This book features research presented and discussed during the Research and Innovation Forum (Rii Forum) 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic and its social, political, and economic implications had confirmed that a more thorough debate on these issues and topics was needed. For this reason, the Rii Forum 2021 was devoted to the broadly defined question of the short- and long-term impact of the pandemic on our societies. This volume serves as an essential resource to understand the diverse ways in which Covid-19 impacted our societies, including the capacity to innovate, advances in technology, the evolution of the healthcare systems, business model innovation, the prospects of growth, the stability of political systems, and the future of education.

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ICT for Social Value Co-creation During the Covid-19 Emergency: The Case of MascherinAmica.- Application of Machine Learning to Infer Symptoms and Risk Factors of Covid-19.- How Does Behavioral Intention to Use Digital Technology Affect Citizens' Mental Health During the COVID-19?.- The Role of Blockchain Technology During Covid-19 in Health Sector.- Technology Influences on Employee Engagement During COVID-19.- An Ethereum Based-Chain for Diagnosis and Control "Covid-19".- Data-driven Decisions for a Smarter and Resilient Healthcare Service Ecosystem.- A Mobile Application with Geolocation and Virtual Rewards for Promoting the Social Skills in People with Social Disorders.- Recognition of Hygiene Activities by Means of Multimodal Sensors.- Improvement of a Sign Language Learning Reinforcement Tool by Using Phonological Proximity.- Determining the Benefits and Drawbacks of Agile (Scrum) and DevOps in Addressing the Development Challenges of Cloud Applications.- A Double Blockchain-based Consumption Model Using a Gamification Social Environment.- Architecture Based on Machine Learning Techniques and Data Mining for Prediction of Indicators in the Diagnosis and Intervention of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.- Facing Covid-19 Emergency in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: A Transformative Framework for Faculty Development.- Monitoring Massive Open Online Courses in the Time of Covid-19.- Intelligent Information Technology Innovation Management in Higher Education.- How to Cultivate Personal Learning and Professional Growth in a Disrupting Time Among Reactions, Resistances and Collective Transformations.- Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Education a Case from a Military Academy.- ICT Extra-curricular Activities: The Digital Girls Case Study for the Development of Human Capital.- Digitalization of Material Culture Resources and Its Impact on The Participation of Poles In "Cyberculture" During Covid-19 Pandemic.- The Challenges Educators Face in Virtually Creating High Quality LMX With Students and Colleagues.- On Techniques to Detect Concept Maps Pedagogical Similarity.- New Shades on the Smart City Paradigm During the COVID-19:  A Multiple Case Study Analysis of Italian Local Governments.- Resilient Urban Open Spaces in the Age of the Pandemic.- Minimum Areas of Confinement: Towards a Post-pandemic Urbanism.- Containing the Spread of Covid-19 Through Spatial Planning: The Case of Warsaw.- The Implementation of the Use of Technologies and Big Data in Local Authorities at the Time of Covid -19.- AI and Fuzzy Cognitive Map for Supporting Urban Decision-making During the Pandemic.- Exploring the Differentiating Characteristics Between the Smart City and the Smart Society Models.