Eleni Mougiakou is an Agricultural Engineer with a Bachelor-MSc from the Agricultural University of Athens, with a Landscape Architecture specialization. She completed her Master's Degree in Geoinformatics with distinction from the National Technical University of Athens, Department of Geography and Regional Planning.

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She has been working in the area of Urban Green-Space Planning and GIS for many years. Having collaborated with Greek Public Authorities as an EU funding - technical consultant and EU project assistant in various relevant projects have allowed her to develop a powerful combination of scientific approach on Spatial Analysis, decision making, management, and multilingual literature research.

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In the past few years, she had the opportunity to work individually on public projects and research. Her work involved a large amount of data while participating in scientific teams with leading companies and university labs (Strategic planning / Integrated Territorial Investment, European programs, Project proposals, Design Projects). She has a particular academic/research interest in Sustainable Development and Climate Change Adaptation of urban green spaces and the built environment. She had the opportunity to implement her knowledge in complicated, ‘real-life’ projects, including EU strategies and linked funding opportunities. She works on methodologies, methods, and digital tools (ppWebGIS) of participatory planning and design for the last five years.

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She is a co-founder of COMMONSPACE coop and a Certified Facilitator of the Social Solidarity Economy and Community Economic Development [Simon Fraser University of Canada]. She gives lectures and speeches regarding SSE and public policies.

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