Gent – SI4SD Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

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.

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.

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.

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.