Paco González-Gil
R1 - First Stage Researcher
Urban studies
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
urban experimentation, participatory design, material participation, co-design,
ASD PUBLICS
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Paco González-Gil (he/him) is an Arquitecto (EHEA EQF Level 7) from Universidad de Sevilla, a Pre-Bologna Degree in the Spanish education system (MECES Level 3 ES R.D. 967/2014) which gives access to registered professional practice. In practical terms, he received a training which combines an architect and building engineering background with urban planning and urban design instruction in a program of 6 academic years plus a Final Master Project (1 to 2 years). He completed his professional training with the following professional degrees: City Management (2008, 32 ECTS) and Urbanism for Collaborative Cities (2017, 30 ECTS) from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
His professional career has focused on the study and development of new practices in the field of architecture and urbanism. He is currently working on civic innovation urban projects combined with the development (part time) of hist doctoral dissertation Civic labs. Urban experimentation and participatory design of cities. (provisional title) in the Society, Technology and Culture doctoral as a member of the Urban Transformation and Global Change Laboratory (TURBA lab) research group from Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Social and Cultural Transformations (UOC-TRÀNSIC) of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
In the 2022/23 academic course he has been an Assistant Lecturer (Profesor Asociado) in the City and Urbanism programme of the Faculty of Law and Politics, at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Previously, he was for almost a decade an Instructor (Profesor Docente Colaborador) and head of dissemination and communication, author of several learning materials and co-authored the syllabus of the Urban Transformation and the Public Space and Citizenship courses. He also has taught as guest instructor in different master programs and facilitated workshops for various institutions and organisations.
2026-05 version
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Cardullo, P., Ribera-Fumaz, R., & González Gil, P. (2023). The Decidim «soft infrastructure»: Democratic platforms and technological autonomy in Barcelona. Computational Culture (ISSN 2047-2390). http://computationalculture.net/the-decidim-soft-infrastructure/
ACADEMIC BOOK CHAPTERS
González-Gil, Paco (2025). 22@ Innovation District: Remaking the Post-olympic Barcelona Model. In F. Carrión Mena & E. Silva Arias (Eds), From the City as a Project to the City Project: Volume II: The 21st Century (pp. 369–402). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94235-8_16
OTHER BOOK CHAPTERS
González-Gil, Paco (2016) How do citizens connect in the joint production of public space and landscape? Case study: Dreamhamar. Reimaginando colectivamente el espacio público de Stortorget, Hamar. In Fiori, M. (ed.) et al. (2016) How can cities be more collaborative? Barcelona: Ed. UOC, pp 81-118. ISBN: 9788491167785 http://hdl.handle.net/10609/93986
González-Gil, Paco (2016). How do cities approach their transformation within a global scenario integrating local influences? Case study: The smart city as a new story of the city. The case of Barcelona. In Fiori, M. (ed.) (2016) How can cities be smarter? Barcelona: Ed. UOC, pp 41-72. ISBN: 9788491163756 http://hdl.handle.net/10609/93966
González-Gil, Paco (2016). Open source public space devices. In Alemar, R.S.A. Bambozzi, L. Rena, N. (eds.) (2016) Electronic City: Technopolitics of the common: arts, urbanism and democracy. (2016) Belo Horizonte: Fluxos, pp. 96-103. ISBN 9788568874028
LEARNING RESOURCES
González-Gil, Paco (2023). Civic practices in the urban public space. Learning material authorship (text) for Public Space and Citizenship course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
González-Gil, Paco (2022) Territories of the city. Audiovisual script authorship, learning resource for Urban Transformations course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
González-Gil, Paco (2020) Urban public space: complexity and dimensions. Learning material authorship (text) for Public Space and Citizenship course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
Belil, M. González-Gil, Paco (2019) Towards a new strategic planning. Learning material co-authorship (text) for Urban Transformations course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). http://hdl.handle.net/10609/148563
González-Gil, Paco (2018) Learning material authorship (text) for Public Space and Citizenship course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
González, P. (2018) New urban practices. Towards the co-city. Learning material authorship (text) for Public Space and Citizenship course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
González-Gil, Paco Peugeot, V. (2017) Digital urban transformations in cities. Learning material co-authorship (text) for Urban Transformations course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). http://hdl.handle.net/10609/141446
Borja, Jordi. González-Gil, Paco (2017) The city in the territory, its metropolitan reality. Learning material co-authorship (text) for Urban Transformations course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). http://hdl.handle.net/10609/141446
Borja, Jordi. González-Gil, Paco (2017) City, dimensions and multiplicity. Learning material co-authorship (text) for Urban Transformations course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). http://hdl.handle.net/10609/141446
Borja, Jordi. González-Gil, Paco (2017) Towards an urban world. Learning material co-authorship (text) for Urban Transformations course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). http://hdl.handle.net/10609/141446
González-Gil, Paco (2016). Public spaces for the open city. Learning material authorship (text) for Public Space and Citizenship course. Postgraduate programme in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). https://openaccess.uoc.edu/handle/10609/141306
González-Gil, Paco (2016). New citizen practices. Towards the collaborative city. Learning material authorship (text) for Public Space and Citizenship course. Postgraduate programme in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC). https://openaccess.uoc.edu/handle/10609/141306
Borja, Jordi. González-Gil, Paco (2015). Urbanization and city in globalization. Updating, reviewing and editing the learning material (text) for Urban Transformations in Knowledge Society course. Postgraduate programme in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
Borja, Jordi. González-Gil, Paco (2015). Enacting the city in the metropolitan territory. Updating, reviewing and editing the learning material (text) for Urban Transformations in Knowledge Society course. Postgraduate programme in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
Muñoz, Francesc. González-Gil, Paco (2015). Urban strategies in the knowledge society. Updating, reviewing and editing the learning material (text) for Urban Transformations in Knowledge Society course. Postgraduate programme in City and Urbanism. Barcelona: Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (FUOC).
González-Gil, Paco. (2011) Tactical Urbanism: hack the city. Academic coordination and authorship of the OpenCourseWare. Sevilla: Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA).
2022 Research assistant in CreaTures – Creative Practices for Transformational Futures, an European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870759. RMIT Europe (rmit.eu) / RMIT University (rmit.edu.au)
2022 Research assistant and dissemination and communication work package coordinator in ASD Publics – Activating Spaces with neuroDiverse Publics, an EIT Community New European Bauhaus project supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). TURBA lab research group (IN3) – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
2021 Research assistant in ‘Smart Cities in Global Comparative Perspective’ con código de proyecto: N120062PW00000. TURBA lab research group (IN3) – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
ASSOCIATE LECTURER
2022/23 Associate Lecturer in City and Urbanism. Faculty of Law and Political Science. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
INSTRUCTOR
2018/19 to 2021/22 Instructor in Public Space and Citizenship course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism, UOC.
2017/18 to 2020/21 Instructor in Urban Transformation course. University master’s degree in City and Urbanism, UOC.
2015/16 to 2016/17 Instructor in Public Space, Citizenship and Landscape course. Postgraduate in City and Urbanism, UOC.
2015/16 to 2016/17 Instructor in Urban Transformation in Knowledge Society course. Postgraduate in City and Urbanism, UOC.
2011/12 to 2013/14 Instructor in City and Territory course. Postgraduate in City Management, UOC.
GUEST INSTRUCTOR
2024-26 Crossover Project: Bureaucracy and Chaos. Bachelor in Industrial Design Engineering. Elisava.
2022 Collective Intelligence. Citizen laboratories and makerspaces. Course EXT2022/1149. Diputació de Barcelona.
2021 Citizen social science School: Social dimensions in citizen science. H2020 CoAct: Co-designing of Citizen Social Sciences for Collective Action (EU grant nº 873048). Universitat de Barcelona.
2017 Arts and public space. Theory lessons and walkshop. Postgraduate in Street Arts Creation. Fira de Tàrrega + Universitat de Lleida (UDL)
2015 Ways of being – from object to eco-system. Master of Product Design. IED Madrid (May. 2015)
2012 Cityscape and new media. Contemporary digital and visual culture in context. Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). (Jul. 2012-2014). Sevilla.
WORKSHOPS
Public space and the right to the city. Talk and workshop facilitation for The City is Ours hackcamp by ZEMOS98. Mediactivism, is a project coordinated by the European Cultural Foundation and co-financed by the European Union Erasmus+ program. Oct. 2019. Seville.
Barcelona workshop para Compact Cities? Exploring qualities, drivers and strategies for promoting mixed-use urban development. Chalmers University. Founded by the European Union (EU). Oct. 2015. Barcelona.
Urban planning: tools and legitimacy with Oscar Martínez for BeLearning: participation, training, ICT. ITD et al. Founded by the EU. Jun. 2014. Barcelona.
Citizen Urbanism with Ethel Baraona for Creative Destruction 2013. Etopia_ and Fundación Zaragoza Conocimiento. Nov. 2013. Zaragoza.
Hack the city with Ethel Baraona and Domenico di Siena for Sensible City, organized by Carpe Via and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). May. 2013. Valencia.
Urban fabric: La Mina with David Picò for Ciutat Beta. CEESC and Transit Projectes. Founded by the EU. Oct. 2012. Barcelona.
Learning in the city. #urbanedu with Enric Senabre for Urban Social Design Experience (USDE). Apr. 2011. Online from Barcelona.
Tactical Urbanism DreamHamar workshop with Ethel Baraona fon Ecosistema Urbano. Oct. 2011. Online from Barcelona.
COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION
2022 Dissemination and Communication work package Coordinator in ‘ASD Publics – Activating Spaces with neuroDiverse Publics’, an EIT Community New European Bauhaus project supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) / Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
2011–2021 UOC Cities – Digital communication strategy for City and Urbanism programme
Co-direction and execution of the digital strategy of the City and Urbanism programme, transforming it into a Spanish and Catalan reference in city and urbanism issues. Alliances and collaborations with media such as Plataforma Urbana (2015-2016) and Seres Urbanos (2017) part of Planeta Futuro by El País and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2019 International Seminar: Cities, state and globalization. Ajuntament de Barcelona and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Communication coordinator.
TALKS
Public space and the right to the city. Talk and workshop facilitation for The City is Ours hackcamp by ZEMOS98. Mediactivism, is a project coordinated by the European Cultural Foundation and co-financed by the European Union Erasmus+ program. Oct. 2019. Seville.
Placemaking España. Placemaking Europe. La Marina de València. Jun. 2019. València. Representing the City and Urbanism programme. Faculty of Law and Political Science. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
Festival Cidade Eletronika. Nov. 2015. Belo Horizonte.
Rehogar 7, Makea tu vida. Oct. 2015. Barcelona.
Place à l’Art, Les Têtes de Les Arts. Oct. 2015. Marsella.
Volumes: learning. eme3 International Architecture Festival. Oct. 2015. Barcelona.
Transeurope Festival. Sep. 2015. Belgrado.
Collaborative design in public space, CCCB. Sep. 2013. Barcelona.
#ciudadcommons for ThinkZAC. Zaragoza Activa May. 2013. Zaragoza.
Hybrid Days. National University of Distance Education (UNED) Nov. 2011. Blended from Barcelona.
City of bits in Ecumenópolis by Ojo Cónico. Oct. 2011. Barcelona.