About us
Institute forTerritorialDevelopment.
Urbanidades conducts research, brings people together and develops projects to understand territories and create pathways for change.
Goiânia · Goiás · Brazil
Manifesto
Cities need to respond to their times.
Every territory shapes the distribution of opportunities. It determines the distance to school. The time spent travelling. Access to water, work, culture, information and nature. It often determines how far a person can go.
But life does not happen in separate parts.
What affects a person runs through the city, the environment, services, relationships and the decisions made about the place where they live.
Yet responses remain fragmented. Resources, knowledge and decisions do not always reach those who need them most. And those who face the challenges do not always take part in the choices that shape their own territory.
Instituto Urbanidades exists to change this relationship.
We do not believe in ready-made solutions that arrive and then leave.
We work with communities, local organizations, public authorities, universities, businesses and funders to bring together what is disconnected and strengthen the capacity to act in territories.
Principles
- 01
Listening
Before proposing solutions, understand people, stories, contexts, conflicts and possibilities.
- 02
Collaboration
Bring different forms of knowledge and stakeholders together, because no territorial transformation happens in isolation.
- 03
Plurality
Recognize different cultures, experiences, territories and ways of life as part of developing responses.
- 04
Rigor
Take care with research, strategy, implementation, language and the details that turn an idea into concrete action.
People
Different backgrounds brought together by a shared interest in understanding and transforming territories.
Executive board
Inês de Almeida Martins Lauduger
President · Co-founder
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She holds a degree in Advertising from UFG, a postgraduate qualification in Marketing from UFRJ and a master's degree in Social Innovation, Intervention and Entrepreneurship from the University of Coimbra, where she is pursuing a PhD in Sociology.
Juliana Marinho Gomes
Administrative and Financial Director · Co-founder
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An architect and urban planner trained at PUC Goiás, with a postgraduate qualification in Contemporary Art from UFG. She taught at PUC Goiás and UEG and worked in project approval in Aparecida de Goiânia. She currently runs her own architecture and interior design practice.
Fiscal council
Djan Hennemann
Fiscal Council Member · Co-founder
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He holds a degree in Advertising from UFG, a postgraduate qualification in Political Marketing and Electoral Advertising from USP and a master's degree in Regional and Urban Planning from the University of Aveiro.
Renata Rosa Franco
Fiscal Council Member · Co-founder
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She holds a PhD in Arts, Cultures and Technologies and a master's degree in Education from UFG. She researches art and education, cinema and gender, with experience in cultural and audiovisual production.
Silvio Cardoso
Fiscal Council Member
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Silvio Cardoso is a double bassist, composer and cultural producer. He began his Music degree at UnB and graduated from UFG. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Goiânia Symphony Orchestra, with more than two decades of experience in the symphonic repertoire. He is also the double bassist of Quinteto Brasil, a group formed by musicians from the orchestra whose work spans classical and Brazilian popular music.
Vinicius Ribeiro Sousa
Co-founder
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An advertising professional who believes people are meant to shine! He holds a master's degree in Design and City and is pursuing a PhD in Communication at UFG, with an MBA in Marketing from FGV and a specialization in Marketing Management and Consumer Analysis from UFG. For over 15 years, he has worked at the intersection of communication, cities, innovation and territorial development. He sees the city as a living laboratory for exploring new ways of living, communicating and caring for territories.