GLOBAL SUB-PROJECTS

Earthquakes, Community and Urban Planning in Izmir, Turkey
In this ISC sub-project Baris worked on his PhD proposal on infrastructures and catastrophes in Turkey under the supervision of Dimitris. Additionally Baris and Dimitris co-authored an article that it is in under review by the International Journal of Regional and Urban Research. 

Informal Waste Management in Jakarta and Surabaya, Indonesia
In this ISC sub-project, Putri worked on her PhD proposal on value creation within the waste recycle commodity chain, which was successfully awarded a Wadsworth International Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Additionally, Putri and Freek co-authored an article on the informal waste management in Indonesia which is under review in Worldwide Waste Journal.

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Invisible threats and expectations in a visibly ruined planet: The Guyanas.
In this ISC sub-project Marjo, Leonidas and Dimitris are examining the environmental crisis and infrastructural developments in Guyanas. Focusing on concepts of invisibility and (im)materiality addresses questions on expectations, development and ecological catastrophe at the age of the Anthropocene. 
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Houselessness in Amsterdam 
Housing is a basic need and is embedded in the fabric of our society. At the same time, housing in the Netherlands is not seen as a basis for overcoming social problems, but as something that can only be regained once these problems have been overcome. Luisa looks at several misconceptions about homelessness and asks what factors prevent unconditional housing. This sub-project will produce a documentary Interspace: Housing on the Edge on houselessness in Amsterdam.   

Archaeological Infrastructures in Greece as Commons
This project carried out by Prof. Dimitris Dalakoglou examines how Greece’s archaeological infrastructures—foreign schools and the Ministry of Culture—can be reframed as facilitators of heritage commons. While historically tied to diplomacy, sovereignty, and elite scholarship, these institutions hold the capacity to support co-stewardship by opening archives, labs, and decision-making processes to local communities. Through case studies from sites such as Knossos, Delphi, and Olympia, the project explores how commons principles—shared governance, equitable benefit, and participatory authorship—can be embedded in practice, aligning heritage management with sustainability, inclusivity, and social equity. 

Frontline civil servants in Brazil
This subproject builds on the work of Flavio Eiro, and it is based in Brazil, it aims to move beyond normative move beyond normative conceptualisations of the state and citizenship by understanding how politics shape citizens and frontline workers’ representations, expectations and the daily constructions of the state.

Gold Extraction and Forest Ecologies in Greece, Chalkidiki
This  subproject builds on the previous work done by L. Economakis and D. Dalakolgou in the ancient forest of Skouries in Chalkidiki. Continuing on their previous work which led to the publication of the first Ethnographic Comics in Greece. This subproject received further funding from NWO in 2025 to continue on human and non-human ecologies of the forest. 

​Local Renewable Energy Communities pilot
This subproject was run by Prof. Dimitris  Dalakoglou continuing his work on energy communities, capacity building and collaborative research on Energy Communities in various European countries. It led to the co-design  of a ERC-SYNERGY project with Tallin University of Technology and University of Oulu which has been shortlistelisted to the next stage of the assessment procedure.