C-NEWTRAL
Smart CompreheNsive training to mainstrEam neW approaches for climaTe-neutRal cities through citizen engAgement and decision-making support for innovative governance and integrated pLanning
Project code: GAP-101119603
Programme: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01 MSCA Doctoral Networks
Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2022
The aim of C-NEWTRAL Doctoral Network is to advance new approaches for integrated planning of climate-neutral cities through citizen engagement and city governance decision-making support. It approaches climate-neutral cities from multiple dimensions of Urban Nature, Urban Mobility, Built Form, Energy and Circularity.
Achieving climate-neutral cities is an EU priority, yet faces many challenges because of the complex urban activities, and the vast range of stakeholders involved. Cities require enhanced capacity and ongoing support for implementation of climate-neutral solutions and assessment of how they may impact different sections of society. There is a need for more highly-skilled, highly-trained interdisciplinary researchers and professionals for this task, which C-NEWTRAL aims to provide.
C-NEWTRAL is underpinned by five key thematics (Urban Nature, Urban Mobility, Built Form, Energy, Circularity), which are integrated through two cross-scale research dimensions, linked to drivers identified by the EU: I. Citizen Engagement & Public Participation and II. City Governance & Decision-Making. This provides the overall framework for individual research projects examining participation and decision-making for integrating nature-based solutions in urban regeneration, active/ green/ just mobility transitions, social acceptance of energy performance standards in buildings/ neighbourhoods/ social housing, hydrosocial/ circular/ digital approaches in urban water management, and nexuses among these.
Project duration
48 months (02.2024-01.2028)
Scientific project head for the Department
Prof. Jacopo Gaspari (UNIBO)
Coordinator
Dr. Aura Istrate (UCD)
Partnership
University College Dublin (UCD)
Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (UNIBO)
University of Girona (UdG)
Heidelberg University (UHEI)
The University of Helsinki (UH)
Queen's University Belfast (QUB)
Total Budget: 2.792.908,80 €
DA Budget: 518.875,20 €
Lecturers and researchers connected to the project
Prof. Jacopo Gaspari,
Prof. Ernesto Antonini
Non-permanent staff connected to the project
Dott.ssa Lia Marchi
Project ERC sectors
SH7_6 Environmental and climate change, societal impact and policy