Insights From a Romanian Public Sector Innovation Lab on How to Build Urban Resilience in the Face of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has added an unforeseen layer of adversity to city life, refocusing the attention of local governments on urban resilience This article discusses the innovative design proposed by a Romanian public sector innovation lab: a multi-fold qualitative approach that collects coping strategies from a wide range of local stakeholders and works towards understanding how they can be transformed in sustainable practices for crisis moments It also provides interim lessons learned from designing the intervention