Damiano Cerrone — urbanist and educator

Damiano Cerrone is an urbanist and educator. He co-founded SPIN Unit, an urban research and innovation practice based in Helsinki, and CoPlanAI, a platform for collaborative urban planning. He works on wicked problems at BAITT, a think tank on behaviour and architecture. His academic projects at Tampere University and the Estonian Academy of Arts focus on urban research and policy design for both local and national governments. He lectures on urban studies and AI at universities in Finland and abroad. Earlier, he co-founded UrbanistAI and worked at Demos Helsinki.

Working from Helsinki, Mechelininkatu 23  ·  About & CV  ·  Places

Current academic research4 ongoing

BIODENCITY ↗Biodiversity-sensitive urban densification across EuropeTampere UniversityBIWE ↗Biodiversity interventions for well-being: rewilding, microbiota and healthTampere UniversityEDITUA ↗An AI-supported incubator for green urban regenerationEstonian Academy of ArtsFuture Cities Platform ↗Culture, creativity and design for more resilient Baltic Sea citiesEstonian Academy of Arts

Practice-based research3 ongoing

Street Revival ↗Co-designing street furniture to revitalise public space in four European citiesCoPlan AI

CORE SpacesAI-assisted planning, digital twins and participation for climate-neutral urban spaceCoPlan AI

Deep Carbon Shift ↗A European alliance building skills for cities' climate transitionSPIN Unit