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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/frsc.2025.1631538</article-id>
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<article-title>Corrigendum: Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development</article-title>
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<name><surname>Rasoulzadeh Aghdam</surname> <given-names>Samad</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<name><surname>Babaeimorad</surname> <given-names>Behnaz</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Ghasemzadeh</surname> <given-names>Behnam</given-names></name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"><sup>4</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5"><sup>5</sup></xref>
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<name><surname>Irani</surname> <given-names>Mazdak</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Huovila</surname> <given-names>Aapo</given-names></name>
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<aff id="aff1"><sup>1</sup><institution>Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University</institution>, <addr-line>Tabriz</addr-line>, <country>Iran</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2"><sup>2</sup><institution>Institute for Psycho-social Health Research, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University</institution>, <addr-line>Tabriz</addr-line>, <country>Iran</country></aff>
<aff id="aff3"><sup>3</sup><institution>Department of Urban Planning, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University</institution>, <addr-line>Ahvaz</addr-line>, <country>Iran</country></aff>
<aff id="aff4"><sup>4</sup><institution>Turbulent Magic Limited</institution>, <addr-line>Christchurch</addr-line>, <country>New Zealand</country></aff>
<aff id="aff5"><sup>5</sup><institution>School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University</institution>, <addr-line>Penrith, NSW</addr-line>, <country>Australia</country></aff>
<aff id="aff6"><sup>6</sup><institution>VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.</institution>, <addr-line>Espoo</addr-line>, <country>Finland</country></aff>
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<fn fn-type="edited-by"><p>Approved by: Frontiers Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland</p></fn>
<corresp id="c001">&#x0002A;Correspondence: Behnam Ghasemzadeh <email>Behnam.Ghasemzadeh&#x00040;yahoo.com</email></corresp>
<corresp id="c002">Aapo Huovila <email>Aapo.Huovila&#x00040;vtt.fi</email></corresp>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="corrected-article" journal-id="Front. Sustain. Cities" journal-id-type="nlm-ta" vol="6" page="1514040" xlink:href="10.3389/frsc.2024.1514040" ext-link-type="doi">A Corrigendum on <article-title>Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development</article-title> by Rasoulzadeh Aghdam, S., Babaeimorad, B., Ghasemzadeh, B., Irani, M., and Huovila, A. (2025). <italic>Front. Sustain</italic>. Cities 6:1514040. doi: <object-id>10.3389/frsc.2024.1514040</object-id></related-article>
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<p>In the published article, the second author&#x00027;s name was incorrectly written as &#x0201C;Behnaz Bababei Morad.&#x0201D; The correct spelling is &#x0201C;Behnaz Babaeimorad.&#x0201D;</p>
<p>In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 3. This was incorrectly written as &#x0201C;Department of Urban Planning, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.&#x0201D; It should be &#x0201C;Department of Urban Planning, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.&#x0201D;</p>
<p>In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for the third author, Behnam Ghasemzadeh. As well as having affiliations 2, 4, and 5, they should also have &#x0201C;<sup>1</sup>Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.&#x0201D;</p>
<p>The authors apologize for these errors and state that they do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.</p>
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