University of Aveiro

Faculty Member, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences

Researcher & Assistant

About

Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Aveiro (1990) and MsC in Urban Planning, University of Oporto (1998), with a thesis on “The urban entrepreneurs of Oporto Metropolitan Area: dynamics and motivations” oriented by Professor Rui BRAZ AFONSO.
Doing PhD Thesis on ‘Spatial Planning Methodology’ with the following advisors: Professor Jorge CARVALHO (UA) and Professor Les LUMSDON (Univ. of Central Lancashire/Institute of Transport and Tourism– UK)
Lecturer at the Department of Law, Political and Social Sciences at the University of Aveiro (since 2003)  and researcher at GOVCOPP – Research Group in Governance and Public Policies at the University of Aveiro (http://www.ua.pt/ii/PageText.aspx?id=1334).
Urban planner consultant and partner of a urban planning office (from 1990 to 2003) where he worked with municipalities from the central and northern region in Portugal participating in the development of town and city plans.
President of the Portuguese Spatial Planning Association (http://www.applaneadores.pt/ APPLA) from 1996 to 1999.  During that time we coordinated a national contest for secondary school about the ‘model of regional organization of the state’ organized with the support of the national government which involved more than 4.000 students from more than 120 schools from all the country.

Has been working recently in some Leisure Cycling projects:
- ‘CICLORIA’ (http://cicloria.blogs.sapo.pt/) a leisure cycling Project in the Aveiro Lagoon region financed by National Government (2008-2011);
- ‘Murtosa Cycling – Sustainable Mobility Project’ developed under Portuguese Environmental Agency (2006-2008)
- Member of the commission that created the framework of the ‘National Cycling Mobility Platform’ and of the ‘Economic Development Perspective of Cycling mobility in Portugal’

Member of ‘task force’ that developed the following scientific and civic initiatives:
- National Youth Contest ‘Creative Cities’ (http://cidadescriativas.blogs.sapo.pt/) (2007/2008)
- ‘No economic recovery without cities & citizens | Cidades pela Retoma’ (http://noeconomicrecoverywithoutcities.blogs.sapo.pt/)
- ‘Global City 2.0’ (http://globalcity.blogs.sapo.pt/)
- Community Project -& Blog – Amigosd’Avenida (http://amigosdavenida.blogs.sapo.pt/)

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