EMPLOYMENT HISTORY & CONSULTANCY
2022
Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Sustainability
Course Leader MA Planning Built Environments
BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
- Years: 2022 – present
- Role: Full-time Faculty Member with teaching, research and leadership responsibilities; Principal Investigator of Hush City (2017-present).
- Domain of expertise: cites, liveability, sustainability, digital participatory planning and citizen science, qualitative and creative research methods.
2021
Independent Expert
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL RESEARCH & INNOVATION
- Years: 2021 – 2023
- Role: Member of the High-Level Expert Team working for the Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Initiatives, Policy and Practice
- Domain of expertise: nnovation and research, policy and practice, citizen science and societal engagement, scalability
2016
Senior Research Associate
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BERLIN, INSTITUTE OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
- Years: 2016 – 2022
- Role: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2016-2018), HEAD-Genuit Foundation Senior Research Fellow (2018-2020), Principal Investigator of Hush City (2017-present)
- Domain of expertise: urban and environmental planning, health & well-being, citizen and societal engagement, sustainable urban models, digital technology, research and innovation
2020
Senior Research Associate
MUSEUM FUER NATURKUNDE BERLIN, SCIENCE PROGRAMME SOCIETY AND NATURE
- Years: 2020 – 2022
- Role: Project Coordinator
- Domain of expertise: social innovation, citizen science and societal engagement in European science projects, digital technology
2018
Scientific Advisor
MUNICIPALITIES OF BERLIN AND LIMERICK
- Years: 2017 – present
- Role: Inventor and Principal Investigator of Hush City
- Domain of expertise: urban environmental planning, quiet areas, citizen and societal engagement, digital technology, research and innovation, policy and practice
2010
Scientific Consultant and Freelance Architect
NOT-FOR-PROFIT, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS
- Years: 2010 – 2015
- Client(s): e.g., Venice Biennial Foundation (Architecture), EXPO 2015 Milan, Foundation SIstema Toscana, INARCH / Italian Institute of Architecture, architectural and urban design firms.
- Domain of expertise: cultural and natural heritage, architecture, digital technology, public engagement
2010
Contract Professor
ITALIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
- Years: 2010 – 2014
- Employer(s): University of Ferrara, Faculty of Architecture, Ferrara, Italy (2014, Spring); Kent State University, College of Architecture & Environmental Design, Florence, Italy (AY 2012/2013); University of RomaTre, Faculty of Architecture, Rome, Italy (AY 2012/2013); University of Firenze, Faculty of Architecture, Florence, Italy (2010, Fall).
- Conception, design and lead of teaching modules at the Bachelor and Master level in Architecture and Urban Design.
EDUCATION
2010
PhD in Urban Design and Territorial Planning
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (USA) / UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE (ITALY)
Dissertation awards: the 2010 National Institute of Urbanism Award for the best Italian dissertation in Territorial Planning and the 2012 City of Firenze Research Award.
2005
BArch & MArch Architecture
UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE (ITALY)
Awarded a degree in Architecture (Summa Cum Laude/Full marks with honours). Master thesis in Urban Design and Planning.
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