Open Lab Athens is a non-for-profit, cross-disciplinary research collective and technology development lab.

Self-organization and Solidarity

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Kourion2030 | Co-designing a long-term cultural strategy

From April 2024, OLA Team collaborates with the organization KOURION2030 – Candidate City for the European Capital of Culture, in order to…
CORPUS – Phygital models of cooperation in the retrofitting of public space

Community reclaiming of the city through the lens of participation and circularity Co.R.Pu.S. aims to conduct research on alternative processes of retrofitting…
Tech Talk Workshops

Navigating Technosocial Challenges Together – A platform for discussion and exchange of ideas TechTalk project by Sociality Cooperative aims to popularize and…
Co-designing with Energy communities

Digital Platform Co-design In November 2021, OLA had the opportunity to get involved in the development of a digital platform for the…
The Glass Room _ Misinformation Edition

The “Glass Room Misinformation Edition” exhibition was presented in Greece between 21-27 of November 2022 in the National Library of Greece in…
Kalotrofa | Food Sovereignty and Sustainability Hub

Kalotrofa is a research program about Food sovereignty and the diffusion of Social and Solidarity Economy, coordinated by the Department of Social…

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Online Lessons from Solidarity Schools

With the support of Open Lab Athens, Mesopotamia Solidarity School is able to provide online lesson during the Covid19 crises.

by Open Lab Athens • 24 March 2020
Encounters
Usability Workshop for gE.CO tools

The workshop aimed at checking the usability of the gE.CO digital tools suite before going to production and it took place at Open Lab Athens, on January 2020. The workshop started with a short, general presentation of the project and a more detailed one for the proposed digital tools. This introductory presentation lasted overall for […]

by Open Lab Athens • 25 February 2020
meeting @ Goethe
Encounters
Workshop about the legal condition of commons @ Goethe Institute Athens

On February 6th 2020, we co-organized with Goethe Institut an informal workshop on the legal aspect of commons. Within the context of gE.CO project, Open Lab Athens is interested in exploring the potential uses of law on behalf of urban communities in what regards commons initiatives. Among the deliverables of the project, a legal toolkit […]

by Open Lab Athens • 24 February 2020