Keynote speakers
Claire Colomb
Claire Colomb is full Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.
She is a sociologist/social scientist and urban planner by background, with a first degree from Sciences-Po, Paris and a PhD in Town Planning from University College London. Her research interests include international and comparative planning, urban sociology and urban politics.
She is the author of the book Staging the New Berlin (Routledge, 2011), European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation (Routledge, 2010, with S. Dühr and V. Nadin), and co-editor of the book Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City (Routledge, 2016, with J. Novy).
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Special Session
The conference will include a special tribute session to
Professor Vitor Matias Ferreira with his presence.
Emeritus Professor and Full Professor of Sociology (retired) at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, taught for over thirty years since the creation of this institute. One of the founders of CET - Centro de Estudo Territoriais (Centre on Territorial Studies) now integrated into DINÂMIA’CET -Iscte, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies. Founder and director, for some years, of the journal CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios.
He developed his work in the field of urban sociology in connection to urbanism, architecture, and territory themes, with important research on social movements namely in the revolutionary process of 1974-1975, and the formation and transformation of the Lisbon metropolis.
For the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition, he was responsible with Francesco Indovina, for the observatory “Expo'98 in Lisboa: observe while it takes place”, that for about five years accompanied the development process of the Expo'98. Following the event, in 1999, he coordinated (also with Francesco Indovina), the book “The City of Expo '98” (A Cidade da Expo ’98), a critical reflection on the urban project developed along with the 1998 exposition.
He published several books, as well as chapters of books and articles in national and foreign publications, of which the following stand out “Lisbon, from Capital of the Empire to Centre of the Metropolis”(Lisboa, de Capital do Império a Centro da Metrópole) (1986), “Lisbon, the Metropolis and the River” (Lisboa, a Metrópole e o Rio) (coord.) (1997), and “Fascination of the City. Memory and Urbanity Project” (Fascínio da Cidade. Memória e Projecto da Urbanidade) (2004).
Academic Programme
The programme is focused around several parallel sessions and a series of keynote sessions.
Schedule
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
09:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:45
12:45 - 14:15
14:15 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 17:45
17:45 – 18:45
We are also pleased to invite you to a Congress Dinner. Upon acceptance of Papers, you will also be able to select a tour on Lisbon’s urban change.