In dialogue with GrInn Lab students, Dr. Zanchini, head of the City of Rome’s “Climate” Scoping Office, will be present on April 14, 2023 at the House of Emerging Technologies in Rome.
The GrInn Lab has for years been delivered with the support of the LabGov ETS Association engaged in the development of methods, policies and projects that enable collaborative governance of the city as a common good, delving into the themes of sustainability, energy transition, social and economic innovation.
The theme of GrInn Lab 2023 is dedicated to energy communities. The students, supervised by arch. Claudia Meloni from ENEA, Prof. Iaione from LUISS with the support of Dr. Tatì (LUISS researcher for the House of Emerging Technologies project) and LUISS industrial P.HD. students Alberica Aquili and Adriano Contardi, are introduced to the theme both through theoretical lectures and testimonies (for example, representatives from Acea, Zétema, Biblioteche di Roma, and smaller municipalities such as, Reggio Emilia were sent), and through laboratory work.
LUISS Institutional Relations Manager – LabGov Wiame Bounejar and several trainees of LabGov that attend LUISS Master’s degree in Law, Digital, Innovation and Sustainability, then, collaborated in the lab, working alongside colleagues enrolled in the third year of the LUISS University. Special thanks go to: Chiara Scalia, Edoardo Carminucci, Francesco Schirripa, Magloire Tene Fopokam and Silvia Cavicchioli.
For this 2023 edition, in particular, the laboratory work is inspired by an already existing platform (CO-ROMA, https://co-roma.it/), the result of a series of past research financed with European and national funds in LUISS and the subject of future developments also in the context of CTE and Integrated Urban Plans, especially in the perspective of being able to elaborate a useful tool to map the supply and needs of equitable and sustainable innovation on the territory of Rome. Students are asked to identify themselves as individual or associated citizens and rethink the various sections of the platform to facilitate the establishment of energy communities with a bottom-up approach, generating input to offer a set of integrated services that facilitate the process of creating and mapping energy communities themselves.
The event on April 14 will provide an opportunity for the students to interface with the city both as citizens, in an experience of active participation and feedback to the presentation of policies for the city on climate change and energy transition, and as students and future social innovators, being able to address more specific questions to the host related to the workshop’s subject matter, namely, the promotion and formation of energy communities and the role of digital platforms for bottom-up engagement of the population.
The open discussion will be enriched by the presence of qualified interlocutors such as architect Claudia Meloni (ENEA), among the lecturers of the workshop, and Dr. Alessandro Piperno, program director of the House of Emerging Technologies in Rome.
The event is also open to all LUISS students, teaching staff, doctoral students and researchers interested in the topic of land development in an equitable and sustainable direction, starting with a focus on climate change and energy transition.
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started with our GrInn Lab appointment with a presentation by Dr. Petrosino of Zètema Progetto Cultura, a company operating in the cultural sector, managing cultural and tourist services in Rome.
A clear and useful explanation of how the integration of Rome’s cultural services is being enhanced.
But it didn’t end there!
The students continued with the drafting of the concept notes in the different working groups, interesting ideas emerged, both in the individual groups and by merging the different areas of work.
Exciting appointments and as many key testimonials await us in the coming weeks!
The fifth appointment with the GrInn workshop took place today in Viale Romania at the Luiss Guido Carli campus.
Claudia Meloni gave a lecture on the topic of smart cities, with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainable development. Fundamental information was passed on thanks to her valuable insights.
Afterwards, PhD student Alberica Aquili gave a talk on the topic of teamwork, a fundamental element for any education, whether university or work. Collaboration between students is indeed the basis for achieving the final goals, as was also demonstrated in the workshop.
The lecture ended with a talk on the Sustainable Development Goals. These goals were defined by the United Nations to promote fair and sustainable development on a global level, through the protection of the environment, the fight against poverty, the promotion of education and much more.
The GrInn Lab meeting was an opportunity to explore important topics such as smart cities, teamwork and the Sustainable Development Goals, offering students the chance to gain knowledge and awareness of current issues relevant to the future of our planet.
On Friday, Professor Christian Iaione will be involved in a “charrette,” which is an intense and fast-paced type of workshop for 10-15 people. The focus is on speculating social science, which involves combining analysis and action constructively. The purpose of the event is to explore the relationship between community and property and generate proposals for “experimental property.”
On the first day, there will be presentations from three “theorists” and three “practitioners,” while on the second day, the two groups will come together for an intensive day of speculation. The exercises will focus on imagining possibilities and determining the necessary conditions for those possibilities to become plausible. The goal is to move ideas from the realm of possibility to that of plausibility and create networks for implementation.
The event encourages participants to share new, revised, ongoing, or unconventional ideas on the topic.
The professor will speak at the charrette specifically about Maintenance, and more specifically, about the LabGov “Beni Comuni + Co-Cities Project.”
This article discusses the concept of Urban Sustainable Development and Innovation Partnerships (USDIPs) as a tool for designing and managing policy experiments in cities to accelerate technological and ecological transitions while ensuring accountability and equality among stakeholders. The article examines inclusive and innovative forms of public-private partnerships, urban co-governance, and citizen science in the context of global and European policy initiatives. The EU Urban Innovative Actions Initiative and the “UIA Co-City Turin” project are used as a case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of USDIPs in promoting sustainable development.
The article identifies four key tools that are instrumental in creating USDIPs:
innovation procurement;
social and sustainable finance planning;
digital tools for multistakeholder cooperation;
investment in capacity building
The article calls for concrete policy action at the EU level to use USDIPs to bridge the gap between different policy agendas related to sustainable development in cities.
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