Research Dialogues
Forum “Reserach Dialogues” aims to explore emerging research approaches to issues related to the city and participatory design, to facilitate knowledge exchange regarding research methods, tools, and/or artistic practices with a research dimension, and to foster networking with other researchers and members of the Participatory LAB working in related fields.
1. Public Space
Indicative fields: Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Regeneration, Mobility and Walkability, Urban Commons
3. Spatial Inequalities
& Justice
Indicative fields: Social and environmental inequalities and exclusions, Housing Crisis, Energy Poverty, Gender Inequalities, Local Movements.
2. Environment & Climate Change
Indicative fields: Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Regeneration, Mobility and Walkability, Urban Commons
4. Urban Development &
Governance
Indicative fields: Institutional Framework, Austerity
and Unequal Resource Distribution, Local Government, European Policies, Sustainable Development Strategies.
The conference aims to broaden the debate on these issues while bridging the gap between research contributions and real-life field experiences involving the application of participatory processes and tools. Additionally, it seeks to connect with institutional policy implementation. To achieve these objectives, the conference process itself will strive for greater inclusion and participation through a combination of papers and posters, round tables, presentations, participatory workshops, and plenary discussions.
Organising committee
SylvainAdam, Architect, Non-Profit Organisation APPUII ((Alternatives pour des Projets Urbains Ici et à l’Internationnal)
Thanos Andritsos, Architect- Urban Planner, PhD Candidate NTUA, Commonspace
Angelos Angelakopoulos, Graduant SRSE GE NTUA, Commonspace
Giouli Athousaki, AUTh Physicist, Commonspace
Anastasia Christaki, Architect-Urban Planner, PhD NTUA, Commonspace
Stefania Gyftopoulou, Architect, UIA Project Manager, MSc Building and Urban Design in Development
Platon Issaias, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Eleni Katrini, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
Aris Komninos, Product Manager SketchUp, Αrchitect Urban Planner
Aliki Kosyfologou, Phd in Political Science and Sociology, Gender and Social Policy Expert
Artemis Koumparelou, Architect, MSc in Geography, Commonspace
Dionisia Koutsi, Urban Planner, MSc Environment and Development, PhD(c) NTUA, Commonspace
Eleni Mougiakou, Agricultural Engineer, MSc Geoinformatics, PhD Candidate, Agricultural University of Athens, Commonspace, participatory LAB
Yannis Paraskevopoulos, Geoinformatics Engineer-Urban Planner, PhD Candidate, National Technical University of Athens, Commonspace
Dimitris Poulios, Architect-Urban Planner, PhD NTUA, Commonspace
Maria Sitzoglou, Architect- MSc in Urban Design, Participatory Planning and Child Friendly Cities Planning Consultant, ERDF - Urban Innovative Actions, Design Clips ΙΚΕ
Sofia Tsadari, Dr. Chief Engineer / Town Planner, Commonspace
Giorgos Velegrakis, Affiliated Lecturer, 'Science, Technology, Society -- Science and Technology Studies', National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & COMMONSPACE
Melina Vlachou, Architect - Illustrator, Commonspace
Scientific Committee
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Sylvain Adam, Architect, Non-Profit Organisation APPUII ((Alternatives pour des Projets Urbains Ici et à l’Internationnal)
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Nicolas Anastasopoulos, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture NTUA
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Thanos Andritsos, Architect- Urban Planner, PhD Candidate NTUA, Commonspace
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Evangelia Athanasiou, Professor, Department of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Agnes Deboulet, Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 8 and researcher at LAVUE/CNRS. Ph'd in urban planning and scientific director of the Horizon Europe FAIRVILLE project
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Vivian Doumpa, Urban planner and Geographer, STIPO, Placemaking Europe
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Vasilis Floudas, Economist, PhD Candidate, Democritus University of Thrace, Head of planning and development department at Municipality of Ioannina
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Giorgos Gritzas, Assoc. Professor, School of Spatial Planning and Development Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Co-Space Lab “Studies on Collective Practices for Space and Development”, Director of Master’s Program, of the Hellenic Open University, “Social and Solidarity Economy”.
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Stefania Gyftopoulou, Architect, UIA Project Manager, MSc Building and Urban Design in Development
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Eirini Iliopoulou, Architect, post-Doc researcher, Regional Development Institute, Panteion University
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Platon Issaias, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Eleni Katrini, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
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Garyfallia (Fyllio) Katsavounidou, Assistant Professor, School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, CO-SPACE Lab “Studies on Collective Practices for Space and Development”
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Aliki Kosyfologou, Phd in Political Science and Sociology, Gender and Social Policy Expert
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Penny Koutrolikou, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
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Olga Lafazani, Postdoctoral researcher, National Hellenic Research Foundation
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Dionysis Latinopoulos, Assoc. Professor, School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Deputy director of the Master’s Program “Spatial Planning for Sustainable and Resilient Development”
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Eleni Mougiakou, Agricultural Engineer, MSc Geoinformatics, PhD Candidate, Agricultural University of Athens, Commonspace, participatory LAB
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Eleni (Lenio) Myrivili, Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Athens, Chief Resilience Officer, and Former Deputy Mayor
Atlantic Council Senior Fellow and Consultant for the AARF Resilience Center
Ass. Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece -
Spyridoula Ntemiri, Chemical Engineer, Project Manager LIFE-IP AdaptInGR for the Green Fund and member of the project monitoring team of the "Innovative Actions with Citizens" Program of the Green Fund
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Dimitris Pettas, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning, Technical University of Berlin
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Maria Pigaki, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
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Dimitris Poulios, Architect-Urban Planner, PhD NTUA, Commonspace
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Georgia Pozoukidou, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Policies and Land Use Modeling, School of Spatial Planning and Development, AUTH.
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Alkistis Prepi, PhD Candidate National Technical University of Athens
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Maria Sitzoglou, Architect- MSc in Urban Design, Participatory Planning and Child Friendly Cities Planning Consultant, ERDF - Urban Innovative Actions, Design Clips ΙΚΕ
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Anastasia Stratigea, Professor, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
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Elisavet Thoidou, Associate Professor, School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Loukas Triantis, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Spatial Design, Department of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Vice-President, SEPOX
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Aristotle Tympas, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science & Graduate Program 'Science, Technology, Society -- Science and Technology Studies', National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Sofia Tsadari, PhD Architect / Urban Planner, Commonspace; Board Member, SEPOX
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Fereniki Vatavali, Dr. Architect-Urban Planner, National Center Of Sociale Research
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Giorgos Velegrakis, Affiliated Lecturer, 'Science, Technology, Society -- Science and Technology Studies', National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & COMMONSPACE
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Kostas Vourekas, Architect-Urban Planner, Commonspace
International Speakers
Simona Beolchi
Simona Beolchi is an urban planner and currently Head of Design process and proximity area of Fondazione Innovazione Urbana. She has dealt with participatory processes of urban public space and urban planning for almost 15 Years, dealing with sustainability and education as a transversal approach in the codesign process. She has gained a high experience in working with Collaborative Administration tools and manages different methods of deliberative and participatory process. She teaches in the Master Gecop and in the Service Design Department of the University of Bologna.
Alexandra Gomes
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Alexandra Gomes is a Research Fellow responsible for coordinating LSE Cities’ spatial analysis across multiple projects. She is also a Tutor at UCL Bartlett School of Planning and a Guest Teacher at the LSE MSc City Design and Social Science. Alexandra has strong interdisciplinary skills and a keen interest in bridging various aspects of urbanization. Her research focuses on socio-spatial comparative analysis, urban policy, urban inequalities, urban health, sustainable mobility, public spaces, urban sensescapes analysis, and visual communication. She brings extensive experience in leading and coordinating research on different scales and in diverse geographical contexts, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Prof. Sonja Hörster
As a landscape architect and professor for communication & participation in landscape architecture at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Sonja Hörster dedicates her work to the development of new forms of spatial planning through design-oriented participation. She is founder & shareholder of the Institute for Participatory Design (IPG) www.partizipativ-gestalten.de
Alessio Koliulis
Alessio is an urbanist with a background in anthropology and development economics. He is Lecturer and Co-Programme Leader of the MSc Programme in Urban Economic Development at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL. He is interested in urban dynamics of inequality and is the author of a number of book chapters, journal articles and reports on cities at night.
Verena Mörkl
Verena Mörkl is an architect and urban planner, and partner at SUPERBLOCK.
SUPERBLOCK was founded in 2003 by Christoph and Verena Mörkl. The main areas of work are subsidized, but also privately-financed residential construction, as well as planning of care and social services, interior design and building redevelopment. Further fields of work are the elaboration of urban development strategies, as well as the formulation of development studies, urban planning concepts and theoretical studies on urban development and housing construction. SUPERBLOCK tries to find answers in interdisciplinary teams, to reformulate these questions to finally come up with complex and comprehensive solutions. SUPERBLOCK is one part of the team that is running the non-profit district service agency "Gebietsbetreuung" (urban renewal group) for the 16th/17th/18th and 19th district of Vienna.
Ahmed Zaazaa
Ahmed Zaazaa is a researcher who focuses on spatial and environmental justice in housing and planning. Zaazaa has co-founded two entities focusing on knowledge production and participatory research and design: ‘10 Tooba: Applied Research on the Built Environment’ and ‘Madd Platform’. Zaazaa also teaches urban design at several universities in Cairo.
Deni Ruggeri
Dr. Deni Ruggeri is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on landscape democracy, participation and co-creation, place identity, attachment, social cohesion, and urban agriculture as an engine for transformations at the scale of the individual, communities, and their larger ecosystems. He serves as the Executive Director of the Environmental Design Research Association and has also been Chair of the Board of Directors. Deni has been a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis, an assistant professor at Cornell University, and has earned tenure at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the University of Oregon. Prof. Ruggeri is the author of 25 journal articles and book chapters. He has co-edited the books "Defining Landscape Democracy. A Path to Spatial Justice" (2019) and “Urban Agriculture in Public Space Planning and Designing for Human Flourishing in Northern European Cities and Beyond,” and is a partner in the EU-funded Landscape Education for Democracy project (www.led-project.org).
With the support:
School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
School of Rural & Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Agricultural University of Athens
The project "participatory LAB" is funded by the Green Fund under Priority Axis 2 of the funding program "Outward‑Looking Actions, Natural Environment & Innovative Actions 2023".
