Short bio
Damiano is an urbanist and cofounder of CoPlanAI, a collaborative planning platform and SPIN Unit, an urban research and innovation practice.
He conducts research on multispecies planning at Tampere University and the Estonian Academy of Arts. His work focuses on urban research and policy design for both local and national governments.
In addition, he teaches and collaborates with academic institutions in Europe and internationally.
PAST AND CURRENT POSITIONS
PRACTICE
CoFounder > UrbanistAI
Consultant > Demos Helsinki
Independent consultant > Akkadian
Expert > Tallinn Technical University
Principal Researcher > TERREFOM UR
Associate > Spatial Ethnography Lab
Chief Urban Transformation > Zeamly
Associate > Postopia
ACADEMY
Visiting Researcher > Chalmers University
Visiting Professor > Beijing University of Technology
Visiting Researcher > Nokia Bell Labs
Visiting Researcher > Sapienza University of Rome
OTHERS
Grant reviewer >
– European Commission and the Swiss National
– Science Foundation
Academic Reviewer >
– Routledge
– Territorio Journal
Jury member > European Capital of Innovation
Advisor & Co-contributor > UrbanAI
Advisory board > City Destination Alliance
Fellow > LINA (European Architecture Platform)
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