From Resilienceto AntifragilityBuilding urban mobility systems that grow stronger through disruption

AntifragiCity is a Horizon Europe project bringing together

13 Partners

8 Countries

to develop urban mobility systems that don’t just recover from disruption — they learn, adapt, improve, and grow stronger because of it.

As cities grow more complex, so do the risks they face. From everyday challenges like congestion and accidents to large-scale crises such as pandemics or energy shocks, conventional resilience strategies are no longer enough.

AntifragiCity helps cities become truly antifragile, capable of turning stress into strength.

Together, we are shaping the future of sustainable, equitable and adaptive urban environments across Europe.

Our mission

AntifragiCity aims to help cities move beyond resilience and embrace antifragility:the ability not just to withstand shocks, but to grow stronger because of them.

Detect and monitor

(near) real-time stressors and disruptions

Assess

their impacts through simulation and predictive tools

Evaluate

the public acceptability of proposed mobility triage scenarios

Make informed decisions

to mitigate those impacts and improve performance

Engage with citizens

through participatory methods and co-creation

Our approach

AntifragiCity combines technology, social science, and real-world testing to design antifragile urban mobility systems. Our work focuses on five core areas:

Continuous monitoring

Using KPIs and sensor data to detect stressors in real time

Disruption analysis

Characterising events using a structured event ontology

Rapid response

Supporting decisions with a mobility triage tool for short-term incidents

Long-term strategy

Using simulations and predictive analytics to design adaptive traffic systems

Citizen co-creation

Engaging the public through Living Labs to ensure inclusive and actionable solutions

Explore our approach to applying antifragile mobility strategies

Our demo sites

Our approach will be tested in four demonstration cities, each with different urban mobility contexts and challenges:

Larissa, Greece

Odessa, Ukraine

Bratislava, Slovakia

Thessaloniki, Greece

Findings from these pilots will be scaled to broader urban contexts across Europe.

Explore our pilots

Our team

AntifragiCity brings together 13 partners from 8 countries, including:

Research institutions and universitiesMunicipal governments and urban agenciesMobility technology providersPublic health organisationsInnovation and communication experts

Together, we combine academic excellence with practical implementation to build urban systems that are not only robust ― but capable of learning, adapting, and thriving.

Meet our team