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Human-centered Urban Design; Children's Environments; Sustainable Urban Mobility
Greece

Biography

Dr. Garyfallia Katsavounidou is an associate professor of Urban Design and Planning at the Department of Spatial Planning and Development, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). Diploma in Architecture (AUTh), MSc in Architecture and Urbanism (Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), PhD (Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly). Her teaching includes courses in urban design, urban history, social and anthropological approaches of urban space and sustainable and resilient urban development. Her research interests include human-centered urbanism, participatory planning, and children’s independent mobility.
Her books include: Invisible Parentheses: 27 cities in Thessaloniki (Patakis, 2004); Child, City and Design: The Spielraum (Kritiki, 2023), The City at Human Scale (Kallipos, 2023). She translated and edited (with P. Tarani) the Greek edition of Jan Gehl’s classic book Life between buildings: Using Public Space (University of Thessaly Press, 2013).

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Employment (10)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2019-04-04 to present | Assistant Professor (School of Spatial Planning and Development)
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Quality Assurance of educational, research activities and services and infrastructure of AUTh (QMS – AUTH)

Municipality of Veria: Veria, GR

2015-04-01 to 2019-04-03 | Head of Department (Department of Strategic Planning and European Programs)
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University of Ioannina : Ioannina, GR

2016-09-01 to 2018-02-01 | Adjunct Lecturer (School of Architecture)
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Municipality of Veria: Veria, GR

2014-04-01 to 2015-03-31 | Architect Engineer (Department of Environment & Green Spaces)
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2014-02-01 to 2014-08-31 | Adjunct Lecturer (School of Architecture)
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, Kentriki Makedonia, GR

2014-02-01 to 2014-08-31 | Adjunct Lecturer (School of Spatial Planning and Development)
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Municipality of Veria: Veria, GR

2007-08-16 to 2014-03-31 | Architect Engineer (Department of Technical Projects)
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2009-09-01 to 2011-08-31 | Adjunct Lecturer (School of Spatial Planning & Development)
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Municipality of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2001-12-12 to 2007-08-15 | Architect Engineer (Department of Architectural Projects)
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Commercial Bank of Greece: Thessaloniki, Kentriki Makedonia, GR

1996-10-31 to 2001-12-11 | Architect Engineer (Department of Technical Consultants)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Thessaly Polytechnic School: Volos, GR

2009-09 to 2012-12 | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Architecture)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

1998-09 to 2000-06 | Master of Science in Architecture Studies (Department of Architecture)
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

1990-10 to 1996-07 | Diploma of Architect Engineer (Department of Architecture)
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Professional activities (2)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

2001 | Ralph Adams Cram Award for Best Interdisciplinary Thesis
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

2000-06-02 | Best SMArchS thesis (Department of Architecture)
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Funding (2)

New Textbook for course "The City at Human Scale"

2021-07 to 2022-06 | Grant
KALLIPOS Greek Academic Textbooks (Athens, GR)
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Greek Translation of Jan Gehl's "Life between buildings"

2012 to 2013 | Grant
Statens Kunstrad (Copenhagen, DK)
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Works (16)

Active but not Independent: Children’s School Travel Patterns in a Compact-City Environment in Greece

Urban Planning
2024-11-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Garyfallia Katsavounidou; Elpiniki Voutsa; Sofia Sepetzi
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Distance Teaching Urban Design and Planning Studio Courses during the Pandemic: Challenges and Lessons Learnt

Journal of Planning Education and Research
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Garyfallia Katsavounidou
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Where and how girls play when they are too old for playgrounds? Young girls and the space of the Greek neighbourhood in urban, suburban, and rural childhood memories

Gender & Development
2024-05-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Garyfallia (Fyllio) Katsavounidou
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Emergent Bicycle Infrastructure During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Garyfallia Katsavounidou; Apostolos Papagiannakis; Iordanis Christakidis; Odysseas Mavros
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Child, play, and urban space: a historical overview and a holistic paradigm for child-centered urbanism

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
2023-10-02 | Journal article
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Children’s Safe and Sustainable Independent Mobility

2021 | Book chapter
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Urban Playgrounds as Potential Green Infrastructure

2nd International Conference on Environmental Design, Hellenic Open University
2021-10-23 | Conference paper
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Beyond the fenced playground

AESOP TG PSUC Meeting: Between the home and the square: bridging the boundaries of public space
2021-09-23 | Conference abstract
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Human Scale Cities and Children’s Wellbeing

CITTA 13th Conference on Planning Research: Planning for Human Scale Cities
2021-07-02 | Conference paper
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Just learning environments during the pandemic

EDRA 52, Just Environments: Transdisciplinary Border Crossings
2021-05-17 | Conference abstract
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Child, City, Play: The Spielraum

The City at Eye Level for Kids
2019 | Book chapter
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When children are ‘showing the way’ towards sustainable urban mobility

12th International Scientific Conference of the Hellenic Geographic Society: Innovative Geographies
2019-11-02 | Conference abstract
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“‘Stop the Child Murder’: How a grassroots movement for children’s safety formed a new paradigm in urban design

AESOP International Conference: Planning for Transition
2019-07-09 | Conference paper
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Changing approaches to urban intervention in Greece

Proceedings of the International Conference CHANGING CITIES III Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimensions
2017 | Conference paper
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Implementing ITI for urban development locally

TEMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
2017 | Journal article
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Homogeneis migrants from the former Soviet Union in Thessaloniki and the transformation of the western quarters of the city

Migrance
2008 | Journal article
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