Closing our #WomenInUrbanAIR campaign, we celebrate the #IWD2026 with Jana de Wiljes (Technical University of Ilmenau). She is developing mathematical methodologies that quantify what we don't know, she helps city planners understand the reliability of their models. In this interview, Jana shares her motivation for tackling the urgent repercussions of climate change & explains why she believes robust scientific solutions are born from the creative friction of interdisciplinar

We keep the spotlight on the women researchers in UrbanAIR, with this interview with Cristina Carnerero, an atmospheric scientist at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, contributing to the UrbanAIR Digital Twin. We talked about her motivation to work in air quality research, her role in supporting cities like Barcelona through data-driven tools, and why diverse perspectives are essential for equitable urban resilience.  

Our #WomenInUrbanAIR campaign, which began in February to celebrategender equity in science, continues with a spotlight on a woman working in a sector facing a significant gender gap: ICT research. In Europe, women represent only 22% of ICT researchers, with even fewer leading major technical projects.  Breaking this mould is Amineh Ghorbani, Associate Professor at TU Delft and the lead for Behavioural Modelling in the UrbanAIR project.

Nele Veldeman is a researcher and climate scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research ( VITO ) with a coordinating role in climate adaptation-related projects. She is also a key contributor to the UrbanAIR project as an urban climate modeller, and today she shares more about her journey in climate science, her work making cities more resilient, and her advice for young women considering a career in STEM.   What inspired you to pursue a career in climate s

Women lead only 31% of Horizon Europe consortia. Femke Vossepoel, Professor at TUDelft, is part of this leading group as the Scientific Coordinator of UrbanAIR. For Femke, leading a high-tech project is about the people algorithms serve. In this interview, we explore her journey through computational geosciences and data assimilation, her role in building urban digital twins for climate resilience, & why she believes inclusivity & co-design are the true 'human' engines of sci

Finding one's professional path in the scientific field still presents more hurdles for women than for men. Georgia Nikolakopoulou, opens the #WomenInUrbanAIR project campaign, by sharing official statistics about women's representation is science, and her own experience as a Dissemination leader in EU resesrch projects. And she celebrates being part of a project that breaks this mould!