Personal Information
Title:
Dr
First Name:
Mara
Last Name:
Balestrini
Institution:
UCL - University College London
Geography
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Telephone:
+34608849491
E-mail:
URL:
http://ideasforchange.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/marabales
Area of Expertise:
Mara is a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher and a technology strategist. She is the CEO of Ideas for Change, an innovation agency advising cities, businesses and institutions. Mara’s work sits at the intersection of civic technology, data, co-creation and Action Research. She has authored over 25 publications on these subjects and coordinated projects such as Making Sense EU, Bristol Approach and #DataFutures. Mara is also a co-founder of SalusCoop, the first Spanish cooperative for citizens’ health data. Mara earned a PhD in Computer Science from the Intel Collaborative Research Institute on Sustainable Connected Cities (ICRI-Cities) at University College London (UCL).
Year of completion of PhD:
2016
Gender:
Female
Working Groups
WG3: Improve society-science-policy interface
The working group will focus on the outcomes of CS projects for policy makers at local, national, and European level concerned with policies impacting the environment and society. The objective of this WG is to make government officials and decision makers aware of CS by providing evidence and guidance material, so that they can use it as part of policy formation, implementation and evaluation.