Florian Schmidt (born 1975, two children) is an urban sociologist, activist and project developer. In 2011, he founded the Initiative Stadt Neudenken (Initiative for Rethinking the City). Since 2009 he has directed the Projektbüro Krea­ tivquartier Südliche Friedrichstadt (Project office for the Südliche Friedrichstadt creative quarters), which initiated the first conceptual process for Berlin’s real estate policies and still guides it to this day. From 2007 to 2010, he was responsible for coordinating the Initiative Berliner Kunsthalle (Initiative for a Berlin Art Hall). He is coowner of Urbanitas Berlin–Barcelona — Büro für lokale Entwicklung, Kulturproduktion und Kommunikation (Office for local de­ velopment, cultural production, and com­ munication) and a founding member of the Creative Board Friedrichshain­Kreuzberg. He is the studio commissioner of bbk berlin, responsible for the senats art-studios program since March 2014. Since 2015 he is spokesman of the initiative Haus der Statistik an member of the head of the cooperative ZUsammenKUNFT Berlin e.G