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Ana Catarina Belo is a PhD student in Tourism at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon and the Estoril School of Hospitality and Tourism since 2022. She is currently an FCT research fellow and her thesis project aims to study digital nomads in Lisbon, namely their motivations and consumption practices in the city and how they relate to tourism. She has been part of the Center for Geographical Studies at the University of Lisbon and the TERRITUR (Tourism, Heritage and Territory) research group since 2023. She was a research fellow on the project "SMARTDEST - Cities as mobility hubs: tackling social exclusion through 'smart' citizen engagement | H2020-RIA", funded by the European Commission, which aimed to analyze tourist mobility in different European cities and discover innovative solutions in urban planning. She holds a master's degree in Tourism and Communication from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Estoril School of Hospitality and Tourism and Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (2019) and a degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures from the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (2016). Her main research interests are: digital nomads, tourist mobility, urban tourism and creative tourism.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Raimundo Belo
Date of birth
1994/05/30
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Belo, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F610-4801-4AD4
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3692-0215

Email addresses

  • anacatarinabelo@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Edifício IGOT, Rua Branca Edmée Marques, Cidade Universitária, 1600-276, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
French Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022 - 2027
Ongoing
Tourism (Doctor)
Major in Urban Tourism
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal
2022 - 2022
Concluded
Creative Tourism and Smart Cities (Outros)
Turismo de Portugal, Portugal
2020 - 2021
Concluded
Upgrade Sustainability (Outros)
Turismo de Portugal, Portugal
2016 - 2019/12/06
Concluded
Tourism and Communication (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Pequenos turistas: a oferta de empresas hoteleiras direcionada ao segmento infantil" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2013 - 2016
Concluded
Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Bachelor)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10/01 - 2024/10/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/01/10 - 2023/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020 - 2022 Junior Event Manager Feira Internacional de Lisboa - FIL, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/10 - 2023/09/30 SMARTDEST - Cities as mobility hubs: tackling social exclusion through 'smart' citizen engagement
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Comissão Europeia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Belo, Catarina. "Nómadas digitais: motivações e práticas de consumo na cidade turística". Paper presented in XIV Congress of Portuguese Geography, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Belo, Ana Catarina Raimundo. "Pequenos turistas: a oferta de empresas hoteleiras direcionada ao segmento infantil". Master, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/32597.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/16 Digital nomads in Lisbon: motivations and consumption practices in the tourist city XIV Congress of Portuguese Geography
Portuguese Association of Geographers & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, ULisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09/28 Digital nomads in Lisbon: motivations and consumption practices in the tourist city Tourism Week - Lightning Talks on current doctoral programs
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, ULisboa (Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/02 - 2023/03/03 "CityLabs as instruments for urban change: co-learning and scaling-up", as part of the SMARTDEST project. (2023)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2020 - 2022 «Portugal Smart Cities by Fundação AIP» (2020)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
Feira Internacional de Lisboa - FIL, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/27 - Current Unfolding authenticity within retail gentrification in Mouraria
Other
Tourism Week - Unfolding authenticity within retail gentrification in Mouraria
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/09/26 - Current Place-based displacement: Touristification and neighborhood change
Other
Tourism Week - Place-based displacement: Touristification and neighborhood change
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/06/19 - Current State-of-the-art in digital nomads research and ongoing reflections about the (future of the) field.
Workshop
"Digital nomads: current research and ways forward"
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/01/17 - 2023/01/17 International experiences of tourist mobilities in urban destinations, compared to Lisbon.
Workshop
«Tourism, transient populations, and the city»
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/11/14 - 2022/11/14 Paths and challenges for the future of tourism, risk factors and funds available to support businesses and the sector's economy.
Conference
"Tourism beyond tourism"
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2022/11/11 - 2022/11/11 Strategies used by digital nomads in their mobility, the impact of their lifestyle and consumption practices and the positioning of countries in their mobility regimes..
Seminar
«Harnessing the mobility privilege: Digital Nomads and the State»
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/09/29 - 2022/09/29 Use of technology in tourism for sustainable planning and management of territories.
Round table
"Smart Tourism: a new paradigm in sustainable destination management?"
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27 Experience of the SMARTDEST project with participatory methods in the parish of Misericórdia, which fostered the dialogue between researchers, stakeholders and residents, in view of the processes of social exclusion suffered here.
Conference
"Participatory methods and urban transformation: the experience of the Smartdest/Lisbon Urban Lab Project"
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/01/22 - 2024/01/22 Geography open day at Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - Digital nomads and socio-spatial transformations (Ensino secundário) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal