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Lina Rojas has background in Anthropology from the University of Andes in Colombia and holds a Master Degree in Urbanism and Spatial Planning at Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of University of Lisbon. Currently is a PhD candidate in Territorial Engineering and Land Planning at the Instituto Superior Técnico and integrates the Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture -CiTUA- research group. Her research aims to analyze the integration of the relationship between the communities and the natural and semi-natural landscapes in territorial planning and management.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Lina Maria Hoyos Rojas
Date of birth
1993/01/08
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Rojas, Lina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0419-F2CC-9331
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5773-1379

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022
Concluded
 Ordenamento do Território e Urbanismo (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Gestão do Território
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"Progressing on urban-rural connections: An Exploratory Approach towards an Agro-park Network in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/01/01 - 2016/04/01
Concluded
 Antropologia (Bachelor)
Major in Ciencia Política
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Fire-B-Aware "Wildfire risk perception and preparedness amongst school children and their families in Portugal"
UIDP/05703/2020
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - 2027/11/30 TOPIO - Towards Democratic Landscape Observation Through Geoinformatics and Public Participation 101131109
TOPIO - GA 101131109
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Ongoing
2022/09/12 - 2025/06/30 Biovalue - Biodiversity value in spatial policy and planning leveraging multi-level and transformative change
Grant agreement ID: 101060790
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Horizon Europe Excellent Science
Ongoing
2024/02/01 - 2025/06/01 All@CityScape
2023.17924.ICDT
Gestão da candidatura e apoio à concepção
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03 - 2024/05 Transformative Governance in Forest Territories for Fire Risk Reduction – TRAGOF
CiTUA R&D Unit, ref. 10.54499/UIDB/05703/2020
Researcher
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Rojas, Lina. Corresponding author: Rojas, Lina. "Stakeholders’ Agency for Biodiversity: Ecosystem Services Governance in the Planning Context". Paper presented in 6th world planning schools congress, Helsinki, 2026.
    Accepted
  2. Rojas, Lina; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; David, Nuno. "Comparing PGIS And The InVEST Model For Cultural Ecosystem Services Mapping". Paper presented in IALE 2025 European Congress: Landscape Perspectives in a Rapidly Changing Word, Bratislava, 2025.
    Published
  3. Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Rojas, Lina; David, Nuno. Corresponding author: Rojas, Lina. "Participatory Mapping For Exploring Cultural Ecosystem Services And Pro-Environmental Attitudes". Paper presented in 5th ESP Europe Conference: One Planet - One Health, Wageningen, 2024.
    Published
  4. Rojas, Lina; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Batista e Silva, Jorge; David, Nuno. "Exploring “Willingness to Care” for Transformative Change: methodological approach through the lens of Cultural Ecosystem Services". Paper presented in 11th IALE World Congress - 2023, Nairóbi, 2023.
    Published
  5. David, Nuno; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Silva, J. B.; Rojas, Lina. Corresponding author: David, Nuno. "Biodiversity And Spatial Planning: Passing The Word Across Scales And Sectors". Paper presented in 35th AESOP Annual Congress: Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence, Lodz, 2023.
    Published
  6. Batista e Silva, Jorge; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; David, Nuno; Rojas, Lina. Corresponding author: Batista e Silva, Jorge. "Planning Evaluation For Biodiversity". Paper presented in 35th AESOP Annual Congress: Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence, Lodz, 2023.
  7. Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Partidario, Maria; Rojas, Lina. Corresponding author: Loupa Ramos, Isabel. "Rethinking green infrastructures planning in peri-urban areas: a socio-ecological approach to agropark networks in metropolitan regions". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress 2022 - Spaces for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice, Tartu, 2022.
    Published
Journal article
  1. David, Nuno M.; Loupa-Ramos, Isabel; Baptista e Silva, Jorge; Hoyos-Rojas, Lina. "Making global ecosystem service frameworks locally relevant through participatory mapping: lessons from Mafra, Portugal". Socio-Ecological Practice Research (2026): https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-025-00240-1.
    10.1007/s42532-025-00240-1
  2. Orta-Ortiz, M. Susana; Falco, Enzo; Batista e Silva, Jorge; David, Nuno; Frezzi, Silvia; Kørnøv, Lone; Locher-Krause, Karla E.; et al. "Are spatial plans transformative for biodiversity and ecosystem services? Insights from seven European countries". European Planning Studies 34 2 (2025): 235-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2025.2582608.
    10.1080/09654313.2025.2582608
Report
  1. Orta-Ortiz, M. S.; Falco, E.; Geneletti, D.; Sica, F.; Locher-Krause, K.; Zhu, Y.; Wittmer, H.; et al. 2023. Current challenges and barriers to biodiversity inclusion in SP&MI WP.
    Assistant staff
  2. Rojas, Lina; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; David, Nuno; Batista e Silva, J.; Falco, E.; Orta-Ortiz, M. S.. 2023. Expert Perspectives of Integrating Biodiversity in Spatial Planning: Contributions from promising practices.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05/20 Bridging Biocultural Heritage and Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Case Study on CES and potential Pro-Environmental Behavior in Mafra, Portugal Cultural Ecosystem Services and Biocultural Heritage
Centre For Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, UNESCO (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/07/16 Cultural Ecosystem Services In Mafra: Participatory Mapping For Exploring Places And Attitudes VitaC
Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/06/07 Dérives Of Migrant Landscapes: Meeting Points Between Species And Places The Nature of Cities
(Berlim, Germany)
2023/02/19 Participatory Mapping Workshop i Perception at Views from the memory to the new city -Blended Intensive Program
Universidad San Pablo (Madrid, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/12/11 - Current Webinar on AI and Technology Applications in Landscape Ecology (2024/12/11)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Insternational Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) - Europe, Czech Republic
2025/10/07 - 2025/10/10 Organisation of Field Applications in Portugal - Autumn School (2025/10/07 - 2025/10/10)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/03/11 - 2025/04/26 Nature-Based Planning for Societal Urban Transitions - Blended Intensive Course (2025/03/11 - 2025/04/26)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Science and Public Policy Workshops: How to build bridges? From the Planapp in the Training-of-Trainers on Evidence for Policy from the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Workshop
 Workshops "Ciência e Política Pública: como conseguir pontes?"
2026/07/01 - 2026/07/01 Roundtable: Planning with Ecosystem Services: Pathways for integration
Round table
 6th world planning schools congress
2026/01/27 - 2026/01/30 Curso: Horizon Europe Collaborative Proposal Writing Support
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/09/05 - 2025/09/10 Meeting global challenges and exploring insights from landscape ecology - Intensive PhD course
Seminar
Insternational Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) - Europe, Czech Republic
2023/02/20 - 2023/02/25 Winter School - From place to city: Collective construction of the habitat Do Lugar à Cidade: Construção coletiva do habitat
Instituto para o Desenvolvimento da Gestão Empresarial do ISCTE, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/06/01 - Current Working Group Early Career Researchers - International Association for Landscape Ecology
2022 - Current Latin American Landscape Initiative