecinătatea Lunii pentru prima dată în mai bine de cincizeci de ani. Autorul îmbină o relatare personală, din postura de martor ocular al lansării de la Cape Canaveral, cu o prezentare tehnică a sistemului Space Launch System și a navei spațiale Orion. Printre elementele esențiale se numără echipajul divers format din patru persoane, rolul vital al Modulului European de Serviciu și instruirea extinsă desfășurată în laboratorul subacvatic al Universității Internaționale din Florida. Dincolo de aspectele tehnice ale zborului, sursele examinează experimentele științifice privind sănătatea umană în spațiul îndepărtat, precum și impactul economic și geopolitic major al misiunii. În cele din urmă, textul abordează provocările logistice și costurile ridicate asociate programului, prezentând Artemis II drept o etapă necesară pentru viitoarea explorare a planetei Marte.