About – Purepolis · 2026–2028
Reducing
urban pollution.
Protecting
public health.
19
Project partners
9
European countries
2
Living Labs
36
Months
A coordinated response to Europe’s urban pollution challenge.
01 — The project
To reduce pollution in cities with tangible solutions, PUREPOLIS aims to transform urban health by pioneering advanced tools that empower policymakers to take high-impact action. PUREPOLIS encourages decision-making grounded in data, citizen participation, and scientific evidence.
The project will deliver three core tools: a Citizen Science App for community engagement and real-time monitoring, a pollution source tracking tool, and a health impact assessment framework coupling toxicology and epidemiology. Together, they will link exposure to 35 pollutants across air, noise, water, and soil to 10 critical health risks, including overall wellbeing.
PUREPOLIS will further analyse the efficiency of Zero Pollution Measures in terms of health, economic, and climate impacts. These insights will be translated into a Toolbox helping policymakers to develop comprehensive strategies to tackle urban pollution.
A Vulnerability and Behavioural Framework will support the creation of equitable and sustainable solutions that are replicable, scalable, and will lead to real-world impact across Europe. Tailored strategies will be tested on case studies in Nantes, France and Valencia, Spain across multiple policy sectors.
Five priorities — one Health-for-All-Policies design.
02 — OBJECTIVES
PUREPOLIS aims to reduce urban pollution and its associated health impacts more effectively, focusing on co-developing innovative methods and tools that enable policymakers to prioritise actions. Using a Health-for-All-Policies design approach, it will be possible to deploy and adopt the developed methods across regional scales and diverse local authorities.
OBJECTIVE 01
Provide methods and tools for local authorities and policymakers.
OBJECTIVE 02
Tailor Zero Pollution Measures through strengthened stakeholder engagement.
OBJECTIVE 03
Target priority pollutants in the city areas.
OBJECTIVE 04
Improve impact, cost-effectiveness, and acceptability of Zero Pollution Measures.
OBJECTIVE 05
Target priority pollutants in the city areas.
19 partners. 9 countries.
One European ambition.
03 — OUR TEAM
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Universiteit Twente
LEITAT
UMIT TIROL
Healthy Cities
European Public Health Alliance
UNINOVA
TREE TECHNOLOGY
LUT University
Universität Augsburg
Substitute ApS
Kintsugi-LowCarbon
Universidade de Vigo
Euroquality
Valencia Innovation Capital
Nantes Métropole
Air Pays de la Loire
Acoucité
Rybnik - Miasto na Prawach Powiatu
04 — PUREPOLIS & YOU
Stay close to the project.
01 – NEWSLETTER
Quarterly updates from the consortium.
A short, curated digest of new findings, deliverables, upcoming events and case-study milestones — sent four times a year, no spam.
02 – CONTACT
Get in touch with the team.
Questions about methods, replication in your city, press requests or partnership opportunities — write to the coordination office.
03 – LINKEDIN
Follow our research community.
Daily field updates, partner spotlights, workshop announcements and policy debates — follow us on LinkedIn to join the conversation.