Fondazione Iu Rusconi Ghigi is a multidisciplinary urban regeneration research, development, co-production and communication centre working to build the city of the future.
The Foundation aims to empower dialogue between citizens, institutions, associations, movements and stakeholders from the economic, social and cultural worlds.
Its work is designed to foster, guide, facilitate and experiment city transformation processes in both policy planning-civic governance and design terms.
It does so by introducing process and design innovation to administrative mechanisms, shining the spotlight on neighbourhood and proximity, environmental transition and cultural democracy.
Role in INCA: The FIU team is leading WP7 and is participating in different tasks of WP9.
INCA Team members:
Marta Meloni
Marta Meloni is program coordinator of EU projects.
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Marta has been working in the design and managing of national and European initiatives in the cultural and education sector since 2008, with a special focus on intercultural innovation. Passionate about intercultural dialogue, circular economy, social and environmental sustainability.
She is currently European and International project coordinator at the Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana, in Bologna.
Chiara Sponza
Chiara Sponza is a Service Designer.
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She graduated in bachelor degree of Architecture at Politecnico of Turin in 2015 and a master of Advanced Design of Built Environment Sevices at Bologna University in 2018. Currently she’s working for Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana as facilitator and project manager, applying service design method to urban policies.
In relation to the topic of the present call,I was in charge of the design of the participatory process that aimed to respond to a new strategic need that emerged from the flooding, which affected 44 municipalities in May 2023, by designing a system of complex tools to strengthen the communication and organisation of volunteers.
Umberto Mezzacapo
Umberto Mezzacapo is a sociologist and geographer, PhD in Sociology of the Territory and senior consultant specialized in sustainability and territorial regeneration.
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He is currently collaborator of the IU Rusconi Ghigi Foundation and consultant for the CNR (National Research Council), co-founder of BitMup – Regeneration and Social Innovation APS.
