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Research and Experimentation, scouting whether there is room for new opportunities and practices. We help to push the boundaries of what's known, by leveraging advanced data collection and analysis techniques, experimental methods, behavioural assessments and qualitative insights from research in the field.
Policy analysis and proposals, exploring the policy context and developing detailed solutions that focus on use cases and on a road map for success, helping to lay the foundations for better and more inclusive cities.
Community development strategy and stakeholder engagement, facilitating the dialogue, via means of workshop collaboration and co-creation, among the different actors in order to build a common vision of the community of the future.
Change management, performing a gap analysis to identify what's needed to unlock the potential of a new vision, while at the same time engaging with key influencers to enact the required change.
Uncertainty management, working with stakeholders to develop scenarios that help them to prepare for the day after tomorrow.
Impact evaluation assessments, providing both ex-ante and ex-post impact analysis. It involves doing, first, a prospective analysis of what the impact of an intervention might be, and, then to investigate to what extent and how a policy intervention corrects the problem it was intended to address. At Fre.Le we actually see impact evaluation as a continuous flow, which allows to clearly identify the desired impact of an intervention, to adapt its implementation, and to finally evaluate the results.
The pillars of our work
The pillars of our work
Neighbourhoods matter, let's not forget them
Neighbourhoods matter, let's not forget them
We know that neighbourhoods matter. Living in poor and disadvantaged areas has long lasting consequences on individuals well-being, their life and economic success.
Whether it is about regenerating an area, building a new housing development of introducing a local policy, at Fre.Le we identify what are the social and physical characteristics of neighbourhoods that need to be seriously thought.
A gendered approach to cities and democracy
A gendered approach to cities and democracy
From public toilets to street naming, from participatory budgeting processes to citizen engagement platforms, everything is gendered and contributes to enlarge inequalities.
At Fre.Le we design gender-agnostic policies and public spaces which can help building more inclusive communities.
How to create a cohesive community?
How to create a cohesive community?
Succesful neighbourhoods are characterised not only by better-quality infrastructure, schools, or other local public goods but also by greater social cohesion. The civic infrastructure of community-based associations, which is the core of social cohesion, may indeed provide shared behavioral expectations and ‘positive’ role models.
At Fre.Le we act as facilitators between local citizens and third-parties to create that ecology of associations which is central to boostering social cohesion.
Embracing diversity
Embracing diversity
From gender to income, from ethnicity to housing, we all grow up with different characteristics. We have consistently seen how much daily exposure to diversity provides greater opportunities for face-to-face interactions, fostering the development of social ties and friendships between people with different backgrounds. Consequently, it would lead to less hostile attitudes towards what is perceived as “different”.
At Fre.Le we foster the development mixed communities, avoiding segregation dynamics and the clustering of disadvantage.
Enabling a good and collaborative ecosystem for creativity
Enabling a good and collaborative ecosystem for creativity
“More than anywhere else, social innovation is demonstrating the possibility of acting on a large scale in cities”
Ezio Manzini, Politics of the Everyday
At Fre.Le, we know that creativity and innovation do not happen in a vacuum and a good urban ecosystem is key for them to flourish. That's why we focus on the development of powerful networks that allow the exchange of resources and ideas.
From the core to the periphery
From the core to the periphery
As a consequence of growing urbanization and the global Covid-19 crisis, less dense peripheral areas are becoming increasingly attractive. Several challenges remain in this transition, from infrastructure and mobility to youth empowerment.
At Fre.Le we know that focusing on cities also means thinking about the sustainable development of periherical and rural areas, making sure they develop a unique identity while granting a solid connection with the closest urban centers.
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