Our new Horizon Europe research project called SPADES (Spatial Planning and Design with Soil) was kicked off this week in Delft. The project, funded by Horizon Europe programme and led by Deltares, will seek to promote the integration of a soil-health perspective in spatial planning to develop, test and implement soil-inclusive spatial strategies across a … Continue reading Spatial Planning and Design with Soil (SPADES) – new project kicked-off
Focus groups on citizen participation in Groningen Province – understanding the factors behind the participation of the least engaged communities
Over the course of the last week, together with Thomas Verbeek and Odilia van der Valk, we conducted a series of focus groups with communities who are less engaged in sustainability transition policies in Groningen Province. The research was part of the Horizon Europe DUST project (dustproject.eu), investigating citizen participation in such policies in regions that … Continue reading Focus groups on citizen participation in Groningen Province – understanding the factors behind the participation of the least engaged communities
New paper on water-linked heritage as a driver for sustainable urban and regional development
Our new paper on using water-linked heritage as a vector of sustainable urban and regional development, building on the Interreg WaVE project case studies, has just been published in the Blue Papers. Water and water-linked heritage play a very important role for many cities and regions. They are at the center of many places’ identities … Continue reading New paper on water-linked heritage as a driver for sustainable urban and regional development
New project: Urban Planning and design ready for 2030 (UP2030)
I am involved in a new large EU-funded research project: UP2030 “Urban Planning and design ready for 2030”. The project is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action that aims to support cities in achieving climate neutrality through socio-technical transitions. The project is coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute and with the participation of 46 European partners. The project will run … Continue reading New project: Urban Planning and design ready for 2030 (UP2030)
Inclusive urbanism
Together with Stefano Calzati and Thomas Verbeek, my colleagues from TU Delft, we gathered researchers from across the different sections of the Urbanism Department - representing spatial planning, urban design, urban studies, environmental technology & design, landscape architecture and urban data science - to discuss ongoing research on 'inclusive urbanism' and identify some opportunities for … Continue reading Inclusive urbanism
New project: Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions
In the context of eroding democratic institutions, the European Union (EU) – in collaboration with national, regional, and local governments - seeks to bring its policies closer to citizens, in line with the active subsidiarity principle. Informed by this concept, Institution Name and partners under the lead of TU Delft set up the project Democratising … Continue reading New project: Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions
Marcin Dąbrowski 