commons – SI4SD Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

28 Dec, 201922 Mar, 2020 si4sdmadrid events, inspirations

“Labour and Democracy” workshops at UGent

Chronicle of the workshops "Labour and Democracy" organised in December 2019 to develop policy proposals for the City of Gent.

20 Dec, 201922 Mar, 2020 si4sdmadrid events

“Labour and Democracy” symposium at UGent

Chronicle of the symposium "Labour and Democracy" organised in December 2019 debating on contemporary urban challenges.

21 Sep, 2019 si4sdmadrid events, organizations

Taller Cómo montar un Laboratorio Ciudadano

Crónica del taller organizado por Medialab Prado para compartir experiencias e impulsar proyectos emergentes.

12 May, 201912 May, 2019 si4sdmadrid initiatives, organizations, Other

La Mesa Ciudadana

A sharing and experimenting space for professionals, civil servants and citizen initiatives looking for new ways and tools to integrate citizens in the management of public resources and spaces.

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.

11 Jan, 201911 Jan, 2019 si4sdmadrid inspirations, publications

Commons Transition: Policy Proposals for an Open Knowledge Society

Free e-book by Commons Transition.

4 Jan, 20197 Jan, 2019 si4sdmadrid initiatives, organizations, projects

EVA Espacio Vecinal Arganzuela

A civic movement reclaiming public space for civil associations to meet, collaborate and cater for the needs of the Arganzuela district in Madrid.

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.

29 Dec, 201829 Dec, 2018 si4sdmadrid initiatives, projects

Ringland in Antwerp

An innovative collective process to negotiate and redesign the highway system in Antwerp seeking urban resilience.

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.