Ex-Post Evaluation Framework for Intersectional Bottom-Up Regeneration Process of Public Spaces: Learning from a Youth Empowerment Experience

Boeri, Renata; Zizzania, Piero; Cerreta, Maria

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-97645-2_26

Thiscontributionpresentsanex-postevaluationoftheGirlsMaketheCity!project,aninitiativelaunchedinBrusselstoexplorethepotentialofyoungwomen’sempowermentininclusiveurbanregeneration.Situatedattheintersectionoffeministpractices,participatoryspatialtransformation,andcriticalpedagogy,theprojectaimedtoamplifythevoiceandagencyofadolescentgirlsinastructurallymarginalisedneighborhood.Theanalysisemployedanevolution-aryevaluationapproachgroundedintheoreticalprinciplesofintersectionality,TheoryofChange,andrealisticevaluation.Aqualitativeframeworkwasrecon-structedex-postbyanalysingthecasestudy.Sixkeyevaluativecriteriaemerged:activeengagementofdiversegroups,collectivere-significationofpublicspace,transferabilityofacquiredcompetences,emergenceofcross-groupdialoguesandalliances,durabilityofspatialtransformation,andurbancarepractices.Thesedimensionsreflecttransformativemechanismsrelevantforequity-orientedurbanpolicies.Theprojectdemonstrateshowfeministandparticipatorypracticescanserveaseffectiveleversforurbanregeneration,advancingspatialjusticeandinclu-sion.Theadoptionofadaptiveandcontext-sensitiveevaluationframeworksisessentialtomakevisiblethesocialandculturalimpactsofsuchinitiativesandtoinformfutureurbanstrategies.

Ex-Post Evaluation Framework for Intersectional Bottom-Up Regeneration Process of Public Spaces: Learning from a Youth Empowerment Experience / Boeri, R., Zizzania, P., Cerreta, M.. - Part VIII:(2026), pp. 406-422. (International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2025), June 30 – July 3, 2025, Istanbul (Türkiye) Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Türkiye June 30 – July 3, 2025) [10.1007/978-3-031-97645-2_26].