Diogo is a PhD candidate in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, and a Non-PhD Integrated Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon.

 

Educational Background

• PhD candidate in Human Geography (Awarded FCT, I.P. Scholarship) - 2021/2025

• Master of Arts in Human Geography: Globalization, Society and Territory - 2017/2019

• BA (Hons) in Geography - 2014/2017

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Research Interests

He is an urban geographer with interests in the international mobility and mutation of urban policies by exploring where these policies come from, how and why they are deterritorialized and reterritorialized in different contexts, and what these journeys mean for urban politics. His ongoing PhD examines the international transfer, mobility and mutation of the Business Improvement Districts as a form of local governance and explores their territorial experimentation in Portugal.

Diogo is also interested in discussing the role of epistemic communities and informational infrastructures in the circulation of academic knowledge and in the making of relationships between national and international epistemic communities.

 

Teaching Experience

• 2021/2022: Urban Geography

• 2020/2022: Regional Geography of Portugal

 

Further information

• Research Assistant PHOENIX: Retail-led Urban Regeneration and New Forms of Governance (PTDC/GES-URB/31878/2017) - 2019/2022

• Collaborator of the Picture Library of the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon - 2020/-

• Member of the Installation Committee of the IGOT Alumni Network - 2020/-

• Portuguese Team Leader in the EU Project «YouthMetre - An innovative open data tool to empower youth democracy» - 2016/2018.

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Professional Membership

• Association of American Geographers

• Association of Portuguese Geographers

 

Get in touch

Diogo is always happy to collaborate with other people from different backgrounds and with similar research interests. At the moment, Diogo is working with The University of Manchester (UK) and The University of Barcelona (Spain) on policy mobilities and Business Improvement Districts.

In 2023 I will be at the AAG Annual Meeting in Denver (March 2023) - See you there!