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Manuel Garcia-Ruiz is a Researcher in Sociology at the Center of Research and Studies in Sociology of the University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-Iscte) in Lisbon. He has been visiting professor at different universities, and he has been appointed as a scientific advisor for different departments, organizations and projects. His research has four (4) main topics: (i) Nightlife, festivals, and tourism (ii) city branding, culture-led regeneration strategies, artwashing and commodification of the arts, (iii) artistification, culture and artistic careers of emergent professionals, and (iv) methods and methodologies with special attention to research at night time. He is the author of several papers and chapters on the emergent field of Night Studies, and the editor of different publications on urban studies, night studies and cultural sociology. He is cfounder and coordinator of the International Night Studies Network (INSN), Coordinator of the Rede de Etnografia Urbana (Etno.Urb), and the Director of the Urban Audiovisual Festival (UAF). He is also a reputed festival advisor, specialized in art in the dark and in the night, and a well-known talent curator in the field of new media and light art.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Manuel Garcia Ruiz

Citation names

  • Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2B12-C5BC-BD0D
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2141-2525
Google Scholar ID
KkorTF8AAAAJ
Researcher Id
ABG-2088-2020
Scopus Author Id
57222385706

Email addresses

  • manuel_ruiz@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Sociology
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
  • Social Sciences - Sociology
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business
  • Humanities - Arts
  • Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Catalan (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Dutch Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Romanian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Gestual language Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/07/04
Concluded
 Sociologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
"Festivales de Luz, entre cultura y turismo. Una etnografía en dos festivales de luz portugueses." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimously approved with Distinction and Honors
2020/10/01
Concluded
 Curso Network Science School (NSS) (Outros)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019
Concluded
 Network Analysis (Outros)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018
Concluded
 Análise de Dados em Ciências Sociais (Pós-Graduação)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2014
Concluded
 Cultura e Comunicação (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Steps towards an urban speech" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
2010
Concluded
 Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas (Licence)
Universitat d'Alacant, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/03/25 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2024/07/04 - Current Researcher (Research) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2018/11 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigación Básica en Psicología, Uruguay
Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2016 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2024/07/04 Research Trainee (Research) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/11/02 - 2024/02/29 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
LIDA – Research Laboratory in Design and Arts, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/04/07 - 2025/04/14 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Université Hassan II de Casablanca- Laboratoire de recherche LADSIS, Morocco
Université Hassan II Casablanca Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines Ben M'Sik, Morocco
2024/09/06 - 2024/09/30 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2021/11 - 2021/12 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay
Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2018/11 - 2019/01 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/09/01 - 2022/02/28 Festivales de Luz, entre cultura y turismo. Una etnografía en dos festivales de luz portugueses.
SFRH/BD/121842/2016
COVID/BD/151746/2021
10.54499/COVID/BD/151746/2021
PhD Student Fellow
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/06/22 - 2018/06/28 TICYUrb
18/1/71
Researcher
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2025/04/25 - Current Nomad Movements and Digital Impacts in Cities [NOMADIC]
101183165
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2016 - Current ETNO.URB Urban Ethnography Network [ETNO.URB Rede de Etnografia Urbana]
No number
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Costa, Guilherme; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "The Taxi Driver And The City. (Post)Pandemic Navigations Of Lisbon. An Ethnography Approach Of The Night Appropriation". In Crisis, Conflict and Celebration. Ethnographic Studies of European Cities, edited by Bednarczyk, Anna; Kajdanek, Katarzyna; Carvalho, Rui, 57-87. Singapore, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
    Published • 10.1007/978-981-97-9719-6_3
  2. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Martins, João Carlos; Teixeira Costa, Guilherme. "The touristification of Lisbon's nightlife: Impacts on the tangible and intangible cultural heritage". In Handbook on Tourism-Gentrification, edited by Gravari-Barbas, Maria; Guinand, Sandra, 446-463. London, United Kingdom: Handbook on Tourism-Gentrification, 2025.
    Published • 10.4337/9781035327355.00036
  3. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Utopias and heterotopias of the nocturnal tourism destinations in the 15-min city era: The case of Bairro Alto, in Lisbon". In Handbook of Nighttime Economy, edited by Kolioulis, Alessio; Reia, Jess; Straw, Will. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025.
    Under revision
  4. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Lights On Romania: Dynamics of Proximity Tourism in Cultural and Urban Activation". In Understanding Nighttime Tourism, edited by Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi., 57-81. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024.
    Published • 10.4337/9781035322749.00008
  5. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi.. "The Multiple Facets of Nighttime Tourism". In Understanding Nighttime Tourism, edited by Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi., 1-15. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024.
    Published • 10.4337/9781035322749.00005
  6. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "The future of nighttime tourism: More than challenges". In Understanding Nighttime Tourism, edited by Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi., 156-161. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar, 2024.
    Published • 10.4337/9781035322749.00013
  7. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Martins, João. "The demonization of nightlife: Pandemic panic and youth responses in Portugal and Spain". In COVID-19: Pandemic pitfalls and possibilities, edited by Ryan, Michael, 91-104. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2023.
    Published • 10.4324/97810033026436
  8. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo; Martins, João Carlos; Pires, Cristiana Vale; Nofre, Jordi.. "Governing ‘the Night’ in Post-COVID-19 Lisbon: Challenges, Opportunities, and Uncertainties.". In Policy and Planning, edited by Filion, Pierre, 47-58. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press, 2021.
    Published • 10.2307/j.ctv1t4m1p7.11
Conference abstract
  1. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Teixeira Costa, Guilherme. "Night Taxi Drivers as 'Culture Brokers': Implications for the Nocturnal Tourism". Paper presented in 16th ESA Conference, Tension, Trust and Transformation, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  2. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Instrumentalization of Light Festivals by Portuguese Municipalities: An Ethnographic Perspective (2015-2023)". Paper presented in 16th ESA Conference, Tension, Trust and Transformation, Porto, 2024.
  3. Pires, Cristiana Vale; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Nofre, Jordi.. "Queer Nights at Lisbon A Socio-Historical Perspective of Night as a Space-Time for Gender Liberation". Paper presented in III International Conference on Night Studies, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  4. Teixeira Costa, Guilherme; Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Leve-me a casa, se faz favor An ethnography of (post)pandemic taxi drivers experience in night hours in Lisbon". Paper presented in III International Conference on Night Studies, Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  5. Pereira, Ana Patrícia Faria; Cachado, Rita; Gonçalves, Renata; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Ferro, Lígia. "Doing Urban Ethnography in a changing world: building bridges between Portugal and Brazil". Paper presented in 15th ESA Conference | Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures, Barcelona, 2021.
    Published
  6. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "The Public Space Artists' Paradox: Commodification of Art in Light Festivals". Paper presented in 15th ESA Conference | Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures, Barcelona, 2021.
    Published
  7. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "The Construction of the Field of Light Art". Paper presented in Abstract Book | 14th ESA Conference | Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging, Manchester, 2019.
    Published
  8. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Reinventing a municipality by creating a festival of light. Case study, Loulé.". Paper presented in Creative tourism dynamics: connecting travellers, communities, cultures and places, Faro, 2019.
    Published
  9. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Ethnographic fieldwork using mobile technologies: case study of a Portuguese light festival". Paper presented in ETHNOARTS - Etnographic Explorations of the Arts and Education, Porto, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Art(s) in the City. Chronicles of a Spray Can". Paper presented in Lisbon Street Art & Urban Creativity, --, 2014.
    Published • 10.13140/2.1.3668.8961
Conference poster
  1. Aguirre, Roberto; Macedo, María Noel; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Rodríguez, Yliana. "Social distribution of figurative language in the female Uruguayan population". Paper presented in 17th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, 2025.
  2. Macedo, Maria ; Aguirre, Roberto; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Rodriguez, Y. "Cambio y distribución social de metáforas en el español uruguayo". Paper presented in Jornada de Investigación de Ciencias Cognitivas y del Comportamiento (JICCC), 2023.
  3. Aguirre, Roberto; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Rodriguez, Yliana; Castillo, Mauricio; Macedo, Maria Noel. "Uruguayan Spanish metaphors with the verb “dar”: a study on change and social distribution. Change and social distribution of figurative language on Uruguayan female population.". Paper presented in 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Developing a Mind: Learning in Humans, Animals, and Machines, 2020.
Edited book
  1. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi., ed. Understanding Nighttime Tourism. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2024.
    Published • Editor
  2. Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Nofre, Jordi., ed. III International Conference on Night Studies: book of abstracts. Lisboa, Portugal. 2022.
    Published • Editor
  3. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi., ed. II International Conference on Night Studies: book of abstracts. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2021.
    Published • Editor
  4. Garcia Ruiz, M.; Nofre, Jordi., ed. Proceedings. II International Conference on Night Studies. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2021.
    Published • Editor
  5. Garcia Ruiz, M.; Nofre, Jordi., ed. Book of Abstracts of the I International Conference on Night Studies. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2020.
    Published • Editor
  6. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi., ed. ICNS Proceedings. Lisbon, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2020.
    Published • Editor
  7. Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Henriques, C.; Chaves, H.; Oliveira, A.; Ferreira, A.; Colombo, A.; Santos, S.; Santos, R., ed. Book of abstracts of the Third International Conference of Young Urban Researchers. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2018.
    Published • Editor
  8. Garcia Ruiz, M.; Chaves, H., ed. TransFearCity: insecurity, migrations and racism. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2018.
    Published • Editor
  9. Oliveira, A.; Garcia Ruiz, M., ed. DiverCity: diversity in the city. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2018.
    Published • Editor
  10. Garcia Ruiz, M.; Henriques, C.; Chaves, H., ed. CollectiveCity: the right to the city: 50 years later. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2018.
    Published • Editor
  11. Garcia Ruiz, M., ed. ProductCity: the city as a product. Lisboa, Portugal: CIES-IUL. 2018.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Lights that Gather: Attendance Motivations and Emotions in Light Festivals as Night-time Practices". Sociológica Mexico (2026):
    Open access • Accepted
  2. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Reversing the negative impacts of the touristification of nightlife in Lisbon's Bairro Alto: A policy plan proposal". Tourism Management (2025):
    Submitted
  3. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Galavielle, Juliette. "An Exploratory Ethnography of the New Tourist Nightlife in Bairro Alto, Lisbon". International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-025-00186-4.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s41978-025-00186-4
  4. Mazorra-Rodriguez, Alvaro; Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Where are you going, Lavapiés? : Gentrification, tourism, and displacement in the historic center of Madrid". CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios (2025):
    Open access • Accepted
  5. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Light Festivals in Portugal: night, tourism, and culture". PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural (2025):
    Open access • In press
  6. Mazorra, Alvaro; Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2025):
    Open access • Submitted
  7. Mazorra-Rodriguez, Alvaro; Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "The Brand-making of Madrid Global City from Lavapiés: A Diachronic Genealogy of Urban Policies". European Planning Studies 33 11 (2025): 2044-2063.
    Published • 10.1080/09654313.2025.2537339
  8. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Teixeira Costa, Guilherme; Nofre, Jordi.. "Cuando se enfría la noche. Sobre la turistificación del antiguo barrio rojo de Cais do Sodré y la autenticidad de la vida nocturna de Lisboa. (When the night cools down. On the touristification of the former redlight district of Cais do Sodré and the authenticity of Lisbon's nightlife)". Estudios turísticos 228 (2024): 77-97. https://estudiosturisticos.tourspain.es/index.php/ET/article/view/1244.
    Open access • Published • 10.61520/et.2282024.1244
  9. Mazorra-Rodriguez, Alvaro; Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Gentrification and touristification in Lavapiés: Causes and consequences of a unique simultaneity in today’s Southern Europe". Journal of Urban Affairs (2024): 1-16.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/07352166.2025.2473956
  10. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Mi-e Dor De Tine: Light Festivals, Emotional Narratives and Romanian Diaspora". Philosophy of the City Journal 2 (2024): 60-71.
    Open access • Published • 10.21827/potcj.2.5
  11. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Festivals of Light, between culture and tourism: An ethnography in two Portuguese light festivals". The European Sociologist 51 (2024): https://www.europeansociology.org/european-sociologist/issue/current/doing-sociology/204edcd7-a2ea-4007-befc-2b195d1c1405.
    Open access • Published
  12. Teixeira Costa, Guilherme; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "O que nos dizem as manifestações dos táxis? Reflexões em torno de um objeto sociológico". Plataforma Barómetro Social 3 3 (2024): http://www.barometro.com.pt/2024/01/06/o-que-nos-dizem-as-manifestacoes-dos-taxis-reflexoes-em-torno-de-um-objeto-sociologico/.
    Published
  13. Vale Pires, Cristiana; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi.; Gomes, Filipe Couto. "A century of queerness after dark: a historicized sociology of LGBTQ+ nights in Lisbon (1920-2020)". Sexualities (2024): 1-19.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/13634607241287425
  14. Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Mercado, Alejandro; Nofre, Jordi.. "Nocturnal cities : past, present, and future". Forum Sociológico 43 (2023): 1-9. http://journals.openedition.org/sociologico/11709.
    Open access • Published • 10.4000/ sociologico.11709
  15. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Mercado, Alejandro. "Nocturnal futures : a necessary reflection in times of uncertainty". Forum Sociológico 43 (2023): 1-12. http://journals.openedition.org/sociologico/11953.
    Open access • Published • 10.4000/sociologico.11953
  16. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel. "Nightlife Studies". Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture: Dancecult 15 1 (2023): 93-112. https://doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2023.15.01.05.
    Open access • Published • 10.12801/1947-5403.2023.15.01.05
  17. Nofre, Jordi.; Martins, João Carlos; Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Teixeira Costa, Guilherme. "Una aproximación geográfica a los impactos de la turistificación del ocio nocturno en el barrio de Cais do Sodré, Lisboa". Estudios Geográficos 84 294 (2023): 1-20. https://estudiosgeograficos.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeograficos/article/view/1128.
    Open access • Published • 10.3989/estgeogr.2023135.135
  18. Teixeira Costa, Guilherme; Garcia Ruiz, M.. "O Código da Noite". Equatorial, Revista Do Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Antropologia Social 10 8 (2023): 1-1-13.
    Open access • Published • 10.21680/2446-5674.2023v10n18ID30385
  19. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Martins, João. "The Biosecuritization of the Tourist City Some. Reflections from and about Lisbon Nightlife". ACME 22 2 (2023): 992-1014. https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/2181.
    Open access • Published
  20. Nofre, Jordi.; Garcia-Ruiz, M.. "The urban ecological transition and the future of Europe's nightlife industry". World Leisure Journal 65 (2022): 327-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2022.2162112.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/16078055.2022.2162112
  21. Nofre, Jordi.; Martins, João Carlos; Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Costa, Guilherme. "Cuando la turistificación mató la noche en Cais do Sodré (Lisboa)". Ábaco, Journal of Culture and Social Sciences 112-113 (2022): 82-91. https://revista-abaco.es/abaco-112-113-event-places-espacios-de-ocio-y-lugares-memorables/.
    Published
  22. Teixeira Costa, Guilherme; Raposo, Otávio; Martins, João Carlos; Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Nofre, Jordi.. "Lazer noturno e resistências juvenis em tempos de (pós-)pandemia: o caso dos jovens do bar Antù em Lisboa". Antropolítica 54 3 (2022): 118-142. https://periodicos.uff.br/antropolitica/article/view/54935.
    Open access • Published • 10.22409/antropolitica2022.i3.a54935
  23. Nofre, J.; Garcia Ruiz, M.; Sánchez, I; C.. "Hopes and uncertainties in the nightlife industry of post-Covid-19 Europe". Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia (2020): https://revistas.rcaap.pt/finisterra/article/view/20160.
    10.18055/Finis20160
  24. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Festivales de luz y eventos de luz en Portugal. Entre cultura y promoción turística del territorio". Fórum Sociológico 35 (2019): 41-50. http://journals.openedition.org/sociologico/8810.
    Published • 10.4000/sociologico.8810
  25. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Reflexões sobre os Festivais de Luz em Portugal". Plataforma Barómetro Social (2019): http://www.barometro.com.pt/2019/08/02/reflexoes-sobre-os-festivais-de-luz-em-portugal/.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi.. "After Dark: Atmospheres, Temporalities, and Embodied Practices of Nighttime Tourism". Tourism Geographies (2026):
    Accepted • Editor
  2. Garcia-Ruiz, M.; Nofre, Jordi.; Mercado Celis, Alejandro. "Nocturnal Cities : Past, Present, And Future". Forum Sociológico 43 (2023): https://journals.openedition.org/sociologico/11343.
    Published • Editor
Newspaper article
  1. Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Nofre, Jordi.; Vale Pires, Cristiana; Sánchez-Fuarros, Iñigo. "A noite já não é o que era", Publico, 2020, P3 - Cronica, https://www.publico.pt/2020/08/05/p3/cronica/noite-ja-nao-1927181.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Festivales de Luz, entre cultura y turismo. Una etnografía en dos festivales de luz portugueses.". PhD, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/32266.
  2. Garcia Ruiz, M.. "Steps towards an urban speech". Master, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/10950.

Artistic / Performance

Light design
  1. Ciora, Silviu; Garcia-Ruiz, Manuel; Festival of light - Staro Riga (Writer / Producer). 2025. Out of Balance.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/09 Beyond Fado: Exploring the Musical Landscape of Alfama’s Santo Estêvão Area VI International Conference on Night Studies
International Night Studies Network, LXNight Research Group. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (Lisboa, Portugal) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/09/05 Decentering Alfama: Musical Plurality and Informal Nightlife Practices in a Central Lisbon Neighborhood VI RN37 Midterm Conference “Decentered Cities: Overlooked Urban Narratives and Shifting Centralities”
European Sociological Association (ESA) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2025/09/04 Tras Bastidores de la Luz: Etnografía del Trabajo Nocturno en Festivales V Congreso Internacional de Espacialidades, Espacios, Tiempos y Noches Sociales
Benemérita Universidad de Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
2025/07/09 ¿Donde vas, Lavapiés? Gentrificación y turistificación extractivista en un caso único del sur de Europa IV Coloquio Internacional Conflictos Urbanos
Red Iberoamericana de Investigacion en Políticas, Conflictos y Movimientos Urbanos. (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/06/07 Gentrification and extractivist touristification in Lavapiés, Madrid: Reasons and impacts of a unique convergence in contemporary Southern Europe 5th ISA Forum of Sociology: Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene.
International Sociological Association (ISA) (Rabat, Morocco)
2025/05/29 Propuesta de investigación cuantitativa interseccional sobre el valor social, cultural, comunitario y socioemocional del ocio nocturno juvenil en España IV Jornadas de la Red de Estudios sobre Juventud y Sociedad (REJS 3.0) "Inteligencias juveniles para el cambio social: demandas y compromisos emergentes"
Universidad de Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain)
2025/05/14 Spectacularized Nocturnality: The Eventification and Touristification of the Night Through Culture-Led Massive Events The 13th International Club Health Conference
Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium)
2025/04/30 Impactos Tangíveis e Intangíveis dos Eventos Culturais Noturnos: O Papel dos Festivais de Luz em Portugal no Turismo de Proximidade Cidades e Criatividade
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2025/04/08 "Deixa a Gira Girar": Navigating Lisbon Spatial Precarity with a Samba Collective We Want More: Music / Sociology!
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam , Netherlands)
2025/04/07 Sociologie de la nuit : interactions, politiques publiques, culture et transformation urbaine Dynamiques urbaines nocturnes et diurnes
University of Hassan II (Casablanca, Morocco)
2025/03/13 La Noche como Espacio de Experiencias: Dinámicas Culturales, Turismo de Proximidad y Transformaciones Urbanas Seminario - Red Mexicana de Estudios de la Noche
CISAN - UNAM (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
2025/02/21 An holistic view of CrissCross Project. A catch up of care. Gender-based violence in nightlife and leisure venues: moving forward inclusive models of care and collaborative responses.
CIUL (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/02/14 Las múltiples caras invisibles de la ciudad turística nocturna VII Trobada de Geografia Cultural
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2025/02/06 Noite, Lazer, e a evolução do Bairro Alto. Uma etnografia da turistificação nocturna de Lisboa. A História da Noite de Lisboa
Nova FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025 Looking for a Casa: Musical Resistance and Spatial Precarity of a Samba Collective Groove the City – Move the Streets - 3rd International Conference of the Urban Music Studies Scholars’ Network in cooperation with the Thematic Group for Public Spaces and Urban Cultures of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP TG PSUC)
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna; Faculty of Architecture and Planning; Urban Music Studies Scholars Network;Thematic Group for Public Spaces and Urban Cultures of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP TG PSUC) (Wien, Austria)
2024/10/23 Sinergias noturnas: Género e cultura em contextos urbanos Estudos de Mulheres, Género e Sexualidade
INET-md; Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH-NOVA) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/10/09 A century of queerness after dark: a socio-historical review of LGBTQ+ nights in Lisbon (1920-2020) IV International Conference on Night Studies
International Night Studies Network, LXNight Research Group. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/09/18 Abordajes metodológicos para el estudio de la noche. Ciclo de Reuniones y Conferencias CiPsi
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la República de Uruguay (Montevideo, Uruguay)
2024/08/27 Instrumentalization of Light Festivals by Portuguese Municipalities: An Ethnographic Perspective (2015-2023) 16th ESA Conference Tension, Trust and Transformation
European Sociological Association (Porto, Portugal)
2024/08/27 Night Taxi Drivers as 'Culture Brokers': Implications for the Nocturnal Tourism 16th ESA Conference Tension, Trust and Transformation
European Sociological Association (Porto, Portugal)
2024/06 La turistificación del antiguo ‘barrio rojo’ de Lisboa: Un análisis geográfico del impacto de la industria turística extractivista en el tejido del ocio nocturno del barrio de Cais do Sodré XV Congreso Español de Sociología
Federación Española de Sociología (Sevilla, Spain)
2023/10/11 The Night Owl’s Dilemma. Analyzing the Complexities of Coexistence between Traditional Night Taxi Drivers and App-BasedDrivers in Lisbon 4th International Conference on Night Studies. ICNS.Lx
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (Lisboa, Portugal) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/09/22 Illuminating Shadows: The Eventification of Southern European Municipalities through Light Festivals ESA RN27 Midterm Conference Territories, Communities and Sustainability: views from Southern Europe
European Sociological Association (ESA), Associaçao Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS), ESA RN27, CICS.Nova, CEIED, Universidade Lusófona (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09/21 Caminhos Noturnos. Trajetórias de Vidas (Inesperadas) de Jovens Motoristas de Táxi na Noite de Lisboa ESA RN27 Midterm Conference Territories, Communities and Sustainability: views from Southern Europe
European Sociological Association (ESA), Associaçao Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS), ESA RN27, CICS.Nova, CEIED, Universidade Lusófona (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/09/04 A geographical analysis of the impacts of the touristification of nightlife in the neighborhood of Cais do Sodré, Lisbon 9th EUGEO Congress
Association of Geographical Societies in Europe (Barcelona, Spain)
2023/06/14 Cuando la turistificación mató la noche en Cais do Sodré, Lisboa SOCANTUR: IV Congreso Internacional sobre Sociología y Antropología del Turismo
University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2023/05/26 Festivales de luz, ocio nocturno cultural Encuentro de Estudios Culturales: La noche y sus metáforas
Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Tijuana, Mexico)
2023/04/21 Festivais de Luz em Portugal: entre cultura e turismo Ciclo Aula Aberta
Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Beira Interior (Covilhã , Portugal)
2023/04 Visitors of Festivals of Light in Portugal XII Congresso Português de Sociologia | Sociedades Polarizadas? Desafios para a Sociologia
Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/04 Capitalismo de plataforma: uma etnografia das perceções e atitudes dos taxistas noturnos de Lisboa XII Congresso Português de Sociologia | Sociedades Polarizadas? Desafios para a Sociologia
Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/03/15 Women, work and the male culture: an ethnographic approach of the night taxi driver in Lisbon's city center International Congress Noz Num¿
University of Brittany (UBO) (Brest, France)
2022/11/25 Night and Light Festivals Noctis/Noctem: seminario de juventud, genero y violencias en la configuración nocturna
Instituto de Investigaciones Culturales. Museo Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (Mexicali, Mexico)
2022/10/13 Searching for the "last Friday night": Closing policies during pandemic times Seminário Cidade, Trabalho, e Precariedade
CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10/07 Leve-me a casa, se faz favor. An ethnography of (post)pandemic taxi drivers experience in night hours in Lisbon 3rd International Night Studies Conference. ICNS.Lx
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10/06 Queer Night at Lisbon - A Socio-Historical Perspective of Night as a Space-Time for Gender Liberation 3rd International Conference on Night Studies (ICNS.LX)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/10/06 The Taxi Driver and the City. (Post)pandemic navigations of Lisbon, an ethnography approach of the night appropriation V Midterm Conference. Seeing Like a City / Seeing the City Through. ESA RN37
European Sociological Association (ESA), Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Research (Humboldt-University Berlin), Sektion Stadt und Regionalsoziologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie. (Berlin, Germany)
2022/06/14 (Post)Covid nightscapes. An ethnographic review of the tactics adopted by venue owners to survive night closing policies Towards the Post-Pandemic City?
De Montfort University Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA) (Leicester, United Kingdom)
2022/05/27 Desocultar a História: A dupla invisibilidade das pessoas LGBTQI+ que usam drogas 40 anos de Despenalização da Homossexualidade: História LGBTI+ em Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/05/05 Light festivals at the crossroads of the closed street. A netnographic study of the strategies and tactics adopted by light events to survive Covid 19 Congresso Internacional Festas, Culturas e Comunidades: Património e Sustentabilidade
University of Minho (Braga)
2021/09/02 Doing Urban Ethnography in a changing world: building bridges between Portugal and Brazil 15th European Sociological Association.
European Sociological Association (ESA) (Barcelona, Spain)
2021/09/01 The Public Space Artists' Paradox: Commodification of Art in Light Festivals. 15th European Sociological Association.
European Sociological Association (ESA) (Barcelona, Spain)
2021/06/21 Festivals of light and the rupture with the ordinary urban space. The creation of ephemeral places thru emotional ambiences. SIEF2021: Breaking the Rules: Power, Participation, Transgression
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (Helsinki, Finland)
2021/04/16 Challenges and opportunities for re-starting nightlife during and after the pandemic: The case of Lisbon A light in the dark: Perspectives on Helsinki by night
University of Helsinki. Institute of Urban and Regional Studies. City of Helsinki - City Hall (Helsinki, Finland)
2021/03/31 Cultural events against tourism seasonality. Case Study "Luza, Algarve International Festival of Light" XI Congresso Português de Sociologia | Identidades ao rubro: diferenças, pertenças e populismos num mundo efervescente
Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/03/29 Festivals of Light and the touristification of the urban night XI Congresso Português de Sociologia | Identidades ao rubro: diferenças, pertenças e populismos num mundo efervescente
Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/01/27 Festivals of Light, between creativity and city branding IV Midterm Conference. Urban Theory and Urban Praxis: Past, Present and Possible Futures
European Sociological Association (ESA) – Research Network 37 (Urban Sociology), University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
2020/12/14 Lights on Romania, history of a bottom-up project Urban development and crisis management . Reflections from the humanities and the social sciences
Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
2020/10/28 Lights on Romania: impacts of a light art circuit Estudios sobre la noche/Night Studies/Etudes sur la nuit
CISAN-UNAM (Mexico, Mexico)
2020/07/14 Lights on Romania: Bottom-up festival of lights Virtual Symposium: Light installations, magic and heritage
Canterbury Christ Church University (Canterbury, United Kingdom)
2019/12/05 The art of path-making IX Graduate Conference in Cultural Studies: Building Narrative
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/11/28 Fieldwork in Festivals of Light Cursos de Iniciação ao Trabalho de Campo
Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/08/22 The construction of the Field of Light Art 14th ESA Conference. Europe Beyond Boundries, Barriers and Belonging
Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2019/05/16 Arte luz, uma arte em plural Os novos caminhos da Sociologia da Arte
Instituto de Sociologia. Faculdade de Letras. Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/05/16 The artist as ethnographer de Hal Foster ETNO.Urb Readings
Instituto de Sociologia. Faculdade de Letras. Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/12/05 El gusto en los Festivales de Luz El gusto en los Festivales de Luz
Facultad de Psicologia. Universidad de la República (Montevideo, Uruguay)
2018/11/29 Urban Audiovisual Festival, Mobilidade e cinema Viver em Mobilidade. (Com)passos, rumos e políticas
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/10/04 Festivais de luz e eventos de luz, formas diferentes de iluminar a cidade Arte Urbana no Plural
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
2018/06/08 Lumina Cascais, local impact of a creative international event CREATOUR, 2nd International Conference. Emerging and Future Trends in Creative Tourism.
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/05/14 Quando o Festival de Luz encontra o Sociólogo. Gestão Cultural e Criação Artistica
Instituto de Sociologia. Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/04/11 Le concept d’auteur dans le festival de lumière. Auteurité partagée entre les acteurs en scène. Participation, cooperation and collaboration in cultural sectors.
Université Paris 13. Université Sorbonne Paris cité. Réseau des jeunes chercheurs du labex ICCA (Paris, France)
2018/04/06 Light festivals and the ephemeral cultural urban landscape. Case study of Lumina Cascais 1º Congresso Ibero americano em estudos de Paisagem
Instituto de História Contemporânea, FCSH-UNL (Sintra, Portugal)
2018/03/16 Festivals of Light, leisure alternatives for nightlife Jornada para a Noite
Faculdade de Letras. Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/12/14 Festivals of Light, Portuguese nightscape alterations 1st Young Researchers’ Meeting in Heritage and Territory Studie
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2016/08/25 Ethnic diversity and the experience of urban life Culture in Urban Space
University of Greenland, Island Dynamics and Copenhagen University. (Cophenague, Denmark)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/16 - Current Sounds of Change: Live Music and Urban Transformation in Lisbon
Co-supervisor of Chiara De Dominicis
 Musical Sciences – Ethnomusicology (PhD)
Instituto de Etnomusicologia Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança, Portugal
2024/09 - Current L'Évolution du Féminisme au Maroc Depuis les Années 2000 : Tensions, Résistances et Renouvellement
Co-supervisor of Bahia Bennouna
 Sociology (PhD)
Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines Aïn Chock, University of Hassan II, Morocco
2024/07/29 - Current Taxi-drivers as brokers of tourism nighttime narratives. An ethnography of Lisbon's experimental night economies
Supervisor of Guilherme Teixeira Da Silva Costa
Sociology (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 - Current Watching over the asphalt: car guards and the informal nighttime economy in Casablanca
Co-supervisor of Chaimaa Ait El Kadi
Sociology (PhD)
Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines Aïn Chock, University of Hassan II, Morocco

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/11/12 - 2025/11/13 Digital Nomads Across the Globe: Housing, Planning, and Sustainable Futures (2025 - 2025)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2025/10/08 - 2025/10/10 6th International Conference on Night Studies (2025/10/08 - 2025/10/10)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Night Studies Network, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2025/04/08 - 2025/04/08 Observer la nuit : méthodologies sociologiques en pratique (2025/04/08 - 2025/04/08)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Université Hassan II de Casablanca- Laboratoire de recherche LADSIS, Morocco
2025/04/08 - 2025/04/08 Explorer la Nuit Urbaine : Méthodes Qualitatives et Enjeux Éthiques (2025/04/08 - 2025/04/08)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Institut National d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme, Morocco
2024/10/11 - 2024/10/11 Safer Spaces Lab - Designing harm reduction and gender-responsive models of care in nightlife and festival environments (2024/10/09 - 2024/10/11)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Night Studies Network, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Kosmicare, Portugal
2024/10/09 - 2024/10/11 5th International Conference on Night Studies (2024/10/09 - 2024/10/11)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Night Studies Network, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2024/08/27 - 2024/08/30 16th ESA Conference "Tension, Trust, and Transformation" (2024/08/27 - 2024/08/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 European Sociological Association, France

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia, Portugal
2023/12/06 - 2023/12/07 Comunicación y divulgación de la ciencia (2023/12/06 - 2023/12/07)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2023/10/11 - 2023/10/13 4th International Conference on Night Studies (2023/11/11 - 2023/11/13)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Night Studies Network, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2023/04/21 - 2023/04/21 Ferramentas para a divulgação científica (2023/04/21 - 2023/04/21)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Sociologia, Portugal
2022/10/06 - 2022/10/08 3rd International Conference on Night Studies (ICNS.LX) (2022/10/06 - 2022/10/08)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal
2022/04/21 - 2022/04/21 I International Night Studies Network Mid-Term Conference (2022/04/21 - 2022/04/21)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Night Studies Network, Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/08 2nd International Conference on Night Studies (2021/10/06 - 2021/10/08)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021/08/31 - 2021/09/02 Covid-19 and the night in the Tourist City: Present and Future (2021/08/31 - 2021/09/02)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Royal Geographical Society, United Kingdom
2021/04/20 - 2021/04/22 Herramientas para la divulgación de la producción científica (2021/04/20 - 2021/04/21)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2020/07/02 - 2020/07/03 1st International Conference on Night Studies (2020/07/02 - 2020/07/04)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal
2020/05/28 - 2020/05/30 III Urban Audiovisual Festival. Noite e Cidade (2020/05/28 - 2020/05/30)
Festival (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2019/06/27 - 2019/06/30 II Urban Audiovisual Festival (UAF): Urban Mobilities (2019/06/27 - 2019/06/30)
Festival (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2018/12/11 - 2018/12/11 Herramientas para la divulgación de la producción científica (2018/12/11 - 2018/12/11)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2018/06/18 - 2018/06/22 Third International Conference of Young Urban Researchers (2018/06/18 - 2018/06/24)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal
2018/06/15 - 2018/06/17 I Urban Audiovisual Festival (UAF): Urban Conflict (2018/06/15 - 2018/06/18)
Festival (President of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/21 - 2025/03/21 Mass Festivals and Cultural Management
Conference
 TalkFest 2025
APORFEST - Associação Portuguesa Festivais Música, Portugal
2024/11/14 - 2024/11/14 NIGHT(S)-Science: An Academic View on Nightlife
Round table
 Viena after Dark
Vienna Club Comission, Austria

Stadt Wien, Austria
2024/09/25 - 2024/09/25 Reclamar a Cidade
Round table
 MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, 2024
MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, Portugal
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/01 Culture of Nightlife Conference
Round table
 Culture of Nightlife Conference. Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture
Municipiului Timi¿oara, Romania

Grow Timi¿oara 2023, Romania

Ministerului Culturii, Romania
2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30 Night Culture, Night Policies and Night Futures
Conference
 Culture of Nightlife Conference. Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture
Municipiul Timi¿oara, Romania

Ministerului Culturii, Romania

Daisler Association, Romania
2023/09/27 - 2023/09/27 Why Measure The Impact Of The Night As Cultural Heritage, And How Can We Do It?
Round table
 MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, 2023
MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, Portugal
2023/09/27 - 2023/09/27 Will Tourism Turn The Cultural Sector Into An Events And Marketing Department?
Round table
 MIL - LISBON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC NETWORK, 2023
MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, Portugal
2023/04/18 - 2023/04/18 Integração dos GIS na investigação sobre a diversão nocturna: Desafios e soluções.
Seminar
 Informação Geográfica para a gestão municipal: casos de estudo
Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2022/11/12 - 2022/11/12 Review Night(S)-Science
Conference
 Nights 2022
Stadt Zürich, Switzerland

Swiss Bar and Club Commission, Switzerland
2022/11/11 - 2022/11/11 Night Studies. A very short Induction
Conference
 NIGHT(S)-SCIENCE
Stadt Zürich, Switzerland

Swiss Bar and Club Commission, Switzerland
2022/11/11 - 2022/11/11 Portugal is (not) different: The Why, What, and How of Measuring the Economic, Social, Cultural, and Emotional Values of Nightlife
Conference
 More Than Music – The Values Of Club Culture And Live-Concerts / Nights 2022
Stadt Zürich, Switzerland

Swiss Bar and Club Commission, Switzerland
2022 - 2022 Safety, Not Surveillance: Towards More Inclusive And Safer Nights
Round table
 MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, 2022
MIL - LIsbon International Music Network, Portugal
2021/12/07 - 2021/12/07 Night Studies 101
Conference
 Cities after Dark
VibeLab, Germany
2021/11/26 - 2021/11/26 Knowledge production and knowledge transference between Night Actors
Conference
 StadNach Ach - RESurrection
StadNach Ach, Germany

Berlin City Hall, Germany

Ministry of Culture and Media, Germany

LIVEKOMM, Germany
2021/07/19 - 2021/07/23 Estágio de Verão Ciência Viva 2021 | CIES-Iscte
Workshop
 Ser Cientista Social em Tempos de Pandemia
Ciência Viva, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2020/11/11 - 2020/11/11 UAF: Cidade e Noite
Round table
 Ciudade e Noite
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Sociologia, Portugal

Associação Descalçada, Portugal
2017/09 - 2017/09 Security Management in Light Festivals
Round table
 International meeting of light festival directors
Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/09 Changing Urban Space: Perspectives on Video­mapping and Projections
Round table
 Spectrum Network
Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal
2013/10/08 - 2013/10/08 Half-done city [The city has never been inaugurated and it will never be finished]
Round table
 Close, Closer
Trienal de Arquitectura, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/02/05 Micromobilidade Elétrica e Contributos para a Governança Urbana: Análise Comparativa e Prospetiva de Lisboa, Madrid e Cluj-Napoca
(Thesis) Arguer
 Adorean Emanuel Cristian (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2025/01/23 O que pode um corpo sem juízo? Opacidade, êxtase e resistência através da experiência musical coletiva numa rave queer em Lisboa
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sérgio Álvarez Vales (Master)
Instituto de Etnomusicologia Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/05/20 - Current Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (1447-6770) Elsevier
2022 - Current Current issues in tourism (1747-7603) Taylor & Francis
2025/02/01 - 2025/04/01 Social and Cultural Geography (14649365) Routledge
2024 - 2024 Alteridades ( 0188-7017) Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa
2024 - 2024 Dancecult (19475403) Dancecult Research Network
2023 - 2023 EMPIRIA. Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales (1139-5737) School of Political Sciences and Sociology at UNED
2022 - 2022 Tourism geographies (1470-1340) Taylor & Francis

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/12/02 - Current World Leisure Organization (WLO) Member
2019 - Current ESA. European Sociological Association Member
2016 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia Member
2025/07 - 2027/07 Asociação Portuguesa de Sociologia Conselho Deontológico: Vogal Suplente

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/10/01 - Current International Network on Night Studies
Coordinator
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2019/12/01 - Current La Red de Investigadores sobre la noche
Member
 Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN) - UNAM, Mexico
2017/05/01 - Current Etno.Urb
Coordinator
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2016 - Current LXNIGHTS
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/10 - Current II Jornada de Investigación Estudiantil en Psicología Instituto de Fundamentos y Métodos en Psicología, Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República
2024/11/20 - 2025/02/03 International Congress Noz Breizh Université Bretagne Occidental
2024/07 - 2024/09 Vienna After Dark Vienna Club Commission
2023/10/18 - 2024/03/19 International Congress "Smart Noz" Université Bretagne Occidental
2023/11/01 - 2023/11/30 I Jornada de Investigación Estudiantil en Psicología Instituto de Fundamentos y Métodos en Psicología, Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República
2022/11/24 - 2023/03/16 International Congress "Noz Num" University of Brest
2023/02/13 - 2023/02/15 I Congreso: Una mirada transversal del ocio nocturno con perspectiva de género University of Valencia
2022/11/10 - 2022/11/12 NIGHT(S) Science Conference Bar & Club Kommission Zürich
2022/08 - 2022/09 Nocturnal inequalities: social practices, uses of space, stakeholders and changes of urban spaces at night University of Montpellier

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09 - 2024/09 Métodos de agrupamiento en análisis multivariado Psychology (Doctor of Philosophy) Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2023 - 2024/01/25 Turismo sensorial e turismo noturno Turismo sensorial e turismo noturno (Outros) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2022/02/21 - 2022/06/10 Geografias da Noite Urbana | Geographies of the Urban Night Geografias da Noite Urbana (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021/11/08 - 2021/11/30 Métodos de agrupamiento en análisis multivariado Psychology (Master) Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay
2018/11/28 - 2018/12/19 Métodos de agrupamiento en análisis multivariado Psychology (Master) Facultad de Psicología Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/04/17 Launch of a new sociological project exploring the city's nightlife, supervised by the “LADSIS” laboratory. Professors and university students study Casablanca’s night to understand urban social transformations LeMatin.ma
2025/04/16 Launch of a new sociological project exploring the life of Casablanca assahraa.ma
2025/03/24 La noche como espacio de experiencia. Con instalación luminosa, migrantes rumanos evocan la nostalgia por su tierra Gaceta UNAM
2018/12/20 Festivals of Light Today Lights on Romania
2018/02/28 Festivais de luz, muito mais do que um evento de luz ISCTE News

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/12/02 - Current Leisure Studies (14664496) Routledge
2022/02 - Current The European Sociologist (2415-6426 ) European Sociological Association

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/07/19 - 2021/07/21 Ser Cientista Social em tempos de Pandemia. CienciaViva & CIES-Iscte Group of 5 prospecting secondary students