Communicating air quality data: a co-creation approach

Anna Pellizzone¹, Federica Manzoli¹, Cecilia Gaballo¹ & Angela Simone^1
1Fondazione Giannino Bassetti ETS, via Barozzi, 4, 20122 Milano.
Corresponding author e-mail: anna.pellizzone@fondazionebassetti.org

This article explores how solutions to pressing global challenges, such as leading cities towards climate neutrality, can be made possible and reinforced by engaging all concerned actors through sound participatory methodologies. The initiative InformAria – run in the city of Milan in 2023 – explored co-creation as a collaborative approach to innovation, in which actors from the quadruple helix (researchers, policy makers, industry, and civil society) worked together towards the co-production of technological tools to support residents and city users in making informed decisions related to air quality in the city, e.g., choosing the best days for outdoor sports activities. Activities and reflections outlined in the paper have been developed within the MOSAIC project, a research action funded by the European Commission in the framework of Horizon 2020.

air quality, EU missions, information tools, quadruple helix, Milan.