Laura Colini
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Germany - Berlin
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laura.colini@gmail.com
PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design, Habil. in Urban Studies (IT). Her work concerns socio-spatial inequalities, with a focus on public policies addressing migration and housing. She holds a research contract at the University of Venice and has worked as academic in Italy, Germany, France, USA. She worked since 2004 for URBACT and between 2015-2022 as Programme Expert representing Urbact in the EU Urban Agenda partnerships on Urban Poverty, Affordable Housing, Inclusion of migrants and refugees, Culture and Cultural Heritage. For Urbani Innovative action she has been working on housing and urban poverty, coordinating the URBACT/UIA initiative www.right2housing.eu. She drafted studies and research for DG Regio, ministries and research centres in EU. Collaborates regularly with various NGOs, and independent civic initiatives in Europe mostly dealing with housing, homelessness and migration. Co-founder of "Tesserae urban and social research", "MiMetis migration policies" with the University of Siena and she is member of the International Urban Research and Action INURA.
Articles
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A roof over everyone’s head
What’s on the plate for cities? According to Laura Colini, URBACT Expert, it's due time to put ROOF’s pledge to eradicate homelessness into action.
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Culture and inclusion: URBACT cities contribute to the EU Urban Agenda
Music for all, pop-up venues, community museums… URBACT cities help define EU proposals to promote inclusion through culture.
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How to make urban tourism more sustainable in post-Covid Europe
URBACT cities are contributing to a soon-to-be-released EU study into better regulation of short-term holiday rentals.