Urban Commons Research Collective is based in the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield (TUoS), bringing together academics and activists researching and practising urban commons across several institutions and contexts.
🪪 Prof Doina Petrescu is a Professor of Architecture and Design Activism at TUoS School of Architecture, and co-founder of atelier d'architecture autogérée (AAA).
🪪 Dr Beatrice De Carli is a Reader in Urbanism and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Urban and Built Ecologies at the School of Art, Architecture and Design of London Metropolitan University.
🪪 Dr Esra Can teaches architecture and urbanism at TUoS and co-curates the DesignLAB Library of Design Tools as a postdoctoral researcher. She specialises in community empowerment and urban commons, informed by her ongoing engagement with informal spatial initiatives in Cyprus.
🔷 The CoNECT project is implemented by an international partnership: ATU- the Association for Urban Transition (RO /lead partner), the Eindhoven University of Technology (NL), Pablo de Olavide University - Seville (ES), KTH School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology (SE), Atelier d'Architecture Autogeree, EFF&T Partnership Chair (FR), Again X (NO).
This project is a JPI Urban Europe joint partnership, part of the ENUTC call Capacities for Urban Transformation.