Pedrazzini, YvesDevaud, KarenJaboyedoff, Carla2020-01-212020-01-212020-01-212019-11-29https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/164727This innovative project addresses the issue of users’ participation towards urban development and policies. It is through a transdisciplinary action research that we plan to investigate this issue. Our intention is to develop a community-based methodology taking principles from community psychology and participatory urbanism. This collective research ambitions to be ground-based from the early beginning, identifying non-academic actors and making them co-researchers. Our goal is to generate spatial and social change by empowering communities in regard to urban issues.UrbanismParticipatory research-actionTransdisciplinarityEmpowermentIndigenous communitiesMumbai / MontrealGrassroots Urbanism: Community involvement and Participation towards the Making of the City. Innovative research processes in India and Canadatext::report