policy making – SI4SD Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

6 Apr, 20217 Apr, 2021 si4sdmadrid initiatives, inspirations, legislation, organizations, Other, publications

New Publication: book chapter analyzing social innovation in Madrid between 2015-19 (in Spanish)

Introducing the new book chapter written by Clara Medina García with her promotor Rosa de la Fuente included in "Nuevos retos para las políticas urbanas" by Clemente J. Navarro Yañez (ed.), published by Tirant lo Blanch.

4 Feb, 20215 Feb, 2021 si4sdmadrid events, inspirations, other, publications

Research in times of Corona (part 3): the IASP Leuven Gymkhana

Action research in Leuven during the Fall Semester combining our PhD research, with a master thesis, the IASP course and stakeholder's interests and concerns.

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.

10 Jan, 201926 Feb, 2019 si4sdmadrid events, inspirations, news

Seminar on Social Innovation in Southern European Cities

Seminar by the GSSI Gran Sasso Science Institute in June 2019.

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.