F.AIR: Fragile AIR – Unfair Health – Assessing Access to
Healthy Environments from Schools to Communities
Current status March 2025 / February 2026
Funding programme Bando Cariplo Inequalities Research 2024
Project ID: 2024-0671
Project budget € 72.654,75 (Dastu, Labsimurb)
Keywords: air quality, air pollution, health inequalities, school-age population, citizen science, urban planning
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Studies have shown that equal exposure to environmental pollutants does not translate health impacts (EEA, 2023). The effects of air pollution are particularly harmful to children and adolescents due to their developing bodies and immune systems (EEA, 2023).
OBJECTIVE
The F.AIR project explores the social and environmental inequalities affecting well-being and environmental health, with a particular focus on the school-age population as an entry point for a broader approach to the entire population in future studies.
F.AIR RESEARCH ADDED VALUE
The project contributes to scientific, societal, and policy advancements by
addressing key knowledge gaps:
– Knowledge gap: Limited understanding of children’s access to healthy
environments in Milan.
– Methodological gap: Need for improved fine-grained air quality
monitoring through Citizen Science.
– Equity gap: Lack of mapping of correlated inequalities and
underrepresentation of youth and communities.
– Engagement gap: Strengthening evidence-based policymaking to
support environmental justice.
Dastu Team: Eugenio Morello, Farah Makki, Chenling Wu
Research Structure: Laboratorio di Simulazione Urbana Fausto Curti