ClairCity newsletter ClairCity newsletter December 2019 | Page 7

Meet the team
We share profiles of collaborators from our sixteen consortium partner organisations
this model in being used for all
sorts of social-ecological issues.
What do you hope for the future
of your city?
I want Bristol to have a platform
where all people have the ability to
influence decision-making, and for
all our neighbourhoods to support
low impact liing and healthy, happy
lives, as standard.
Sophie Laggan
Communications Officer, UWE
Bristol Vera AM Rodriguez
Assistant Researcher, University of
Aveiro
What is your role in ClairCity? Where do you live?
I’m working with all partners to
support their communications and
alongside colleagues in Bristol to
design ClairCity communications -
including this newsletter! Having
joined during the last phase of the
project, my role is to work
specifically on our dissemination
materials and help the project have
a lasting impact in the cities and
regions I live in Ilhavo, one of the 11
municipalities of the Intermunicipal
Community of Aveiro Region
(CIRA).
What interests you in the
project?
The innovative approach to
engaging with citizens and policy
makers. In particular, I see value in
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What is your role in ClairCity?
I have been involved in ClairCity,
mainly in WP5 activities, through
the quantification of impacts of
citizens’ behaviour and future
scenarios on air quality and
population exposure. I have also
been directly involved in the
implementation of citizens’
engagement activities from WP4 in
the Aveiro Region.
What interests you in the
ClairCity project?
ClairCity allowed me to have a
completely new experience, as a
professional, but also as a citizen,
of engagement of our community
with the topics of air quality and
carbon footprint.
What do you hope for the future
of your city?
I hope that in the future we will
strengthen our efforts to improve
the air quality of our region. In
particular, the impacts on air quality
of PM emissions from wood burning
for residential heating during winter.