Garyfallia (Fyllio) Katsavounidou, Architect PhD, with a specialization in Urban Design and Planning, is faculty member of the School of Spatial Planning and Development of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2019. From 2001 to 2019 she worked as Architect Engineer in the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Municipality of Veria, practicing public space design, urban street redesign, building design, drafting of strategic plans and local action plans. The main characteristic of her research and teaching is the interdisciplinary approach of urban issues, with emphasis on ecological and social parameters. She combines this theoretical background with her experience as a practitioner, in a wide range of scales, from physical design of open space to strategic planning. Her research interests include: human-centered urban design with emphasis on public space, children in the city, participatory practices and community engagement, sustainable urban mobility, sustainable and resilient urbanism. She has written the books Child, City and Design: Τhe Spielraum, The City at Human Scale: History – Theory – Implementations and Invisible parentheses: 27 Cities in Thessaloniki. She has translated and edited (with P. Tarani) the Greek edition of Jan Gehl’s classic book Life between Buildings: Using Public Space.