codesign – SI4SD Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

17 Mar, 202117 Mar, 2021 si4sdmadrid inspirations, tools

A Seminar on how I am applying Visual Thinking in my PhD research

The chronicle and content of the seminar I prepared to share with my research group in Madrid (LabIPPU) how I apply visual thinking in my PhD research.

24 Feb, 202030 Mar, 2020 si4sdmadrid initiatives, legislation, programmes

Gent en Garde

An innovative process to codesign and implement a food policy and programme towards a more sustianable, resilient and just food system in Gent.

6 Apr, 2019 si4sdmadrid organizations, projects, Sin categoría

Leuven 2030

An initiative aimed at achieving a sustainable and carbon-neutral city through the cooperation of all social agents in the city of Leuven.

3 Feb, 20193 Feb, 2019 si4sdmadrid initiatives, organizations, programmes, projects

Living Street Gent

A collective hands-on experiment on alternative uses of the street and sustainable mobility.

1 Feb, 20196 Feb, 2019 si4sdmadrid events, inspirations, programmes

Presentación Madrid Escucha 2019

Presentación del Programa de Madrid Escucha para 2019 en Medialab Prado el 5 de febrero de 2019.

17 Jan, 201917 Jan, 2019 si4sdmadrid initiatives, organizations, projects

CSA Tabacalera Madrid

A cession from the government to civil movements to collectively manage cultural and social activities in an abandoned former tobacco factory.

7 Jan, 201926 Feb, 2021 si4sdmadrid initiatives, programmes, projects

URBACT European Programme

A Programme run by the European Commission to boost international networking and experience exchange for sustainable urban regeneration. (Post bilingüe)

31 Dec, 201817 Jan, 2019 si4sdmadrid initiatives, projects

Commons Josaphat

A collective proposal for the development of a neighbourhood to the common good in Brussels.

What is SI4SD?

SI4SD | The Role and performance of socially innovative multi-actor collaborations is the research project started by Clara Medina G in September 2018, aimed at understanding and promoting Social Innovation to achieve Sustainable Development, focusing on the role that different urban actors, including local administrations, can play in this process and how they collaborate to achieve it.

In November 2019 the project officially evolved into a joint PhD hosted at KU Leuven and UCM Universities, funded as an FWO Fellowship awarded to Clara.

About the author

Clara Medina G is a Madrilian researcher and urban facilitator with a transdisciplinary background in architecture, urbanism, planning and innovation passionate about sustainable development, participatory design and the social dimension of the built environment. She is convinced that only by innovating in relations and synergies among urban actors will societies be able to tackle present and future challenges.

Learn more about her professional profile and projects here.