BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE
An R&D Collective creating methods and products for societal and planetory wellbeing.
Lucidminds is founded at the Sustainable Development House in Amsterdam in 2019. We use a systems approach to address interrelated challenges of climate change and social inequalities.
We move beyond discourse by turning research into practical action—designing solutions that help build a regenerative future.
We collaborate with public and private organisations to support the transition to a more equitable and sustainable world. Our work includes incubating ideas and developing core technologies, software products, actionable insights, and policy recommendations. We focus on evidence-based, long-term solutions.
gAIa
TALK TO FORESTS. UNDERSTAND THE TREES.
gAIa is a living map of trees powered by real data and AI, where every tree has a voice. She connects thousands of tree agents, each grounded in real-world data, making ecosystem services visible and explorable. From carbon capture and biodiversity to cooling and water runoff, gAIa turns complex datasets into practical insights for arborists, planners, and citizens to take timely action and build more resilient urban forests.
With support from
DATAVILLE
PRIVACY PRESERVING DATA SCIENCE. SHARE INSIGHTS, NOT DATA.
Dataville is a practical AI solution that aims to unlock value of the sensitive datasets without giving up control and privacy. Instead of letting the data leave its premises and hence letting the genie out of the bottle, it brings computation to the data. Compliance with GDPR is by design.
In partnership with
GUS
GREEN UNIFIED SCENARIOUS
GUS is a tree and forest growth simulation and impact estimate platform. It enables its users to look into the growth of trees under different climate and maintenance conditions. It can be used for existing trees or for new forestation projects. The users are able to trace the growth trajectory of each tree species, their health status, and their resilience. GUS provides impact estimates at the individual tree or group of trees level in terms of their support to biodiversity, cooling, water retention, and air pollution removal.
TREESAI
AN OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM, ENABLING CITY ACTORS TO COLLECTIVELY VALUE AND INVEST IN URBAN NATURE, AT SCALE.
Partnering with Dark Matter Labs to develop an open, transparent and verifiable outcomes-based financial platform, to support investments in NbS, at scale to help local authorities secure blended capital, through private investments, to develop and maintain urban NbS; unlocking opportunities for green jobs and delivering ecosystem co-benefits to multiple urban stakeholders.
In partnership with
With support from
Civic AI
CivicAI
AUGMENTED COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK
Our Augmented Collective Intelligence (ACI) framework builds upon state-of-the-art research and applications in ML, IoT, Smart Objects and Smart Contracts. It incorporates transparency, privacy, inclusivity, and human oversight principles of a trustworthy AI application. We apply the methodology of agent-based computation. The framework is composed of a sequence of design templates and guidelines that varies from an overall system design, complexity analysis to normative value alignment process in AI design.
With support from
SpeedBoat-C
DECENTRALIZED CIRCULAR TEXTILE
We present a decentralised platform and economy model that aims to incentivise circularity and sustainability of local businesses in fashion industry. We introduce Proof of Circularity, a novel mechanism aimed at increasing incentives and transparency. We pay special attention to individuals as change makers, and aim to create channels for them to actively shape the garment design as well as manufacturing choices.
Supported by
ANNE MUL
Research
BULENT OZEL, PHD
R&D and Product Lead
CYNTHIA MERGEL
Creative Design
JAKE DORAN
Research & Development
JAN BUNGE
Partnerships
MARKO PETROVIC, PHD
Research & Development
METIN DEMIR
Product Design and Development
MUHAMMED MOHSEN
UI Development
OGUZHAN YAYLA
Product and Data Design
SEOWOO NAM
Design Research
CHANDRIMA GANGULY
AI Ethics and Data Privacy Research
MARTINA MAGLIČIĆ
PhD Research
MIQUEL BASSART
PhD Research
ZHONGLI WANG
PhD Research
