MEDELLÍNURBAN

INNOVATION

20 - 27 march 2017Crush Area, First Floor, Sir William Arrol Building

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and SocietyHeriot-Watt University

I-SPHERE / The Urban Institute Research Seminar 22nd March, 3:45-5pm, WA 1.08

EGIS, Heriot-Watt University

Medellin Urban Innovation (MUI) is a research collaboration between academic and non-academic institutions in the United Kingdom and Colombia. It is a two-year project that received a Newton Institutional Links Grant from the British Council. MUI is about researching to what extent urban innovation in Medellín (Colombia) has helped

increase social equity and well-being in the city.

This project is led by Dr Soledad Garcia Ferrari, a Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Dr Harry Smith, an Associate

Professor at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) at Heriot-Watt University.