Laura Colini

Senior Researcher, Co-founder

PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design,  Habil. in Urban Studies . Her work covers socio-spatial inequalities, with a focus on public policies addressing migrants and refugees, and housing.  She is senior urban policy expert having worked for over twenty years with EU programmes and initiatives (e.g. URBACT, UIA, EU Urban Agenda Urban Poverty, Housing, Inclusion, Culture and Cultural Heritage et al.). She has worked in academia in Italy, Germany, France, USA and currently holds a research position at  H-City Cluster on housing and city at IUAV Venice University where she collaborates with the UNESCO chair on migration at IUAV SSIIM. She collaborates with various NGOs, international organisations and independent civic initiatives in Europe e.g. From Sea to the Cities working on solidarity cities for better migration policies in Europe.  Co-founder of Tesserae urban and social research,  MiMetis SRL migration, member of the artist collective Oginoknauss and INURA.