Current research interests

Informalidade urbana em Europa, exclusão urbana e imigração, planeamento participativo.

Research Projects

2019 - 2020 - "Contemporary migration landscape in Southern Italy: crossing agricultural labour, rhetoric of emergency and informality", as coordinator researcher.
    Project Partnership:
              - Diletta Vecchiarelli

2017 - 2021 - "Neometropoli mediterranee: il cantiere della grande trasformazione marocchina di fronte alla sfida della sostenibilità", coordinated by Maria Rita Gisotti, sponsored by Universidade de Firenze, fundos de Ateneo.

2012 - 2018 - "Comparative Study on the Socio-spatial Segregation of Brazilian and Portuguese Cities: Use and Transformation of Urban Space by Migrants", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by FCT.

2008 - 2011 - "Water Common Good: Participatory Plan for the Management and Valorisation of Water Resource in Cajazeira V, Salvador, Brazil", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Water Right Foundation and Circondario Empolese Valdelsa .

2005 - 2007 - "Internationalization of the Research - Interlink_Plus Project", coordinated by Paolo Orefice, sponsored by Italian Ministry of Universities, Education and Research (MIUR) and the University of Florence, Italy.

Networks

International Network of Urban Research and Action