Francesco Ripa Email and Phone Number

Urban policy expert and researcher. I'm interested in how European cities innovate and work collaboratively to address their most pressing challenges, and how EU policies can be better designed to meet the needs of local authorities. I'm currently working as a Thematic Partnership Officer for the Cities of Equality Partnership of the Urban Agenda for the European Union. I have a background in communications and EU affairs. I was previously leading communications and member relations at POLIS, a Brussels-based city network on innovation in urban mobility, and worked at LSE Cities at the London School of Economics as a Policy Manager for the European Cities Programme supported by Bloomberg Philantropies.