Bio

Born in Rio de Janeiro, I am a consultant with over 20 years of experience in project management, strategic communication, sustainable development, territorial innovation, and smart and sustainable cities. I develop strategies, methodologies, and collaborative processes to help cities and territories address complex challenges and improve quality of life.

My career spans the private, public, academic, and international sectors. As General Manager at Comunicarte Consulting, I worked with strategic communication, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, social responsibility, socio-environmental project monitoring and evaluation, and environmental licensing. Clients included Petrobras, Vale, Transpetro, Brookfield Renewable Energy, Statkraft, Unimed-Rio, and BASF.

In the public and international sectors, I have worked with UN-Habitat and UNESCO. At Rio de Janeiro City Hall, I worked on the smart city agenda and conceived and implemented the Rio+ Program. In Alagoas, I contributed to the State Strategy for Smart Cities, developed by the State Government with UN-Habitat. In Niterói, through cooperation with UNESCO, I supported an integrated urban intelligence approach focused on governance, indicators, local initiatives, and innovation.

I earned a Ph.D. from PUC-Rio, in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School, where I developed and tested the award-winning ISC Model. It combines strategic design, participatory processes, and local intelligence to create solutions adapted to each territory. Its applications include the Gávea Lab, developed in Gávea and Rocinha, and Copacabana.

I hold a Master’s degree in Public Administration from EBAPE/FGV, a postgraduate degree in Communication from PUC-Rio, and MIT executive education certificates in Design Thinking, Generative AI, and AI product and service development.

Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at PUC-Rio, investigating AI applied to strategic design for smart and sustainable cities. I am also a member of the Design Management Lab at PUC-Rio, ABNT’s Special Study Commission on Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Regional Coordinator of the Global Sustainable Future Network.

Contact: fabienne.schiavo@gmail.com
Website: https://www.schiavo.rio.br/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fabienneschiavo

Keywords: Strategic Management | Sustainable Development | Territorial Innovation | Smart and Sustainable Cities | Smart City | Project Management | Program Planning | Policy Analysis | Governance | Capacity Building | Impact Assessment | Strategic Communication | Design Thinking | Artificial Intelligence | Innovation