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Duncan Crowley is an Irish architect exploring community-led ecocities through an action research PhD in Lisbon, Portugal (Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories / ISCTE-IUL). A climate activist for a quarter-century, his work builds bridges between different communities, languages, movements, and peoples. Assistant Researcher in the Cities and Territories research group of DINÂMIA'CET (Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies) at ISCTE and External Collaborator at CE3C Research group in FCUL (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Lisbon University Faculty of Science). Co-president of the European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability (ECOLISE) (2021-2022) & team member (2022-2024). Worked on H2020 (UrbanA: Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities & FLIARA) & Erasmus+ (WAVE, Regen4all, ETiA) projects. Work involved collaboration with Global Ecovillage Network (GEN). Lived in Barcelona (2006-13), co-founded Transition group, gained Permaculture Design Certificate (2010) and participated in 2011’s Indignado square occupations. Also worked with Eco Intelligent Growth (EIG) on LEED and Cradle to Cradle certification, collaborated with William McDonough and contributed to a White Paper for Sustainable Urban Development of Barcelona for the Catalan Government (CADS). Lived in Curitiba, Brazil (2014-18), attained Master in Environment and Development from UFPR’s multidisciplinary PPGMADE course at UFPR, focusing on Urban Sustainability & Citizen Participation. Living in Portugal since 2018, active in Portuguese Regenerative movements and member of the Portuguese Degrowth Network. Ecocity activist since Banja Luka, Bosnia (2003), set up “Ecocity Groups” in Dublin, Curitiba and Lisbon. Set up the Curitiba Ecocity Festival during the 2017 Ecocity World Summit, supported Ecocity Builders online conference in 2020 and participated in the 2021 (online) and 2023 Ecocity World Summits. Part of the Climate Social & Climate Justice Caravan, with indigenous groups, during COP15 in Copenhagen 2009 and co-created the 1st Curitiba Indigenous Week in 2016. Elected part of ECOLISE delegation to COP25 in Madrid 2019. Facilitated October 12th event between Indigenous groups and Climate Action groups 2020. Work to create community gardens and develop an urban bicycle greenway in Dublin mentioned at Venice Art Biennale (2005). Invited resident at the French pavilion METAVILLA at the 2006 Venice Art Biennale. Active in Irish and UK Climate Camps 2007-09 and many subsequent Climate Justice activist movements. River lover, Gaelic footballer, comic book enthusiast and big fan of adventures. VIVA LA PACHAMAMA (Long live Mother Earth).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Duncan Crowley
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Crowley, Duncan

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
131C-3C21-2E95
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7110-5959
Google Scholar ID
-q5ZPkwAAAAJ
Researcher Id
ABD-6305-2021
Scopus Author Id
57223233605

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences
  • Humanities - Other Humanities

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/10/01 - 2025/10/01
Ongoing
 Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Tecnologias e Arquitectura, Portugal
2022/01/01
Concluded
 Conflict Transformation: A Systemic Approach (Outros)
The Whole Partnership, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/03/19
Concluded
 Regenerative Development Practioner (Outros)
Regenesis Institute for Regenerative Practice, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2021/01/01
Concluded
 Municipalities In Transition, Training of Tutors (Outros)
Municipalities In Transition (MiT), Portugal
2020/01/01
Concluded
 Regenerative Urban Communities (Outros)
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2018/05/01
Concluded
 Environment and Development (PPGMADE / UFPR) (Mestrado)
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2017/01/01
Concluded
 Ecology, Democracy, Utopia: Introduction to Social Ecology (Outros)
Institute of Social Ecology, United States
2017/01/01
Concluded
 Ecological Urbanism (Outros)
Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil
2017/01/01
Concluded
 Sustainable Cities (Outros)
SDG Academy, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Portugal
2017/01/01
Concluded
 Rethink the City: New Approaches to Global & Local Urban Challenges (Outros)
TU Delft , Netherlands
2016/01/01
Concluded
 Creation and Management of Areas of Conservation in Urban Areas (Outros)
Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB), Brazil
2015/01/01
Concluded
 Reclaiming Broken Places, Civic Ecology (Outros)
Cornell University, United States
2010/08/31
Concluded
 Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) (Outros)
Richard Wade / Mas Franch, Spain
2005
Concluded
 Architecture Degree (B.Arch) (Bachelor)
Technological University Dublin, Ireland
"Catalyst @ Botanic Spine" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11 - 2021/12 Contracted Researcher (Research) FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11 - Current DINÂMIA'CET / Cities and Territories - Integrated Researcher (without Phd) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa DINÂMIA'CET Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Grant researcher at PPGMADE, Masters in "Environment and Development", urban line. Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2007 - 2009 Chief architect. White Paper for CADS (Catalan government sustainable advice). LEED Certification. Collaboration with Spanish & international archictural firms including William McDonough. Eco Intelligent Growth, Spain
2006 - 2006 Ireland’s largest urban design practice. Architect on range of various scaled schemes. Reddy Architecture + Urbanism, Ireland
2001 - 2004 Architect in Dublin, Ireland. TOT Architects, Ireland
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2025/12 FLIARA: Female-Led Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas
101084234
 European Commission
2019/05 - 2021/12 UrbanA (Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities)
822357
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2020/01 - Current Ecovillage transition in action (ETiA)
KA204-ADD77A89
PhD Student Fellow
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Seixas, Paulo Castro; Lobner, Nadine; Martins, Mirelle; Veiga-Pires, Cristina; Dias, Ricardo Cunha; Roborg-Söndergaard, Justin; Gonçalves, Fernando; et al. The Transformational Wave. Cambridge Scholars. 2020.
    In press
Book chapter
  1. Crowley, D.. "Transformational Politics. New networks of governance". In The transformational wave: Beyond Covid-19. Lisbon, Portugal: Independently published, 2021.
    Published
  2. Crowley, D.; Belchior, C.; Hamilton, M. "Creating a Sustainable & Just Lisbon". In Urban Hub 20 : Accelerating City Change in a VUCA World: Thriveable Cities, 184-192. Paul van Schaik, 2020.
    Published
  3. Crowley, D.. "Greening the City, Connecting Communities, C2C City". In Self-sufficinet city, 388-389. Barcelona, Spain: IAAC - Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, 2010.
    Published
  4. Crowley, D.. "Art spaces as weapons of war.". In Permaculture : visual arts at Project Arts Centre, Dublin 2001-2006, 68-69. --, Ireland: The Metropolitan Complex and Project Presss: a division of Project Arts Centre, 2008.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Flor Avelino; Frank van Steenbergen; Karlijn Schipper; Tamara Steger; Tom Henfrey; Ian M. Cook; Matthew Bach; et al. "Mapping the diversity & transformative potential of approaches to sustainable just cities". Urban Transformations (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00058-8.
    10.1186/s42854-023-00058-8
  2. Crowley, D.; Hefrey, T.. "Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities". Ökologisches Wirtschaften - Fachzeitschrift 38 1 (2023): 24-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.14512/oew380124.
    Published • 10.14512/oew380124
  3. Crowley, D.; Marat-Mendes, T.; Falanga, R.; Henfrey, T; Penha-Lopes, G.. "Towards a necessary regenerative urban planning. Insights from community-led initiatives for ecocity transformation". CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios Spring spe (2021): 83-104. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/cct/about.
    Published • 10.15847/cct.20505
Online resource
  1. Crowley, Duncan. Community responses to covid-19. 2020. http://wiki.ecolise.eu/index.php?title=Community_responses_to_covid-19.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Crowley, D.. "Constructing a Sustainable City through Citizen Participation. Local responses from civil society in Curitiba, Brazil.". Master, 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327060391_Constructing_a_Sustainable_City_through_Citizen_Participation_Local_Responses_from_Civil_Society_groups_in_Curitiba_Brazil.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.35821.23525
  2. Crowley, Duncan. "CATALYST @ Botanic Spine". Degree, Technological University Dublin, 2005. https://tinyurl.com/kwn6xyyk.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.12280.70402

Other

Other output
  1. Urban walking tours as a tool to Connect Communities and green our cities. Ecocity World Summit 2023. 2023. Crowley, D.. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372282041_Urban_walking_tours_as_a_tool_to_Connect_Communities_and_green_our_cities.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.31355.90406
  2. Community-led Ecocity Transformation. Developing an Urban Systems Community of Practice Ecosystem. SCORAI Webinar Series 2020-2021. 2021. Crowley, D.. https://scorai.net/webinar-series/.
  3. Creating a Sustainable & Just Lisbon. Urban Hub 20 Accelerating City Change in a VUCA World - Thriveable Cities. 2020. Crowley, D.; Belchior, C.; Hamilton, M. https://issuu.com/paulvanschaik/docs/urbanhub20-vuca3.
  4. From Curitiba: A Municipalist based Ecocity Network response to Today’s Global Crises. TICYUrb (Third International Conference of Young Urban Researchers). 2018. Crowley, D..
    10.13140/RG.2.2.27144.26884
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/03/01 - 2022/04/03 "We Are Nature" was a month long artistic, cultural, social adventure happening in the Ourico art space in Parede neighbourhood in Lisbon, during March 2022. https://www.instagram.com/wearenature_2030/ (2022/03/01 - 2022/04/03)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Ouriço, Portugal
2016/10/12 - 2016/10/14 1st AMERICA INDIGENOUS WEEK CURITIBA. 1st Curitiba Forum marking 12 October. Aldeia Tupã Nhe'é Kretã (Guarani + Kaingang communites) + Setorial da Cultura dos Povos Originários de Curitiba, Casa Latino-Americana (CASLA) (2016/10/12 - 2016/10/14)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 CASLA (Casa Latino-Americana), Brazil
2014/04 - 2014/04 ADVENTURES IN ARCHITECTURE (First Live Streamed Talk) (2014/04)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Bicicletaria Cultural, Brazil

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/03 - 2022/04 Introducing conflict transformation with a systemic perspective and deepening our personal enquiry into a live conflict situation. Conflict Transformation: A Systemic Approach
The Whole Partnership, United Kingdom
2020/10 - 2021/03 The Regenerative Practitioner (TRP). Directors: Pamela Mang & Ben Haggard. Regenerative practice is based on the premise that we cannot make the outer transformations required to create a truly sustainable world without making inner transformations in how we think, how we work, and who we are. The Regenerative Practitioner
Regenesis Institute, United States
2019/04/04 - 2019/04/05 Adapt or Die. Kicking our Oil Addiction to create Post-Capitalist Community led Ecocities
Conference
 4th annual NEST Conference 2019 (Network for Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions). Theme: “Transitions to where? Shared values and visions for sustainability transitions.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2015/12 - 2015/12 "From the edge of the World to the New World, an Irishman's journey"
Conference
 GLOBAL TALKS. (Immigrants Life Stories)
Paiol Theatre, Brazil
2010/03 - 2010/03 LEAVING THE OIL AGE BEHIND.
Conference
 Climate Justice Talk
EXCHANGE Gallery, Ireland
2003/03 - 2003/03 ECOCITY BANJA LUKA EXHIBITION. (2 week art exhibition at State Art Gallery with EASA, European Architects Student Assembly)
Exhibition
 ECOCITY BANJA LUKA
Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - 2022 Transformative Cities "Atlas of Utopias" jury member. The Atlas of Utopias showcases collective transformations that ensure access to basic rights: water, energy, housing and food. ECOLISE, Belgium
Distinctions

Other distinction

2021 Co-President of ECOLISE, European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability
ECOLISE, Belgium
2019 Part of ECOLISE delegation at COP 25 in Madrid
2017 Rethink the City Exhibition TU Delft (1 of 12 selected from 9,000+ MOOC)
Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
2017 NASA Hackathon: Stardust Peoples choice award Curitiba
NASA, United States
2010 Self Sufficient City Finalist
Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya, Spain