Is Smart City only for large cities and metropolitan areas? On the contrary—many small and medium-sized municipalities in particular can benefit just as much from the smart transformation, even though many of them still have a lot of catching up to do in terms of developing into Smart Cities. Our intern Leonie Schiermeyer took a closer look at this topic: As a student at TU Dortmund University, specializing in International Planning Studies, she placed her bachelor's thesis entirely in the context of the smart city discussion and, together with us as her thesis partner, produced a remarkable piece of work. The two examiners, Prof. Dr. Sophie Schramm from TU Dortmund University and our colleague Dr. Lucia Wright, agreed in their assessment of the thesis: it deserves the top grade of 1.0.