The FITTER-EU project

TU Dublin was established in January 2019, with the merging of three former Institutes of Technology in Dublin city. A leader in STEM disciplines, TU Dublin’s distinguished researchers and innovators are pioneers in science and technology discovery; play active roles in informing policy and standards; and contribute to the creative life of Ireland. The university’s award-winning technology transfer and business incubation activity have delivered over 400 new sustainable businesses with an economic value of almost €700 million. With an international outlook, TU Dublin welcomes students and staff from around the world while its strong international partnerships provide opportunities for student and staff exchange programmes, major cross-collaboration research projects, and employment opportunities.

Székely Family & Co. Nonprofit Ltd. is a fully privately-owned company working as a startup studio, actively present at the forefront of European research and innovation with the Horizon Europe programme. We are dedicated to bringing innovations to the market focusing on the space, the security and the sustainability industries. Besides, our company has strong IT skills in visualization from VR development to satellite image processing. In addition to reliable coordination, management and business development expertise, SFC also has technical capabilities used in projects, namely: creating datasets, performing landscape mapping (data collection, data cleaning, structuring, creating datasets in different data formats), game and visualisation tool development in VR, deployment of various AI algorithms for decision support, data analysis and conversational assistance, deployment and use of online community platforms, performing risk and quality management and ISO9001 and ISO41001 audits.The team is also experienced as Dissemination Officer, Quality Manager, Data Protection Officer, Project Security Officer, WP and task leader; also has certified Scrum Masters / Scrum Product Owners.

Eurecat is the main Research & Technology Organisation in Catalonia and the second largest private research organization in southern Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 750 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 62 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies.  Eurecat integrates advanced digital capabilities and experience in biotechnology, industry and sustainability and collaborates with industry in R+D+I activities and projects, offering advanced scientific and technological services and specialized knowledge to respond effectively to the technological needs of very different business sectors, accelerating innovation, reducing both risks and spendings on scientific and technological infrastructures.  The technology center participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I, has 200 patents and 10 spin-offs.

UNINOVA is a research institute working closely to industry to ensure proper technology transfer to business. UNINOVA comprises various centres of excellence, including the Centre of Technology and Systems (CTS). UNINOVA-CTS is responsible for the dissemination, communication, and exploitation of the FITTER Project.

AITEC is a Spanish SME providing technology oriented to research and innovation through AI based solutions. AITEC is the WP5 leader in FITTER with the aim at making actionable all the knowledge acquired in the project through a highly interactive and comprehensive FITTER Digital Platform.

TFC Research and Innovation Limited is an SME engaged scientific research organisation, based in Dublin and significantly involved in European research and projects across multiple domains including Operational Security, Energy Efficiency, eHealth and the Digital and Green Transition.

In FITTER-EU, the company (TFC) operates across each work package and supports Project Coordination, Clustering, Better Practice Guide development and Outreach amongst other tasks.

Women Engage for Common Future (WECF) is a non-profit international network committed to a gender-just and healthy planet for all. As an ecofeminist organisation, WECF pursues a comprehensive approach to sustainable development, climate action, energy transition and a toxic-free environment, with a focus on diversity and equality. WECF is involved in the development of the FITTER methodological approach and the mapping of vulnerabilities as well as responsible for the German case study.

Smart Venice is an independent consultancy, research and capacity building unit specialized in supporting participatory change processes for more gender equal, inclusive and sustainable societies, organizations and cities. As part of FITTER-EU, Smart Venice is responsible for designing the stakeholder engagement action plans and coordinating the co-creation activities of the FITTER labs.

Founded in 1499, Complutense University of Madrid it is the largest university in Spain, hosting over 85.000 students. UCM encompasses 26 Schools spanning various disciplines, 40 research institutes, 18 specialized research centers, and 14 clinics and hospitals, providing a fertile environment for 575 research groups. UCM’s main contribution to the project is related to the mapping of vulnerabilities under the national baseline scenarios.

FGB is an Italian independent research centre inspired by the principles of labour and social inclusion, gender equality, cultural diversity and respect for fundamental human rights, welfare promotion, territorial cohesion attention to the environment and participation for local development.
The main purpose of FGB is the creation of social impact through the promotion of study and research, the design and evaluation of public policies, the planning of actions, as well as education and cultural production, which have an impact on the territories, organisations, and people who form the community in which the company grows and operates at national and international level.
FGB operates at all levels – from local to European producing and disseminating research and evaluation knowledge to meet the present and future economic and social needs and to overcome inequalities. Knowledge, we believe, is the cornerstone to progress. Change, we believe, can only happen when you have a deep understanding, the passion to apply it, and the drive to improve people’s lives.
As a partner in FITTER-EU, FGB conducts the research activities in Italy and coordinates the focus on the governance analysis in the twin transition in and across partners' countries.

Dr Becky Faith is a Research Fellow in the Digital and Technology Research Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, ranked first in the world for development studies and also ranked as the number one international development policy think-tank. Her research explores two key themes; the links between social and digital inequalities, and the ways in which digital platforms open and close spaces for the achievement of gender justice.

Zsuzsanna Koritár has been working in the field of sustainable energy management in the non-governmental sector since 2001. Over the past 8 years, improving the energy performance of buildings has become her main focus area. In 2019 she became director of the Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute, and through her work she advocated energy efficiency to market actors, policy makers and decision makers. In January 2023, she joined Habitat for Humanity Hungary as a policy expert, where she brings a social focus to climate goals through working for quality and affordable housing and for reducing energy poverty. She focuses on policy issues at national and EU level, incorporating Habitat for Humanity Hungary's unique experience from their field work into her analyses and policy proposals.

Gonzalo Génova is Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Carlos III University of Madrid. He has an MS degree in Telecommunications Engineering, an MS degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering. His main lines of research and teaching, which reflect his strong interdisciplinary character, focus on modeling and modeling languages in software engineering and requirements engineering, as well as the philosophical foundations of information systems, artificial intelligence and ethics for engineers. As a popularizer he writes in Spanish the blog “Of machines and intentions - Reflections on technology, science and society

Dr. Irina Velicu is a political scientist working on socio-environmental conflicts in Europe, particularly post-socialist countries, environmental justice, social transformation and aesthetic politics. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii (USA) and an MA in International Studies from the University of Warwick (UK). Dr. Velicu has been a researcher at the Center for Social Studies -University of Coimbra since 2014 where she coordinated the JustFood FCT-funded project (2018-2022), expanding her work on environmental and food justice in Europe by focusing on alternative food networks in Romania and Portugal. She is currently a co-coordinator of the Horizon project ´GreenPaths: European Knowledge Hub On Just Transition Pathways´ and of the PNRR project ´Doing Environmental Justice´. She worked as a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher within the ENTITLE European Network of Political Ecology at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2013-2014), where she taught and co-supervised students enrolled in the MA on Political Ecology. Her recent publications can be found in Environmental Politics, Ecological Economics, Antipode, Theory, Culture and Society, Globalizations, Journal of Rural Studies, Geoforum, New Political Science.

Alessandro Giordano is a Scientific Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Seville, Spain, where he contributes to the organisation’s goal of providing independent, evidence-based knowledge and science to support and shape EU policymaking. He holds a dual PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Lisbon, a MSc in the same field from Carnegie Mellon University and a MBA in International Business and Economics from the University of Pavia. His academic and professional research has primarily explored transport policies and technologies, through the lens of socio-economic and environmental sustainability. In his current role at the JRC, he leads initiatives on measuring access to services and opportunities and addressing transport poverty. Within the “Economics of Climate Change, Energy and Transport” Unit of Directorate Energy, Mobility and Climate, he and his team are responsible for the development of transport network models and accessibility indicators that are instrumental to promote and support policies enhancing social inclusion across Europe.

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kölmel has held the Chair of Global Process Management at the University of Pforzheim, Faculty of Engineering, since 2012. In addition he is the Scientific Director of the IoS³ - Institute of Smart Systems and Services, coordinating over 15 publicly funded research and innovation projects with a funding volume of more than €20 million. He also leads more than 15 privately funded projects, is a member and spiritus rector of the Design Factory Pforzheim and is responsible for quality management and international accreditation of eight study programmes.

Since 2018, Prof. Kölmel has chaired the advisory board of the Digital Transformation and the Automotive Industry Transformation Network of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2022 he is the scientific coordinator of bwcon Research gGmbH. 

Since 2021, Prof. Kölmel is also Chair and Full Professor of Strategic Technology Management at the International School of Management in Paris and New York.

He is CEO of the Steinbeis Transfer Unit for Enterprise Information Management and Senior Advisor at the High-Tech Business Agency CyberForum and actively supports transfer and transformation. From 2001 to 2011, he was Vice President of Strategy, Innovation and Business Design at CAS Software AG and CAS Group. From 1993 to 2000, he was head of the Business Process Engineering and Management department at the Research Centre for Information Technology FZI/KIT.

Ion Dogeanu is a Top C-Level 20+ manager, from 2007 acting as Sustainable development evangelist from the leading position of the Energy Agency in Bucharest Romania. With extensive experience as EU project manager and Climate Pact Ambassador, Ion has experience as a developer of ITC tools, Data Protection Officer, energy and climate policy analyst and stakeholders’ mobilization. He knows verry well a broad range of industries and feels verry comfortable advocating for sustainable public policies at local, national and European level. In the last 15-year Ion has played various roles: energy manager, project and financial EU projects manager, EU project evaluator expert, ITC security manager, DPO’s, climate adaptation expert, and sustainable development advocate and European Policy expert as member of various EU and national working groups.