About us

Trajectory

The Quality of Urban Life: Innovation, Sustainability and Social Engagement group has a long and recognized research career, at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). It began in 1986 by initiative of Dr. Josep Roca, with the creation of a research group in which the current responsible, also participated.

Then, in 1997, the Quality of Urban Life and Sustainability group, was defined, coordinated by Professor Josep Roca and Professor Rafael Serra, obtaining the recognition as Research Group 1997 SGR 02000. This recognition has been manteined in all the following calls: 1999 SGR 00131, 2001 SGR 00232, 2005 SGR 00328, 2009 SGR 01233, 2014 SGR 01407, 2017 SGR 01534, and currently as Consolidated Research Group 2021 SGR 00605.

In the new initiative, the QURBIS consolidates the new multidisciplinary experience, led by Dr. Pilar Garcia-Almirall in its integration of different research teams that have consolidated alignments in the study of architecture and urban and social problems of cities.

The group today

Organizational structure