Menu
URBAN IMPRINT
The UGR (founded in 1531) is a comprehensive public research university with 55,000 students, 3,600 academics and 2,600 administrative and support staff. Its 26 Faculties and Schools and 124 Departments offer 96 undergraduate degrees, 164 master's degrees and 28 doctoral programs organized in 3 doctoral schools. It has 22 research institutes and more than 400 research teams working in all disciplinary fields.
The UGR is currently ranked 2nd in Spain according to the Shanghai ranking (2022) and is the first regional university in southern Spain, with 31 disciplines in the top 500 and 8 in the top 200. As a public institution of higher education, it is committed not only to quality and excellence in education, learning and research, but also to activities aimed at the transfer of scientific, technical and artistic knowledge to society, the improvement of society and a sustainable future for the planet.
The UGR considers internationalization as a political priority. It has been a major participant in the Erasmus mobility program since its inception, in recognition of which it received the Erasmus Gold Star award in 2007, and remains the top university for incoming and outgoing student mobility today. It also has an extensive global program for students and staff funded by the UGR's own Internationalization Fund.
The UGR is deeply committed to multilateral cooperation, and has played a leading role in the longest-running European university network, the Coimbra Group, which it chaired from 2010 to 2017. Since 2019, it is the coordinating institution of the European University Alliance Arqus, one of the first 17 European universities funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programs.
UGR-Medialab - Social Innovation Lab leads this action as part of the Vice-Rectorate for Social Innovation, Employability and Entrepreneurship of the University of Granada. Medialab is a living and changing citizen laboratory, which evolves as its projects develop and adapt to social needs and demands, working on democratic processes, public policies, social participation and social and public innovation.
Raúl Oliván (Tarragona/Zaragoza, Spain, 1980) is currently Director General of Open Government and Social Innovation of the Government of Aragon. From this position he develops projects such as LAAAB (Open Government Laboratory of Aragon), the Academy of Social Impact (school for young social innovators), CVOL (digital platform for volunteering that recognizes the impact on the SDGs), VisualGOB (Digital Accountability System) or the Collaborative Design of Public Services program (together with the Aragonese Design Center).
Prior to this position, he was Director General of Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Volunteering. Until December 2017 he was Director of Zaragoza Activa, entrepreneurship and social innovation ecosystem, where he carried out more than 500 business projects.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, he was the promoter of Brake the Curve, an open innovation and collaboration experience that has been replicated in 22 countries and has driven the creation of more than 60 interdisciplinary teams mobilizing more than 1000 activists, civil servants, entrepreneurs and volunteers worldwide.
In recent years he has collaborated with different projects in Latin America, cooperating in projects such as SantaLab (Argentina), CISNA (Nariño) or Instituto Procomum (Brazil). He has recently presented the report Institutions that learn for the XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State, which includes the HIP model (hexagon of public innovation) to promote systemic change from six vectors.
With a degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Social Work, he specialized in Citizen Participation Techniques and Urban Strategic Development (CIDEU).
He has written several books, including Hackear la Política (Gedisa 2019, together with Cristina Monge) and Abrir Instituciones desde dentro (Hacking Inside Black Book, 2018, together with some colleagues). He is currently pursuing a Master in Philosophy for Contemporary Challenges at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
She holds a degree in Business Administration and a PhD in Economics and Innovation Management from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
She is responsible for Ecosystem Connections at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support Service, technical coordinator of "Entrepreneurship and Innovation" of the Young University for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Alliance in the framework of the European Universities, reviewer of the Accreditation Council of the Enterprising and Committed University (ACEEU), and member of APTE (Association of Technology and Science Parks of Spain) and FEI (Forum of Innovative Companies).
His professional experience began in the private sector acquiring a deep knowledge of the drivers and dynamics of the industry. In 2004 he joined the Carlos III University of Madrid (public university) in a pioneering and unusual project at that time: the UC3M Science Park, performing functions in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation and University-Business collaboration. Some achievements in the scope of this project are:
● PI of the European projects Revalorised (2020-2023) and United for Horizon (2020-2022) The first one to foster knowledge transfer from Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines; and the second one, to promote SME - University collaborations in European projects.
● Project Manager of the international seals of the ACCEU's Entrepreneurial University Accreditation and Engaged University Accreditation (2019-2021).
● Project Manager of the Getafe Innova Project (2021-), to promote and strengthen the innovation ecosystem of the municipality of Getafe.
● Program of the Community of Madrid for Liaison Entities (calls: 2019; 2021; 2022).
● First prize at the UIIN International Conference in 2021, in the category of best transfer practice with the SMEBook platform. Participation in the "SMEBOOK" transfer project for the successful development of an "open innovation" platform (2017).
The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette is the largest of the 21 accredited schools in France in terms of number of students. It was founded in 1969 as Unité pédagogique n°6 (UPA n°6), with the aim of training people to work in all professional fields involved in the production of architecture, cities and spaces. The school has chosen to build a "school open to all" and to varied profiles, with quotas divided by course of study.
The teaching provided at ENSAPLV is distinguished by its particular openness to the humanities and to the plastic and visual arts. ENSAPLV's decision to become a member of the HESAM University CoMUE was guided by its strategic decision to open itself to a wide range of career paths. This positioning is consistent with the identity of the ENSAPLV, whose size and critical mass favor the definition of multiple partnerships with other institutions.
Another distinctive feature of the school is its international vocation. Since its inception, ENSAPLV has been particularly active in the development of international partnerships, offering students and professors academic stays (balanced incoming and outgoing mobility) as well as workshops abroad. These allow students, in cooperation with foreign students and professors, to familiarize themselves with a wide range of urban contexts. The School also welcomes a large number of professors and researchers from diverse backgrounds, who are fully involved in the development of its teaching programs and in the pursuit of international openness as an integral part of their teaching.
In terms of its scientific potential, the ENSAPLV has long developed a broad research activity, whose objective is to produce knowledge with a view to participating in the evolution of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture and their adaptation to the changes of the planet and society. More than 120 research professors (including a dozen scientific directors authorized to conduct research - HdR) attached to six research teams and/or units make up the rich research potential of the institution. The teams work in the fields of architecture, urban planning, territories and landscape, drawing on philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, ergonomics, geography, computer science, cognitive sciences and design sciences. The first research teams were created in the late 1970s.
Anne D'Orazio graduated in architecture in 1995 and obtained a master's degree in research on urbanism and territories in 2006. Anne D'Orazio is an architect and urban planner. She is also a PhD in urban and land planning since 2017 and a professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris la Villette (ENSAPLV), where she has been teaching since 1995. Her work focuses on the fabrication of the ordinary contemporary city and questions the modalities and regimes of negotiation between stakeholders (civil society, political world, etc.).
His current research focuses on:
-Participatory approaches in urban production and, more specifically, on the development of participatory housing in France;
-The political mobilization of "visible minorities" in the political-institutional space of the Parisian metropolis.
-The forms of partnership between civil society and public action in the development of local ecological transition policies.
Anne D'Orazio is also Vice-President in charge of development at HESAM University, President of the Board of Directors of ENSAPLV, member of the Organizing Committee of the national network of ENSAs on ecological transition, in charge of the Master seminar "Habitat and Sustainable City, for a critical approach to the urban fabric" of ENSAPLV, expert of the National Network of Communities for Participatory Housing (RNCHP), and member of the Scientific Council of the RESEARCH NETWORK ON HOUSING (REHAL).
Nicolas is a sociologist dedicated to the development of projects combining environmental awareness, art, local action-research and innovative pedagogy.
After studying sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Ulm) and a master's degree at Sciences Po Paris (Environmental policies, research work under the direction of Aleksandar Rankovic (IDDRI) on biodiversity policies in Paris and wild bees), Nicolas Delaffon turned to teaching and pedagogy, structuring the social sciences teaching of an interdisciplinary environmental degree at PSL University.
While continuing to teach, in 2023, he joined Hesam Université to manage the "1000 doctorants pour les territoires" program, which aims to train local authorities while offering doctoral candidates the opportunity to conduct long-term research for a local administration. In 2024, it joined the ACTEE program (FNCCR) to manage a call for projects to fund theses on energy renovation in local authorities.
After a first professional experience of 10 years as an Audience Manager at the Odeon National Theater, Brigitte Corinthios obtained a Master's degree in local and sustainable development in 2008 and participated in the management of a Local Energy Agency for 12 years. She thus developed a solid expertise in the field of energy, housing and social affairs, as well as in the field of local public policies and territorial organizations, with the same common thread: broadening the audience and getting local actors to dialogue and cooperate, ready to accelerate the ecological, social and cultural transformation towards a more just transition.
In 2022, she trained in a new responsible economic approach, the functional and cooperative economy (FCE), which provided her with the missing link to meet the challenges of the transition: there is no transition without a change of economic model. Self-employed, she is now a member of the Coop'Ter research intervention program as an assistant where she supports local dynamics to create "territorial cooperative ecosystems" (ECT) to meet climate, energy and social challenges.
She also works for the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris la Villette (ENSAPLV), where she is involved in the Urban Imprint program and in the creation of a new diploma dedicated to energy renovation.
In addition, Brigitte Corinthios is an administrator of two associations in which she participates: the FCE Regional Club in the Ile-de-France Region and the IVE Local Energy Agency in the East of Paris.
Since its inception, the University of Aveiro (UAveiro) has evolved to become one of the most dynamic and innovative universities in the country, considered one of the best universities in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings for universities in the world that are 50 years old or younger. Currently the University has more than 16000 students distributed in 16 Academic Departments and 4 Polytechnic Schools that work in an interdisciplinary way according to their academic and research affinities. Its organization and matrix structure stimulate the exchange of knowledge by overlapping different scientific fields, promoting a useful proximity between teaching and research.
Since 2019, UAveiro is part of the ECIU University, together with 13 other research-intensive universities, with a collective emphasis on innovation, creativity and social impact driving the development of a knowledge-based economy.
UAveiro is a privileged partner for companies and other national and international organizations with which the University cooperates in numerous projects and to which it provides important services. During 2023, 517 national and international research and technology transfer projects have been active in UAveiro, of which 61 funded by ERASMUS+, 39 by Horizon 2020, 37 by Horizon Europe and 11 by INTERREG. UAveiro is the host institution for 12 ERC Grants and 1 ERA Chair, coordinates 4 Twinning projects and 2 HE projects aiming to contribute to EU Missions, among other relevant and strategic European projects.
The research projects are developed within the framework of the 20 research units hosted by UAveiro in different scientific areas, all of them classified as very good or excellent in the last evaluation process promoted by the National Foundation for Science and Technology. 8 of these research units have been labeled or integrated as Associated Laboratories.
The University of Aveiro has a long experience in researching methodologies to promote the participation of citizens in the definition of their collective future, with particular focus on the response to the challenges of the Sustainable Development of the United Nations or to the digital, environmental and social transition that the European Union has defined. The group of researchers has developed expertise in the field of active listening to citizens, in the co-creation of proposals and in the creation of conditions for their experimentation, through instruments such as citizenship laboratories. In addition, the researchers have a long experience in scientific research, specifically in action-research involving local actors, public authorities and communities.
José Carlos Mota is an associate professor in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the University of Aveiro and a researcher at GOVCOPP. He has been director of the Master in Urban and Regional Planning (2016-2020) and coordinator of the Bicycle Technology Platform (2016-2018). He has participated in several national and international research projects on territorial-based participatory planning and cycling mobility. He coordinated, within the scope of the Planning and Public Policy Laboratory, the collaborative processes developed in the framework of the Municipal Master Plans of Maia, Valongo and Vila Nova de Gaia. Recently, she developed several initiatives of the Civic Laboratory, involving fragile communities (African students and gypsy community). She coordinated a study on the Portuguese Social Innovation Ecosystem. He has made several scientific contributions (books and articles) on cities and participation.
Urban Planner, PhD in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Master in Urban Planning from the University of Aveiro and Degree in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.
He is a professor at the University of Aveiro since 2008, where he is responsible for several undergraduate and graduate courses around public space, mobility and urban planning in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, in the Department of Environment and Planning and in the Department of Civil Engineering.
At the University of Aveiro, as a researcher, he is a full member of GOVCOPP (Center for Studies in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies) and participated in several researches, highlighting his work in the project "Costs and Benefits of Urban Dispersion at Local Scale".
He is managing partner of the firm UEST since 2017. In UEST he collaborates intensively with numerous municipalities in the coordination of urban plans and projects.
Fernando Nogueira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the University of Aveiro, and an integrated member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), where he has researched on governance and territorialized policies, collaborative decision making and public participation. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences, a Master's degree in Urban Engineering and a Bachelor's degree (5 years) in Urban and Regional Planning. He is Director of the Master in Urban and Regional Planning. He teaches master and doctoral courses on urban planning and public policy. He is coordinator and team member of several cooperation projects with regional and local authorities in development studies, spatial strategies and participatory processes within the research group Laboratorio de Planificación y Políticas de Planificación (L3P), which he also coordinates. He is department coordinator of the Erasmus+ program.
Karl-Franzens-University Graz is one of the oldest and largest universities in the country. Founded in 1585, it has a rich history of academic excellence and innovation. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in various fields, such as humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering. With a strong emphasis on research, the University of Graz is home to numerous research centers and institutes, which contribute significantly to advances in various areas of study. Known for its vibrant student life and international outlook, the university attracts students and scholars from all over the world, fostering a dynamic, multicultural academic environment. It assumes responsibility for the entire southern Austrian region. With 30,000 students and 4,700 employees, it makes a decisive contribution to the vibrant life of the Styrian capital.
Environmental scientist with extensive experience in climate adaptation, mitigation, sustainability transformation and transdisciplinary research methods.
Socioecologist with training in Cultural Anthropology. Focused on interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity within sustainability sciences, he works with qualitative and participatory methodologies.
Tiber Umbria Comett Education Programme (TUCEP) is a non-profit association formed by twelve Italian universities and numerous companies and public authorities; it was created in 1992 within the framework of the EU COMETT Program, the EU program for cooperation between universities and companies in the field of training in research, VET, innovation and technology.
TUCEP's mission is to foster and develop collaboration between universities and the world of work through the implementation of research and training projects aimed at promoting innovation and quality in education and training, fostering social inclusion, entrepreneurship and European values at regional, national and European level.
TUCEP's main activities are the organization and management of training courses at national and European level for young people and adults, including trainers, teachers and students.
Fabio Raspadori is professor of European Union law in the Department of Political Science (University of Perugia) since 2001, has studied different aspects of the integration process from a juridical perspective. In particular, his interests are focused on the following subjects: the European Union institution framework and its functioning; the European regulation of the biotechnology; the participation of the territorial entities to the European Union and its legal order. He coordinated the EU Law Jean Monnet Chair "European Union Law and Policies for Employment and Development" (2017-2020). He is also the scientific director of the European Documentation Center of the University of Perugia and is the founder and the director of the University “Window on Europe” on the European communication.
Giovanni Cinti is researcher at Department of Engineering University of Perugia, he got a PhD degree with a thesis on “Theoretical and experimental study of residential micro- CHP system based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”. His current research interests are stationary modelling of hydrogen and fuel cell energy systems; hydrogen mobility; H2 production with particular attention to electrolysis and hydrogen vectors synthesis (i.e. ammonia). He is author of about 50 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences contributions.
(PhD) He is an Associate Professor in the field of representation and innovation processes at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Perugia, Italy. He is author of nineteen monographs, editor of fourteen volumes and has written over two hundred and fifty scientific articles, twenty-five of which in Class A journals. He is the scientific coordinator of national and international conventions, agreements and projects, coordinating the activity of a research group composed of researchers, research fellows, PhD students, scholarship holders and contract staff.
(PhD) He is an Associate Professor in the field of representation, perception, landscape and digital techniques at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Perugia, Italy. He is author of eleven monographs, editor of seven volumes and has written more than two hundred scientific articles, twenty-six of which in Class A journals. He currently is scientific coordinator for national and international conventions, agreements and projects, and coordinates the activities of a research group consisting of assignees, doctoral students, scholarship holders and contract staff.
APDI Group is made up of highly qualified professionals from various industries. Our collaborative work environment fosters understanding and communication between team members and departments. This integrated approach ensures close collaboration and allows us to deliver exceptional solutions tailored to each client's specific needs.
APDI Group offers a diverse and constantly evolving portfolio. Our main areas of expertise currently include consulting, training, digitalization and international mobility.
As a company experiencing rapid growth, APDI Group prioritizes the success of its partners. We prioritize open communication and active participation in each project to understand individual objectives and meet specific needs. We strive to be the bridge that connects employees with their career aspirations.
Headquartered in Spain (Granada and Madrid) and present on all continents, APDI Group operates in harmony with the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our mission is to connect people and countries, contributing to a better Europe.
Juan Antonio Rosado is an expert in International Studies. He studied at the Diplomatic School of Madrid and has worked for the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in various Embassies and General Directorates.
He has extensive knowledge and experience in the Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean context, where he has worked as academic coordinator and consultant for relevant institutions with regional presence, such as the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset, the School of High Politics and Government GOBERNA, the University of Granada and APDI, where he is currently Director of EU Projects and coordinates a team of specialists in development projects.
Degree in Law and Political Science and Administration from the University of Granada. She has experience in obtaining financing for public and private entities. She has also worked as a consultant in the Legal & Tax area of PwC Spain. Thanks to her experience in international environments, she knows the Erasmus+ program in its different aspects. Committed to local and sustainable rural development, internationalization and multiculturalism in education.
Project Reference Number: 2023-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000160257
Urban Imprint 2024 : All rights reserved : Legal Notice
The project "URBAN IMPRINT. Connecting Universities and Local Governments to Implement Urban Agendas" is co-funded by the European Union. The opinions and views expressed on this website are solely those of the University of Granada UGR and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE). Neither the European Union nor the SEPIE National Agency can be held responsible for them.
Erasmus+ Urban Imprint by University of Granada UGR is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.