In this issue we feature 10 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

As part of the work of a project entitled, The role of universities in developing skills for Smart Cities, funded by the Scottish Funding Council from its contribution to the University of Glasgow’s efforts to develop activities concerned with the Global Challenges Research Fund, a team of staff from the University of Glasgow recently presented at a Roundtable hosted by the International University of Kyrgyzstan (IUK) in Bishkek in conjunction with Glasgow’s Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL).