Sustainable Urban Regeneration Lab

Website - Donors:  Hines - Intesa San Paolo - MilanoSesto spa - Prelios

Director Edoardo Croci

Croci

Edoardo Croci is Professor of Practice and member of the Management Committee at GREEN (Center for Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks) at Bocconi University, where he coordinates the "Green Economy Observatory" and the "Smart City Observatory" and teaches three courses at Bocconi: "Carbon Markets and Carbon Management", "Transport and Climate Change", "Economics of Sustainable Urban Regeneration". He is scientific coordinator of several European projects, and is chair of UERA - Urban Europe Research Alliance and member of the Thematic Group on Goal 11 (Cities) of UN - SDSN.  His main research area is related to sustainable policy at the urban level (environment, mobility, circularity, energy and climate). He has served as Milan City Councilor for Mobility, Transport and Environment, Administrator of the Agency for the Protection of the Environment of Lombardy Region, Vice President of FEDARENE (European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agency), and Vice President of Italian Agenda 21 Coordination association.

Joint Purpose

The mission of the SUR Lab - powered by Hines, Intesa Sanpaolo, MilanoSesto spa and Prelios - is to develop and spread knowledge on sustainable urban regeneration processes and how they generate value for the private sector and society. ​

Bocconi University represents the ideal context to host the SUR-Lab, given its competences and international standing. At the same time, the SUR Lab is an opportunity for Bocconi to develop the topic of sustainable urban regeneration within its research and educational activities, activating international links and synergies. ​

Bocconi University is located in Milan, a city where massive transformations of urban spaces and international investments have taken place in the last decade and several developers and designers are currently active. Milan is a living lab on sustainable urban regeneration, in connection with other global cities. ​

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Core Activities

  • Research activities on innovative and cross-disciplinary topics related to sustainable urban regeneration processes (a specific research topic is investigated each year).
  • Sustainable Urban Regeneration Atlas development: identification, selection, analysis, classification and description of international best practices.  ​
  • Support materials for a course in the new MSc program at Bocconi University on Economics of sustainable urban regeneration, 2021/2022 academic year. Testimonies and case studies can be drawn from SURLab Partner experiences.
  • Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) "Sustainable Urban Regeneration", a free online course available on Coursera platform.
    The MOOC covers different topics related to regeneration processes and engages representatives from international organizations and the SUR Lab partners.

  • Communication and dissemination activities.  Workshop development (one per year).  The SUR Lab workshop will present the results and outcomes produced by the research area. International experts will be involved and best practices will be presented. The workshops will be open to practitioners and students.

  • Scientific papers and report publications concerning SUR Lab research topics and activities.