Updated on 9 September 2026
Research Partner – Neighbourhood Economies, High Streets & Urban Transformation
Urban Researcher | Urban Planner | Urban Regeneration & Spatial Analysis at Sepideh Baghaee – Urban Research & Planning
Madrid, Spain
About
I am seeking to join a European research consortium for the DUT Call 2026, particularly under the 15-minute City topic “Nurture neighbourhood economies – activate innovation in local everyday offers”.
I am an urban researcher and planner with a PhD in Urban Regeneration and Sustainability from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. My doctoral research examined the transformation and complementarity of high streets and shopping centres, providing a strong background in retail environments, urban vitality, and local economic dynamics.
I can contribute expertise in:
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Urban regeneration and transformation
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Neighbourhood economies and high streets
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Urban planning and public space
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GIS and spatial analysis
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Space Syntax and spatial data analysis
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Sustainable urban development
I am particularly interested in contributing to research on neighbourhood vitality, local everyday offers, spatial transformation, accessibility and the relationship between the built environment and local economic and social activity. I am open to contributing as a research partner, with potential involvement in spatial analysis, case-study research, urban diagnosis and the development of planning-oriented outputs.
Topic
- Cross-cutting Topic 1: Adaptive reuse of existing urban structures and spaces
- 15mC Topic 3: Nurture neighbourhood economies – activate innovation in local everyday offers
Type
- Looking to join a project
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Research Partner Available – Urban Studies, GeoAI and Spatial Planning
- Looking to join a project
- CUE Topic 2: Innovative maintenance of urban green and blue spaces
- 15mC Topic 3: Nurture neighbourhood economies – activate innovation in local everyday offers
IWONA KACZMAREK
Associate Professor at Wroclaw University od Environmental and Life Sciences
Wrocław, Poland
Project cooperation
- 15mC Topic 3: Nurture neighbourhood economies – activate innovation in local everyday offers
Aurélia Michaud-Trévinal
Associate Professor HDR — Marketing & Consumer Behaviour | La Rochelle Université / NUDD lab at La Rochelle University
La Rochelle, France
Project cooperation
Making 15-Minute Cities Work: Sustainable Mobility, AI and Impact Evaluation
- Looking to join a project
- 15mC Topic 2: Align ambitions for mobility transitions across sectors
- Cross-cutting Topic 1: Adaptive reuse of existing urban structures and spaces
- 15mC Topic 3: Nurture neighbourhood economies – activate innovation in local everyday offers
Mia Xiaoyun Zhao
Associate Professor at Dalarna University
Stockholm, Sweden