SENIOR CONSULTANT & URBAN PLANNER

Jun 2023 - Today

Lisbon (Portugal)

Technical assistance and consultancy services for the development of integrated territorial and urban initiatives, with a focus on urban regeneration and housing policies in distressed urban areas; Preparation and submission of project proposals to EU grants applications (e.g. LIFE; HE, etc.) and national (Portugal) funding opportunities (e.g. PT2030; PRR). Available to perform ad-hoc expertise missions at network and programme level within URBACT.

SENIOR INNOVATION CONSULTANT

Jan 2023 - May 2023

Lisbon (Portugal)

Project development and management of H2020 projects, including deliverables development; Writing grant applications for Horizon Europe funding on energy transition, circular economy, climate change adaptation and smart cities, including the development of consortiums and stakeholders management.

PROJECT MANAGER EU FUNDS

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

Lisbon (Portugal)

Project manager of projects on sustainable urban mobility funded by the EC (Connecting Europe Facility) and by national funds (Programa Operacional Regional; PRR; Fundo Ambiental); Writing grant applications; Development of multimodal mobility scenarios; Development of project deliverables.

SENIOR CONSULTANT & PROJECT MANAGER

Nov 2019 - Jul 2022

Lisbon & Porto (Portugal)

Management of projects financed by European and national programs; Writing grant applications for European funds; Design of governance models; Analysis and design of public policies in different sectorial areas, with a focus on housing, including the development of technical studies, territorial diagnoses and strategies, local action plans; Stakeholder management.

JUNIOR CONSULTANT (external freelance collaboration)

Jul 2019 – Oct 2019

Lisbon (Portugal)

External collaboration for the development of communication, dissemination and coaching activities for the research project “exPERts -Making Sense of Planning Expertise: Housing Policy and the role of Experts in the Programa Especial de Realojamento PER”: Development of graphic design products for the project results public exhibition; Organization of the housing forum with civil servants of the municipalities of Lisbon Metropolitan Area and local housing experts; Transcript of interviews.

RESEARCHER (PhD Grant)

Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

Lisbon (Portugal)

Research activities on policy innovation in experimental urban regeneration programs in distressed urban areas in Portugal within the framework of multilevel, collaborative and integrated governance models.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

Lisbon (Portugal)

Research activities for the research project “exPERts -Making Sense of Planning Expertise: Housing Policy and the role of Experts in the Programa Especial de Realojamento PER”: Spatial analysis and mapping of informal settlements and public housing neighborhoods in Lisbon Metropolitan Area; Development and conduction of interviews to civil servants and local organizations; Policy analysis of housing policies; Development of strategic partnerships between the university and public authorities; Development of reports and project outputs; Organization of the housing forum with civil servants of the municipalities of Lisbon Metropolitan Area and local housing experts.

MANAGING EDITOR E MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Jul 2014 - Jun 2017

Milan (Italy) and Lisbon (Portugal)

Scientific Coordinator, Managing of Contents, Graphic Design Manager, Public Relations Management, Correspondent from Portugal (development of interviews to urban experts).

URBAN PLANNER AND JUNIOR CONSULTANT (external freelance collaboration)

Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

Lisbon (Portugal)

Research project “Exploring the contribution of relational space for promoting the right to the city. Experimental research at Cova da Moura, greater Lisbon Area”: Design, implementation, management and evaluation of participatory processes in urban regeneration projects in the Alto da Cova da Moura neighborhood, including the development of interviews with the local community and the development of studies, territorial diagnosis and reports.

URBAN PLANNER AND POLICY ANALYST

Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

Milan (Italy)

Technical assistance for the Project “Abbiategrasso Partecipa”: development of an urban regeneration strategy for the city of Abbiategrasso, including the development of the participatory territorial diagnosis and territorial development strategy, including the conduction of interviews and the development of studies and reports.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

May 2013 - Sept 2013

Coimbra (Portugal)

Research Project “O Orçamento Participativo como instrumento inovador para reinventar as autarquias em Portugal e Cabo Verde? Uma análIse crítica da performance e dos transfers”: Technical assistance for the capacity building of civil servants of nine municipalities in Portugal for the implementation of participatory budgeting projects, including the facilitation of meetings with local communities and the development of interviews for the production of the documentary “Uma revolução tranquila”.

URBAN PLANNER

Jan 2012 - Sept 2012

Lisbon (Portugal)

Action-research activities in Cova da Moura neighbourhood: design, coordination and facilitation of participatory processes for urban regeneration and local development projects (urban agriculture, public space, tourism) with the local community and community organizations for the implementation of three local development projects.

URBAN PLANNER

Sept 2010 - Oct 2010

Cairo (Egypt)

Technical assistance for the implementation of local development and urban agriculture projects in the City of Dead, including the development of a photographic project on life’s biographies of the dwellers.

URBAN PLANNER (trainee)

Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

Milan (Italy)

Planning and control of the environmental sustainability activities of the construction site, for the renovation of a residential building in the historic center of Milan and its conversion into a hotel unit, including the management of the site's processes with regard to the occupation of public land as well as of the processes of storage and recycling of work materials.

TRAINEE (urban planning)

Jun 2006 - Sept 2006

Novara (Italy)

Development of urban planning projects at local scale (public space) and land use planning.