Walking or biking to school is more than twice as common among students from low-income households than students from higher income households. Creating safe routes to school is one key mechanism to achieve social equity goals by providing safe opportunities to walk and bike regardless of a community’s socio-economic composition. The project selected 2-5 elementary schools located in socially vulnerable communities in the City of Chula Vista, CA to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Routes to School program. The project developed (i) hot spot maps for future routing improvement and policy measures, (ii) develop a web-based interactive dashboard tool to visualize transit safety monitoring and reporting, (iii) developed virtual reality educational road safety training for children, and (iv) strengthen community collaboration across San Diego County.
SDG: (4) 9, 11
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Principal Investigator and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Arash Jahangiri (Civil Engineering and Star Lab at SDSU, USA), Dr. Sahar Ghanipoor-Machiani (Civil Engineering and Star Lab at SDSU, USA), Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou (Geography); Researchers: Bita Etaati (MS Big Data Analytics, USA), and Christian Mejia (MS Big Data Analytics). Special thanks to Safe-D National - University Transportation Centers Program, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech.

Publication: Forum 2020 December 14th-20th, Cyberspace, World,2020.
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"With plastic pollution concerns growing globally, especially the production, consumption, and disposal of face masks, medical gloves, personal protective equipment and plastic dishes, this book is about assessing harmful effects of plastics on the environment and public health"-- Plastic pollution has been a growing concern globally, especially under the COVID-19 pandemic due to the use of personal protective equipment. While many engineers and environmental scientists have been addressing global plastic pollution, special attention must also be paid to smaller plastics such as micro- and nano-plastics. These smaller plastics pollute and affect the health of the public, environment, and marine life. Risk assessment of plastics is required to evaluate currently available treatment technologies and identify the significance of plastic pollution. Assessing the Effects of Emerging Plastics on the Environment and Public Health assesses the harmful effects of plastics on the environment and public health. It evaluates the potential risks of micro- and nano-plastics and reviews applications of modeling tools and prevention approaches using technologies to minimize plastic pollution through the development of biodegradable plastics or recycling and reusing plastics in environmentally friendly ways. Covering topics such as agroecosystems, preventive measures, and bioplastics, this book is an indispensable resource for environmentalists, environmental engineers, government officials, libraries, business leaders, students and educators of higher education, academicians, and researchers.

SDG: 3, 11, 12
Partners: Maione Carol and Fernandez Gabriela. In Joo, S. (Ed.), Assessing the Effects of Emerging Plastics on the Environment and Public Health, Chapter 1, (pp.1-27). IGI Global
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SDG: 3, 9, 11, 16
Partners: Zaballa Karenina, Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Bonnici Norbert, Carter Jarai, Vito Domenico, Tsou Ming-Hsiang. Hamdi Aloulou, Bessam Abdulrazak, Antoine de Marasse-Enouf, and Mounir Mokhtari (Eds).
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The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab at SDSU has been working to promote climate action and build momentum toward COP27 through education, art, data, story-telling, and capacity building including the new San Diego State University, ‘Beyond Borders: Digital Talks,’ and art mural inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and US-Mexico international border art mural called Suscitatio Terminus "Awakening Border" in Latin. The art mural was developed by Gabi Zaballa (illustrator/story-teller), Karenina Zaballa (designer/story-teller), and Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (designer/story-teller) to highlight the challenges and opportunities found along our borders when localizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The art mural developed by the MOC-LLAB team will be showcased at the COP27 2022 in Egypt. Localizing the UN SDGs while Leaving No One Behind Art Mural Exhibition “Suscitatio Terminus” Awakening Border.” The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab (MOC-LLAB) under the Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age in the Department of Geography at San Diego State University (SDSU) in San Diego, California, USA is pleased to announce its participation in COP27, the upcoming annual United Nations Climate Change conference. The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in the coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. This year’s Conference taking place under the Egyptian Presidency, has been widely viewed as an African COP with issues focusing on Loss and Damage, the impacts of climate change on communities and the financial support needed to adapt. We will be joining our civil society partners at the conference in a call for action to support those on the front lines of the climate.

SDG: 4, 11, 12, 15
Partners: Fernandez Gabriela (designer, and story-teller), Zaballa Karenina (designer, and story-teller), Zaballa Gabi (illustrator, and story-teller), and Dr. Domenico Vito. Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University (San Diego, CA, USA) and Hubzine Italia (Milan, Italy). Organizers: Metabolism of Cities Living Lab at San Diego State University. Sponsored: Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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The Metabolism of Cities organized a side event at the 27th Session of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC).

SDG: 13, 15, 14, 6
Partners: Charles Balougon (President, ONG Afrique Esperance), Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University), Momar Sow (Coordinator, AMP Mangrove Senegal), Dr. Domenico Vito (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University and CEO of Climate Social Forum), Carol Maione (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University and Politecnico di Milano), Pauline Owiti (Founder, The Polly Foundation), Kenneth Nana Amoateng (Giving Live to Nature Ghana), Jonathan Olwenyl J (Founder, Ayowecca, Uganda)
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SDG: 14, 6
Partners: Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, and Vito Domenico.
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Partners: Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, Vito Domenico.
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SDG: 14, 6
Partners: Vito Domenico, Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, Paulette Mama, Ogalo Tom, and Didi Victor. Video, Germany

SDG: 14, 6
Partners: Vito Domenico, Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, and Owiti Pauline.
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SDG: 3, 14
Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Yang Harrison, Zaballa Karenina, Bonnici Norbert, Carter Jarai, Tsou Ming-Hsiang.
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SDG: 3, 14, 12, 11
Partners: Govardhan App, and Youngo Health Working Group; Dr. Domenico Vito (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University and One Health International Conference 2022), Dr. Paolo Lauriola (RIMSA, ISDE), Dr. Margherita Ferrante (University of Catania, Director of the Laboratory of Environmental and Food Hygiene (LIAA) in the Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies), Moran Sol Broxa (Bel), Dr. Nathan Uchtmann (Founder, and CEO of ACOPPHE), and Gokul Rajendran (Founder and CEO of Govardhan)

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Since 2019 the Metabolism of Cities Living Lab is housed under the Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age in the Department of Geography, College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University pushing to localize the SDGs in southern CA, Mexico Baja region, and beyond. ‘Beyond Borders: Digital Talks Series, and Suscitatio Terminus "Awakening Border” art mural inspired by the UN Global Goals and the US-Mexico international border in San Diego County and Imperial County. At MOC-LLAB we intend to keep our promise to make sure no one is left behind that is why we have partnered with SDSU Instructional Technology Services to make our exhibition inclusive in the English/Spanish language and offered virtually.
SDG: 4, 11, 13, 17
Partners: Curator and Exhibition Director, Fernandez Gabriela (Director, Metabolism of Cities Living Lab). Inauguration and Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: February 21, 2023, at 12:30 pm at San Diego State University Library. Sponsors: Scott Walter (Dean, SDSU Library), Monica Casper (SDSU College of Arts and Letters (CAL)), Patrick McCarthy (SDSU, Library), Dr. Ming Hsiang Tsou (Director, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA)). Special Thanks to: Dr. Adela de la Torre (President, SDSU), Hector Salvador Ochoa (Provost, SDSU), Tod Gloria (Mayor of San Diego), Aurora Velasco (Assistant Dean, Instructional Technology Services), Thai Nguyen (Instructional Technology Services). Art Mural: Karenina Zaballa (Content and Story-telling) and Fernandez Gabriela (Content and Story-telling), Gabi Zaballa (Designer); Sarah Tribelhorn, Rebecca Williamson, Lisa Lamont, Dr. Domenic Vito, Carol Maione, Dr. Fernando Bosco.

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Global advocates such as the UN General Assembly did not pass a resolution for homelessness until late December 2021. By this time, homelessness in America remains a consistent problem with no visible solutions. California averaged 1 homeless person per square mile. Researchers at the Metabolism of Cities Living Lab are tracking and visualizing homelessness using monitoring technologies at a local level to address the lack of attention to this issue in San Diego County, California. In this project we use LiDAR, a surveying technique that utilizes laser light pulses to collect 3-D point clouds, as an alternative and open-source way to measure and visualize homelessness. Homelessness tends to be concentrated in urban neighborhoods near economically disadvantaged communities with limited resources, making them more prone to health disparities and further leaving them behind. The current study suggests that the densest homeless populations in San Diego County are three times more than the state average.
SDG: (1) 11, 4, 16
Partners: Dustin Harrison (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Harmit Chima (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Nasser Mohieddin (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA).

The music concert made a musical 'smash out of trash' workshop using everyday waste from plastic bottles, plastic crunchy cups, copper pennies and nickels, detergent containers, egg cartons, wooden sticks, glass jars to dry lentils, and rice as saltshakers in a cup to make music and write a concert out of trash to raise awareness on recycling by developing a powerful aural and visual statement about our impact on the environment. The interdisciplinary workshop focused on how to make music and musical instruments from found, foraged, and recyclable objects. Students were able to create their own instruments out of recyclable objects and make their own music. Students were given a presentation on how to properly recycle materials and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals then, asked which Global Goals were most important to them based on their own cities.
SDG: (12) 4, 13, 15
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), and Dr. Domenico Vito (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab), Dr. Hwong, Nai-Ching and Carla Petraglia (Preuss School, University of California San Diego and Tri-M Music Honor Society, US)

The SDSU United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Tracking Dashboard is an interactive visualization tool to monitor, track, and forecast cities’ social, environmental, and economic indicators to localize the SDGs in southern California (San Diego County and Imperial County), and the Baja California Mexico region (Tijuana, Mexicali, and Tecate). The dashboard is an initiative that provides a visual representation of a city's performance by SDG to identify priorities for action. The dashboard contains data on changes over time in SDG indicators, the future of the SDGs amidst Covid-19, (rankings, interactive map, city profiles, data explorer, key messages, and downloads). Good quality data and clear metrics are critical for each city to take stock of where it stands on the SDGs, devise pathways for achieving the goals, and track progress. Disseminate best practices rapidly, strengthen financing mechanisms for cities, address hotspot areas in need, and ensure social protection and transparency across vulnerable populations with no access to resources, data, services, and human rights.
SDG: (11) 10, 4
Partners: Designed and developed by Harmit Chima (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA); Supervised: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Dustin Harrison (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US); Researchers: Nasser Mohieddin (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Alma Beatriz Navarro (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico), Dr. Domenico Vito (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab and United Nations Environmental Program Major Group for Children and Youth, Belgium) and Sonja Neve (United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network-United States of America, USA).

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This project performed two studies on 10 metropolitan cities of Italy in the north (Milan, Venice, Turin, & Bologna), center (Florence & Rome), south (Naples & Bari), and Islands (Palermo & Cagliari), and used machine learning techniques during Phase 0, I, II, and III (defined by the Italian goverment) of the pandemic during March 2020 to December 2020; (1) Sentiment analysis models on fear, anger, and joy were developed using over 4 million Covid-related Tweets. Findings showed an assortment of differences and connections across Twitter sentiments on policy measures, Covid cases/deaths, and geographies. (2) SMART geo-targeted search tools for Twitter messages were developed employing selected keywords to monitor the diffusion of information and social behavior changes during Covid-19. The dashboards (one per city) provide an automatic procedure to associate tweets based on geography differences, filter noises, remove redundant retweets, use machine learning methods to improve precisions, and analyze social media data from a spatial-temporal perspective.
SDG: (3) 11, 16
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Karenina Zaballa (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Harrison Yang (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Chanwoo Jin (Geography and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Rachelle De Ocampo (MS Public Health and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Wayne Kepner (MS Public Health and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Brian H. Spitzberg (Communications and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Dr. Filippo Bonora (University of Bologna and Crowdfight Covid-19, Italy), Dr. Shraddha Ghodke (University of College London and Crowdfight Covid-19, UK), Jack McKew (AECOM and Crowdfight Covid-19, Australia), Norbert Bonnici (Malta Critical Infrastructure Protection Directorate and Crowdfight Covid-19, Malta), and Dr. Jarai Carter (Columbia University, Smart Lab, Procter & Gamble and Crowdfight Covid-19, USA). Special thanks to Crowdfight Covid-19.

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The Social Response to Covid-19 Smart Dashboard uses multiple data mining programs, GIS methods, and advanced geo-targeted social media API’s to track selected topics in space and over time. Researchers can utilize the Covid-19 Smart Dashboard to visualize, characterize, and predict trends in these topics in different cities the focus topics currently include: Social distancing (distanziamento sociale), Tested positive (positivi), Stay at home, Vaccine (vaccino), Coronavirus/ COVID/ COVID-19, Symptoms (sintomi), Masks (mascherine), Quarantine (quarantena), Hand sanitizer (amuchina), and Giuseppe Conte.
SDG: 3, 9, 11, 16
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Karenina Zaballa (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Harrison Yang (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Chanwoo Jin (Geography and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Rachelle De Ocampo (MS Public Health and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Wayne Kepner (MS Public Health and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Brian H. Spitzberg (Communications and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Dr. Filippo Bonora (University of Bologna and Crowdfight Covid-19, Italy), Dr. Shraddha Ghodke (University of College London and Crowdfight Covid-19, UK), Jack McKew (AECOM and Crowdfight Covid-19, Australia), Norbert Bonnici (Malta Critical Infrastructure Protection Directorate and Crowdfight Covid-19, Malta), and Dr. Jarai Carter (Columbia University, Smart Lab, Procter & Gamble and Crowdfight Covid-19, USA). Special thanks to Crowdfight Covid-19.
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SDG: 3, 11, 16, 17
Partners: International One Health Conference 2021 (UROH). A systemic approach to managing urban and natural resources. Organizers: Politecnico di Milano - Resilience Lab; Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University; Societa Italiana di Medicina Ambientale (SIMA); International Society of Doctors for Environment (ISDE); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); IMM Design Lab; Research Center for Advanced Technology in Health and Well-Being, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele; Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC); End-use Efficiency Research Group – Politecnico di Milano, eERG-POLIMI; Health Care Without Harm – Europe; University of Catania, Environmental and Food Hygiene Laboratory; Cities Health; and WHO. (Conference: Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee, & Section Chair). Vito Domenico, Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol et al., Catania, Italy (International Conference).

This book discusses theoretical backgrounds, techniques and methodologies, and applications of the current state-of-the-art human dynamics research utilizing social media and geospatial big data. It describes various forms of social media and big data with location information, theory development, data collection and management techniques, and analytical methodologies to conduct human dynamics research including geographic information systems (GIS), spatiotemporal data analytics, text mining and semantic analysis, machine learning, trajectory data analysis, and geovisualization. The book also covers applied interdisciplinary research examples ranging from disaster management, public health, urban geography, and spatiotemporal information diffusion. By providing theoretical foundations, solid empirical research backgrounds, techniques, and methodologies as well as application examples from diverse interdisciplinary fields, this book will be a valuable resource to students, researchers and practitioners who utilize or plan to employ social media and big data in their work.

SDG: 3, 4, 11, 16
Partners: Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Zaballa Karenina, Bonnici Norbert, Spitzberg H. Brian, Carter Jarai, Yang Harrison, McKew Jack, Bonora Filippo, Ghodke Shraddha S., Jin Chanwoo, De Ocampo Rachelle, Kepner Wayne, Tsou Ming-Hsiang.
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Speakers and panelists include heads of state, UN officials, CEOs, economists, and university professors. ICSD is a truly global event with programming that spans across all time zones and welcomes participants from all across the world – 149 countries in 2020 to be exact! Side events offer participants additional opportunities to meet with fellow participants, explore specific topics with more detail, and learn something new.
The ICSD Parallel Sessions will be completely online for the 2021 event. It has not been decided if plenary sessions will be virtual or in-person. The Organizing Committee will assess the ongoing pandemic situation in New York and around the world and follow suggestions from local health authorities to make a decision on the plenary sessions by June. Click here to register.

Youth delegates came together to develop a physical and virtual conference called “Young People Fight Against Plastic Pollution” on September 30, 2021, in Milan, Italy as part of the PreCOP 26 Italy initiative where students, young professionals, NGOs, and advocates presented innovative solutions to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on the topics of water consumption and plastic pollution. Youth delegates sat down with representatives from government, the private sector, international institutions, the media, and academia to discuss their vision for next steps in a special All4Climate event. The Pre-COP 26 Summit took place ahead of the 26th session of ‘The Conference of the Parties (COP 26)’ to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, on November 1-12, 2021. The event was part of a larger initiative by the Italian Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with Connect4Climate-World Bank, World Bank Group, and the Office of Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth.

SDG: 13, 14, 17, 15
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Christan Buurstee (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Dr. Domenico Vito (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Alessandro Garlandini (Ilvespaio, Italy), Sebastiano Ercoli (Ilvespaio, Italy), Harmit Chima (Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Dr. Mario Grosso (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Dustin Harrison (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Luciana Verastegui (Ocean's Voice Working Group, Mexico), Suzanne Astic (UNEP, Major Group for Children and Youth, Switzerland), Bathawar Asif (UNEP, Major Group for Children and Youth, USA), Ibrahim Inusa (UNEP, Major Group for Children and Youth, Nigeria), Christianne Zakour (UNEP, Major Group for Children and Youth, Belgium), Teresa Obenhauser (UNEP, Major Group for Children and Youth, Belgium), Ka’sha Bernard (Center for International Environmental Law, US), Luca Marsaglia (Casa Congo, Nicaragua) and Manuel Cortez (Casa Congo, Nicaragua), Carla Friedrich (Major Group for Children and Youth, Italy), Dr. Eugenio Morello (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Federica Guerrini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy). Special thanks to UNLEASH, Race for Oceans (Denmark), European Union, and EIT ClimateKIC. Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, United Nations Environmental Program – Major Group for Children and Youth – Microplastics and Marine Litter Working Group, Hubzine Italia, Citta Studi Campus Sostenibile, Politecnico di Milano, and #All 4 Climate Italy.

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SDG: 13, 11, 3, 12, 15
Partners: Zaballa Karenina, Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Yang Harrison, Bonnici Norbert, Carter Jarai, Tsou Ming-Hsiang.

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SDG: 4, 6, 16
Partners: Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol

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SDG: 14, 12, 11, 6
Partners: Vito Domenico, Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Shaker Yayah

Publication: Vito, D., Fernandez, G., & Maione, C. (2022). A toolkit to monitor marine litter and plastic pollution on coastal tourism sites. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 21(10), 1721-1731.
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Partners: Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Chima Harmit, Yang Harrison, and Shaker Yayah.

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SDG: 14, 12, 6
Partners: Vito Domenico, Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, Schiavo Ramiro.

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SDG: 13, 11, 3, 12, 15
Partners: Zaballa Karenina, Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Yang Harrison, Bonnici Norbert, Carter Jarai, Tsou Ming-Hsiang.

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SDG: 13, 11, 3, 12, 15
Partners: Zaballa Karenina, Fernandez Gabriela, Maione Carol, Yang Harrison, Bonnici Norbert, Carter Jarai, Tsou Ming-Hsiang.

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SDG: 14, 12, 6
Partners: Maione Carol and Fernandez Gabriela and Vito Domenico.

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SDG: 14, 12, 5, 8, 10
Partners: Astic Suzanne, Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, Vito Domenico

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SDG: 6, 14, 4, 16
Partners: Astic Suzanne, Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, Vito Domenico.

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Black Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 due to systemic inequities, social determinants of health that are influenced by implicit bias, and racial discrimination which have perpetuated and worsened racial disparities in healthcare during the pandemic. Some of these long-standing systemic inequities are due to scientists and science communicators which have caused distrust between scientists and black communities. The “ComSciConcepts: Combatting COVID-19 with Black Communities” webinar addressed this issue by building on ComSciCons existing infrastructure of training graduate student science communicators by further providing the latest information on COVID-19 in Black communities, resources on the systemic inequities that lead to this racial disparity in healthcare, training on science communication, and building trust with Black communities. The webinar provided funding and further support to projects of attendees that are currently or wish to address these issues directly. The event took place on June 2, 2021, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
SDG: (10) 3, 4, 8
Partners: Organizers: Harvard University; Harvard Quantum Initiative in Science and Engineering; Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile, San Diego State University; Southern New Hampshire University; University of Georgia; Northeastern University, and Michigan State University. Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Taylor Contreras (Harvard University, Department of Physics, US), Jordan Chapman (University of Georgia, US), Chad Singleton (Southern New Hampshire University, US), TiAir Riggins (Michigan State University, US), and Rob Campbell (Northeastern University, US). Dr. Chiquita Mays (Wellstar's Covid-19 Taskforce and DEI Advosory Council, US), Nicholas St. Fleur (STAT News Journalist, US), Anicca Harriot (University of Maryland School of Medicine, US), Dr. Reyhaneh Maktoufi (Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow in Misinformation at WGBH/NOVA, US), Dr. Jaye Gardiner (Fox Chase Cancer Center, US), and Lanell Williams (Harvard University, US). Special thanks to ComSciCon Harvard (US).
Publication: Organizers: Harvard University; Harvard Quantum Initiative in Science and Engineering; Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile, San Diego State University; Southern New Hampshire University; University of Georgia; Northeastern University, and Michigan State University. Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Taylor Contreras (Harvard University, Department of Physics, US), Jordan Chapman (University of Georgia, US), Chad Singleton (Southern New Hampshire University, US), TiAir Riggins (Michigan State University, US), and Rob Campbell (Northeastern University, US). Dr. Chiquita Mays (Wellstar's Covid-19 Taskforce and DEI Advosory Council, US), Nicholas St. Fleur (STAT News Journalist, US), Anicca Harriot (University of Maryland School of Medicine, US), Dr. Reyhaneh Maktoufi (Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow in Misinformation at WGBH/NOVA, US), Dr. Jaye Gardiner (Fox Chase Cancer Center, US), and Lanell Williams (Harvard University, US). Special thanks to ComSciCon Harvard (US).
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SDG: 4, 13, 11, 16
Partners: Yahya Shaker, Domenico Vito.

The data is collected via snowball sampling from April 2020 to April 2021 using the ArcGIS Survey 123 tool. The survey collected data from 351 participants of 35 countries from around the world. The Track IT Covid-19 International Survey initiative was built by researchers at the Metabolism of Cities Living Lab. The survey aims to provide a snapshot of how people across the world experience the crisis caused by the pandemic. The survey is meant to educate public health organizations, decision makers, and the public to address policies related to Covid during the different policy phases and wave measures. The survey questions collected data on socioeconomics, education, re-location, essential behaviors, physical and social distancing behaviors, health, exposure, symptoms, pre-existing illnesses, government attitudes/trust, social distance measures, emergency response measures, vaccine attitudes, public transit, current events, technology, psychological behaviors, and mental well-being behaviors (77 questions total). SDSU IRB Code of Federal Regulations 45 CFR 46.104; protocol number HS-2020-0123.
SDG: (3) 4, 8, 12
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Karenina Zaballa (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Harrison Yang (MS Big Data Analytics and Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Norbert Bonnici (Malta Critical Infrastructure Protection Directorate, Malta), Dr. Jarai Carter (Columbia University and Smart Lab at Procter & Gamble, US), Dr. Shraddha S. Ghodke (University of College London, UK), and Dr. Ming Hsiang Tsou (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA). Special thanks to Crowdfight Covid-19 for making this possible.

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MOC-LLAB conducted and organized the following activities: 1). September 2021, participation in Denmark’s UNLEASH Race for Oceans Initiative and was awarded a Race for Oceans Champion to participate in a 10-day event with a four-part series of virtual workshops. 2). October 2021, 24-hour virtual Climathon event “From Trash to Treasure: Turning waste into useful raw materials” of the city of El Astillero, Nicaragua through a collaboration with EIT ClimateKIC, European Union, UNEP MGCY, and others. 3). December 2021, organization of a beach cleanup, surfing competition, educational presentations and surveys. The event was led by Nicaraguan NPO, Casa Congo who worked closely with volunteers, local citizens, elementary schools, and recycling agencies where a total of 110 kg (243 lbs.) of beach litter was collected in less than one hour. The 3 activity events aimed to develop tools, resources, big ideas, knowledge sharing, support for local community leaders, and grassroots change for the city of El Astillero, Nicaragua.
SDG: (4) 14, 11, 12
Partners: Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Carol Maione (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Christan Buurstee (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Dr. Domenico Vito (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, USA), Alessandro Garlandini (Ilvespaio, Italy), Sebastiano Ercoli (Ilvespaio, Italy), (Teresa Obenhauser, UNEP, Major Group for Children and Youth, Belgium), Luca Marsaglia (Casa Congo, Nicaragua) and Manuel Cortez (Casa Congo, Nicaragua).

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SDG: 3, 4, 15, 16
Partners: Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age and Politecnico di Milano (Conference: Organizing Committee and Section Chair). Fernandez Gabriela, and Maione Carol.
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SDG: 3, 4, 6, 14
Partners: Maione Carol, Fernandez Gabriela, Astic Suzanne, Vito Domenico, Zakour Christianne, Oberhauser Teresa, Srivastava Yugratna. 2020.
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SDG: 4, 5, 12, 15
Partners: Fernandez Gabriela and Maione Carol.

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