Patricia Canelas is a Departmental Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Kellogg College. Previously she has held academic positions at the University College London and University of Reading in the UK, and at Escola Superior de Actividades Imobiliárias and Universidade Católica in Portugal. Previous to her academic roles, Patricia worked as an architect and urban planner and continues to work in urban policy and policy analysis at local and national levels in Portugal and the UK. She holds a PhD in Planning from the Bartlett, UCL, UK (2017) a Master’s in Architecture from University of California, Berkeley, US (2008), a postgraduate degree in Sustainable Urban Development from Universidade Católica (2006) and a 5-year degree in Architecture from Universidade Lusíada, Portugal (2001) Research and teaching Her research and teaching seek to advance knowledge on the forces that shape property markets and urban planning. She does this by looking at the real estate–finance complex (i.e., real estate–finance–state relations). Intellectually, she is interested in the political economy of the built environment, more specifically on the institutions behind property development and investment. Current and further research involves interrogating: State-market dynamics in urban development and investment Land value creation and capture The planning and governance of land-use change Patterns of land ownership and their impact on property markets, people and places