Curriculum Vitae
Lia Laporta
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Lia Laporta
Citation names
- Laporta, Lia
- Lia Borges Laporta
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4F16-A147-7566
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4178-4537
Email addresses
- lia.borgeslaporta@unitn.it (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Italian | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Beginner (A1) |
| French | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2022/03/24
Concluded
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Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Ecosystem Services for planning and policy instruments: insights from studies in human-dominated
landscapes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010 - 2012
Concluded
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Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Master)
Major in Marine Biology
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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893/1000 (18) |
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2006 - 2010
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Ambiental Perfil Marinho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/07/15 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Trento, Italy |
| Universidade de Trento, Italy | ||
| 2014/03 - 2021/07 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal (...) |
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| 2012/09/01 - 2014/03/24 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2014/04/01 - 2018/03/31 | Ecosystem Services for planning and policy instruments: insights from studies in human-dominated
landscapes
SFRH/BD/94195/2013
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/10 - Current | BioAgora: Bio Knowledge Agora: Developing the Science Service for European Research
and Biodiversity Policymaking
Post-doc Fellow
Universitatea din Bucuresti Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, Romania
Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ, Germany Forschungsverbund Berlin eV, Germany Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals, Spain Pensoft Publishers, Bulgaria Wageningen Research, Netherlands |
Horizon Europe
Ongoing
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| 2025/10 - Current | GREEN TALENT – Building Capacity and Partnerships for Systemic Solutions to the Climate
and Biodiversity Crises
Post-doc Fellow
Anoikto Panepistemio Kuprou, Cyprus
Pensoft Publishers, Bulgaria Maynooth University, Ireland Sweco AB, Sweden Helsingin seudeun kesäyliopisto, Finland Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy L-Università ta' Malta, Malta Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Natsionalen institut po geofizika geodezia i geografia B'lgarska akademia na naukite, Bulgaria |
Horizon Europe
Ongoing
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| 2020/01/01 - 2026/12/31 | MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UIDB/04292/2020
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente ULisboa, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2023/09 - 2025/09 | BioValue - Biodiversity value in spatial policy and planning leveraging multi-level
and transformative change
Post-doc Fellow
Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ, Germany Aalborg Universitet i København, Denmark Comune di Trento, Italy Câmara Municipal de Mafra, Portugal |
Horizon Europe
Concluded
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| 2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
UIDB/50009/2020
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2022 - 2022 | Landscape Management & Rearrangement Programme for Serra da Lousã e Açor Protected
Area (PRGP SLA). Commissioned by the Portuguese Government.
Senior Consultant
Atthis Consulting, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2021 - 2022 | Evaluation of the Climate Adapation measures implemented across 6 policy programmes
supported by ESI Funds. Commissioned by the Portuguese Government.
Senior Consultant
Atthis Consulting, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2021/02 - 2021/04 | A Payment for Ecosystem Services approach for Paul de Tornada protected area.
Senior Consultant
Atthis Consulting, Portugal
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Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente
Concluded
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia
UID/EEA/50009/2019
LA/P/0083/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2018/06/01 - 2019/06/30 | ECOPOTENTIAL: IMPROVING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIONS
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Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Université de Montpellier, France Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Italy University of New South Wales, Australia Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France Universitatea din Bucure¿ti, Romania Starlab Barcelona SL, Spain Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Universität Bayreuth, Germany Universität Potsdam, Germany Università del Salento, Italy Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Universidad de Córdoba, Spain Politecnico di Milano, Italy Universidad de Granada, Spain Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France Klaipedos universitetas, Lithuania École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Universitetet i Bergen, Norway Université de Genève, Switzerland University of Leeds, United Kingdom Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ, Germany |
Horizon Europe
Concluded
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| 2019 - 2019 | ECOPOL - Internalizing the Functional Narrative of the Montado (cork oak forest) in
the formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of Rural Development policies.
Researcher
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
UNAC União da Floresta Mediterrânica, Portugal |
Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
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| 2017/02/01 - 2018/07/31 | ESMERLADA - Enhancing ecoSysteM sERvices mApping for poLicy and Decision mAking
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Researcher
The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Mykolo Romerio universitetas, Lithuania Naturvårdsverket, Sweden Suomen ympäristökeskus, Finland Universitatea din Bucure¿ti, Romania Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy Eesti Maaülikooli, Estonia Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, Slovenia Uniwersytet im Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Poland Panepistemio Patron, Greece Tel Aviv University, Israel Københavns Universitet, Denmark Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture l'alimentation et l'environnement, France |
Horizon Europe
Concluded
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| 2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 | Strategic Project - UI 609 - 2013-2014
PEst-C/BIA/UI0609/2013
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2012/01/09 - 2014/07/08 | Urban Boundaries: The Dynamics of Cultural Encounters in Communitarian Education
PTDC/CPE-CED/119695/2010
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto da Educação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018 - 2019 | TEEB Portugal | A comprehensive package of economic and financial instruments for
nature and biodiversity conservation in Portugal and the development of two local
pilot case studies in Protected Areas.
N/A
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
Concluded
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| 2014 - 2015 | Portuguese pilot MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services) initiative
| Regional Assessment commissioned by ICNF
N/A
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2019 | Ecosystem Services and Nature Conservation: looking for win-win areas in Alentejo, Portugal | 15th European Ecological Federation Congress and 18th National SPECO Meeting
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2013 | Scoping the use of ecosystem services valuation for project planning: The case of hydropower plants and watershed management | 6th Ecosystem Services Partnership International Conference
Ecosystem Services Parnership (Bali, Indonesia)
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| 2013 | Ecosystem Services Valuation and Forest Management: Challenges & Conservation issues | IALE Annual Symposium 2013 - Landscape Dynamics Along Environmental Gradients
IALE (Austin, United States)
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| 2013 | NO WATER! Real contradictions among Rights, Survival, and Local Politics through the eyes of ethnographers from the Urban Boundaries Project | Water & Planning: The Fluid Challenge - World Town Planning Day International Online
Conference
American Planning Association (Chicago, United States)
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| 2012 | Marine biological valuation maps as a tool for valuation of the Belgian coastline | Proceedings for International Conference Littoral 2012: Coasts of Tomorrow
VLIZ (Oostende, Belgium)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/06 - 2025/06 | I designed and co-facilitated the interactive workshop "Just sectoral and spatial
planning policies to open space for transformative change for biodiversity" at the
Horizon EU Transformative Change Cluster Event - Conference and Public Panels on “Mainstreaming
Biodiversity in Policy Making”. Around 20 EU practitioners/researchers attended. (2025/06 - 2025/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Horizon Europe, Belgium |
| 2024/03 - 2024/03 | Co-presenter and Facilitator of the Interactive WEBINAR: Towards biodiversity-inclusive
and transformative spatial plans in Europe: A comparison of practices. Available at
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10844243. (2024/03)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy |
| 2024 - 2024 | I co-designed and supported the facilitation of a participatory workshop for identifying
and discussing the environmental and socio-economic benefits of the requalification
vision for the Fersina river, in Trento (Italy). Around 40 participants attended the
event. (2024 - 2024)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Università degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Ambientale e Meccanica, Italy |
| 2022 - 2022 | I co-designed and facilited an immersive meeting for the Assessment of Climate Change
Adapation measures implemented across 6 policy programmes in Portugal, supported by
ESI Funds. Around 30 public admnistration officials and invited experts attended the
meeting. (2022 - 2022)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Atthis Consulting, Portugal |
| 2021 - 2021 | I co-designed and facilitated 2 focal group discussions with agroforestry producers/managers
and public admnistration officials. The discussions regarded identification and discussions
on the ESS provided by agroforestry ecosystems in Portugal, and ways to integrate
their value in regional and national policies. A total of 25 participants attended
both events. (2021)
Other (Co-organisor)
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| 2021 - 2021 | I co-designed and facilited 3 participatory workshops with local and institutional
actors under the Landscape Transformation Programme of the Serra da Lousã e Açor,
at 3 different locations in central Portugal. Around 20 participants attended each
workshop. (2021 - 2021)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Atthis Consulting, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2015 | I co-desinged and facilitated an Interactive Workshop at Marvão, Portugal. The workshop
was about identification and valuation of ESS in the Natural Park of Serra de São
Mamede, with 35 participants. (2015 - 2015)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2015/12 - 2015/12 | I attended the "Workshop on Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services Assessments in Portugal",
organized by the Portuguese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICNF).
Workshop
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Workshop on Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services Assessments in Portugal
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP, Portugal
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| 2015/10 - 2015/10 | I attended the 2-day workshop on "“Ecosystem Services in Practice Research", organized
by the Portugurese Association of Landscape Ecology (APEP) and Instituto Superior
Tecnico.
Workshop
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Ecosystem Services in Practice Research
Associação Portuguesa de Ecologia da Paisagem, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2013 - 2013 | I attended the intensive course (3 days) on "Biodiversity Data Publishing using the
Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT)" organized by the Global Biodiversity Information
Facility and Instituto Superior de Agronomia (University of Lisbon).
Workshop
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Biodiversity Data Publishing using the Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Denmark
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal |
| 2012/11 - 2012/11 | I attended the Workshop "Evaluating ecosystem services for decision-making", organized
by the Natural Capital Project (USA) and Instituto Superior Tecnico (University of
Lisbon)
Workshop
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Evaluating ecosystem services for decision-making
Natural Capital Project, United States
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2012/04 - 2012/04 | I attended the "Hands-on workshop on Biological Valuation as a Tool for Marine Spatial
Planning" organized by Ghent University (4 days).
Workshop
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Hands-on workshop on Biological Valuation as a Tool for Marine Spatial Planning
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Belgium
AZTI-Tecnalia, Spain |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2026 - Current | Senior consultant (external) for the ex-post evaluation of the National Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (PDR2020) | Atthis Consulting, Portugal Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos, Portugal |
| 2024/12 - 2025/01 | I led a short assessment under the BioValue project aimed at understanding potential supply and demand for a set of human health- related ecosystem services (ES) at the parcel scale. Resuls provided the academic backdrop to help guide the design of requirements for a riverine GI associated with the new hospital in Trento. Report available 10.5281/zenodo.18401105 | Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy |
| 2025 - 2025 | Senior consultant (external) for the "Evaluation of European Funds in Portugal: Operationalization of the SUSTENTAVEL 2030 programme" | Atthis Consulting, Portugal Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos, Portugal |
| 2021 - 2023 | I co-led the technical team on the assessment of Climate Change Adaptation measures implemented across 6 Portuguese Policy Programmes financed by ESI funds. English summary available here: https://portugal2020.pt/wp-content/uploads/3.-Avaliacao_AAC_SumarioExecutivo_vff.pdf | Atthis Consulting, Portugal |
| 2022 - 2022 | I co-led an ES-based Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Landscape Transformation Programme (PRGP) for Serra da Lousã e Açor (Portugal). Commissioned by the Portuguese Directorate-General for Territory Management (DGT). https://www.dgterritorio.gov.pt/sites/default/files/ficheiros-paisagem/ptp/PRGP_SLA_Relatorio_Ambiental.pdf | Atthis Consulting, Portugal |
| 2021 - 2021 | Senior consultant in the project for developing a Payment for Ecosystem Services model for the protected wetland Paul de Tornada. Commissioned by GEOTA. | Atthis Consulting, Portugal Terraprima, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2020 | Senior consultant and co-manager of the project to develop a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Framework for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Commissioned by the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (MEWA) of KSA. | Atthis Consulting, Portugal Palladium, United Kingdom |
| 2019 - 2019 | Consultant integrating the technical team for the 2019 evaluation of the Portuguese Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (PDR2020). | Atthis Consulting, Portugal Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos, Portugal |
| 2017 - 2017 | Consultant integrating the technical team for the 2017 evaluation of the Portuguese Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (PDR2020) | Atthis Consulting, Portugal Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2016 | Consultant integrating the team for the ex-post evaluation of the Portuguese Rural Development Programme 2007-2014 (ProDeR) | Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2016 | Consultant integrating the technical team for the ex-post evaluation of the Rural Network Programme 2007-2013 (PRRN) | Atthis Consulting, Portugal |
| 2014 - 2014 | Junior consultant integrating the team for the project to develop Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies inclusive of Ecosystem Services in the energy sector. Commissioned by the Portuguese Energy company EDP, Energias de Portugal, S.A.. | Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025 - Current | Introduction to GIS for planners | Digital Urban Planning (Master) | Università degli Studi di Trento Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Ambientale e Meccanica, Italy |
| 2023 - 2024 | I admnistered 2 Seminars (1.5h/year) on Assessing and Valuing Ecosystem Services, under the MSc course "Nature-based Solution for Advanced Planning" taught by Prof. Dr. Davide Geneletti. | Nature-based Solutions for Advanced Planning (Master) | Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy |
| 2015 - 2016 | I admnistered 2 seminars (1h/year) on methods for ESS assessment and valuation. MSc course on Enviromental Economics, taught by Prof. Dr. Tiago Domingos. Theory and Practice. | Economia do Ambiente (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2025 - Current | One Ecosystem | |
| 2025 - Current | Cities | |
| 2025 - Current | Agroforestry Systems | |
| 2025 - Current | Public Management Review | |
| 2024 - Current | Ecosystem Services | |
| 2015 - Current | Sustainability | |
| 2015/05 - 2017 | Ocean & Coastal Management |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2022 | Graduated cum laude
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2014 | Individual FCT PhD Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2012 | Graduated Summa cum laude
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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