ClairCity newsletter ClairCity newsletter July 2017 | Page 7

Meet the team

We share profiles of collaborators from our sixteen consortium partner organisations
we breathe is so poor , and this is as a direct consequence of the attitudes and behaviours of citizens . I care about my family living in a healthy environment .
What do like about your city ?
Ewa Karaban , Sosnowiec External Funds and Cooperation Department , Sosnowiec City Hall
Where in Europe do you live ?
I live in Sosnowiec , a city of 200,000 in southwestern Poland .
What is your role in ClairCity ?
I deal with exchange projects between ourselves and partner cites , and also the participation of different groups of citizens in Sosnowiec . This will be my role in ClairCity , reaching out to the widest possible audience .
What interests you in the project ?
ClairCity is particularly relevant here because the quality of the air
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I am not native to Sosnowiec , but I chose to stay here because it is part of a dynamically developing agglomeration , offering interesting work and other opportunities . I like the character of the city and of the whole region , which has retained its unique postindustrial character . I hope in the future that the city appreciates its environment more , revitalising the city and making it a more friendly and inviting place to live .
Trond Husby , The Hague Netherlands Environmental
Assessment Agency ( PBL )
Where in Europe do you live ?
I am originally from Norway , but I did a Masters in Environmental Policy at Cambridge , UK and I worked for a year at the Norwegian Embassy in Lisbon before coming to The Netherlands to do my PhD and settle here .
What is your role in ClairCity and what interests you in the project ?
Modelling data ! I am fascinated by how individual-level responses translate into aggregate phenomena . For example , temporal and spatial patterns of air pollution are partly shaped by lots of drivers happening to be roughly at the same place at the same time . I ’ m also very curious about how such mechanisms differ from place to place , what the main problems are and how they are being addressed .