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Alberto Rodríguez Barcón. Works in the area of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Sociology. In its Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: gentrification; urban culture; urban planning; historic center; social change; tourism; spatial justice; right to the city
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alberto Rodríguez Barcón

Citation names

  • Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto
  • Alberto Rodríguez-Barcón

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8D1B-8CB6-E27E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9266-3199

Email addresses

  • alberto.barcon@udc.es (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 938685141 (Personal)
  • (+34) 675137881 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Conde de Avranches, 501-503, 4200-011, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Personal)
  • Rúa José Villaverde Velo, 1, 2ºC, 15002, A Corunha, A Corunha, Spain (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Sociology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Galician (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019
Concluded
 Research and Didactic Innovation in the Classroom (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain
2019
Concluded
 Digital Teaching Competence: Integrated Use of ICT in Educational Centers (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain
2016/02/08
Concluded
 Doctorate in Sociology (Doctor)
Major in Urban Sociology
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
"Produción cultural, cambio social e política urbana: procesos de xentrificación no centro histórico da Coruña" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum Laude
2015/02 - 2015/03
Concluded
 Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015/03
Concluded
 Faculty of Social Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014
Concluded
 Introduction to geographic information systems (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2013
Concluded
 Introduction to the use of cartographic representation tools in the social sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2011/09/15 - 2012/07/15
Concluded
 Faculty of Social Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenia
2008
Concluded
 Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
 Distinction
2005
Concluded
 Pedagogical Aptitude Course (CAP) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade da Coruña Facultade de Ciencias da Educación, Spain
1999 - 2004/07/03
Concluded
 Sociologia (Licence)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2003/10/09 - 2004/06/02
Concluded
 Expert in Planning and Local Development (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2002
Concluded
 Human Resource Management (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2000 - 2001
Concluded
 The culture of the company in organizations: training, management and absenteeism (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Centro de Investigação do Território Transportes e Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Researcher MMASA architecture studio, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018 - Current Smart Shrinkage Solutions – Fostering Resilient Cities in Inner Peripheries of Europe
693443
Post-doc Fellow
Ongoing
2017 - 2018 Regeneration and Optimization of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities (ROCK)
730280
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01 - Current Socioeconomic analysis and preliminary urban strategy for the historic city of A Coruña
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Researcher
MMASA architecture studio, Spain
 Municipality of A Coruña
Ongoing
2019/04 - 2019/05 Start Document of the Revitalization Plan of Cidade Vella de A Coruña
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Researcher
MMASA architecture studio, Spain
 Municipality of A Coruña
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; sílvia sousa. "Gourmetization and urban regeneration of traditional markets: a comparative approach between Porto and Madrid". Madrid, Spain: Tirant lo Blanch, 2021.
    Accepted
  2. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Raimundo Enríquez-Otero; Estefanía Calo. "Entre la revitalización y la gentrificación: el complejo equilibrio en el contexto de la Cidade Vella de A Coruña [Between revitalization and gentrification: the complex balance in the context of the Cidade Vella de A Coruña]". Madrid, Spain: Tirant lo Blanch, 2021.
    Accepted
  3. sílvia sousa; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Calidad de vida y sostenibilidad en el contexto de un fenómeno de contracción urbana: el caso de Oporto (Portugal) [Quality of life and sustainability in the context of a phenomenon of urban contraction: the case of Porto (Portugal)]". In Análisis innovadores para manifestaciones culturales clásicas. Spain: Editorial Pirámide (Grupo Anaya), 2020.
    In press
  4. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Estefanía Calo García; Raimundo Otero-Enríquez. "Social transformation and urban regeneration: three interpretations on the phenomenon of gentrification in the historic centre of A Coruña (Spain)". In Gentrification around the World: Gentrifiers and the Displaced, edited by Judith N. DeSena; Jerome Krase. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
    Accepted
  5. Otero-Enríquez, Raimundo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Estefanía Calo García. "Estadística y “ansiedades epistemológicas” en un grado en sociología: una aproximación cualitativa [Statistics and "epistemological anxieties" in a degree in sociology: a qualitative approach]". In Innovación Pedagógica y Praxis Educativa (INNOVAGIA). Spain: Octaedro, 2020.
    Accepted
  6. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); sílvia sousa. "Declive demográfico y dinamismo turístico: análisis del discurso en torno a la contracción urbana en Oporto [Demographic decline and tourist dynamism: discourse analysis around urban contraction in Porto]". In The contents of humanities as multidisciplinary reading. Editorial GEDISA, 2018.
  7. Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "La cooperación grupal frente al esfuerzo individual: contraste y asimilación de competencias en el aprendizaje de la estadística [Group cooperation in the face of individual effort: contrast and assimilation of skills in the learning of statistics]". In Nuevos desafíos en la enseñanza superior [New challenges in higher education], edited by Pedro Membiela; Natalia Casado; Mª Isabel Cebreiros; Manuel Vidal, 389-393. Ourense, Spain: Educación Editora, 2018.
    Published
Book review
  1. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Global Gentrifications: Uneven Development and Displacement". Review of Global Gentrifications: Uneven Development and Displacement 53(15), (2016): 3371-3373.
    Published • 10.1177/0042098016665748
  2. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Communities and Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Rethink Urban and Community Studies". Review of Communities and Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Rethink Urban and Community Studies 30(2), (2015): 150-156.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto. "Xentrificacións encontradas comercio, turismo e barrios-marca no centro histórico da Coruña [Mixed gentrifications: Commerce , tourism and neighborhoods-brand in the historic center of A Coruña]". Paper presented in IX Conference on Urban Planning and Sociology: Touristification in the Contemporary City, A Coruña, 2020.
    Accepted
  2. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Otero-Enríquez, Raimundo; Calo, Estefanía. "Entre la revitalización y la gentrificación: el complejo equilibrio en el contexto de la Cidade Vella de A Coruña [Between revitalization and gentrification: the complex balance in the context of the Cidade Vella de A Coruña]". Paper presented in X Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la profesión y en la Universidad de hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia (CUICIID), Madrid, 2020.
  3. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Sousa, Sílvia. "Gourmetization and urban regeneration of traditional markets. A comparative approach between Porto and Madrid". Paper presented in X Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la profesión y en la Universidad de hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia (CUICIID), Madrid, 2020.
    Accepted
  4. Otero-Enríquez, Raimundo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Estefanía Calo. "Estadística y “ansiedades epistemológicas” en un grado en sociología: una aproximación cualitativa [Statistics and "epistemological anxieties" in a degree in sociology: a qualitative approach]". Paper presented in V Congreso Internacional sobre Innovación Pedagógica y Praxis Educativa (INNOVAGIA), Madrid, 2020.
    Accepted
  5. Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Aproximación cuantitativa aos estudos da xentrificación [Quantitative approach to the studies of gentrification]". Paper presented in GET INTO - Research Seminars, A Coruña, 2020.
    Published
  6. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Sousa, Sílvia. "3S RECIPE- Smart Shrinking Solutions". Paper presented in 5as ao 1/2 dia - Faculty of Engineering (University of Porto), Porto, 2020.
    Published
  7. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); sílvia sousa. "Calidad de vida y sostenibilidad en el contexto de un fenómeno de contracción urbana: el caso de Oporto (Portugal) [Quality of life and sustainability in the context of a phenomenon of urban : the case of Porto (Portugal)]". Paper presented in International University Congress on communication in the profession and in today's University: Contents, Research, Innovation and Teaching, Madrid, 2019.
    Accepted
  8. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); sílvia sousa. "Quality of life and sustainability in the context of urban shrinkage: the case of Porto (Portugal)". Paper presented in 12th CITTA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANNING RESEARCH, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  9. sílvia sousa; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Liveability and quality of life in the context of smart urban shrinkage solutions: the case of Porto". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress, Venezia, 2019.
  10. sílvia sousa; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Resilient urban economy and municipal finance in shrinking Oporto". Paper presented in AESOP Annual Congress - Making Space for Hope, Gotemburgo, 2018.
  11. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Estefanía Calo; Raimundo Otero-Enríquez. "Chronicle of an Announced Privatization: Conversion and Requalification in Three Acts of the Coruña Maritime Façade". Paper presented in Third International Conference of Young Urban Researchers (TICYUrb), Lisboa, 2018.
  12. Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Estefanía Calo. "The port transformation of the city of A Coruña: the articulation of a space of uncertainty in times of crisis". Paper presented in III ESA RN37 midterm Conference “Inequality and uncertainty: current challenges for cities”, Madrid, 2018.
  13. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); sílvia sousa. "Demographic Decline and Tourist Dynamism: Analysis of the Discourse Regarding Urban Contraction in Porto". Paper presented in Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la comunicación en la profesión y en la Universidad de hoy: Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia (CUICIID), 2018.
  14. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); sílvia sousa. "Population decline and tourist dynamism: Analysis of the discourse related to contraction related to urban contraction in Porto". Paper presented in CITTA 11th Annual Conference on Planning Research – the Portuguese-Speaking Area and the Future of Cities, 2018.
  15. Estefanía Calo; Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Derecho a la Vivienda y el Derecho a la Ciudad: vías teóricas de debate [The Right to Housing and the Right to the City: theoretical ways of debate]". Paper presented in I Encuentro Intercogresual del Comité de Sociología Urbana [I Inter-Congress Meeting of the Urban Sociology Committee], Madrid, 2017.
  16. Estefanía Calo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Raimundo Otero-Enríquez. "The Role of Right to Housing in the Right to the City". Paper presented in RC21 Leeds: Rethinking Urban Global Justice, Leeds, 2017.
  17. Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "“El todo es más que la suma de las partes”: cooperación y competencias en el aprendizaje del muestreo probabilístico ["The whole is more than the sum of the parts ”: cooperation and skills in the learning of probabilistic sampling]". Paper presented in XXV ASEPUMA Congress (Spanish Association of University Teachers of Mathematics for Economics and Business), A Corunha, 2017.
  18. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo. "Producción cultural y turistificación: La construcción de la ciudad creativa en A Coruña [Cultural production and tourism: The construction of the creative city in A Coruña]". Paper presented in V Congresso Internacional Cidades Criativas [V International Congress on Creative Cities], Porto, 2017.
  19. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Recapitalización y Gentrificación del entorno urbano construido: el caso del Centro Histórico de A Coruña [Recapitalization and Gentrification of the built urban environment: the case of the Historic Center of A Coruña]". Paper presented in IV Congreso sobre Arquitectura y Cooperación al Desarrollo (ArCaDia 4) [IV Congress on architecture and development cooperation (ARCADIA)], A Corunha, 2016.
  20. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Producción cultural, turistificación y cambio social: comparativa entre los procesos de gentrificación en los centros históricos de Porto y A Coruña [Cultural production, tourism and social change: comparison between gentrification processes in the historic centers of Porto and A Coruña]". Paper presented in IX Congresso Português de Sociologia [IX Portuguese Congress of Sociology], Faro, 2016.
  21. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Instrumentalización y producción cultural en la gestión del espacio urbano: procesos de gentrificación en el centro histórico de A Coruña [Instrumentalization and cultural production in urban space management: gentrification processes in the historic center of A Coruña]". Paper presented in XII Congreso Español de Sociología [XII Spanish Congress of Sociology], Gijón, 2016.
  22. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Procesos de Gentrificación [Gentrification Processes]". Paper presented in IV Jornadas de Urbanismo y Sociología [IV Conference on Urbanism and Sociology: “Social Situation of Housing”], A Corunha, 2015.
  23. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "El Desarrollo local como factor de crecimiento [Local Development as a Growth Factor]". Paper presented in I Congreso Modelo: ‘Marco de Oportunidades para el Desarrollo Local’ [I MODEL Congress “Opportunities Framework for or Local Development”], Carnota, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Alberto RODRÍGUEZ BARCÓN. "De alteridades y madrigueras de conejo. Espacialidad y simbología en los cuentos fantásticos de Julio Cortázar [Of alterities and rabbit holes: Spatiality and symbology in the fantastic tales of Julio Cortázar]". Signa: Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica 29 (2020): 763-786. https://doi.org/10.5944/signa.vol29.2020.23474.
    Open access • Published • 10.5944/signa.vol29.2020.23474
  2. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "El papel de la clase creativa en la gentrificación comercial del centro histórico de A Coruña [The role of the creative class in the commercial gentrification of the historic center of A Coruña]". Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia (2020): DOI:: https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis19046.
    Open access • Published
  3. Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Una síntesis conceptual e histórica de la “escurridiza” periferia exurbana: usos del suelo, residentes simbióticos y paradigmas explicativos [A conceptual and historical synthesis of the "elusive" exurban periphery]". Zarch (2020):
    Accepted
  4. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo. "Deconstructing gentrification: Cross-sectional processes in a Spanish medium-sized city". Sociologia & Antropologia (2020):
    Open access • Under revision
  5. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); sílvia sousa. "Culture-led place-making and heterotopic brand building: a comparative approach between Ljubljana and Porto". Space and Culture (2020):
    Accepted
  6. Estefanía Calo; Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Discourses on Spain’s housing crises: a typological proposal". Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis (2020):
    Under revision
  7. sílvia sousa; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "Urban shrinkage and touristic dynamism: Analysis of the discourse in Porto (Portugal)". Finisterra (2020):
    Open access • Under revision
  8. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto. "“Puntos de partida” y modelos explicativos en la deconstrucción de los procesos globales de gentrificación. Un ejemplo concreto a través del centro histórico de A Coruña ["Starting points" and explanatory models in the deconstruction of global gentrification processes. A concrete example through the historic center of A Coruña]". Revista Critica de Ciências Sociais (2020):
    Submitted
  9. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto; Estefanía Calo; Raimundo Otero-Enríquez. "Reconversión de espacios portuarios y privatización de la fachada litoral de A Coruña. Una lectura crítica. [Conversion of port spaces and privatization of the coastline of A Coruña. A critical reading]". Revista Ciudades 21 21 (2018): 99-120.
    Open access • Published • 10.24197/ciudades.21.2018.99-120
  10. Fraga Canosa, María Cristina; Otero-Enríquez, Raimundo; Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "El arte espontáneo en la calle como herramienta de regeneración urbana y participación vecinal: el proyecto cultural de Las Meninas en el barrio de Canido (Ferrol) [Spontaneous street art as a tool for urban regeneration and neighborhood participation]". Arte y Ciudad 14 (2018): 115-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.22530/ayc.2018.n14.480.
    Open access • 10.22530/ayc.2018.n14.480
  11. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Estefanía Calo; Otero-Enríquez, Raimundo. "Commercial Gentrification in a Medium-Sized City. An Ethnographic Look at the Transformation Process of the Historic Centre of A Coruña (Spain).". Urbanities – Journal Of Urban Ethnography 8(2) (2018): 87-96. http://www.anthrojournal-urbanities.com/vol-8-no-2-november-2018-2/.
    Open access • Published
  12. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "As políticas de produção cultural num cenário de mudança urbana: Modelos de gentrificação no centro histórico da Corunha [Cultural production policies in the urban change scenario: models of gentrification in the historic center of A Coruña]". Cadernos de Ciências Sociais 30 II (2017): 41-65.
    Published
  13. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E). "La cultura como eje discursivo en la producción de gentrificación: el caso del Corredor Cultural Chapultepec en el barrio de La Merced (México) [Culture as a discursive axis in the production of gentrification: the case of the Chapultepec Cultural Corridor in the La Merced neighborhood (Mexico)]". El Canelazo de la Ciudad, Revista del Grupo de Investigación Derecho a la Ciudad de FLACSO-Ecuador 5 (2016): 79-92. https://elcanelazodelaciudad.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/quinto-numero-de-la-revista-gentrificacion/.
    Open access • Published
Journal issue
  1. Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto (8D1B-8CB6-E27E); Raimundo Otero-Enríquez; Estefanía Calo. "Tourism and gentrification in the contemporary city". ROTUR Revista de Ocio y Turismo 14 1 (2020):
    Coeditor
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017/05/15 Invited speaker: "El perfil de ingreso de los alumnos de sociología en la Universidade da Coruña. Ensayo de medición" [“The profile of students entering sociology at the University of A Coruña. Measurement test ”] Jornada sobre Gestion de Centros de Educación Superior en Ciencias Sociales [Conference on management of higher education centers in social sciences]
Universidade da Coruña (A Corunha, Spain)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current Group of Territorial Studies (GET) - University of A Coruña Member of the group

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Development of comprehensive urban regeneration and regeneration projects in different urban areas of Galicia commissioned by the Corunna City Council and the MMASA architectural study. Municipality of A Coruña, Spain

MMASA architecture studio, Spain
2017 - Current External collaborator under the project "Regeneration and optimization of cultural heritage in creative and knowledge cities (ROCK)", within the scope of Societal Challenge 5, Horizon 2020 framework program, to be developed at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon ( ICS / Ulisboa) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/09/09 - Current Teaching assistant in the summer course: "Empty Coruña? Inhabited processes: the effects of the crisis on the urban fabric" (6 hours). Department of Architectural Graphic Expression at the University of A Coruña. Curso de verão (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2017/04/06 - Current Workshop on “Gentrification processes in the old town of A Coruña” (8 hours). Classroom of Urban Sociology and Regional Planning. 3 (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2016/04/21 - Current Workshop on “Gentrification processes in the old town of A Coruña” (8 hours). Classroom of Urban Sociology and Regional Planning. 3 (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade da Coruña, Spain

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/11/02 Interview about recent gentrification processes in the city of A Coruña (Galicia) La Opinión de A Coruña
2018/07/04 Interview in the newspaper Galicia Confidencial with the title "Chronicle of speculation and privatization of the coastal facade of Coruña" Galicia Confidencial

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/10/06 - Current El coruñés opina gentrification of the city of A Coruña
Distinctions

Award

2016 Extraordinary Doctorate Award
Universidade da Coruña, Spain

Other distinction

2016 European / International Doctorate Mention
Universidade da Coruña, Spain