Apresentação Pessoal

Current position
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
Senior Researcher at Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment (CITTA)

Education
Degree in Civil Engineering from FEUP
Master in Civil Engineering Structures from FEUP
PhD in Civil Engineering - Option Urban Planning - from the University of Porto (FEUP)

Main research interests
My main research interests focus on urban design, development and management, in particular research into: the urban space and processes that shape it, its social and psychological significance, meanings and values of public spaces, agencies of urban change, and implications of urban change for the communities (and certain vulnerable groups) and for the environment.

Main activities 
Involved in several European and national research projects related to topics such as: the publicness of public spaces, generative urban spaces, planning and active ageing, sustainable land use policies for resilient cities, citizen sensing to improve urban resilience, sustainable urban metabolism, impact of closed condominiums in urban form, and improving the implementation of environmental impact assessment.

Other relevant information
Member of the Portuguese Association of Urbanism
National Representative (2020 - 2022) of the Council of Representatives of AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning)
Member of Thematic Group AESOP – Public Spaces and Urban Cultures