AntifragiCity holds its 1st General Assembly in Bratislava

On 10-11 December 2025, the AntifragiCity consortium gathered in Bratislava for its 1st General Assembly, hosted at TU-BA, Bratislava’s Centre for Architecture and City Planning. Over two days, partners from across Europe came together to review progress since the project’s launch in May 2025, align on ongoing work, and plan the next steps in our shared mission: helping cities move beyond resilience towards truly antifragile urban mobility systems.

The meeting marked an important milestone for AntifragiCity, bringing together perspectives on research, technical development, social innovation, and implementation in one place.

AntifragiCity 1st General Assembly Bratislava

Two days of collaboration, alignment, and planning

On the first day, we focused on reviewing our progress and next steps across three key areas:

Event analysis and framework development, led by Cardiff University, setting the basis for how disruptions in urban mobility systems are understood.
Mobility triage and short-term responses, coordinated by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, exploring how cities can prioritise mobility needs and manage transport systems under stress.
Long-term improvements in antifragile traffic control in urban road networks, led by ETH Zürich, highlighting approaches that allow systems not only to recover from disruption, but to improve because of it.

On the second day, we shifted our focus towards implementation, validation, and real-world impact:

Rhoé shared progress on the simulator for urban mobility antifragility, a tool designed to help cities understand and strengthen the antifragility of their mobility systems.
The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) led discussions on case study validation and public acceptance, outlining how we will test our approaches in real-world contexts and incorporate citizens’ perspectives we will gather through our Citizens’ Forums.
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED) facilitated a session on the pathway to market, aligning objectives, responsibilities, and milestones to ensure our results can be translated into practical and scalable solutions.
AUSTRALO presented updates on outreach and awareness, reviewing our communication strategy and upcoming activities to keep our audiences informed and engaged.
The meeting concluded with a financial and administrative overview from Cardiff University, aligning us on deliverables, timelines, and coordination for the months ahead.

Reflecting on our progress and looking ahead

Reflecting on our progress so far, our coordinator, Yacine Rezgui, highlighted the importance of close collaboration with our pilot cities:

“This year has been marked by constructive dialogue with our cities: Bratislava, Larissa, Odessa, and Thessaloniki, driven by a shared commitment to advancing more sustainable, inclusive, and antifragile mobility in complex urban systems. Together, we have taken meaningful steps toward understanding how cities can not only withstand disruption, but also learn, adapt, and grow stronger through informed short, and long-term change.”

He also emphasised the significant progress we have already made, including on:

Urban event mapping, establishing a structured approach to identifying, categorising, and analysing urban events and disturbances across environmental, social, economic, and infrastructural dimensions.
Urban states of equilibrium, defining baseline urban conditions and dynamic equilibrium states against which disruption, adaptation, and transformation can be meaningfully assessed.

This General Assembly provided a great opportunity to align on key activities, strengthen collaboration across our team, and ensure a shared understanding of our work’s direction. We left Bratislava energised, connected, and ready for the next phase of AntifragiCity.

Thank you to all AntifragiCity partners, and to the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava for hosting us at their new venue!

Take a look at the meeting recap video and pictures below: