Sabina Leopa

Sabina is an Urban and Regional Planner and the deputy director of URBASOFIA, Romania. A member of several professional associations, including Vicepresident of the Romanian Professional Association of Urban Planners, national delegation member of ISOCARP and URBACT Expert for Local Governance and Integrated Development, Sabina is also a teaching assistant at the „Ion Mincu” University for Architecture and Planning in Bucharest, Romania. Her core focus are transnational and R&I projects, where she works on topics related to sustainable urban-rural development, nature-based solutions and smart cities, policies to support decarbonisation of the built environment, innovation and intrapreneurship in local administration. She is experienced in designing and implementing research and cooperation projects under several flagship programmes such as Horizon 2020, Urban Innovative Actions, URBACT, Interreg DTP, URBACT, while also consulting for integrated urban development for cities and metropolitan areas.