Roberta Iannone is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is author of The social sense of the human experience: Thinking about Vom Menschen of Werner Sombart, and Il capitale sociale. Origine, significati e funzioni (2006).Romina Gurashi is Subject Expert in Sociology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is Managing Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Administration Science. Studies in Theory and Social Research, the author of Pathways of Peace: Philosophy and Sociology of Peace and Nonviolence (2018) and the co-author of From Intractability to Pacification: A Federal perspective for the Abkhaz-Georgian Conflict (2017). Ilaria Iannuzzi is completing her doctoral studies in the Department of Political Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is the author of La fiducia paga. Quando le relazioni generano valore (Trust pays. When relationships generate value) and of several articles in scientific journals. She is an accredited Professional by Italy-Usa Foundation. Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe is Ph.D Student and Research Associate at the Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden, Germany. His research interests focus on contemporary nationalism, migration and European radical right parties as well as on structural and conceptual changes of democracy and political institutions in Europe. Melissa Sessa is the best-graduated student of July 2017 in Administration and Organization Sciences. She is currently completing a master’s degree in Political Science. She is the winner of the prestigious prize for a dissertation thesis, "Vincenzo Dona", with her work on La smart home nella sua dimensione sociale (The smart home in its social dimension).

• 1 Smart society: The critical sense of a world strategy ROBERTA IANNONE2 Smart politics: The political dimension of ‘smartness’ GIOVANNI DE GHANTUZ CUBBE3 Smart people and prosumers: The individual challenge to the Fourth Industrial Revolution ROMINA GURASHI4 Smart community: A new way of being together? ILARIA IANNUZZI5 Home smart home: A sociology of living in the age of reflective materialism MELISSA SESSA6 From theory to empiricism: The challenge to the future of the Sapienza University at Solar Decathlon Middle East ROMINA GURASHI, ILARIA IANNUZZI AND MELISSA SESSA

Roberta Iannone is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is author of The social sense of the human experience: Thinking about Vom Menschen of Werner Sombart, and Il capitale sociale. Origine, significati e funzioni (2006).Romina Gurashi is Subject Expert in Sociology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is Managing Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Administration Science. Studies in Theory and Social Research, the author of Pathways of Peace: Philosophy and Sociology of Peace and Nonviolence (2018) and the co-author of From Intractability to Pacification: A Federal perspective for the Abkhaz-Georgian Conflict (2017). Ilaria Iannuzzi is completing her doctoral studies in the Department of Political Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is the author of La fiducia paga. Quando le relazioni generano valore (Trust pays. When relationships generate value) and of several articles in scientific journals. She is an accredited Professional by Italy-Usa Foundation. Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe is Ph.D Student and Research Associate at the Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden, Germany. His research interests focus on contemporary nationalism, migration and European radical right parties as well as on structural and conceptual changes of democracy and political institutions in Europe. Melissa Sessa is the best-graduated student of July 2017 in Administration and Organization Sciences. She is currently completing a master’s degree in Political Science. She is the winner of the prestigious prize for a dissertation thesis, "Vincenzo Dona", with her work on La smart home nella sua dimensione sociale (The smart home in its social dimension).

• 1 Smart society: The critical sense of a world strategy ROBERTA IANNONE2 Smart politics: The political dimension of ‘smartness’ GIOVANNI DE GHANTUZ CUBBE3 Smart people and prosumers: The individual challenge to the Fourth Industrial Revolution ROMINA GURASHI4 Smart community: A new way of being together? ILARIA IANNUZZI5 Home smart home: A sociology of living in the age of reflective materialism MELISSA SESSA6 From theory to empiricism: The challenge to the future of the Sapienza University at Solar Decathlon Middle East ROMINA GURASHI, ILARIA IANNUZZI AND MELISSA SESSA

Roberta Iannone is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is author of The social sense of the human experience: Thinking about Vom Menschen of Werner Sombart, and Il capitale sociale. Origine, significati e funzioni (2006).Romina Gurashi is Subject Expert in Sociology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is Managing Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Administration Science. Studies in Theory and Social Research, the author of Pathways of Peace: Philosophy and Sociology of Peace and Nonviolence (2018) and the co-author of From Intractability to Pacification: A Federal perspective for the Abkhaz-Georgian Conflict (2017). Ilaria Iannuzzi is completing her doctoral studies in the Department of Political Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is the author of La fiducia paga. Quando le relazioni generano valore (Trust pays. When relationships generate value) and of several articles in scientific journals. She is an accredited Professional by Italy-Usa Foundation. Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe is Ph.D Student and Research Associate at the Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden, Germany. His research interests focus on contemporary nationalism, migration and European radical right parties as well as on structural and conceptual changes of democracy and political institutions in Europe. Melissa Sessa is the best-graduated student of July 2017 in Administration and Organization Sciences. She is currently completing a master’s degree in Political Science. She is the winner of the prestigious prize for a dissertation thesis, "Vincenzo Dona", with her work on La smart home nella sua dimensione sociale (The smart home in its social dimension).

• 1 Smart society: The critical sense of a world strategy ROBERTA IANNONE2 Smart politics: The political dimension of ‘smartness’ GIOVANNI DE GHANTUZ CUBBE3 Smart people and prosumers: The individual challenge to the Fourth Industrial Revolution ROMINA GURASHI4 Smart community: A new way of being together? ILARIA IANNUZZI5 Home smart home: A sociology of living in the age of reflective materialism MELISSA SESSA6 From theory to empiricism: The challenge to the future of the Sapienza University at Solar Decathlon Middle East ROMINA GURASHI, ILARIA IANNUZZI AND MELISSA SESSA