Aristide Athanassiadis

Aristide is co-founder of Metabolism of Cities and Senior Researcher at the Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Within his work he attempts to build bridges between the academia, public administrations and “circular” …

Carolin Bellstedt

Carolin holds a B.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Management and a M.Sc. in Industrial Ecology (Leiden University/TU Delft). She is interested in studying the integration of urban metabolism, systems thinking and circular economy towards a regenerative future. Carolin has worked …

Deniz Celik

Deniz Celik (F) holds an M.UP in Urban Design from The City College of New York and has a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Istanbul Bilgi University. She is passionate about designing practical solutions for global challenges and dedicated to …

Gerardo Ezequiel

Change agent. Passionate about sustainability in all its dimensions. Transdisciplinary professional in sustainability and urbanism trained to design, plan, implement and evaluate sustainable solutions in an integral and transversal way.

Interested in the analysis of the relationship between society and …

Guus Hoekman

Guus is a front-end developer specialising in data visualisation brought onto the team to improve the platform's design and user experience. He is the founder of Pollito and member of the Penguin Collective. Currently living in Valencia, Guus holds a …

Paul Hoekman

I am passionate about open collaboration initiatives, exploring the challenges and opportunities around urban sustainability, and learning from and about nature.

In my work, I have been involved in a variety of initiatives and projects. I have (co-) founded a …

Shamita Chaudhary

I am an architect who is passionate about circular economy.

When I'm not doing that, I'm usually listening to podcasts, standup comedy, watching animal videos (anything with pandas/dogs/goats/pigs/cows has my heart) or cooking. I love the mountains, hiking, yoga, and …

Tiffany Nicoli

Tiffany is from Brazil and holds a B.Sc. in Architecture and Urbanism and a M.Sc. in Urban Planning from the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. She is also a specialist in Urban Mobility from Escola da Cidade in São Paulo, …