2025

Cuppini, N., Barns, S., Bignami, F., Brady, D., Chan, J. K. H., Cugurullo, F., & Hanakata, N. C. (2025). Towards an extended concept of citizenship in a digital urban environment. Nature Cities, 2, 360–361. doi: 10.1038/s44284-025-00236-8

2024

Bignami, F., & Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Platform urbanisation, infrastructures and techno-politics: The turn towards urban citizenship. Journal of European Studies, 54(1), 42-58. doi:10.1177/00472441241235142

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Energy hinterlands. Socio-spatial implications of renewable energy production in Southeast Asia. In (De)Carbonizing Asia: Histories and Futures of Energy, Space, and Infrastructure. Singapore.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). High Density Urban Energy Landscapes – The Case of Singapore. In Singapore and the Energy Transition: Local and Regional Potentials and Challenges for a Sustainable and Just Transition. Singapore.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Investigating the energy transition in Southeast Asia. Renewables expansion in Lombok, Indonesia.. In Asia’s Carbon Territories: Infrastructure, Environment, and Society from the Age of Imperialism to the Climate Crisis. Singapore.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Planetary challenges of the energy transition – Productive landscapes on the ground. In Petrocultures. Perth.

Hanakata, N. C., & Bignami, F. (2024). Platform Urbanisation Citizenship and Space. In Exploring new patterns of platform urbanization and citizenship. Singapore.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Productive landscapes in transition. Renewable Energy Expansion in Lombok, Indonesia. In Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Honolulu.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Singapore’s entanglement in the energy transition. Challenges and potentials for a regional, just transition. In Resource Peripheries and Decarbonisation in the Asia-Pacific. Kyoto.

Hanakata, N. C., Inagaki, H., & Kumari, R. (2024). Singapore’s entanglement in the energy transition. Regional scale implications of decarbonization. In CREATE Symposium. Singapore.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Singapore's regional entanglement in renewable energy practices. In Singapore and the Energy Transition: Local and Regional Potentials and Challenges for a Sustainable and Just Transition. Singapore.

Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Uneven territories of platform urbanisation. The case of Singapore.. In Governance and Citizenship within Platform Urbanization: Digital twin and Inclusive Urban Development. London.

Bignami, F., & Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Final scientific report Scientific Exchanges - Exploring new patterns of platform urbanization and citizenship: Final scientific report Scientific Exchanges - Exploring new patterns of platform urbanization and citizenship. (IZSEZ0_222320). Swiss National Science Foundation. 

2023

Bignami, F., Calzada, I., Hanakata, N., & Tomasello, F. (2023). Data-Driven Citizenship Regimes in Contemporary Urban Scenarios: An Introduction. Citizenship Studies, 27(2), 145-159. doi:10.1080/13621025.2022.2147262

Hanakata, N. C., & Bignami, F. (2023). Platform Urbanization, its recent acceleration, and implications on citizenship. The case of Singapore. Citizenship Studies, 27(2), 189-209. doi:10.1080/13621025.2022.2077568

Hanakata, N. C., & Inagaki, H. (2023). Understanding the spatial entanglements of the renewable energy transition (RET) in Southeast Asia (SEA). In Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Denver.

Hanakata, N. C., & Bignami, F. (2023). When platforms meet citizens: patterns of platform urbanization and its uneven performance. In Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative Vienna Research Symposium IWM. Vienna.

Schmid, C., Hanakata, N., Kockelkorn, A., & Wong, K. P. (2023). Chapter 15: MULTILAYERED PATCHWORK URBANISATION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE URBAN PERIPHERY. In Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet: Theory Building through Comparison (pp. 274-301). De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783035623017-017 

Hanakata, N., Schmid, C., Streule, M., & Karaman, O. (2023). Chapter 17: INCORPORATION OF DIFFERENCES: THE COMMODIFICATION OF URBAN VALUE. In Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet: Theory Building through Comparison (pp. 334-358). De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783035623017-019 

Schmid, C., Karaman, O., Hanakata, N., Kallenberger, P., Kockelkorn, A., Sawyer, L., . . . Wong, K. P. (2023). Chapter 4: NEW CONCEPTS OF URBANISATION PROCESSES: AN OVERVIEW. In Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet: Theory Building through Comparison (pp. 49-68). De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783035623017-005 

Hanakata, N. C. (2023). Tokyo: Framing the Metropolitan Compelx. In Vocabularies for an urbanising planet (pp. 70-83). Basel. 

2022

Bignami, F., Tomasello, F., Hanakata, N. C., & Calzada, I. (Eds.) (2022). Digital Citizenship in the Post-Pandemic Urban Realm. Citizenship Studies, 27(2), 189-209. doi:10.1080/13621025.2022.2077568

Hanakata, N. C., Streule, M., & Schmid, C. (2022). Incorporation of urban differences in Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. City, 26(5-6), 791-819. doi:10.1080/13604813.2022.2126231

Bignami, F., Tomasello, F., Hanakata, N. C., & Calzada, I. (Eds.) (2022). Digital Citizenship in the Post-Pandemic Urban Realm. Citizenship Studies, 27(2), 189-209. doi:10.1080/13621025.2022.2077568

Hanakata, N. C., Bignami, F., & Cuppini, N. (2022). Mega Events, Urban Transformations and Social Citizenship: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis for An Epistemological Foresight. doi:10.4324/9780367625726

Hanakata, N. C. (2022). A critical review of urban mega interventions as trendsetters of urban development practice. In Mega Events, Urban Transformations and Social Citizenship: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis for An Epistemological Foresight (pp. 67-79). doi:10.4324/9780367625726-6 

Bignami, F., Cuppini, N., & Hanakata, N. C. (2022). Introduction: “Mega-events as a logic: Urban transformation and extended understanding of citizenship”. In Unknown Book (pp. 1-20). doi:10.4324/9780367625726-1 

Bignami, F., & Hanakata, N. C. (2022). Platform Urbanization and Citizenship: An Inquiry and Projection. In A. Strüver, & S. Bauriedl (Eds.), Platformisation of Urban Life Towards a Technocapitalist Transformation of European Cities (pp. 281-296). Berlin; New York: Transcript Publishing / Columbia University Press. 

Bignami, F., Hanakata, N. C., Cuppini, N., Haggis, D., Lee, C., Takahashi, M., & Gaffney, C. (2022). Tokyo Olympics 2020: Transformations, City and Citizenship in a Case Study: Bilateral Science and Technology Programme with China, Japan, South Korea and the ASEAN region 2017 - 2020 (OG 05-122017). Swiss Confederation, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. 

2021

Hanakata, N. C. (2021). How mega interventions are shaping Tokyo. A critical review. Cidades. Comunidades e Territórios.

Hanakata, N. C., & Bignami, F. (2021). Platform Urbanization and the Impact on Urban Transformation and Citizenship. South Atlantic Quarterly, 120(4), 763-776. doi:10.1215/00382876-9443322

Hanakata, N. C. (2021). How mega interventions are shaping Tokyo. A critical review. In Grand Projects. Urban Legacies of the 20th century. Lisbon.

Bignami, F., & Hanakata, N. C. (2021). Olympics and impacts on urban citizenship: A glimpse of platform urbanization. In Olympic Games and Mega Cities. Paris.

Hanakata, N. C., & Bignami, F. (2021). Platform Urbanization and impact on urban transformation and citizenship. In Platform Urbanism Towards a technocapitalist transformation of European cities?. Graz.

Hanakata, N. C., & Bignami, F. (2021). Platform Urbanization, its recent acceleration, and implications on citizenship. The case of Singapore. In Cities and Human Mobility. New York.

2020

Bignami, F., & Hanakata, N. C. (2024). Platform urbanisation, infrastructures and techno-politics: The turn towards urban citizenship. Journal of European Studies, 54(1), 42-58. doi:10.1177/00472441241235142 

Hanakata, N. C. (2020). Stadtmacher. Urbane Großprojekte in Asien und Europa. In T. Rieniets, & Akademie der Künste Berlin (Eds.), Urbainable / Stadthaltig Positionen zur europäischen Stadt im 21. Jahrhundert (Statements about the city in the 21st century). Germany. 

Gasco, A., Hanakata, N. C., Leyk, D., & Hanakata, N. C. (2020). Waterfront Tanjong Pagar: An Exploration in Transformative Design Research. In S. Cairns, & D. Tunas (Eds.), Indica 03 Action (pp. 43-54). Singapore. 

2019

Hanakata, N. C., Gasco, A., & Raras, D. (2019). The Capacity of Urban Megaprojects to Offer Adaptive and Inclusive Urban Development Schemes.

Christiaanse, K., Gasco, A., & Hanakata, N. C. (Eds.) (2019). The Grand Projet Towards Adaptable and Liveable Urban Megaprojects. Nai010 Publishers.

Hanakata, N. C. (2019). Tokyo: An Urban Portrait Looking at a Megacity Region Through Its Differences. Jovis Verlag. 

Hanakata, N. C., Gasco, A., Christiaanse, K., & Acebillo, P. (2019). A Theoretical Framework for Analysis. In The Grand Projet Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects. 

Hanakata, N. C. (2019). Grands Projets and Modelling Practices. In The Grand Projet Towards Adaptable and Liveable Urban Megaprojects (pp. 573-585). Netherlands: Nai010 Publishers. 

Hanakata, N. C. (2019). HafenCity, Hamburg. New City for the City. In The Grand Projet Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects. 

Hanakata, N. C. (2019). Marunouchi, Tokyo. A Continuous Update of a Modern Urban Vision. In The Grand Projet Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects. 

Hanakata, N. C. (2019). The Grand Projet as a Centrality: A Comparative Discussion of Large-Scale Urban Developments and and the Concept of Centrality. In The Grand Projet Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects. 

Hanakata, N. C., & Leyk, D. (2019). The Waterfront Tanjong Pagar Project, a transdisciplinary approach towards urban planning. In S. Cairns, & D. Tunas (Eds.), Future Cities Laboratory, Indicia 2. 

Hanakata, N. C., & Gasco, A. (2019). Understanding the Making and Impact of Grands Projets. In The Grand Projet Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects. 

2018

Hanakata, N. C., & Gasco, A. (2018). The Grand Projet politics of an urban age: urban megaprojects in Asia and Europe. Palgrave Communications, 4(1). doi:10.1057/s41599-018-0141-5

Schmid, C., Karaman, O., Hanakata, N. C., Kallenberger, P., Kockelkorn, A., Sawyer, L., . . . Wong, K. P. (2018). Towards a new vocabulary of urbanisation processes: A comparative approach. Urban Studies, 55(1), 19-52. doi:10.1177/0042098017739750

Hanakata, N. C. (2018). A comparative discussion of large-scale urban developments and the concept of centrality. In Annual Meeting of the American Geographers. New Orleans.

2017

Richthofen, A. V., & Hanakata, N. C. (2017). Conversation on Designing Future Cities with Measures for a New Urban Agenda with Richard Hassell. In S. Cairns, & D. Tunas (Eds.), Indicia 01 (pp. 87-92). Singapore: NUS Press. 

Hanakata, N. C. (2017). Conversation on Research and Technological Innovation with Werner Sobek. In S. Cairns, & D. Tunas (Eds.), Indicia 01 (pp. 82-87). Singapore: NUS Press. 

2015

Hanakata, N. C. (2015). Relearning the Art of Crafting Space. In Beyond Seun Sangga: 16 ideas to go Beyond Big Plans (pp. 86-97). Seoul: Konggan Sŏga. 

2014

Hanakata, N. C. (2014). Incorporation of Urban Differences in the Tôkyô Metropolitan Complex. In XVIII World Congress of Sociology, Research Committee 21. Yokohama.

2013

Hanakata, N. C. (2013). Differences in the Tokyo Metropolitan Complex. In Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Los Angeles. 

Hanakata, N. C. (2013). Tokio, die Hauptstadt der Parallelwelten. In Mein Tokio 1953/2013 = My Tokyo = Watakushi no Tokyo (pp. 87). Stuttgart: Esefeld & Traub. 

2012

Hanakata, N. C. (2012). Tokyo in a Comparative Context: Urbanization Processes Today. In 2nd FCL Conference. Zurich, Swizterland.

2011

2025

Hanakata, N. C., Topalovic, M., & Schmid, C. (2025). Urbanisation Processes in Agrarian Territories at the Biennale Architettura 2025 [Design]. Venice.

2024

Hanakata, N. C., Topalovic, M., & Schmid, C. (2024). Urbanisation Processes in Agrarian Territories [Design]. Singapore.