Judith has an MSc Human Geography from Radboud University. She worked for Geo-ICT company ESRI, University of Utrecht, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Assessment Agency, research and technology organisation TNO and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has initiated several smart sustainable city projects with local authorities in the Netherlands, Norway, and across Europe, where ICT, modelling and geo-data support policy- and decision making on and investments in smart, local solutions for energy savings, sustainable mobility, closing of resource cycles and urban transformation. Since 2016, Judith leads the initiative “From Planning to Implementation and Replication” in the Action Cluster Integrated Planning, Policy and Regulation within the Smart Cities Marketplace, where she led the development of the Smart City Guidance Package. Judith is member of the Advisory Boards of Smart City Lighthouse project Smarter Together and EU Project ComeEasy, the latter synchronising European Energy Award certification instruments to other EU initiatives on energy and climate policies, to support municipalities. Besides, she is member of the Dutch Management Committee for COST Action 19126 on Positive Energy Districts European Network, and Dutch representative for International Energy Agency Annex 83, which focuses on charting the preconditions for creating Positive Energy Districts.
Federica brings over 15 years of unique multidisciplinary expertise as an architect, urban planner, and governance consultant to Locality where she creates sustainable and inclusive urban governance models for the energy transition.
Her work explores the intersections of urban planning, technology, and art, all within the framework of socio-technical systems. The complexity of urban environments requires the diverse perspective and nuanced approach that Federica brings to her projects. In 2020, she demonstrated her abilities as a leader and integrator in the field, having co-created and
helped shaping the startup ecosystem around the innovation district ‘Marineterrein’ in Amsterdam to address urban challenges through the EIT/AMS Climate Launchpad programme.
Currently, she is part of the New European Bauhaus project CrAFt, where she is testing
governance models that emphasize inclusivity, cultural integration, and sustainable practices
to help cities transition to climate neutrality.
Her recent research and expertise also encompass concepts of neuro-architecture, nature-
inclusive environments, and responsible innovation. Specifically, she has developed these
concepts as a researcher of innovative urban technologies at the University of Applied
Sciences in Amsterdam.
Federica has a postgraduate degree in architecture and engineering from La Sapienza
University in Rome, and master degree from Leiden University in contemporary art from a
global perspective. Her interest and knowledge in sustainable development and urban
innovation was deepened as a researcher at the AMS Institute's MSc MADE programme.
Her innovative work has also been featured at the Venice Biennale, where she participated
as a ‘Young Italian Architect,’ bringing a project for the requalification of the Italian
Lighthouses network to enhance regional and local heritage and economy during the crisis in
2016, and at the ‘Media Architecture Biennale’ with her living (art) lab project entitled: ‘Next
Urban Ecology: Ai & the city’, also exhibited at NEMO DE Studio in Amsterdamin2021-
2022.
