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Architect and Urban Planner from the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil), with an exchange programme at the University of Seville (Spain). Master's degree in Planning and Policy for the City, Territory and Environment from the Università IUAV di Venezia (Italy), with an exchange programme at the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and a double European Master's degree. PhD candidate in Territorial Engineering and Spatial Planning at the Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon. Research areas: urban planning, urban policies, urban regeneration, waterfronts, port-city relations, governance, public-private partnerships.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Vale de Paula
Date of birth
1992/01/11
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Paula, P. V.
  • de Paula, P. V.
  • Vale de Paula, P.
  • Vale, P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
761B-989D-A997
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3327-1451

Email addresses

  • paulavaledepaula@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Italian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/08 - 2026
Ongoing
 Engenharia do Território e Planeamento Territorial (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/10 - 2020/12
Concluded
 Planeamento e Política para a cidade, o território e o ambiente (Laurea Magistrale)
Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy
 109/110
2019/09 - 2020/02
Attended
 Mestrado Integrado em Arquitectura, com especialização em Urbanismo (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2011/01 - 2018/01
Concluded
 Arquitetura e Urbanismo (Bachelor)
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
 10/10
2013/09 - 2014/08
Attended
 Arquitectura y Urbanism (Bachelor)
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01 - 2018/08 Arquiteta e Urbanista Regis Freire Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Brazil
2015/05 - 2015/10 Professora de Nível Técnico CEPEP Treinamentos, Brazil
2014/11 - 2015/04 Estagiária na área de Novos Negócios, no setor de Incorporação de Imóveis Marquise Incorporações,, Brazil
2014/06 - 2014/08 Estagiária de Arquitetura e Urbanismo ArEA Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Spain
2012/05 - 2013/08 Estagiária de Arquitetura e Urbanismo Regis Freire Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/06 - Current Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects: Enabling Environment and Critical Success Factors
PhD Student Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture
Ongoing
2016/08 - 2017/12 Projeto Urbanístico 5 - EcoUrbanismo
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2015/08 - 2017/07 Turismo e Arquitetura Moderna: o hotel no Norte e Nordeste
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/06 - Current Centro para a Inovação em Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura
UIDB/05703/2020
10.54499/UIDB/05703/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/01 - 2026/01 CidadeportoTejo - The Future of Lisbon Port-City Interactions
2024.02573.S4P24
Researcher
CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, Portugal
 PLANAPP — Centro de Planeamento e de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas
Concluded
2023/03 - 2025/05 Território.Justo.pt - Territories of Spatial Injustice in Portugal
Researcher
CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, Portugal
 CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture
Concluded
2023/03 - 2025/05 CidadeTejo - Estuary of Opportunities: dynamics, challenges and threats on waterfronts of Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Researcher
CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, Portugal
 CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Jorge, Sílvia; Gonçalves, Jorge; Condessa, Beatriz; Carlos Mourão Pereira; Paula, P. V.; CASTRO, HENRIQUE REZENDE DE. (in)Justiça Espacial em reflexão: Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura. Portugal: CiTUA/IST ID, Associac¸a~o do Instituto Superior Te´cnico para a Investigac¸a~o e do Desenvolvimento. 2023.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Vale de Paula, P.. "Società di Trasformazione Urbana Porta a Mare: il partenariato responsabile della rigenerazione del porto mediceo". In Fronte mare. Il waterfront del sistema portuale dell’alto tirreno. Pisa, Italy: Pacini Editore, 2026.
    Published
  2. Paula, Paula Vale de; Marques, Rui Cunha; Gonçalves, Jorge Manuel. "Public-Private Partnerships, Urban Regeneration Projects and Asymmetries: contributions from a systematic literature review". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Nature for an Inclusive and Innovative Urban Regeneration (NATiURB 2022), 366-374. Atlantis Press International BV, 2024.
    10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_29
  3. Paula, Paula Vale de; Marques, Rui Cunha; Gonçalves, Jorge Manuel. "Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects: Identifying local actors from a systematic literature review". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Nature for an Inclusive and Innovative Urban Regeneration (NATiURB 2022), 357-365. Atlantis Press International BV, 2024.
    10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_28
Conference abstract
  1. Vale de Paula, P.; Marques, Rui Cunha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects: the Italian context and the case of “Porta a Mare” in Livorno". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Planning as a transformative action in an age of planetary crisis,, Istambul, 2025.
    Published
  2. Vale de Paula, P.. "Porto Maravilha: análisis del proceso de regeneración urbana en la zona portuaria de Río de Janeiro". Paper presented in X SUI - Seminario de Urbanismo Internacional - Ciudad transformada y disruptiva, Cidade do México, 2025.
    Published
  3. Vale de Paula, P.; Zrari, S. "The Role of Governance in the Sustainability of the Port-City Relationship: Comparative Experiences". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Game Changer? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions,, Paris, 2024.
    Published
  4. Vale de Paula, P.; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Urban Waterfront Planning: characterization of scientific production through bibliometric analysis". Paper presented in XVI SIIU - Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo, Barcelona, 2024.
    Published
  5. Vale de Paula, P.; Copiello, S; Marques, Rui Cunha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Public-Private Partnerships in Waterfront Regeneration Processes: the case of the Port of Livorno". Paper presented in XVI SIIU - Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo, Barcelona, 2024.
    Published
  6. Vale de Paula, P.; Marques, Rui Cunha; Gonçalves, Jorge. "Critical Success Factors for Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects". Paper presented in Networks, Markets & People - NMP,, Reggio Calabria, 2024.
    Published
  7. Lopes dos Santos, G.; de Paula, P. V.; Nogueira, Freddy; Moreira, J.Q.; Aguiar, Mariana; Souto, M.; Morais de Sá, Ana; Nunes da Silva, Fernando. "Grand Projects in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area Shaping Dynamics of the Tagus Estuary: priorities and perceptions of a non-specialist public". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Game Changer? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions, Paris, 2024.
    Published
  8. de Paula, P. V.; Nunes da Silva, Fernando; Aguiar, Mariana; Moreira, J.Q.; Ferreira, José; Silva, J. B.; Lopes dos Santos, G.; et al. "The Regeneration Of Urban Waterfronts: Comparative Analysis Of European Case Studies". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Game Changer? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions, Paris, 2024.
    Published
  9. de Paula, P. V.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Urban Regeneration of Waterfronts: Literature Review". Paper presented in XV SIIU - Seminário Internacional de Investigação em Urbanismo, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  10. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Critical Success Factors for Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration projects: a framework proposal". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence, Lodz, 2023.
    Published
  11. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Enabling Environment for Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration projects: analysis of the Portuguese, Italian and Brazilian scenarios". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence., Lodz, 2023.
    Published
  12. de Paula, P. V.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "The waterfronts as territories of change: a reading from a bibliometric analysis". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence, Lodz, 2023.
    Published
  13. Lopes dos Santos, G.; Amorim, J. ; de Paula, P. V.; Cepni, H.. "Spatial Justice and Territorial Cohesion in academic literature: concepts, applications, and the Portuguese context". Paper presented in 30th APDR Congress - Sustainability Development Challenges of Territories in Contexts of Uncertainties due to External Shocks and Risks, Braga, 2023.
    Published
  14. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Complementary Policies to foster Urban Regeneration: contributions from a systematic literature review". Paper presented in NATiURB Congress – Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration, Milan, 2022.
    Published
  15. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Public-Private Partnerships, Urban Regeneration Projects and Asymmetries: contributions from a systematic literature review". Paper presented in NATiURB Congress – Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration., Milan, 2022.
  16. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration projects: Identifying local actors from a systematic literature review". Paper presented in NATiURB Congress – Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration, Milan, 2022.
  17. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Understanding the Governance of Urban Regeneration in Public-Private Partnerships: Contributions from a systematic literature review". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice, Tartu, 2022.
  18. Vale de Paula, P.. "O Contexto de Ocupação das ZEIS 3 em Fortaleza-CE: o caso do Papicu.". Paper presented in X Congresso Brasileiro de Direito Urbanístico, Florianópolis, 2017.
    Published
  19. Vale de Paula, P.. "O instrumento Operação Urbana Consorciada como agente de desurbanidade: o caso da Lagoa do Papicu.". Paper presented in XVII ENANPUR - Encontro Nacional da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional, São Paulo, 2017.
    Published
  20. PAULA, P. V.. "A construção habitacional social como agente de desurbanidade no Brasil: o caso de Fortaleza-CE.". Paper presented in 4° CIHEL – Congresso Internacional da Habitação no Espaço Lusófono, Covilhã, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Paula, Paula Vale de; Gonçalves, Jorge Manuel. "Urban waterfront planning: characterization of scientific production through bibliometric analysis". 2025.
    10.5821/siiu.13010
  2. Paula, Paula Vale de; Copiello, Sergio; Cunha Marques, Rui; Gonçalves, Jorge Manuel. "Public-private partnerships in waterfront regeneration Processes: the case of the port of Livorno". 2025.
    10.5821/siiu.13009
  3. Vale de Paula, Paula; Gonçalves, Jorge Manuel. "Urban regeneration of waterfronts: literature review". 2024.
    10.5821/siiu.12783
  4. PAULA, P. V.. "O Contexto de Ocupação das ZEIS3 em Fortaleza-CE: o caso do Papicu.". Paper presented in IX Congresso Brasileiro de Direito Urbanístico., Florianópolis, 2017.
    Published
  5. PAULA, P. V.. "O instrumento Operação Urbana Consorciada como agente de desurbanidade: o caso da Lagoa do Papicu.". Paper presented in XVI ENANPUR - Encontro Nacional da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional., São Paulo, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. de Paula, P. V.. "Parcerias Público-Privadas em Projetos de Regeneração Urbana: processos de gentrificação.". Paper presented in Ciência 22 – Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal., 2022.
  2. de Paula, P. V.; Marques, R. C.; Gonçalves, J. M.. "Typologies of Public-Private Partnership in Urban Regeneration: Contributions from a systematic literature review". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice, 2022.
Edited book
  1. Condessa, B.; Mourão, C.; Castro, H.; Gonçalves, J.; de Paula, P. V.; Jorge, S., ed. (in)Justiça Espacial em reflexão: Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura. Seminário # Workshop'22.. Lisbon, Portugal: CiTUA/IST-ID. 2023.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Paula Vale de Paula; Rui Cunha Marques; Jorge Manuel Gonçalves. "Public–Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration: Comparative Insights and Lessons from Brazil, Italy, and the UK". Land (2026): https://doi.org/10.3390/land15010180.
    10.3390/land15010180
  2. Jorge Gonçalves; Paula Vale de Paula; Cátia Valente. "The Tagus Estuary at risk: Fragmented governance and the future of waterfront regeneration in the Lisbon metropolitan area". City and Environment Interactions (2026): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2025.100291.
    10.1016/j.cacint.2025.100291
  3. Jorge Gonçalves; Sílvia Jorge; Fernando Nunes da Silva; Julianno Amorim; Paula Vale de Paula; Robert Marques; Hilal Cepni. "Operationalizing spatial justice: a transdisciplinary framework for territorial equity in Portugal". Frontiers in Built Environment (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2025.1616966.
    10.3389/fbuil.2025.1616966
  4. Paula Vale de Paula; Rui Cunha Marques; Jorge Manuel Gonçalves. "Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects: The Brazilian Context and the Case of “Porto Maravilha” in Rio de Janeiro". Land (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051055.
    10.3390/land14051055
  5. Paula Vale de Paula; Rui Cunha Marques; Jorge Manuel Gonçalves. "Public–Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects: The Italian Context and the Case of “Porta a Mare” in Livorno". Buildings (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15050702.
    10.3390/buildings15050702
  6. Paula Vale de Paula; Rui Cunha Marques; Jorge Manuel Gonçalves. "Critical Success Factors for Public–Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects". Infrastructures (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures9110195.
    10.3390/infrastructures9110195
  7. Jorge Gonçalves; Silvia Spolaor; Paula Vale de Paula. "Gestión de ciudad y construcción de ciudadanía: Aportes desde la experiencia del Programa BIP/ZIP en Lisboa". DECISION GERENCIAL (2024): https://doi.org/10.26871/rdg.v3i7.50.
    10.26871/rdg.v3i7.50
  8. de Paula, Paula Vale; Marques, Rui Cunha; Gonçalves, Jorge Manuel. "Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Regeneration Projects: A Review". Journal of Urban Planning and Development 149 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/jupddm.upeng-4144.
    Published • 10.1061/jupddm.upeng-4144
Newspaper article
  1. de Paula, P. V.. "Desafios da regeneração urbana: a cooperação entre o setor público e privado", O Público, 2024, Conta-nos a tua ciência, https://www.publico.pt/2024/01/04/ciencia/noticia/desafios-regeneracao-urbana-cooperacao-setor-publico-privado-2075588.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/10 - 2022/10 Seminário e Workshop sobre (in)Justiça Espacial organizado pelo Spatial Justice Lab, linha temática de investigação do CiTUA - Centro para a inovação em Território, Urbanismo e Arquitetura, do Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa. (2022/10 - 2022/10)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 CITUA - Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Cities (0264-2751 )
2024 - Current Journal of Infrastructure Systems (1076-0342 )
2022 - Current Journal of Urban Planning and Development (1943-5444 ) American Society of Civil Engineers
2022 - Current Journal of Urban Planning and Development (1943-5444 )