Joana Dias (F715-3098-4EBF)

Curriculum Vitae

Joana Dias

Joana Dias holds a master's in Environmental Engineering (IST, University of Lisbon) and a PhD in Engineering and Management (IST, University of Lisbon), with specialization in social innovation and transformative capacity of communities towards a sustainable and resilient outcome, exploring also how these influence and are influenced by their territorial challenges and conflicts. She has collaborated as a teaching assistant and has been involved in several research projects in the field of social innovation and transitions for sustainability. Currently, she is an integrated member of the Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture (CiTUA) at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, where she has been developing research on community engagement through socially innovative laboratories to reduce forest risk in the southern Portugal.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Joana Dias
Date of birth: 1989/06/08
Gender: Female

Citation names

Dias, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F715-3098-4EBF
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4619-7972
Scopus Author Id: 57210601527

Email addresses

joanafmdias@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

(+351) 218418321 (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto Superior Técnico. Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://sensuist.wixsite.com/sensu (Professional)
http://citua.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-dias-3ab411245/ (Social media)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/09 - 2022/04 Concluded	Engenharia e Gestão (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacity in Communities" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Pass with Distinction
2015/09 - 2016/08 Concluded	Engenharia e Gestão (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	17
2007/09 - 2014/11 Concluded	Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Urban Resilience - The social perspective (classification: 18/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture (CiTUA), Portugal
2015 - 2022	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09 - Current	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2016/09 - 2018/07	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/06 - Current	Centro para a Inovação em Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura UIDB/05703/2020 10.54499/UIDB/05703/2020 Researcher Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023 - 2024	Fire-B-aware " Wildfire risk perception and preparedness amongst school children and their families in Portugal" Unidade de I&D CiTUA, ref.ª 10.54499/UIDB/05703/2020, com o apoio financeiro da FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2023 - 2024	TRAGOF "Transformative Governance in Forest Territories for Fire Risk Reduction" Unidade de I&D CiTUA, ref.ª 10.54499/UIDB/05703/2020, com o apoio financeiro da FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022 - 2024	BRIDGE "bridging science and local communities for forest fire risk reduction" PCIF/AGT/0072/2019 Post-doc Fellow Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019 - 2022	TRUST "social innovation sTRategies for sUSTainability transitions" PTDC/GES-AMB/28591/2017 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Estudos de Gestão do Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) UID/GES/00097/2019 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017 - 2019	ROBUST "Unlocking Rural-Urban Synergies" European Union´s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 727988 Technical development Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2017 - 2018	PSSS "PUBLIC SPACE’S SERVICE VALUE as an URBAN SYSTEM - An integrated assessment methodology" PTDC/ECM-URB/2162/2014 Other	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Partidario, Maria; Marques, Afonso; Soares, Ana; Felenchak, Anastasiya ; Antunes, Carla Rolo; Sousa e Silva, Delta; Saad, G.; et al. BRIDGE - Unir a Ciência e as Comunidades Locais para a Redução do Risco de Incêndios Florestais. Portugal: Gráfica Editora. 2024.
Conference abstract	Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Bernardo, Maria de Fátima Campos; Dias, Joana; Batista e Silva, Jorge; Soares, Ana; Bárbara, Martins; Saad, G.; et al. Corresponding author: Loupa Ramos, Isabel. "School children's risk perception and preparedeness: exploring wildfire risk in Portugal". Paper presented in 28th International Conference Association People-Environment Studies, Barcelona, 2024. Saad, G.; Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria; Monteiro, Margarida; Soares, Ana; Rojas, Lina; David, Nuno. Corresponding author: Saad, G.. "Transformative Governance of Forest Territories for Fire Risk Reduction: Case study of Serra do Caldeirão, Portugal". Paper presented in 31st APDR Congress: Regional Innovation Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Leiria, 2024. Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Bernardo, Maria de Fátima Campos; Dias, Joana; Batista e Silva, Jorge; Soares, Ana; Martins, Bárbara; Saad, G.; et al. "A valorização da escola na redução do risco de incêndio em Portugal". Paper presented in XXXI Colóquio da AFIRSE Portugal. Aprendizagem, Diversidade e Equidade: A Investigação em Educação, Lisboa, 2024. Partidario, Maria; Monteiro, Margarida; Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Fidélis, Teresa; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Madeira, Catarina; et al. "TRUST - social innovation sTRategies for sUSTainability transitions". Paper presented in ISIRC 2023 - 15th International Social Innovation Research Conference, Guimarães, 2023. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacity in Communities". Paper presented in ISIRC 2023 - 15th International Social Innovation Research Conference, Guimarães, 2023. Margarida B. Monteiro; Maria Rosario Partidario; Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Teresa Fidélis; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Catarina Madeira; et al. "Potential of social innovation strategies to drive sustainability transitions". Paper presented in International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2023, Utrecht, 2023. Accepted Partidario, Maria; Dias, Joana; Saad, G.; Soares, Ana Paula; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Martins, Rute; Margarida B. Monteiro. "Monchique's Innovation Laboratory - a space for dialogue and knowledge sharing to foster community-based disaster risk reduction in forest-prone areas". Paper presented in 8th International Wildland Fire Conference, Porto, 2023. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "O Potencial da Inovação Social para criar Capacidade Transformativa em Comunidades". Paper presented in (in)Justiça Espacial em reflexão: Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura, Lisboa, 2022. Partidario, Maria; Saad, G.; Monteiro, Margarida; Martins, Rute; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Dias, Joana; Freitas, Maria; et al. "BRIDGE - a participatory-action research project for community engagement in forest fire risk prevention". Paper presented in IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research - Advances in Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, 2022. Monteiro, Margarida; Dias, Joana; Madeira, Catarina; Fidélis, Teresa; Partidario, Maria; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Rivera, Maria; Saad, G.. "Experimenting social innovation for transformative change: comparison between six Portuguese initiatives". Paper presented in 12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference on Mainstreaming Sustainability transitions: From research towards impact, Online conference, 2021. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacity in Communities". Paper presented in 28th APDR Congress - Green and inclusive transitions in Southern Europe regions: What can we do better?, Online conference, 2021. Dias, Joana. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacity in Communities". Paper presented in SPRU PhD Forum on Collaboration in Context: Advancing Research and Policy Practices in Science, Technology, and Innovation, Online conference, 2021. Monteiro, Margarida; Partidario, Maria; Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Fidélis, Teresa; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Madeira, Catarina; Rivera, Maria; Veiga, José. "Social Learning and Innovations in Sustainability Transitions - A comparisson between seven portuguese initiatives". Paper presented in 5th Conference on Regional and Urban Planning: Communities and Networks for Territorial Innovation, Online conference, 2020. Partidario, Maria; Monteiro, Margarida; Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Fidélis, Teresa; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Madeira, Catarina; Rivera, Maria; Veiga, José. "Social Learning and Innovations in Sustainability Transitions – a research in progress". Paper presented in 2020 International Social Innovation Research Conference. Social innovation and enterprise for more prosperous, fair and sustainable societies, Online conference, 2020. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacity in Communities". Paper presented in 2020 International Social Innovation Research Conference. Social innovation and enterprise for more prosperous, fair and sustainable societies, Online conference, 2020. Partidario, Maria; Monteiro, Margarida; Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Fidélis, Teresa; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Madeira, Catarina; Rivera, Maria; Veiga, José. "Social Learning and Innovations in Sustainability Transitions – a research in progress". Paper presented in 25th APDR Workshop. Social innovation towards sustainability: embracing contemporary challenges for regional development, Online conference, 2020. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "Social Innovation in Portugal - where we are and what are we doing?". Paper presented in 25th APDR Workshop. Social innovation towards sustainability: embracing contemporary challenges for regional development, Online conference, 2020. Partidario, Maria; Monteiro, Margarida; Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Fidélis, Teresa; Pinto-Correia, Teresa. "Social Learning and Innovations in Sustainability Transitions - a research in progress". Paper presented in 11th International Social Innovation Research Conference. Social Innovation: Local Solutions to Global Challenges, Glasgow, 2019. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "Contributing to the conceptualization of Social Innovation". Paper presented in 11th International Social Innovation Research Conference. Social Innovation: Local Solutions to Global Challenges, Glasgow, 2019. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "Lisbon Social Dimension in Urban Resilience". Paper presented in LISBON AESOP ANNUAL CONGRESS '17 - Spaces of Dialog for places of dignity: Fostering the European Dimension of Planning, Lisboa, 2017. Dias, Joana; Barros, Margarida; Partidario, Maria. "The Social Dimension of Urban Resilience: a Methodology to Assess Social Dynamics Contributions to Urban Sustainability". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, London, 2017. Dias, Joana; Barros, Margarida; Partidario, Maria. "The social dimension of urban resilience: a methodology to assess social dynamics contributions to urban sustainability". Paper presented in 22nd International Sustainability Development Research Society Conference - Rethinking Sustainability Models and Practices: New and Old World Contexts, Lisboa, 2016.
Conference paper	Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Bernardo, Maria de Fátima Campos; Dias, Joana; Batista e Silva, Jorge; Soares, Ana; Martins, Bárbara; Rojas, Lina; et al. "A valorização da escola na redução do risco de incêndio em Portugal: o projeto Fire-B-aware". Paper presented in XXXVI Colóquio da AFIRSE em Portugal. Lisboa, Portugal, 2024. Partidario, Maria; Saad, G.; Monteiro, Margarida; Martins, Rute; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Dias, Joana; Belém Freitas, Maria; et al. "BRIDGE - a participatory-action research project for community engagement in forest fire risk prevention". Paper presented in IX INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOREST FIRE RESEARCH, Coimbra, 2022. Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "Lisbon Social Dimension in Urban Resilience". Paper presented in Spaces of dialog for places of dignity: fostering the European dimension of planning. Lisbon AESOP Annual Congress'17: book of proceedings., Lisboa, 2017.
Conference poster	Barreto, Raquel; Batista e Silva, Jorge; Rojas, Lina; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Bernardo, Maria de Fátima Campos; Dias, Joana; Soares, Ana; et al. "Wildfire Risk Perception and Preparedeness in the Context of Spatial Planning: Perceptions of Middle School Students' Families in Portugal". Paper presented in 5th Society for Risk Analysis-Europe Iberian Conference, 2024. Dias, Joana. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacities in Communities". Paper presented in PhD Open Days, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, 2019. Dias, Joana. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacities in Communities". Paper presented in PhD Open Days, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, 2018. Dias, Joana. "The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacities in Communities". Paper presented in PhD Open Days, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, 2017.
Journal article	Dias, Joana; Saad, G.; Soares, Ana; Partidario, Maria; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Martins, Rute; Monteiro, Margarida. "Monchique's Innovation Laboratory - A Space for Dialogue and Knowledge Sharing to Foster Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction". Fire 7 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7010001. Published • 10.3390/fire7010001 Maria Partidário; Guilherme Saad; Margarida B. Monteiro; Joana Dias; Rute Martins; Isabel Loupa Ramos; Henrique Ribeiro; et al. "Using Participatory Mapping to Foster Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Forest Fire-Prone Areas: The Case of Monchique in Portugal". Fire (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050146. 10.3390/fire5050146 Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. "Mind the Gap: The Potential Transformative Capacity of Social Innovation". Sustainability 11 16 (2019): 4465-4465. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164465. 10.3390/su11164465
Manual	Dias, Joana; Saad, G.; Soares, Ana; Partidario, Maria. Roadmap do Laboratório de Inovação (InnoLab) do BRIDGE. 2024. 10.5281/zenodo.11187402 Saad, G.; Dias, Joana; Partidario, Maria. Mapeamento participativo de riscos e vulnerabilidade aos incêndios florestais (Guia Orientativo). 2024. 10.5281/zenodo.10777823 Barreto, Raquel; Soares, Ana; Martins, Bárbara; Bernardo, Maria de Fátima Campos; Saad, G.; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Dias, Joana; et al. Guia de Atividades: Prevenção de Incêndios. 2024. Dias, Joana; Loupa Ramos, Isabel; Martins, Rute; Saad, G.; Partidario, Maria. Guião de atividades desenvolvidas na escola em Monchique. 2022. https://zenodo.org/records/10888252
Newspaper article	Dias, Joana. "Inovação Social: um rótulo que pode ajudar a mudar o mundo", Jornal i , 2023, https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/804983/inovacao-social-um-rotulo-que-pode-ajudar-a-mudar-o-mundo?seccao=Opiniao_i.
Thesis / Dissertation	"The Potential of Social Innovation to create Transformative Capacity in Communities". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2022. "Urban resilience - The social perspective". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2014.

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/12 - Current	Scientific supervision of Research Studentships for Master Student Supervisor	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/10	Community Forest Management: Policy and Scale of Action Co-supervisor	Master Programme in Territorial Management and Urban Studies (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Development of proposals for scientific projects funding
2024/10 - 2024/10	Lecture on Stakeholder Engagement and Public Participation in the MSc class of Strategic Assessment, Monitoring and Public Decision at IST/UL	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/05	Lecture on Stakeholder Engagement and Public Participation in the MSc class of Environment and Territory Management Policies at IST/UL	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/11 - 2023/11	Lecture on Social Innovation and Nature Based Solution in the MSc class of Planning and Green Infrastructures at IST/UL Seminar	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/03	Invite to speak about the transformative potential of social innovation in Lisbon at the "UniverCidades 2023" event, where reference works on Lisbon around common themes are shared. Seminar	Encontro UniverCidades 2023: Ideias para Lisboa Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/11 - 2022/12	Ad hoc review of book chapter for Springer book on The role of Ecosystem Services (ESS) in enabling rural-urban synergies
2022/10 - 2022/10	Lecture on Social Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in the PhD class of Strategic Assessment and Sustainability at IST/UL Seminar	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/11 - 2021/11	Lecture on Social Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in the PhD class of Strategic Assessment and Sustainability at IST/UL Seminar	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/10 - 2019/10	Lecture on Social Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in the PhD class of Strategic Assessment and Sustainability at IST/UL Seminar	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/11/30	Community Forest Management: Policy and Scale of Action	Ana Paula Rosa Silva Soares (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2018 - Current	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Municipal Master Plan of Palmela	Câmara Municipal de Palmela, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - Current	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Municipal Master Plan of Montijo	Câmara Municipal do Montijo, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Municipal Master Plan of Cascais	Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2014 - 2018	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Municipal Master Plan of Sintra	Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Municipal Master Plan of Lourinhã	Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Coporate Sustainability Index	Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) Portugal , Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2017/02 - 2018/07	Environmental and Territorial Management	Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/09 - 2018/02	Environmental Impacts	Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/25	Diário da Agricultura e Pescas	BRIDGE "unir a ciência e as comunidades locais para a redução do risco de incêndios florestais"