urbanism – SI4SD Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

21 Jul, 202021 Jul, 2020 si4sdmadrid initiatives, inspirations, legislation, organizations, projects, publications

New Publication: Limits of municipalism. What can we learn from Operación Chamartín?

Introducing the new article written by Pieter Rondelez and Clara Medina García published in MINIM Municipalism.

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.

28 Dec, 201810 Jan, 2019 si4sdmadrid courses, inspirations

Master in Human Settlements (MaHS)

The Advanced Master in Human Settlements followed by the author in 2017-2018 where the research on Social innovation and the contemporary Madrid started, triggering the research project SI4SD.

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.