Dr. Solon Solomou is an architectural researcher at SURF Lab (University of Cyprus) and part-time lecturer at the University of Nicosia, with a PhD and Master’s in Architecture from the Manchester School of Architecture. His work sits at the intersection of architecture, urban sustainability, computational urbanism, and economic geography, with a focus on modelling urban complexity through digital tools, artificial intelligence, and spatial simulation. His academic research is grounded in complexity theory and aims to understand how socio-economic systems, spatial dynamics, and decision-making processes interact to shape urban environments.

Spanning a range of interests from intelligent agent-based modelling to participatory urban futures, Dr. Solomou’s work explores how digital and computational methods can be used to simulate and influence the evolution of cities. He develops cognitively enriched agents capable of learning and adapting, allowing simulations to better reflect the unpredictability and nuance of human decision-making. At the same time, he engages with questions of governance and policy, investigating how emerging systems like Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) can be co-designed with stakeholders to create more inclusive and sustainable urban infrastructures. His research reflects a commitment to bridging the gap between data-driven experimentation and human-centred urban planning, demonstrating how artificial intelligence and spatial modelling can be used not only to analyse urban systems but to actively shape their futures.

Keywords: Agent-based modelling, artificial intelligence, cognitive agents, urban complexity, spatial simulation, urban sustainability, market dynamics, zero-carbon design, participatory urban planning, computational design