Artificial Intelligence and Smart Cities: Ethical and Legal Foundations for Sustainable Development

Thais Cristina Alves Costa; Cristiani Fontanela; Andréa de Almeida Leite Marocco

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2025.e108181

Autores/as

Thais Cristina Alves Costa Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1274-0431
Cristiani Fontanela Unochapecó https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-8891
Andréa de Almeida Leite Marocco Unochapecó https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-6178

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2025.e108181

Palabras clave:

Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development, Technological Justice, Smart Cities

Resumen

This article investigates the ethical and legal foundations that structure the right to innovation in the context of smart cities, with an emphasis on the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). The aim is to explore how technological advances can contribute to the sustainable, inclusive, and intelligent development of cities, while addressing normative challenges related to privacy, algorithmic transparency, digital vulnerability, and citizen participation. The objective is to propose normative guidelines and ethical parameters to support the consolidation of an innovative and responsible urban ecosystem, aligned with the principles of technological justice.

Biografía del autor/a

Thais Cristina Alves Costa, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó

She graduated in Philosophy (bachelor's degree) from the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), with a scholarship from PIBIC/FAPEMIG - Minas Gerais Research Support Foundation. She graduated in Law from the Catholic University of Pelotas (UCPel), with academic mobility at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (FDUL). She is a specialist in Philosophy from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) and Literacy Practices from the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ). Master's degree in Philosophy from the graduate program in Philosophy at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), having been a full CAPES scholarship recipient. Master's degree in Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), with academic mobility at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC). She was a professor of undergraduate Philosophy EAD at the Federal University of Pelotas in 2017 and 2018. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), with a CAPES scholarship.

Cristiani Fontanela, Unochapecó

Doctorate and Master's degree in Law from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), with postdoctoral internship at the University of Bournemouth, England. Coordinator of the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Law and the Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer at Unochapecó. Professor in the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Accounting and Administration at Unochapecó. Visiting professor at the University of Bournemouth, England. Lawyer. Researcher at the Law, Democracy, and Citizen Participation Research Group and the Business Competitiveness Research Group at Unochapecó. She has experience in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, and innovation.

Andréa de Almeida Leite Marocco, Unochapecó

Doctorate and Master's Degree in Law from the Graduate Program in Law at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (PPGD/UFSC). Graduated in Law (2005) and Portuguese/English Language and Literature (2002) from the University of Western Santa Catarina. Specialist in Public Law (2009) and Language Teaching Methodology (English, Portuguese, and Spanish). Specialist in Higher Education Teaching; Full Professor in the undergraduate and Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Law at the Community University of the Chapecó Region - UNOCHAPECÓ. Vice-Dean of Teaching, Research, and Extension at the Community University of the Chapecó Region - Unochapecó. Undergraduate student in Business Administration. Lawyer.

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