Elisa Pozo Menéndez

Architect and urban planner specialized on environment and sustainability by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. She has completed her background with the master “Villes Durables” (Institut Français d’Urbanisme, 2014) and “Arquitectura Bioclimática y Medio Ambiente” (UPM, 2019). Since 2022 she works in Matia Instituto Gerontológico as researcher in architecture and design. She is also co-founder of mita atelier studio, with a focus on wellbeing and physical environment. She is PhD candidate on Urban Health and Ageing, especially on dementia-friendly environments. She has been coordinator of several European projects in the EIT Health network at UPM (2019-2021) and teaches digital tools and workflows at Istituto Europeo de Diseño de Madrid since 2017. She combines her research experience with professional work and collaborates with different architecture and urban planning studios integrating her interdisciplinar vision and international experience. Since 2006 she has been engaged and continue to collaborate with different NGOs and associations in projects of social inclusion and equity.