PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATION LIST

Books and scientific treatises

Radicchi, A., Leo, G., Haklay, M., et al. (2023). Scaling up citizen science. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Fifth thematic report. Publications Office of the European Union, 2023, ISBN 978-92-76-61952-9, DOI 10.2777/52736
Haklay, M., Gold, M., Huyse, T., Radicchi, A., et al. (2022). Introduction and overview of citizen science. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. First topic report. Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN 978-92-76-46685-7, DOI 10.2777/29886
Arias, R., Haklay, M., Radicchi, A. (2022). Ensuring good practices and impacts. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Second thematic report. Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN 978-92-76-53246-0, DOI 10.2777/389967
Gold, M., Haklay, M., Arias, R., Radicchi, A., et al. (2022). Enabling environments and sustaining citizen science. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Fourth thematic report. Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN978-92-76-58863-4, DOI 10.2777/305248
Gold, M., Arias, R., Haklay, M., Radicchi, A., et al.(2023). Mutual learning exercise: citizen science initiatives: policy and practice: final report, Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN 978-92-68-00379-4, DOI 10.2777/988919
Radicchi, A. (2012). Sull’immagine sonora della città. (On the Sonic Image of the City). Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN: 978-88-6655-295-6, e-ISBN: 978-88-6655-278-9 (open access)

Edited special issues of peer-reviewed scientific journals

Boland, P., Radicchi, A., Potts R. & McHenry, J. (eds.) (forthcoming 2024).The Digital Revolution, Cities, and Urban Economies, Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA.
Vida Manzano, J., Radicchi, A., Xiao, J. (eds.) (2023). Urban Design for Sustainable Urban Environment, Sustainability journal.
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi A. (eds). (2022). Smells, Well-being and the Built Environment, Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. ISSN 1664-8714 – ISBN 978-2-88976-160-9. DOI 10.3389/978-2-88976-160-9
Radicchi A., et al. (eds). (2021). Sound & the Healthy City, special issue of Cities & Health Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1-2, Routledge Publish

Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals

Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2023). “Planning Artificial Light at Night for Pedestrian Visual Diversity in Public Spaces”. Sustainability 2023, 15(2), 1488; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021488
Vida Manzano, J., Radicchi, A. & Xiao, J. (2023). “Urban Design for Sustainable Built Environments“. Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15493; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115493
Alberti, F. & Radicchi, A. (2022). “The Proximity City: a comparative analysis between Paris, Barcelona and Milan / La prossimità nei progetti urbani: una analisi comparative fra Parigi, Barcellona e Milano”, TECHNE Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 23, 69-77 ISSN online 2239-0243
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi, A. (2022). “Editorial: Smells, Well-Being and the Built Environment”, Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.880701 (open access)
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi, A. et al. (2021). “Recent Advancements in Smellscape Research for the Built Environment”, Frontiers in Psychology, 12:700514. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.700514 (open access)
Alsina-Pagès, R., Ginovart-Panisello, G., Freixes, M. and Radicchi, A. (2021). “A Soundwalk in the heart of Poblenou superblock in Barcelona: Preliminary study of the acoustic events”, Noise Mapping, 8, pp. 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2021-0016 (open access)
Radicchi, A. & Grant, M. (2021). “From noise to soundscape in the service of urban health”. City Know How of Sound and the Healthy City, a special issue of the journal Cities & Health, 5:1-2, pp. 15-19. doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1851344 (open access)
Radicchi A. et al. (2020). “Sound and the Healthy City”. Leading Article of the special issue Sound and the Healthy City of Cities & Health Journal Editorial. DOI:10.1080/23748834.2020.1821980 (open access)
Radicchi A. (2020). “Berlino Swim City? Riflessioni in cammino lungo la Sprea a Berlino” (“Is Berlin a Swim City? Reflections on a walk along the Spree River”), Ecowebtown. Journal of Sustainable Design, no. 21. (open access)
Torresin, S., Aletta, F. (…), Radicchi, A. and Albatici, B. (2020). “Acoustics for Supportive and Healthy Buildings: Emerging Themes on Indoor Soundscape Research”, Sustainability, 12(15), 6054. doi.org/10.3390/su12156054 (open access)
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Soundwalking with children for a quieter and healthier city”, Cities & Health Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1578455
Tsaligopoulos, A., Karapostoli, A., Radicchi, A., Economou, C., Kyvelou, S., Matsinos, Y. G. (2019). “Ecological Connectivity of Urban Quiet Areas: The Case of Mytilene, Greece”, Cities & Health Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1599093
Radicchi, A., Henckel, D., Memmel, M. (2018). “Citizens as smart, active sensors for a quiet and just city. The case of the open source soundscapes approach to identify, assess and plan everyday quiet areas in cities”, Noise Mapping, 4, pp. 104-122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2017-0008 (open access)
Radicchi, A., Signorelli, V. (2015). “Mappature sonore, aree di quiete e strategie di controllo del rumore/Soundmaps, quiet areas and noise control strategies”, Urbanistica, 153, pp. 31-136. ISSN: 0042-1022
Radicchi, A. (2011). “Sull’immagine sonora della città/On the Sonic Image of the City”, Urbanistica, 146, pp. 96-100. ISSN: 0042-1022

Referred chapters in edited books

Alberti, F. & Radicchi, A. (2023). “From the Neighborhood Unit to the 15-Minute City. Past and Recent Models for the Post-Covid Cities”, in Alberti F., Matamanda A., He B, Galderisi A., Smol M., Gallo P., (ed.) Urban and Transit Planning. City Planning: Urbanization and Circular Development, Springer International Publishing, pp. 159-170. ISBN: 978-3-031-20994-9 (hardcover), 978-3-031-20995-6 (e-book)
Radicchi, A. (2021), “Combined Sound and Light Walks. A novel, mixed method to assess the sonic and light urban environment at night”, in Piga, B. E. A., Siret, D., Thibaud, J-P. (eds) Experiential Walks for Urban Design. Revealing, Representing, and Activating the Sensory Environment. Springer International Publishing, pp. 77-91. ISBN: 978-3-030-76693-1
Radicchi, A. (2021). “Citizen science mobile apps for soundscape research and public space studies. Lessons learned from the Hush City project” in Skarlatidou, A., Haklay, M. (eds) Geographical Citizen Science Design: No One Left Behind, UCL Press. (open access)
Radicchi, A. (2019). “The notion of soundscape in the realm of sensuous urbanism. A historical perspective” in Wilson, A. (ed.) Sound Worlds from the Body to the City: Listen! Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publisher, pp. 99-125. ISBN: 978- 1527523883
Luna, S., Gold, M. (…), Radicchi, A., Schade, S., Sturm, U. (2018). “Developing mobile applications for environmental and biodiversity citizen science: considerations and recommendations”, in Joly, A., Vrochidis, S., Karatzas, K., Karppinen, A., Bonnet, P. (eds). Multimedia Technologies for Environmental & Biodiversity Informatics. Springer International Publishing, pp. 9-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76445-0_2
Radicchi, A. (2017). “A Pocket Guide to Soundwalking. Some introductory notes on its origin, established methods and four experimental variations”, in Besecke, A., Meier, J., Pätzold, R., Thomaier, S. (eds.) Perspectives on urban economics/ Stadtökonomie – Blickwinkel und Perspektiven. Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, pp. 70-73. ISBN: 978-3-7983-2919-5 (open access)
Mayr, A., Radicchi, A. (2013). “Time Walk”, in Henckel, D., Thomaier, S., Könecke, B., Zedda, R., Stabilini, S. (eds) Space Time Design of the Public City. Berlin: Springer Publishers, pp. 86-97.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6425-5_

Chapters in edited books

Radicchi, A. (2019). “Hush City. From crowdsourced data to open source planning of quieter and healthier cities”, in Besters, M., Marrades Sempere, R., Kahne, J. (eds) OUR CITY? Countering Exclusion in Public Space, Placemaking Europe Publications, pp. 367-370. ISBN: 978-90-830089-0-5
Beccaria, C., Guerrucci, E., Radicchi, A. (2012). “Le Architetture del Made in Italy”, in Zevi, L. (ed) Le quattro stagioni. Architetture del Made in Italy da Adriano Olivetti alla New Economy. Naples: Electa Publisher, pp. 88-89. ISBN: 978-8837093228
Radicchi, A., Rojas, F. (2009). “Soundscapes Oltrarno”, in Frenchman, D., Mitchell, W. (eds) Technology, Livability and the Historic City. Future of Firenze. MIT Press, pp. 80-85. ISBN 978-0-9794774-3-0

Articles in professional practice journals

Radicchi, A. & Xiao, J. (2023). “Proactive Sensory Urban Design”, Urban Design Journal, issue no. 160, pp. 37-39. Urban Design Group Publishing, London.
Radicchi, A. (2021). “Integrating soundscape in urban design, planning and landscape”, Landscape Journal, issue 2, pp. 33-35. ISSN: 1742–2914 (open access)
Dunbavin, P. & Radicchi, A. (2018). “The Hush City project and its relevance to planning policy”, Acoustic Bulletin, 43(5), pp. 34-40. ISSN: 0308-437X

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2021). “Planning artificial light at night for pedestrian visualdiversity in public spaces”. Proceedings of the international conference Shaping light for health and wellbeing in cities, 16-17 December 2021. 27. Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2021). “Planning artificial light at night for pedestrian visualdiversity in public spaces”. Proceedings of the international conference Shaping light for health and wellbeing in cities, 16-17 December 2021. ISBN 9788854970823 – DOI 10.6092/UNIBO/AMSACTA/6863
Alberti, F. & Radicchi, A. (2021). “From the Neighbourhood Unit to the 15-Minute City. Past and Recent Urban Models for the Post-Covid Future”. Proceedings of Science and Technology, International Conference on Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, Florence (IT), September 14-16 2021. ISSN (Print: 2537-0731, online: 2537-074X)
Radicchi, A. (2020). “Are POPS effective design and planning tools that can favour the creation of healthy, open spaces in contemporary cities? Notes from an empirical study in New York,” in Talia M. (ed), La città contemporanea: un gigante dai piedi d”argilla. Proceedings of the International Conference Urbanpromo XVI edizione Progetti per il Paese. Planum Publisher, Roma-Milano, pp. 340-346. ISBN 9788899237226 (open access)
Radicchi, A. (2020). “Passeggiate partecipate e tecnologia mobile citizen science. L’esperienza del processo partecipativo per la redazione del piano delle aree quiete di Berlino 2019-2023” (“Participatory walks and mobile citizen science technology. The experience of the participatory process for the Berlin Quiet Areas Plan 2019-2023”), Urbanistica Informazioni no. 289, Atti della XII Giornata internazionale di Studi INU/12° International INU Study Day “Benessere e/o salute? 90 anni di studi, politiche, piani / Welfare and/or Health? 90 Years of studies, policies and plans”, 18 December 2020 (written in Italian)
Hasegawa, Y., Lau, S-K., Radicchi, A. (2020). “Assessments of users’ living soundscapes in a tropical urban city exploring objective audio-visual components and subjective perceptions with the mobile application technology’. Proceedings of Internoise 2020 E-Congress, 23-26 August 2020, Seoul, South Korea.
Radicchi, A. (2019). “A soundscape study in New York. Reflections on the application of standardized methods to study everyday quiet areas.”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics 2019, 9-13 September 2019, Aachen (DE). ISBN: 978-3-939296-15-7 – ISSN: 2226-7808 and 2415-1599
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Is a Noisy City Sustainable?” in Beth, A. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings from EDRA 50: Sustainable urban environments. Brooklyn, NY: Environmental Design Research Association.
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Smart Citizens for Sound Cities”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid, Spain, pages 2995-3992, pp. 3987-3992(6). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Mobile applications for environmental noise and soundscape evaluation”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid, Spain, pages 3993-4998, pp. 3993-4001(9). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Untapping the potential of soundwalks as participatory methods for co-designing smart cities”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146 (4), 2873-2873, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5136971
Radicchi, A. (2019). “An experimental soundscape study, combining binaural recordings, in-situ questionnaires and behavioral mapping”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145, p. 1753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5101418
Radicchi, A. (2018). “Everyday quiet areas. What they mean and how they can be integrated in city planning processes”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 26-29 August 2018, Chicago (USA), pages 2984 – 3995, pp. 3727-3735(9). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2018). “From crowdsourced data to open source planning. The implementation of the Hush City app in Berlin”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 26-29 August 2018, Chicago (USA), pages 2984 – 3995, pp. 3747-3754(8). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2018). “The use of mobile applications in soundscape research: open questions in standardization”, Proceedings of EURONOISE 2018, 27-31 May 2018, Crete (G), pp. 2471-2478. ISSN: 2226-5147
Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2018). “Combined Sound- & Lightwalks. A perception-based method to analyze and evaluate the sonic and light environment of our cities at night”, Proceedings of EURONOISE 2018, 27-31 May 2018, Crete (G), pp. 2405-2410. ISSN: 2226-5147
Radicchi, A. & Vida Manzano, J. (2018). “Soundscape evaluation of urban social spaces. A comparative study: Berlin-Granada”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144 (3), p. 1660. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5067408
Radicchi, A. (2017). “The HUSH CITY app. A new mobile application to crowdsource and assess “everyday quiet areas” in cities”, Invisible Places. Sound, Urbanism and the Sense of Place, Proceedings of the International Conference Invisible Places, São Miguel, Azores, pp. 511-528. e-ISBN: 978-989-746- 129-3
Radicchi, A. (2017). “Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes. A mixed methodology to analyse, evaluate and plan “everyday” quiet areas”, Proc. Mtgs. Acoust., 30, 040005. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000565
Radicchi, A. (2017). “Quietness as a commons: Integrating soundscape in urban planning for the environmentally just city”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142 (4), p. 2671. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5014731
Radicchi, A. (2013). “Emotional Geography and Soundscape Studies. Beyond the cognitive approach in (sound)mapping urban spaces”, in Morello E., Piga B. (eds) Envisioning Architecture: Design, Evaluation, Communication, Proceedings of the XI International Congress EAEA11 European Architectural Envisioning Association. Milan: Nuova Cultura Publisher, pp. 267-272. ISBN: 978-8868121365
Radicchi, A. (2012). “The Sonic Niche. A new design tool to enhance and create atmospheres through sounds in the contemporary city”, in Thibaud, J-P., Siret, D. (eds) Ambiances in Action / Ambiances en acte(s), Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Ambiances. Montreal: Ambiances International Network / Ambiances Reseau International, pp. 253-258. ISBN: 978-2952094832
Briani, M. & Radicchi, A. (2010). “Paesaggi sonori e deriva urbana” (“Soundscapes and city drifts”), Territori di ricerca. Ricerche di Territorio, Proceedings of the VIII National Conference of the Interdoctorate Network in Urban Design and Territorial Planning, Vol. II, pp. 80-97, Alinea Publisher. ISBN: 978-8860554734

Technical and research reports (internally referred)

Radicchi, A. (2023). Scaling up citizen science. Topic Five Thematic Report prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Publications Office of the European Union.
Radicchi, A. (2022). Scaling up citizen science. Topic Five Discussion Paper prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Publications Office of the European Union.
Radicchi, A. (2022). EU-Citizen.Science. The platform for sharing, initiating, and learning Citizen Science in Europe. Final Periodic Technical Report. Part B. Submitted to the European Commission Research Executive Agency.
Radicchi A., Fabó Cartas, C., Sanz, F., Camacho, P. (2021). Citizen Science for Policy Across Europe, MfN, Berlin, Germany. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5820364
Radicchi A. (2020). Berlin Hush City Master Plan, Technical Report of the research project Hush City Mobile Lab, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Submitted to the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.
Radicchi A. (2020). Final Research Report of the research project Hush City Mobile Lab, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Submitted to the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.
Radicchi A. (2019). The open source soundscapes approach to everyday quiet areas. Criteria and recommendations for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023), Technical University of Berlin. Technical Report submitted to the Municipality of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Radicchi A. (2018). Final Research Report of the research project Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Submitted to the EC &TU Berlin/Ipodi Program.

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2009 – Present

PUBLIC SPEAKING

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Invited keynotes at national and international symposia and conferences

Keynote Speaker, Symposium: Listen Here Now! A Participatory Soundscape Approach to Biodiversity and Well-Being in the City9 January 2023, University of Groningen. Invited key-note: “Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes. Community-driven sound mapping, assessing and composing”.

Invited presentations at national and international congresses and conferences

MCAA Annual Conference 2024, 14-16 March 2024, Milan (IT). Presentation: title TBC.
International Landscape Study Days, 22-24 February 2024, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso (IT). Invited presentation: “Healthy cities and the quest for a quiet life. Policies and practices for sustainable urban development”.
International Symposium “Inclusive Design with Multi-senses”, 14 April 2023, STEAMhouse, Birmingham, UK. Invited presentation: “Visual Diversity and Artificial Lighting at Night in Public Spaces”.
Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Initiatives – Policy & Practice, 7-8 November 2022, Berlin (Germany): Invited presentation: “Scaling up citizen science”.
Future Cities Festival, 20-21 October 2021, Bristol (UK), online. Invited presentation: “How cities might sound in the future” (title to be confirmed).
Cluster Event about Institutional Changes, European Commission, 1 July 2021, online. Invited presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
Conference “Soundscape in urban and building design”, University of Trento, 17 September 2021, Trento (IT). Invited presentation: “Hush City: open source planning of quiet areas in cities“ (“Hush City: pianificare dal basso aree di quiete urbane“).
UCL Cities Partnership Programme: “Light and Sound for Heritage sites”, London, UK, 21 June 2021, online. Talk: “Combined sound and light walk as a method for collective inquiry and knowledge production. Reflections about potentialities and challenges for future research” (with Dietrich Henckel).
Final Symposium 2020 COST-Action Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe, 3 September 2020, online. Invited presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
Conference “Il respiro della città. Stili di vita e dinamiche di mobilità” (“The breath of the city. Lifestyles and mobility dynamics”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 13 January 2020, Rome (IT). Invited presentation: “La pianificazione delle aree di quiete urbana come infrastrutture essenziali della città sana“ (“Planning urban quiet areas as essential infrastructures of healthy cities“).
International Congress 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 2-6 December 2019, San Diego (USA). Invited presentation: “Untapping the potential of soundwalks as participatory methods for co-designing smart cities“.
23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 9-12 September 2019, Aachen (DE). Invited presentation: “A soundscape study in New York. Reflections on the application of standardized methods to study everyday quiet areas“.
International Congress Inter-noise 2019, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid (ES). Invited presentation: “Smart Citizens for Sound Cities“.
International Congress Inter-noise 2019, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid (ES). Invited presentation: “Mobile applications for environmental noise and soundscape evaluation”.
International Congress 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 13-17 May 2019, Kentucky (USA). Invited presentation: “An experimental soundscape study, combining binaural recordings, in-situ questionnaires and behavioral mapping“.
CONAMA, 2018 International Conference on the Environment, 26-29 November 2018, Madrid (ES). Invited presentation: “The open source soundscapes approach to everyday quiet areas. Criteria and recommendations for policy planning“.
International Congress 176th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 5-9 November 2018, Victoria (CA). Invited presentation: “Soundscape Evaluation of Urban Social Spaces. A Comparative Study: Berlin-Granada“.
International Festival Healing Places, 31 August-2 September 2018, Rotterdam (NL). Invited presentation: “Everyday quiet areas are vital to our health“.
International Congress Inter-noise 2018, 26-29 August2018, Chicago (USA). Invited presentation: “Everyday quiet areas. What they mean and how they can be integrated in city planning processes“.
International Congress Inter-noise 2018, 26-29 August 2018, Chicago (USA). Invited presentation: “From crowdsourced data to open source planning. The implementation of the Hush City app in Berlin“.
International Congress Global Health Conference, French Embassy, 29 June 2018, Berlin (DE). Invited presentation: “Considering health in urban planning“.
International Congress Euronoise 2018, 27-31 May 2018, Crete (EL). Invited presentation: “The use of mobile applications in soundscape research: open questions in standardization“.
International Congress 174th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 4-8 December 2017, New Orleans (USA). Invited presentation: “Quietness as a commons: Integrating soundscape in urban planning for the environmentally just city“.
International Congress Placemaking week, 12 October 2017, Amsterdam (NL). Invited presentation: “The soundscape approach to placemaking“.
Smart Mobility Summit, 3-4 May 2017, Lisbon (PT). Invited presentation: “Quietness, Smart Mobility and the Future City”.
International Congress 2015 UNESCO Historic Cities Heritage of Peace Program, 4-5 April 2015 Istanbul (TR). Invited presentation: “Firenze Sound Map. An Emotional Journey through Florentine Soundscapes“.

Presentations at national and international congresses and conferences

14th Biennal of European Towns and Town Planners, 22-24 April 2024, Naples (IT). Presentation: “Inclusivity and public lighting of public spaces at night” (with Dietrich Henckel)
European Citizen Science Conference 2024, 3-6 April 2024, Vienna (AT). Presentation: “Scaling citizen science for a responsible and inclusive change: The MLE CSI-PP Toolkit”
Italian Citizen Science Conference CSITALIA 2023, 25 November 2023, Pisa, (IT). Presentation: “Note teorico-metodologiche per una scalabilità inclusiva e ‘responsabile’ dei progetti di citizen science”
Italian Citizen Science Conference CSITALIA 2023, 25 November 2023, Pisa, (IT). Light Talk: “Il piano di stakeholder engagement del progetto PNRR CS4RIVERS – – biodiversità, citizen science e contesti locali”.
ALAN 2023- 8th International Conference on Artificial Light At Night, 10-13 August 2023, Calgary, Canada. Presentation: “Visual Diversity and Artificial Lighting at Night in Public Spaces” (with Dietrich Henckel)
BiSP23 – Biennale of Public Spaces, 26 May 2023, university of RomaTre, Rome, Italy. Presentation: “La prossimità nei progetti urbani: una analisi comparativa fra Parigi, Barcellona e Milano” (with Francesco Alberti)
International Conference Streets Ahead: Post-Pandemic Civic Spaces, September 9-10 2022, Dublin, Ireland and online. Presentation: ‘Reclaiming’ the street: Socio-economic sustainability in Business Improvement Districts in the post covid climate” (with Jieling Xiao and Lucas Hughes).
International Conference EURA 2022 European Urban Research Association, June 16-18 2022, Milan, Italy. Presentation: “Benefits and limits of leveraging citizen science mobile applications in urban planning”.
International Conference Shaping Light for Health and Wellbeing in Cities, December 16-17 2021, online. Presentation: “Planning artificial light at night for pedestrian visualdiversity in public spaces” (with Dietrich Henckel).
International conference The future of citizen science: sharing experiences from the European community, November 24-25 2021, online. Presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project” (with Silke Voigt-Heucke).
Italian Citizen Science Conference, November 11 2021, online. Presentations: “Hush City. Mappatura, analisi e pianificazione di aree di quiete” and “EU-Citizen.Science. La piattaforma europea di citizen science”.
International Conference Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, September 14-16 2021, online. Presentation: “From the Neighbourhood Unit to the 15-Minute City. Past and Recent Urban Models for the Post-Covid Future” (with Francesco Alberti).
International Congress Uncommon Senses III: Back to the Future of the Senses, May 6-9, 2021, Montreal (CA), online. Presentation: “Recent advancements in the smellscape research in the built environment” (with Jieling Xiao).
International Conference in Citizen Science CisSci Helvetia 2021, 14-15 January 2021, online. Presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
XII Giornata internazionale di Studi INU/12° International INU Study Day “Benessere e/o salute? 90 anni di studi, politiche, piani / Welfare and/or Health? 90 Years of studies, policies and plans”, 18 December 2020 [via Zoom]. Presentation: “Passeggiate partecipate e tecnologia mobile citizen science. L’esperienza del processo partecipativo per la redazione del piano delle aree quiete di Berlino 2019-2023” (“Participatory Walks and citizen science mobile technology. The experience of the participatory campaign for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas2019-2023”).
International Congress Environmental Design Association Conference (EDRA50), 22-26 May 2019, New York City (USA).Presentation: “Is a noisy city sustainable?“.
International Congress AESOP 2018, 11-15 July 2018, Gothenburg (SE). Presentation: “Open source planning of urban quiet areas“.
International Congress Acoustics ‘17: 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 8th Forum Acusticum, 26-29 June 2017, Boston (USA). Presentation: “Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes. A mixed methodology to analyse and plan small, quiet areas, applying the soundscape approach, the citizen science paradigm and open source technology“.
32nd Italian Congress of Geography, 7-10 June 2017, Rome (IT). Presentation: “Lightscapes and Soundscapes of the Urban Night. Berlin/Florence“.
International Conference on Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place, 7-9 April 2017, São Miguel Island, Azores, (PT). Presentation: “The HUSH City app. A new mobile application to crowdsource and assess “everyday quiet areas” in cities“, Invisible Places.
The International Conference on Future Breakthroughs in Science and Society, 8-9 November 2016 Berlin, (DE). Presentation: “Breaking the Walls of Noise Pollution“, Falling Walls Young Innovator of the Year 2016.
XI Conference of the European Architectural Envisioning Association, 25-28 September 2013, Milan (IT). Presentation: “Emotional Geography & Soundscape Studies. Beyond the cognitive approach in (sound)mapping urban spaces”.
II International Congress on Ambiances, 19-22 September 2012, Montreal (CA). Presentation: “The Sonic Niche. A new design tool to enhance and create atmospheres through sounds in the contemporary city“.

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Invited lectures within Ph.D. programs

• University of Firenze, Florence, Italy, 29 November 2016. Lecture: “Sense-Scapes: Natural Darkness and Quietness for the Sustainable City“ (with Dietrich Henckel).

Invited lectures about Hush City, a participatory framework for mapping and planning quiet areas in cities

• University College London, UK, 27 November 2023 (via Zoom).
• The Bartlett, University College London, UK, 7 March 2023 (via Zoom).
• University College London, UK, 28 November 2022 (via Zoom).
• The Bartlett, University College London, UK, 8 March 2022 (via Zoom).
• The Bartlett, University College London, 9 March 2021 (via Zoom).
• Trinity College Dublin, 10 February 2021 (via Zoom).
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA, 18 September 2020.
• Humboldt University Winter School 2020, 21 January 2020.
• TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16 January 2019.
• LaSalle University, Barcelona, Spain, 27 September 2019.
• University of Firenze, Florence, Italy, 24 September 2019.
• Polytechnic of Milano Milan, Italy, 20 September 2019.
• New York University, New York, USA, 24 April 2019.
• New York University, New York, USA, 21 February 2019.
• University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, 7 November 2018.
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA, 30 August 2018.
• University Hospital Charitè, Berlin, Germany, 25 June 2018.

Invited lectures

• University of Siena, 18 October 2023, onsite. Lecture: “Citizen science and inclusive engagement for sustainable local development”.
• University of Siena, 10 October 2023, onsite. Lecture: “Citizen science & citizen-generated data for socio-environmental sustainability”.
• University of Siena, 21.3.2023, online. Lecture: “Citizen science and citizen-generated data for environmental policy”.
• Concordia University, 22 April 2022, online. Lecture: “Soundwalking as an Architect-Urbanist / Notes from the field”.
• Birmingham City University, 27 September 2021, online. Lecture: “Who plans whose sustainability. The changing role of planners in the 21st century in the UK”.
• TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1 July 2019. Lecture: “Mobile apps for environmental noise and soundscape evaluation“.
• HafenCity University, Hamburg, Germany, 12 January 2018. Lecture: “Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes“.
• TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 17 May 2017. Lecture: “Cities, Noise and Quietness“.
• University of Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, 21 March 2016. Lecture: “Paesaggi sonori: teorie e strumenti di pianificazione qualitativa dell’ambiente sonoro“.
• University of RomeTre, Rome, Italy, 21 November 2014. Workshop: “Come suona Piazza Vittorio? Analisi e mappatura di paesaggi sonori nel quartiere Monti“.
• University of RomaTre, Rome, Italy, 1 Seminar “Formulas”, 5 April 2014. Lecture: “Sull’immagine sonora della città. La sfida della rappresentazione del paesaggio sonoro urbano tra nuove e vecchie tecnologie“.
• University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 19 April 2013. Workshop: “Il suono della città“ (The Sound of the City”).
• New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 29 November 2012. Lecture: “On the Sonic Image of the City. Soundscape mapping and design in contemporary cities“.
• Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, Florence, Italy, 15 November 2014. Workshop “Domestic Soundscapes. A Sonic Guide to San Lorenzo Central Market in Firenze“.
• Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, Florence, Italy, 6 November 2014 and 2 October 2014. “Mapping Open Soundscapes. Workshop on soundscape studies, open data and civic urbanism“.
• TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16 September 2011. Workshop: “Time Walk“(with Albert Mayr).

Invited talks and webinars in the educational, public and consultancy sectors

• Round Table “La Biodiversità: dale parole ai fatti”, Bright Night, University of Siena, Italy, 29 September 2023, talking about citizen science and citizen engagement strategies in the CS4RIVERS project, PNRR National biodiversity Future Center.
• Placemaking Lecture Series, Birmingham City University, 5 June 2023, online. Presentation: “Placemaking through the sensory and liveability lens” (with J. Xiao).
• HEIDI Project“Citizen Science For All Talks” series, 26 April 2022, online. Presentation: “Citizen science for contextualized quiet areas policies”.
• EPAnet Interest Group on Citizen Science, 9 November 2021, online. Presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
• DZNE-Rostock, 4 October 2021, online. Presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
• European Commission Research Executive Agency Cluster Event about Institutional Changes, 1 July 2021, online. Presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
• UCL Book Launch: “Geographic Citizen Science Design: No One Left Behind”, London, UK, 23 March 2021, online. Talk: “Lessons from the Hush City project”.
• European Commission Research Executive Agency Citizen Science SwafS Workshop, 21 January 2021, online. Presentation: “The EU-Citizen.Science project”.
• City Council of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, 12 October 2020. Webinar “Seeking for Quietness?”. Talk: “Hush City. Participatory mapping and planning of quiet areas in cities”.
• ARUP, New York, USA, 17 April 2019. Talk: “Hush City: a citizen-driven framework for planning healthier cities“.
• ARUP, Berlin, Germany, 18 October 2018. Talk: “The Hush City project“.
• Museum of Natural History, Florence, Italy, 16 March 22011. Series “Antropologi per un giorno”(“Anthropogists for one day”). Talk: “I suoni della città“(“The Sounds of the City”).

EVENT CONCEPTION AND ORGANISATION

Public events and conferences

• Leader of the organizational team of the conference “The future of citizen science: sharing experiences from the European community”, 24-25 November 2021, online.
• Lead of the organizational team of the High-Level Policy Event “Citizen Science for Policy Across Europe”, a satellite event of the European Research & Innovation Days, 22 June 2021, online.
• Leader of the organizational team of the public event “What’s new in citizen science training: from open science to public engagement”, 27 October 2021, online.
• Member of the organizational team of the international Ecsite Workrooms “Citizen Science Clinic: How to achieve impact with your citizen science projects”, 21, 26 June and 6 July 2021, online.
• Lead of the organizational team of the public event “Noise, Quietness, and the Healthy City”, 24 April 2019, New York University, New York, (USA).
• Member of the Technical Committee of the International Conference “Paesaggi sonori / Soundscapes”, 26-27 April 2018 Pistoia (IT).

Sessions and panels at international conferences & events

• Co-chair of session 5 “Art, Culture and Heritage”, International Conference Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, September 25 2023, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (with Massimo Carta).
• Curator of the Lecture series Lecture Series “Citizen Science for Social Sciences” 2023-2024, University of Siena, Italy (with Cristina Capineri and Venere Stefania Sanna).
• Co-chair of the session “Resisting the platform economy: cooperativism as an alternative?”, RGS-IBG 2023 Annual International Conference, 29 August – 1 September 2023, London (UK) (with Cristina Capineri and Venere Stefania Sanna)
• Curator of the Lecture series Digital Cities, Birmingham City University, UK, 2023.
• As a High-Level Expert in the Fifth Topic “Scaling up citizen science”, organization of the Berlin meeting of the Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Initiatives – Policy & Practice, European Commission, D-G R&I, Policy Support Facility, November 7-8 2022, Berlin (Germany).
• Co-chair of the panel “Digital Tools”, International Conference EURA 2022 European Urban Research Association, June 16-18 2022, Milan, Italy (with Silvia Gullino and Cristina Cerulli).
• Co-chair of the panel “Integrating soundscape in healthy urban design and planning: perspectives for sustainable futures”, Healthy City Design 2021 Conference, 10-14 October 2021, online (with Marcus Grant).
• Co-chair of the session “City Planning: Urbanization and Development”, International Conference Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, September 14-16 2021, online (with Massimo Carta).
• Co-chair of the session “Soundscape Projects: Networking, Participation, and New Technology”, 180th ASA Conference, 8-10 June 2021, online (with Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp).
• Co-chair of the session “Trends on the use of technology in soundscape analysis, design and planning”, 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 9-13 September 2019, Aachen (DE) (with Andy Chung).
• Co-chair of the session “Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Social Media and Virtual Reality as Soundscape Evaluation Tools”, International Congress Inter-noise 2019, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid, (ES) (with Andy Chung).
• Co-chair of the session “Apps, Social Media and Virtual Reality as Soundscape Evaluation Tools”, International Congress Inter-noise 2018, 26-29 August 2018 Chicago (USA) (with Andy Chung).
• Chair of the session “Research on Soundscape”, XXII International Conference on Sound & Vibration, 12-16 July 2015, Florence (IT).
• Co-chair of the session “Vegetal Architecture”, II International Congress on Ambiances, 19-22 September 2012, Montreal (CA) (with Pascal Joanne)

Exhibitions

• Scientific consultant on the cultural and natural heritage of the Tuscany Region and curator of the interactive Toscana Sound Map exhibited in the Tuscany Pavilion at the EXPO 2015, Milan (IT).
• Scientific consultant and member of the curatorial team of the exhibition Le Quattro Stagioni. Le Architetture del Made in Italy (The Four Seasons. The Made in Italy Architectures) displayed at the Italian Pavilion,13th Architecture Biennial of Venice, Venice (IT).

Public soundwalks and lightwalks with different stakeholders

• Trento, Italy, 17 September 2021, digital soundwalk at the conference “Soundscape in urban and building design“, University of Trento.
• Limerick, Ireland, 3 June 2020, Series of soundwalks at the Green Leaf Week, in collaboration with Limerick City Council. Postponed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Berlin, Germany, 28 November 2019. Combined sound- & lightwalk in the neighbourhood Friedrichshain at the “Stadt Nach Acht 2019 – International Nightlife“ Conference (with D. Henckel).
• Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks for the celebration of the Sunday Walk Sunday 2019.
• Barcelona, Spain, 27 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Poblenou, in collaboration with University LaSalle Barcelona.
• Florence, Italy, 24 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Rovezzano, in collaboration with the University of Firenze.
• Milan, Italy, 20 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Morivione, in collaboration with the LabSimUrb, Polytechnic of Milan.
• Berlin, Germany, 18 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Mitte – Pankstrasse area.
• Berlin, Germany, 8 July 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Charlottenburg with the students of the TU Berlin.
• New York, USA, 24 April 2019 soundwalk in the neighbourhood West Village, organized within the context of the New York University Workshop “Noise Quietness and the Healthy City” for the International Noise Awareness Day 2019 at New York University.
• New York, USA, 8 April 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood West Village, with the students of the New York University (with A. Bronzaft and T. H. Park).
• Madrid, Spain, 27 November 2018, soundwalk in the historical centre of Madrid within the context of the CONAMA Conference on the Environment.
• Rome, 18 October 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Testaccio, organized with the Association Testaccio in Piazza.
• Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Pankstrasse, Mitte, organized with the Berlin Municipality within the participatory campaign for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023).
• Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 September 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Delfthafen within the context of the “The Anxious City“ Festival.
• Berlin, Germany, 18 July 2018, two Soundwalks in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez, organized for the World Listening Day 2018.
• Berlin, Germany, 16 May 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Altstadt Köpenick, organized with the Berlin Municipality within the participatory campaign for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023).
• Pistoia, Italy, 26-27 April 2018, two Soundwalks in the historical centre of Pistoia organized within the context of the international conference “Paesaggi sonori/Urban Soundscapes“.
• Berlin, Germany, 17 April 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez with the students of the Rütlischule, organized for the International Noise Awareness Day 2018.
• Berlin, Germany, 6 March 2018. Berlin, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez, with the students of the University of Pennsylvania, Berlin field trip,
• Hamburg, Germany, 12 January 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood HafenCity, with the students of the HafenCity University.
• Berlin, Germany, 1 September 2017, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez, Berlin with the students of the University of Edinburgh, Berlin ethno-field trip.
• Rome, Italy, 7 June 2017. Combined sound- & lightwalk in the neighbourhood Celio, Rome, at the 32nd Italian Congress of Geography (with D. Henckel).
• Berlin, Germany, 24 April 2017, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez with the students of the Rütlischule, organized for the International Noise Awareness Day 2017.
• Florence, Italy, 29 November 2016. Combined sound- & lightwalk in the neighbourhood Santa Croce with the students of the TU Berlin (with D. Henckel).
• Berlin, Germany, 3 November 2016. Combined sound, & lightwalk in the neighbourhood Kreuzberg with the students of the TU Berlin (with D. Henckel).
• Florence, Italy, 16 July 2015, two soundwalks in the neighbourhood Oltrarno and San Lorenzo, Florence, at the XXII International Conference on Sound & Vibration.
• Florence, Italy, 9 May 2015, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Isolotto, Florence at the Tempo Reale Festival.
• Rome, Italy, 21 November 2014, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Esquilino, organized with the University of RomaTre.

YEAR

2011 – Present

PRESS COVERAGE

HIGHLIGHTS

It’s not just the air we’re polluting…
World Economic Forum | October 29 2019

PRESS & MEDIA COVERAGE

Soundscapes. L’esperienza del silenzio e del suono nel paesaggio
Treviso Todat | 116 February 2024

Mapping Your Local Soundscapes
Maps Mania | 12 November 2022

Making noise: culture and the city soundscape
BAS Consultancy Ltd | 22 June 2022

Citizen science e aree quiete
Ambiente e non solo… | 17 March 2022

A Researcher Wants Help Recording Quiet Spots in the City
Dublin InQuirer | 9 March 2022

The Planning Apps Hall of Fame
Planetizen | 28 February 2022

Inquinamento acustico: così l’Italia lotta contro il rumore
Upday | 29 December 2021

12 Welcoming Places To Find Quiet While Traveling
Travel Awaits | 21 November 2021

How Will Cities Sound In The Future?
Medium Professor Peter Madden | 18 June 2021

Places of quiet life in Limerick
Limerick City & City Council | 12 May 2021

A quiet revolution: recapturing the best of the lockdown hush
Positive.News | 28 April 2021

Bitte Ruhe! Stille in der Stadt
Territory_Core | February 2021

Escape from the city noise: Limerick’s Hush City approach
URBACT | November 17 2020

“Hush City Mobile Lab permet als ciutadans empoderar-se per identificar àrees tranquil·les a les ciutats, i millorar la seva qualitat de vida”
Sostenibile | November 16 2020

The Soundtrack to Our Cities
NewCities | November 2 2020

The Pandemic Kick-Started an Urban Motorcycle Boom. Are Cities Ready?
CityLab | October 22 2020

Silêncio é o novo luxo: aplicativo reúne lugares tranquilos nas cidades
msn | October 21 2020

Hush City Soundwalk a Sant Cugat
acusti.cat | October 16 2020

Die quälende Kakophonie des Alltags
Deutschlandfunk | August 29 2020

The invisible threat of noise pollution: how do we protect quiet?
Euronews | August 19 2020

Lärm: Wer belästigt hier wen?
Podcast Planet A | July 21 2020

Will the world be quieter after the pandemic?
BBC article | June 17 2020

Smart phone app to find ‘quiet places’ in Limerick
Limerick Leader | June 16 2020

Using Hush City to identify quiet and tranquil areas in Limerick
I Love Limerick | June 16 2020

Con la fine della quarantena è tornato il rumore, ed è un problema
WIRED Italia | May 26 2020

The world is getting noisier, and it’s affecting our health. How much will people pay for silence?
The Globe and Mail | January 2020

Why Everything Is Getting Louder
The Atlantic | November 2019

Ssssh: As cities surge, some seek a new aim – peace and quiet
This is Place | October 18 2019

Urban humans: Cities go up, down and high-tech to combat rising threats
Thomson Reuters Foundation | October 16 2019

Scoprire la Firenze silenziosa attraverso la app Hush City
Cittadini di Twitter | October 12 2019

Live interview with Antonella Radicchi on Hush City
LadyRadio | October 8 2019

Hush City, un’app per scovare i luoghi più silenziosi e rilassanti di Firenze
Controradio | October 7 2019

Una app per itinerari cittadini dove il silenzio è d’oro
La Repubblica | October 7 2019

Scarica la app e il rumore sparisce
La Nazione | October 7 2019

HUSH CITY SOUNDWALK BARCELONA
LaSalle | October 3 2019

Aplicativo mapeia os melhores lugares para relaxar na cidade
Casa Vogue | September 27 2019

Stille Orte in der Stadt bewerten
Deutschlandfunk | September 22 2019

Noise vs. Sound
Citylab Navigator | June 28 2019

My Quixotic Quest for Quiet in New York City
Citylab | June 21 2019

For children in the city, how loud is too loud?
WHYY | June 18 2019

Die Stadt im Ohr
Berlin to go | June 2019

Loud sounds and noise. A concern for urban planners
VITAE Journal of the Columbia Graduate School of Design | May 2019

Wie aus Bürgern Wissenschaftler werden
Der Spiegel | March 11 2019

Why noise pollution is so harmful?
Deutsch Welle TV program | February 11 2019
(An excerpt of the TV program on Twitter)

Increase your sonic awareness with soundwalks
Soundproofist | November 7 2018

Learn how your contributions can help civic planning. A conversation with the creator of the Hush City app
Soundproofist | October 29 2018

What about the right to live in a quiet community?
Times Colonist | October 28 2018

Eine App gegen den Lärm (TV program featuring the Hush City project)
rbb Abendschau | August 24 2018

Intervista con Antonella Radicchi (Radio program featuring the Hush City project)
COSMO Radio Colonia | August 18 2018

Auf der Suche nach stillen Orten in der Großstadt
Deutschlandfunk radio | July 11 2018

TV program reporting on the Hush City project (live in Berlin!)
rbb Abendschau | August 24 2018

Intervista con Antonella Radicchi
COSMO Radio Colonia | August 18 2018

Soundwalk öffnet die Ohren für angenehme und belästigende Geräusche im Neuköllner Reuterkiez
FACETTEN-MAGAZIN NEUKÖLLN | July 20 2018

Urbane Gesundheit als Herausforderung
Schattenblick | July 11 2018

Hush City App
NoVOID Podcast Series | April 30 2018

These scientists think peace and quiet should be a human right
Popular science | March 8 2018

Wo findet man am 23.12. Stille/Ruhe in Berlin?
Kulturradio rbb | December 23 2017

Ruhe, große Stadt
Süddeutsche Zeitung | December 22 2017

Want to explore outside noise levels as well? Check out Hush City!
SoundPrint | December 21 2017

Hush City, enables you to locate and evaluate “everyday quiet areas” in your neighborhood
Dingdingsound | December 18 2017

Die große Sehnsucht nach Stille
FOCUS | November 2017
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La quiete in città
Radio Colonia | October 27 2017

Eine App für ruhige Orte
Deutsche to go | September 5 2017

App-Empfehlung: Hush City, zeichne deine Landkarte der Ruhe
Techtag | August 21 2017

Un’italiana ha creato una app per scoprire i luoghi più tranquilli di Berlino
Berlino cacioepepe | August 18 2017

Unsere Stadt soll ruhiger werden
Rbb24 | August 16 2017

Lärmbelästigung: wo gibt es in Dortmund noch ruhige Orte?
Dortmund24 | August 10 2017

Ruhige Orte in der Stadt finden
Deutschlandfunk Kultur | August 7 2017

Für ein bisschen mehr Entspannung im Großstadttrubel
Quiez | August 2 2017

Die Landkarte der ruhigen Orte
MDR Wissen | July 31 2017

Auf dieser Karte findet ihr die ruhigsten Orte in Berlin
Mitvergnuegen Berlin | 28 July 2017

Die “Hush City”-App: Wo im Kiez sind ruhige Orte?
Kulturradio RBB | July 27 2017

Berlins stille Örtchen
Berliner Kourier | July 27 2017

Kurz mal Ruhe, bitte!
Berliner Zeitung | July 27 2017

Such die Ruhe
Deutschlandfunknova | July 24 2017

Jenseits vom Lärm
TU Berlin Newsportal | July 23 2017

Jenseits vom Lärm
TU Intern Magazine no. 7-9 | July-September 2017

Ruido affects 125 Milohes na Europa
Journal de Notìcias | May 7 2017

YEAR

2016 – ON

CS4RIVERS

CS4RIVERS – BIODIVERSITY, CITIZEN SCIENCE AND LOCAL CONTEXTS

CS4RIVERS is a citizen science project conducted by the University of Siena within the National Biodiversity Future Centre, a PNRR-funded project that brings together national scientific research excellence and modern technologies to monitor, preserve and restore biodiversity in order to counteract anthropogenic impacts, the effects of climate change and to support ecosystem services in a sustainable way

The project aims to constitute the Citizen Science Observatory of the Ombrone River Basin by involving local communities and stakeholders in monitoring its fluvial biodiversity. Specifically, the project participants are involved in training, data collection and analysis, and definition of policies and strategies for the conservation and protection of the biodiversity of the Ombrone River.

Within the context of this project, from May 2023 to November 2023, I was responsible for ideating, developing and executing the project’s Stakeholder Action Plan which resulted in the creation of a multilevel stakeholder network, including key partners from national, regional and local authorities in addition to local associations, museums, educational partners. See the full list of partnerships here.

YEAR/S

2023-2026

PROJECT PARTNERS

National Biodiversity Future Center
University of Siena’s scientific unit
4-Helix Key Stakeholders

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The CS4RIVERS project is funded through the Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza – Ministero Università e Ricerca via European funding #NextGenerationEU.
The project’s visual identity is designed by Orengo & Riondino.

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URBAN DESIGN & SUSTAINABILITY

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URBAN DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Within the context of Agenda 2030, the built environment stands at the crossroad of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it is a determinant for making green, energy-efficient and zero-pollution buildings and neighbourhoods (SDG3, SDG11, SDG15); boosting the circular economy (SDG8); lowering GHG emissions and contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation (SDG3, SDG9); protecting biodiversity (SDG15); and creating strong and global partnerships (SDG17).

The built environment is also key to the health and well-being of people, and its design is instrumental in achieving high-quality urban environments in response to societal, environmental and economic sustainability challenges like climate change, energy consumption, nature preservation and pollution. However, a scrutiny of the literature in sustainability and urban design studies shows that mainstream ‘sustainable’ approaches to the design of the built environment are mainly driven by a digital and technocratic approach applied to the building and neighbourhood scale, which tends to sideline the public realm and the social and natural life which unfolds there. Furthermore, mainstream ‘sustainable’ approaches are underpinned by theoretical and methodological frameworks with a bias towards cognitivism, thus overlooking the complex and interrelated cognitive, emotional, affective and corporal conditions of human beings.

To tackle these challenges, sustainability scholars have developed novel sustainability paradigms, such as the Regenerative Sustainability (RS) and the Sensory Sustainability Science (SSS) frameworks. The RS paradigm, for instance, aims to manifest thriving complex adaptive systems in a fully integrated individual-to-global system and calls for humans to live in conscious alignment with the living system principles of wholeness, change and relationships, as nature does. Another novel approach is represented by the one underpinning the so-called SSS paradigm, which calls for incorporating recent advances in social science, sensory studies and neo-phenomenology related to theories about corporeality, materiality, atmosphere and resonance in sustainability science.

However, how are these sustainability paradigms addressed in urban design by scholars and practitioners? What are the implications for theoretical and applied research, practice and developments in sustainability and urban design?

This Special Issue, “Urban Design for Sustainable Built Environment”, scrutinises these open questions through a collection of nine research articles which reflect a paradigm shift towards sustainable urban design practices and studies which privilege people and sustainable development in respect of the planet.
Specifically, these articles address three macro-themes: (a) regenerative streets and green public spaces; (b) emotions, cognition and orientation; and (c) methods and technology, as outlined in the following sections.

Continue reading our Editorial and explore the Special Issue.

YEAR/S

2021-2023

CO-EDITORS

Prof Dr J. Vida Manzano, University of Granada, Spain
Dr Antonella Radicchi, University of Siena, Italy
Dr J. Xiao, Birmingham CIty University, UK

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank all authors for their contributions to this Special Issue and for their high-quality work and effort in the reviewing process of the manuscripts. We would like also to acknowledge the pioneering research work on the Sensory Sustainability Science by Harald Heinrichs which has been inspirational to the conception of this Special Issue.

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BROWSE THE SPECIAL ISSUE

SCALING UP CITIZEN SCIENCE

THE MLE CITIZEN SCIENCE INITIATIVES – POLICY AND PRACTICE

Within the context of the Mutual Learning Exercise Citizen Science Initiatives – Policy and Practice – initiated by the European Commission D-G Research & Innovation in collaboration with 11 Member States’ representatives – I worked as High-Level Expert on Topic 5 Scaling up citizen science. In this role, I was responsible for doing research on the understudied topic of scaling up citizen science to prepare and write the Discussion Paper and the Thematic Report as well as curate a 2-day Workshop dedicated to exploring the topic via interactive sessions and focus groups held in Berlin on 7-8 November 2022.

TOPIC 5 – SCALING UP CITIZEN SCIENCE

Topic 5 in the series “Scaling up citizen science” addressed meanings, dimensions, models and approaches/strategies of scalability in citizen science as well as drivers, success factors and challenges of (up)scaling citizen science projects and initiatives across Europe.

Due to limited knowledge available in the literature about scaling up in citizen science, both the Topic 5 Discussion Paper and the Thematic Report draw on original content generated through a mixed methods approach which combined findings from i) a literature review, ii) a survey distributed among the MLE CSI-PP country representatives, iii) interviews with seven experts in citizen science and cognate disciplines, and iv) three working sessions held during the Berlin meeting on 7-8 November 2022.

The main outcomes of Topic 5 consist of:

a multi-dimension qualitative definition of scaling up in citizen science,
the MLE CSI-PP Responsible and Inclusive Scalability Framework,
nine exemplary citizen science projects and initiatives and
eight key areas of action for policymakers aimed at supporting the (up)scaling of citizen science projects and initiatives across Europe.

Firstly, the Thematic Report acknowledges that scaling up is a value/ambition that suits unique types of citizen science projects and initiatives. Hence it suggests that scaling up should be i) a ‘responsible’ and inclusive process, ii) context- and domain-dependent, iii) sustained by a sound logic consistent with the project/initiative, iv) driven by common scientific questions and common social challenges, and v) built on proven impact, related to science and scientific literacy, inclusion, regulatory frameworks, matters of concern (e.g., environmental, societal).

Secondly, drawing on this multi-dimension qualitative definition of scaling up, it introduces the MLECSI-PP Responsible and Inclusive Scalability Framework composed of four models of scalability (scaling up-out-deep-down) and two approaches/strategies (top-down/deliberate and bottom-up/accidental).

Thirdly, it presents five citizen science projects and initiatives exemplary of the four models and the two approaches/strategies of the MLECSI-PP Responsible and Inclusive Scalability Framework, namely: Plastic Pirates – Go Europe!, OpenStreetMap, CurieuzeNeuzen, Hush City and Roadkill. Furthermore, four exemplary upscaled citizen science projects are illustrated in the Discussion Paper, i.e., FotoQuest GO, The Star Spotting Experiment, Tea Bag Index, Dugnad for Havet (in English: Marine Citizen Science)^[1].

Finally, the Thematic Report proposes eight key areas of action for policymakers:

Rethink the meaning of Innovation in CS acknowledging that today innovation in CS stands in the processes of reproducing/sustaining/upscaling successful CS projects and initiatives[2].
Adopt and promote a multi-dimension qualitative definition of scalability which stems from the triangulation of proof of value, matter of concern and social/legal alignment and, according to this definition, define specific evaluation criteria for selecting CS projects/initiatives to be scaled up.
Ensure responsible scaling-up addresses the RRI dimensions^[3] and ensure they are accounted in the design and development of the projects/initiatives to align outcomes with the values of society.
Commit to ‘People First’ (up)scaling processes, acknowledging the importance of keeping people central and connected in the process of scaling CS projects/initiatives and taking action to remove the systemic barriers impeding people from actively participating in science producing ‘contextualised knowledge’ on the local/regional/national/EU level[4].
Support a Responsible Scaling Ambition^[5] in CS by designing specific funding programs and mechanisms, diversifying the sources/types of funding, and ensuring the funding lines and sources can be visible to CS grassroots movements and bottom-up CS projects/initiatives.
Support the implementation of different models (up-out-deep-down) and approaches/strategies (top-down/deliberate, bottom-up/accidental) of scalability, acknowledging scalability in CS is context- and domain-dependent and should be responsible, inclusive and aligned with the logics of the projects/initiatives.
Develop local/regional/national/European networks to foster collaboration and initiate discussions about the cultural transformation/s and implications expected via the scaled projects, with an emphasis on the language issue and its cultural and scientific implications.
Support the exploitation of citizen-generated data from (up)scaled CS projects/initiatives integrating them in policies and policymaking programs at the local/regional/national/EU level.

YEAR/S

Research study, interviews, survey and focus groups: 2022
Writing and publications of the Thematic Report and Discussion Paper: 2022-2023

PROJECT PARTNERS

European Commission D-G Research & Innovation – Policy Support Facility
Ecorys

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of the participants in the Mutual Learning Exercise Citizen Science Initiatives – Policy and Practice, the interviewees and the colleagues who contributed to the Discussion paper and the Thematic Report.

FACTSHEET – CITIZEN SCIENCE INITIATIVES , POLICY AND PRACTICE

THEMATIC REPORT SCALING UP CITIZEN SCIENCE

BERLIN MEETING ON SCALING UP CITIZEN SCIENCE – SLIDES

DISCUSSION PAPER SCALING UP CITIZEN SCIENCE

[1] An illustration of these four projects can be found in Section 4 of the Discussion paper “Scaling up citizen science” available at https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/statistics/policy-support-facility/psf-challenge/mutual-learning-exercise-citizen-science-initiatives-policy-and-practice.

[2] Schade 2022

[3] The RRI dimensions are public engagement, open access, gender equality, science education, ethics, and governance. Source: https://rri-tools.eu/about-rri

[4] Irwin (1995); Skarlatidou & Haklay (eds) (2021)

[5] Adapted from the term “Scaling Ambition” from Maturano (2020)

PLACEMAKING

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Module: BNV7142 Placemaking
Module Leader: Dr Antonella Radicchi, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Sustainability, Birmingham City University Department for the Built Environment
Academic Year 2022/23 Semester 1 (3h/w)

Module Concept

Placemaking is a holistic and global concept that applies to built and natural environments, and it is central to successful spatial planning. It is a collaborative process which unfolds through situated social practices across different spatial and temporal scales to transform spaces into socially inclusive, sustainable and liveable places.

In this module, students developed spatial planning skills through engagement with the ideas about the creation and management of ‘place’ by working on a real-life case study in Port Loop, Birmingham.

Acting as a planning consultancy, they re-imagined the Port Loop site and transformed it into a socially inclusive, sustainable and liveable place, applying a participatory approach and working in collaboration with the project partner, Civic Square, and the local community living in the neighbourhood.

Key tasks included:

the development of a concept for a Port Loop Public Space Action Plan that should have its core in the factory of Port Loop and connect it to the public spaces of the site and its surroundings
design a placemaking intervention for one of the public spaces of the Port Loop Public Space Action Plan
ideation and implementation of a participatory methodology via interviews with the project partner Civic Square and key stakeholders/community representatives and an online survey with the local community
Incorporate the community’s feedback, visions, needs and hopes into the final project proposal

YEAR

Fall Semester 2022

PARTNERS

Birmingham City University, Department for the Built Environment
Project Partner: CIVIC SQUARE

PORT LOOP – BIRMINGHAM’S ISLAND COMMUNITY

CIVIC SQUARE

ALL THINGS PLACEMAKING EUROPE

ALAN & VISUAL DIVERSITY

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Planning Artificial Light at Night for Pedestrian Visual Diversity in Public Spaces

Sustainability 2023, 15(2), 1488; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021488

This open access article makes the case for addressing pedestrian visual diversity when planning artificial light for public spaces at night, by drawing upon original findings from an exploratory study where twenty-one open-ended interviews were conducted with experts in the fields of artificial lighting, urban planning and health studies. Specifically, this article provides (1) the introduction of the concept of pedestrian visual diversity, defined as the condition, capabilities and needs of visually impaired pedestrians, (2) a systematization of overlooked issues in the planning of artificial light for visual diverse pedestrians in public spaces and (3) the proposition of a participatory framework for the application of lightwalks as an experiential method for involving visual diverse pedestrians in the data collection on and analysis of artificial lighting in public spaces at night. In conclusion, it identifies five strands for further research at the nexus of pedestrian visual diversity, public space and night studies for inclusive light planning.

YEAR

Research study: 2021-2022
Publication: 2023

AUTHORS

Dr Antonella Radicchi, TU Berlin and Birmignham City University
Prof Em Dr Dietrich Henckel, TU Berlin

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of the interviewees and thank Carmen Rosas-Pérez and Mattia Cobianchi for their feedback on the use of the terms visual diversity and visual diverse in relation to the scholarship on aural diversity.

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DIGITAL CITIES

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DESCRIPTION

Module: BNV5147 Digital Cities
Module Leader: Dr Antonella Radicchi, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Sustainability, Birmingham City University Department for the Built Environment
Academic Year 2022/23 Semester 2 (4h/w)

Technology is the answer, but what was the question? Cedric Price

Module Concept

Since the 1970s the concept of the digital city has been widely discussed in academic, artistic, societal and political contexts under different labels such as the city of bits, e-topia, smart city, and intelligent city to name but a few. More recently, with the application of digitisation and digitalization to the planning process, the debate about the impact of digital technology on urban contexts has regained momentum with an emphasis on aspects of e.g., democracy, governance, participation, ethics, justice, analysis and visualization tools, city planning and design outcomes, climate change and planetary health.

According to the literature, the digital city can be meant as an umbrella term which includes urban concepts characterized by the intersection of three features: the physical elements of the urban context, the social communities and the digital technological infrastructures mainly represented by Information Communication Technologies. A scrutiny of projects and studies about digital technology and digital cities shows the complexity of this umbrella urban concept. On the one hand, the digital city promises to deliver new efficiencies, improve quality of life, boost the economy, enhance democratic communication and even solve climate and environmental crises. On the other hand, the digital city is often underpinned by top-down, technocratic, a-historical, a-political and a-contextual approaches which can even exacerbate forms of spatial, social, economic and environmental injustice.

To address these issues, critics of the digital city suggest alternative theoretical and methodological approaches which should re-centre the discourse around the meaning and purpose of digital technology and re-question the vision of the city and the values underpinning the digital city in light of the current climate, environmental, societal, democratic, energy and economic crises.

Against this backdrop, in this Module we took a critical stance to study the theory & practice of digital cities, drawing on a humanist perspective on knowledge for urban planning.

Specifically, we questioned the implications and impacts of the digital city in three main areas:
• Urban governance (e.g., digital planning, digitization and digitalization of data & procedure, participation, digital surveillance, algorithmic planning)
• Urban analysis and representation (e.g., big data, digital and other twins, mobile apps and digital maps)
• Urban design and planning (e.g., smart neighbourhoods, digital tech solutions applied to mobility, green, artificial light etc).

During the Module, students were invited to reflect upon key questions central to the critical debate on the digital city, e.g., what is the meaning and purpose of digital technology? What is our vision of the digital city? What are the values that should nurture the vision of the digital city in terms of urbs and civitas? For whom and by whom should the digital city be imagined and developed? How are public participation, public spaces and urban commons framed by the digital city? What is the ecological footprint of the digital city? What are the challenges and opportunities of digital technology and digital cities in light of the current climate, environmental, societal, democratic, energy and economic crises?

To address these questions and critically study the theory & practice of digital cities, students were supported by four major learning means which constitute the core of the Module’s Teaching and Learning Plan:

The Digital Cities Lecture Series Spring 2023: weekly guest lectures with national and international guest speakers from industry and academia who will present the state of the art of research and practice on digital cities.
The Board of Bits: weekly interactive sessions discussing key readings, digital technology, case studies and novel ideas about digital cities, led by the Module Leader.
Individual Reflective Essays to identify and discuss opportunities, challenges and potential solutions that digital technology & digital cities can present to the future of the planning profession, drawing on real-life case studies.
A planning-based project to re-imagine an assigned site in Birmingham, in line with the students’ vision and values of their Digital City.

YEAR

Spring Semester 2023

PARTNERS

Birmingham City University, Department for the Built Environment
Module Tutor: Milad Mohtadi, Technician in Digital Technologies, BCU
Project Partner: Harry Conway, Senior Technician Immersive Media, STEAMhouse

Project Partner: Holly Williams, Town Planner, Craig Rowbottom, Associate Town Planner and Matthew Davis, Senior Landscape Architect, @ ARUP Birmingham

DIGITAL CITIES LECTURE SERIES SPRING 2023

BOARD OF BITS

IS BERLIN A WALKABLE CITY?

Figure above: Cityscape of Berlin. Image source: Wikimedia Commons, Ph. Thomas Wolf CC License.

DESCRIPTION

Project studio: B5 Bachelor Auftragsprojekt “Is Berlin a Walkable City?”
TU Berlin, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning | Winter Semester 2020/2021 & 2021/2022 | online / onsite course (4h/w)
Instructor: Dr. Arch. Antonella Radicchi

In the XX century, high-speed transport and the quest for efficiency degraded the walkable city. Hazardous high-speed traffic broke up the fine-grained pedestrian network and imposed barriers to free movement on foot. In forgoing the pedestrian experience, the street lost its intimate scale and transparency and became a mere service road, devoid of public life. In the 1960s and 1970s, people started reclaiming the streets, demanding more public space, as was the emblematic case in the Village, NYC. More recently, in the past few decades, the knowledge of the social, environmental, economic and political benefits associated with walking has motivated European policy-makers and municipal planners to employ sustainable policies and design interventions for creating pedestrian-friendly environments. Such efforts have ranged from complete pedestrianisation and permanently or temporarily closure of streets to traffic to encouraging a symbiotic relationship of multiple transportation modes. In Berlin, such as in Paris, Barcelona, Milan and other European cities, soft and pedestrian mobility is gaining momentum. Specifically, the Municipality of Berlin has taken action to create pedestrian-friendly environments by implementing a planning strategy grounded on four pillars:

1. The Mobility Act, with a new branch focusing on pedestrian mobility;
2. The development of “pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods”;
3. The creation of safe crossing;
4. The improvement of accessibility for pedestrians.

Against this backdrop, these research-informed project studio courses aim to investigate whether and to which extent this planning strategy is progressing towards the goal of making Berlin a walkable city, by working on the following case studies:

Assessment and redesign of the area Uhlandstr./Mecklenburgische Str. to favour the walkable connection between the two sections of the Volkspark Wilmersdorf.
Assessment of the “Pedestrian-friendly Shopping Street” concept implemented in Friedrichstr. in Mitte Friedrichstr.
Formulation of design guidelines for a walkable Berlin, combining the research findings from the other case studies with the knowledge from international best practices.
Creation of an online StoryMap (and a related descriptive database) illustrating the permanent and temporary pedestrian-friendly projects in Berlin implemented by the Berlin Municipality and community groups.

For the investigation of these case studies, a definition of “walkable city” will be provided by the students and used as a lens through which to analyse the case studies. The students will be required to organise themselves in small working groups, select a case study among the three proposed, choose the research methods, manage the workload for the analysis and assessment of the case studies, present the progress work during the course of the semester by means of presentations and report the results of their work in the final outputs of the project studio courses.

A broad range of research methods can be applied for the investigation of the case studies such as review and content analysis of literature and policy documents, media and press scanning, interviews with stakeholders and local residents, statistics, spatial analysis, behavioural and mind mapping, sensory ethnographic methods (such as senses walks), multimodal tools (e.g., combining audio, visual and text content).

YEAR

Winter Semester 2020/2021, 2021/2022

PARTNERS

TU Berlin, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning.
Project Partners from the Berlin Municipality (in alphabetical order): Jörg Kaptain Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz; Saskia Leckel, Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz, Arbeitsgruppe Fußverkehrsinfrastruktur; Dan Orbeck Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz, Gruppenleiter „Fußverkehrsinfrastruktur“.
Guest critics in the AY 2021/2022 (in alphabetical order): Prof. Em. Dr. Dietrich Henckel, TU Berlin, Prof. Dr. Antje Michel, Fachhochschule Potsdam, Prof. Dr. Rolf Monheim, Universität Bayreuth, Ing. Ricarda Pätzold, Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik.

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