Francesca Carion is a PhD, independent researcher and project designer working on spatial justice, social innovation and critical urban studies. She collaborates with CNR IRISS and works as Head of Project Design, developing national and EU-funded proposals.

Founder of Niutopia Research Unit, she combines participatory urban regeneration, civic technologies, social impact evaluation and feminist/intersectional approaches to spatial transformation.

Livia Russo is an architect, PhD and independent researcher working on spatial justice, collaborative governance and the political production of space. She is founder of Niutopia Research Unit and has developed Co.Re.M., a hybrid analytical model for reading multi-actor relations and power asymmetries in collaborative urban processes.

She currently works within the Public Administration, where she is also active in promoting equal opportunities. Her research focuses on territorial actors, publicness, collaborative cultures and more inclusive forms of spatial production.