Ali Ghoroghi is a Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff University, the coordinating institution of AntifragiCity. As project manager on Cardiff’s side, he helps coordinate research activities across the consortium and ensures alignment between partners.

Cardiff University leads key areas of the project, including the development of the conceptual and data foundations for understanding antifragile urban mobility. This work defines the frameworks, methods, and tools that support the project.

“I am especially excited about bringing together three types of knowledge: what citizens say, what experts know, and what the data tells us about how cities behave in real life. By combining these, we hope to show how cities not only cope with shocks but actually become better because of them. Turning this into a practical framework or antifragile mobility framework and tools for me is the most rewarding part of this project.”

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About AntifragiCity

AntifragiCity is a Horizon Europe project rethinking urban mobility across Europe. Through collaboration among 13 partners across 8 countries, the project designs mobility systems that don’t just recover from disruption but adapt, improve, and grow stronger because of it. By combining technology, social science, and real-world testing, AntifragiCity is building a roadmap for sustainable, inclusive, and antifragile mobility systems.

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