The AntifragiCity ConsortiumMeet the team driving AntifragiCity’s mission to transform urban mobility in Europe

Organisation overview

Rhoé is a mobility innovation consultancy that blends a deep understanding of transportation systems with emergent digital tools. The company partners with public entities, large organizations, and research institutions to solve complex mobility challenges. Its research division participates in several Horizon projects, focusing on energy, resilience, maritime mobility, and transport electrification.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

Rhoé provides the project’s second-largest share of effort and acts as a technical linchpin within AntifragiCity. The team leads the design and deployment of the SUMA platform, ensuring seamless data exchange across all demonstration sites. Rhoé also co-develops the antifragility framework and rapid-response methods and supports piloting and exploitation planning.

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DEMO Consultants is an independent firm specialising in Real Estate Information Management. Its dedicated research unit actively participates in (EU) R&D activities and cutting-edge projects focused on the built environment. DEMO combines consultancy, software development, and research, fostering collaboration across academia, industry, and government.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

DEMO brings almost 30 years of expertise in real estate information management and an extensive experience in EU and national research projects and integrated software solutions using BIM, GIS, and AI. In AntifragiCity, DEMO helps develop the Antifragile Framework, developing the Simulator for Urban Mobility Antifragility (SUMA platform), and validating these tools through Living Labs.

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Founded in 2005, the Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED) specializes in EU-funded projects. With deep expertise in education, digital innovation, and business consulting, iED empowers entrepreneurship, fosters digital transformation, and drives sustainable growth across Europe.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

iED leads activities on innovation exploitation and business model development. The team supports sustainability planning, identifying pathways to market for tools and methodologies developed within the project.

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The Grant Office “Odesa 5T” is a municipal institution focused on attracting investment and promoting the economic, social, and technological development of Odesa. Its work supports Odesa’s 5T strategy — Transport, Tourism, Trade, Technology, and Trust. A key area of focus is advancing sustainable mobility, public transport, and infrastructure projects that strengthen urban resilience and improve quality of life.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

The Grant Office will coordinate the Odessa pilot, engaging local stakeholders and ensuring effective implementation of antifragile urban mobility strategies in response to the city’s war-related, infrastructure, and climate challenges.

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The Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava (MIB) specialises in architecture, urban planning, participatory processes, and strategic development. Its mission is to improve quality of life and public space by shaping city growth in line with residents’ needs, also in the face of social and environmental changes.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

MIB is the city’s expert organisation in urban planning, city development and architecture. Bratislava has been chosen as one of the demonstration cities and will collaborate in providing data and organising participatory activities. Both AntifragiCity methodology and data processing model will be tested in Bratislava in collaboration with MIB.

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The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) is Greece’s largest university, comprising 10 faculties and over 40 schools. With nearly 90,000 students and over 2,000 academic staff, it is a major centre for research and education in the Mediterranean region.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

AUTH brings a multidisciplinary perspective to Antifragicity by combining infrastructure engineering with project resilience strategies. The Highway Engineering Laboratory contributes expertise in asset performance, and climate-resilient transport systems. The Laboratory of Planning and Project Management adds advanced methodologies for project optimization, risk assessment, and adaptive planning. Together, they support the development of transport systems that not only withstand disruptions but improve through them.

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The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) is a public research institute under Luxembourg’s Ministry of Higher Education and Research. It conducts fundamental and applied research in the social sciences to advance knowledge, inform national and international decision-making, and engage with society.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

LISER specializes in the social science disciplines of Labour Market, Living Conditions, and Urban Development and Mobility (UDM). The LISER UDM collaborators are leading three main aspects within the AntifragiCity project:

• the development of citizens’ forums to develop public recommendations for urban mobility policy
• an EU survey of the social acceptability of the above recommendations
• an evaluation of the integration of the AntifragiCity mobility model within demonstration sites

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The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), founded in 1837, is one of Greece’s most prestigious educational institutions in technology, and has contributed unceasingly to the country’s scientific, technical and economic development. In the academic community, apart from its high-level educational role, NTUA promotes high-standard scientific research. Through its various laboratories, NTUA has participated in various research programs funded either by its own resources, the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, other public bodies, the European Commission, or by private institutions in several countries, under the necessary academic conditions.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

The Maritime Risk Group (MRG) of the Laboratory for Maritime Transport (LMT) at NTUA has long-standing experience in the design, development, and simulation of maritime and intermodal transport systems, with particular expertise in marine environmental protection, safety analysis, and human factors. LMT is actively engaged in nearly all areas of maritime transport research and development, having completed or currently participating in projects related to technology, management, economics, logistics, telematics, human aspects, environmental sustainability, regulatory frameworks, and safety.

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AHEPA is one of the largest hospitals in Greece, providing general and specialised medical services. It supports primary and tertiary healthcare for the wider Macedonia and Thrace regions and hosts a leading adolescent psychiatric care unit.

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The Traffic Engineering and Control (SVT) research group at the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems researches road transport systems and traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and connected and automated vehicles (CAVs).

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

AntifragiCity advances from traditional resilience-aiming merely for recovery, to antifragility-targeting growth from adversity. This transition involves cultivating urban mobility systems that not only restore their functionality but also leverage stress to foster innovation and system enhancements. This means developing transportation systems that become more efficient, adaptive, and robust when faced with challenges —whether they are small-scale incidents like traffic accidents or large-scale crises such as pandemics or natural disasters. ETH Zurich leads development of solutions for antifragile traffic control in urban road networks.

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AUSTRALO is a marketing and innovation consultancy focused on bridging the gap between research and the market. Its mission is to create and transform value for Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Applied Science and Business Growth. The company works with communities, thought leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs, advocating for a data-driven economy rooted in trust, sustainability, and human-centred values.

Expertise and role in AntifragiCity

AUSTRALO leads the project’s communication, dissemination, and ecosystem-building strategy. It manages stakeholder engagement, digital outreach, and knowledge transfer, while also fostering collaborations that amplify the project’s visibility and long-term impact.