Hi, I’m Giulia Sonetti—a restless learner, facilitator and researcher who believes that caring for people and planet begins in the everyday spaces we share. By day I split my time between ISGlobal (as an incoming Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Postdoctoral Fellow) and BarcelonaTech‑UPC (as a Beatriu de Pinós Fellow).

By heart I’m an energy-building-engineer‑turned‑systems‑thinker who mixes design, social science and a good dose of impro‑theatre to ask one simple question: how can we turn anxiety about the future into collective, regenerative action?

My projects often start with a bike ride, a hospital corridor or a patch of urban green and end with communities re‑imagining those places as ecosystems of wellbeing. Two current favourites are Cycling to Care, which tackles climate grief through intergenerational trishaw rides, and ReHEALMS, where we join doctors, researchers and artists to make hospitals feel more like healing gardens than machines.

Along the way I teach, mentor and host workshops that braid together transformative learning, citizen science, foresight and embodied methods. Titles and grants matter (yes, I carry a PhD in Environment & Territory and a few professorial accreditations), but what truly keeps me awake is witnessing the spark that appears when diverse voices co‑create something they did not imagine alone.

When I’m not in a lab or classroom you’ll find me volunteering with En Bici Sense Edat, sketching speculative futures with my students, or writing about poetic ecology over strong espresso.

Let’s connect if you’re curious about weaving emotional wellbeing into sustainability transitions—or if you simply fancy a slow bike ride with good conversation.