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Pedro Ferraz de Abreu. Works in the transdisciplinary area(s) of e-Planning, and also in Engineering Sciences and Technologies with an emphasis on Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Social Sciences with an emphasis on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Social Sciences with an emphasis on Planning and Urban Studies and Social Sciences with an emphasis on Public Administration and Political Sciences.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu

Citation names

  • Abreu, Pedro
  • Ferraz de Abreu, P.
  • Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro
  • Pedro Ferraz de Abreu
  • Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9217-7A0D-15D4
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7344-9894

Email addresses

  • pfa@mit.edu (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
1991/09/01 - 2002/06/01
Concluded
Urban Studies and Planning (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Urban and Regional Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
"New Information Technologies in Public Participation: A Challenge to Old Decision-making Institutional Frameworks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Final grade: 4.9 / 5
1987/09/01 - 1989/09/01
Concluded
Media Arts & Sciences (Master)
Major in Media Arts & Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, United States
"Intelligent Graphic Interface: Capturing rules of human-computer interaction in a knowledge base" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Final grade: 4.5 / 5
1981/09/01 - 1983/10/01
Concluded
Engenharia Informática (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Hardware
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
16 / 20
1976/10/01 - 1981/01/09
Concluded
Engenharia Electrónica e de Telecomunicações (Bacharelato)
Major in Electronica
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
14 / 20
1968/09/01 - 1972/10/12
Attended
Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/12/15 - Current Visiting Researcher (Research) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2023/07/01 - 2023/12/14 Visiting Researcher (Research) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2005/09/01 - 2006/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2003/01/09 - 2003/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
1989/04 - 1998 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/09/12 - 2021/08/31 Invited Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/08/31 Invited Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Invited Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2007/05 - 2012/08/31 Invited Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/04/01 - 2023/07/31 Seminars & Tutorials in support to Joint PhD Program on e-Planning Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
1976/01/01 - 1979/07/31 Operario semi-especializado Soda Solvay, Portugal
Soda Solvay, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/10/06 - 2028/10/06 Contributions of universities to the social resilience of vulnerable communities: the role of community engagement in a crisis context
7398520956069469
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Under evaluation
2010 - 2015 e-Literacy
Doutoramento
Supervisor
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/01/01 - 2006/12/31 E-PLANNING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
SFRH/BPD/26139/2005
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1994/10/01 - 1995/09/30 INTELLIGENT MULTIMEDIA FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PRAXIS XXI/BD/4012/94
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1986/09/01 - 1987/07/31 Bolsa Fullbright
Master Student Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, United States
US Embassy in Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/05/01 - 2025/12/31 Contributions of universities to the social resilience of vulnerable communities: the role of service-learning after COVID-19
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Fundo de Apoio ao Ensino à Pesquisa e à Extensão
Ongoing
2021/11/01 - 2025/11/01 Digital Transition for Territorial Cohesion and Social Inclusion at Municipal level / Transição Digital para a Coesão Territorial e Inclusão Social a nível Municipal
Principal investigator
CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Arquitetura Urbanismo e Design, Portugal

ANAM - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais, Portugal

e-Planning Consortium, Portugal
CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa

ANAM - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais
Ongoing
2023/09/11 - 2025/01/31 e-Planning Seminar at MIT, 20 years later - web site
Principal investigator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Ongoing
2023/01/31 - 2025/01/31 Urban Science and Digital Transition: e-Planning, twenty years later
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Ongoing
2013/07/01 - 2014/12/31 EU - sustainability and efficient use of resources: survey, debates and dissemination
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Centro de Informação Europeia Jacques Delors
Concluded
2013/07/01 - 2014/12/31 Enter.Hub - European Network exploiting Territorial Effects of Railway Hubs - New Technologies – Smart Cities
Principal investigator
URBACT, France
URBACT
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 713 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/CJP/UI0713/2011
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu; Sarah Shin; Marissa Cheng; Charlotte DeKock; Alice Savage; David Hllde; Jose Manuel Viegas; Sarah Kershaw; Sonia Jung Kim. Lisbon Trails: Urban Field Experience with MIT. United States. 2025.
    Under revision • Editor
  2. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro. Por Um Mundo Novo, A Sério - Uma Ideologia Progressista no sec XXI, Apoiada na Ciência e na Experiência dos Movimentos Sociais. Portugal: Edições Colibri. 2024.
    Published
  3. Pedro Ferraz de Abreu. e-Planning & Ubiquity / e-Planeamento e Ubiquidade. Lisboa, Portugal: C-Press.International. 2021.
    Published
  4. Pedro Ferraz de Abreu; Marta Rocha; Mata, Luis Reis; Sonia Roque; Dias Fonseca, Tânia; Paulo Ricardo Baptsta. Cities, Citizens and Technology. Portugal: C Press International. 2015.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro. "Towards an integrated research approach:The problem life-cycle and transdisciplinary frameworks". In e-Planning & Ubiquity, edited by C Press International, 339-361. Lisboa, Portugal: C Press International, 2021.
    Published
  2. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro; Emile de Saeger. "e-Planning Participatory Science Methodology: The EuroLifeNet Project". In e-Planning & Ubiquity, edited by C Press International, 113-130. Portugal: C Press International, 2021.
    Published
  3. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro. "The Qualitative Jump of Information and Communication Technologies". In e-Planning & Ubiquity, edited by C Press International, 47-72. Lisboa, Portugal: C Press International, 2021.
    Published
  4. Vasco Lupi Costa. ""Ubiquidade das TIC e a (in)visibilidade da deficiência mental" / Ubiquity of ICT and the (in)visibility of mental disabilities". In e-Planning & Ubiquity, edited by Ferraz de Abreu, P., 233-240. Portugal: C Press International, 2021.
    Published • Editor
Conference paper
  1. Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu. "Hard' sciences, engineering and social sciences: Shaken, not stirred". Paper presented in THE FUTURE OF THE PAST IN ACADEMIA AND SOCIETY, Berkeley, 2022.
    Under revision
  2. Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu; Vasco Lupi Costa; Gloria Ramalho. "Imprensa Estudantil "Por Uma Universidade Popular"". Paper presented in A Imprensa Estudantil - da Ditadura à Democracia, Lisboa, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro. "Citizen & Capital Mobility Today:  The e-Planning Framework". Paper presented in IX PostGraduate Conference on Management, Hospitality & Tourism, Faro, 2018.
Edited book
  1. Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu; Joseph Ferreira Jr; Bish Sanyal; Larry Vale; Eran Ben-Joseph; Omar Razzaz; Vera Viviane Schmidt Abomorad; et al. e-Planning for Digital Transition - With No One Left Behind,. Cambridge, United States. 2025.
    Under revision • Editor
  2. Ferraz de Abreu, P.; Manuela Rego; Anne-Catherine Fritzinger. Corresponding author: Ferraz de Abreu, P.. Bibliotecas & Novas Tecnologias", Actas do Colóquio 'Bibliotecas & Novas Tecnologias: Como combater a info-exclusão. Portugal: Camara Municipal de Lisboa. 2001.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Souza, Karine Pinheiro de; Silva, Rafael dos Santos da; Abreu, Pedro Ferraz de. "CIÊNCIA NA PRAÇA: UM DIÁLOGO COM A RESPONSABILIDADE E INOVAÇÃO NA PESQUISA". Revista e-Curriculum 16 2 (2018): 315. http://dx.doi.org/10.23925/1809-3876.2018v16i2p315-340.
    Published • 10.23925/1809-3876.2018v16i2p315-340
  2. Francesca Savoldi; Pedro Ferraz de Abreu; Claudia Alvares. "Bullying, cyberbullying and Internet usage among young people in post-conflict Belfast". Cogent Social Sciences 2 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2015.1132985.
    10.1080/23311886.2015.1132985
  3. Ferraz de Abreu, P.. "Knowledge representation of infrastructure shortfalls: Models for expert & citizen input". Journal of Participatory Science (JPS) 1 8 (2015): 43-54.
    Published
  4. Ferraz de Abreu, P.. "10 Recommendations on Smart Technologies and Cities". ENTER.HUB Newsletter 5 (2014): 6-7. http://ferrazdeabreu.link/docs/PFA_ENTER-HUB_newsletter_n5_RECsel_r.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  5. Savoldi, F.; Ferraz de Abreu, P.. "Internet, Social Capital, and e-Inclusion in Post-Conflict Belfast: Expectations of Community Workers". Journal of Urban Technology 21 3 (2014): 49-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907907928&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10630732.2014.940712
  6. Francesca Savoldi; Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu. "Technopolitic: sophistication and new dichotomies". International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) 3 8 (2012): 232-237. https://www.ijser.org/ResearchPaperPublishing_August2012_Page2.aspx.
    Open access • Published
  7. Ferraz de Abreu, P.. "Forest Management, Property Rights and Information Systems". Regiones Spring 11 (2003): 120-140.
    Published
Manual
  1. Pedro Ferraz de Abreu. PhD Thesis Guidelines and the 'Altamira' Method. Cambridge, United States: MIT Press. 2024.
    Submitted
Report
  1. Pedro Ferraz de Abreu; Albino Almeida. 2021. Associac¸a~o Nacional de Assembleias Municipais e Centro de Investigac¸a~o de Tecnologias de Informac¸a~o para uma Democracia Participativa celebram protocolo de colaborac¸a~o. http://www.citidep.net/act/protocolo_citidep-anam_20211106.html.
  2. Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu. 2021. e-Planning: Why,When,Where,How,What,Who. http://ferrazdeabreu.link/docs/ePlanning_WhyWhenWhereHowWhatWho_slides.pdf.
  3. Ferraz de Abreu, P.. 2014. New Technologies - Smart Cities", UrbAct Thematic Expert Report, ENTER.HUB. http://ferrazdeabreu.link/docs/PFA_enterhub-smartcities_final_nv_lr.pdf.
  4. Ferraz de Abreu, P.; Barbara Barbosa Neves; Fonseca, Susana; Paixao, José Manuel Pinto. 2014. Relatório Final - Estudo de opinia~o sobre reindustrializac¸a~o, economia verde, uso sustenta´vel de recursos e educac¸a~o sobre o mar. https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/conferencia/projeto-ue.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fonseca, Tânia Marisa Dias Almeida, 1980-. "e-Literacy, schools and municipalities towards a common goal : e-citizenship". PhD, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/19925.
  2. Graça, Pedro José Bentes. "O ciberataque como guerra de guerrilha : o caso dos ataques DoS/DDoS à Estónia, Geoórgia e ao Google - China". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/8000.
  3. "New Information Technologies in Public Participation: A Challenge to Old Decision-making Institutional Frameworks". PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/8521.
  4. "Intelligent Graphic Interface: Capturing rules of human-computer interaction in a knowledge base". Master, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, 1989. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/66323.
Website
  1. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro. Fall 2023 Seminar on e-Planning. 2023. http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/.

Other

Software
  1. Ferraz de Abreu, P.. "Book Manager". 1.2. CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa. LiveCode (tested on MAC OS). 2024.
  2. Ferraz de Abreu, Pedro. "eBiblio". CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa. Livecode. 2023.
  3. Pedro Manuel Barbosa Ferraz de Abreu. "labtec_expertsystem". 3.0. CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa. Livecode (tested on Mac OS, 10.6.8 to 10.14.8). 2023.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/01/22 "Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério" - aula especial a alunos da Escola Artistica António Arroio Meeting wit Students and Faculty - "Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério"
Associação de Solidariedade Social dos Professores (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/12/04 Technology in Planning: we need a Theoretical Framework. http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/docs/eplan_2023-12-04_MITspeakerseries_spurs_leaflet.pdf http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/docs/eplan_2023-12-04_MITspeakerseries_spurs_pfa_cost-of-love.pdf Promises and Pitfalls of Technology and Data in Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - SPURS (Cambridge, United States)
2023/10/16 The Cost of Free: Understanding the new equation relating technology, market economy, regulation, privacy and power. http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/docs/eplan_2023-10-16_MITspeakerseries_pfa_leaflet.pdf http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/docs/eplan_2023-10-16_MITspeakerseries_pfa_cost-of-free_slides.pdf e-Planning, Urban Science and Digital Transition - MIT-DUSP Monday Lunch Speaker Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, United States)
2021/12/10 "e-Planning para a Transição Digital e o Poder Local" . The great promise of new information and communication technologies, due to their ubiquity and universal access, is the empowerment of citizens; both through strengthening democratic participation and Local Power, and through new opportunities for inclusion and overcoming inequalities, whether social, economic or... territorial. e-Planning is a transdisciplinary scientific approach to the "Digital Transition" http://www.citidep.net/act/eplan_anam_webinar_20211210.html Webinar Series, Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais
ANAM - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais (PORTO, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/11/06 - 2026/12/31 Transição Energética via Transição Digital com Planejamento territorial sustentável para energia limpa: caso-estudo do Paraná, Brasil (pos-doc) / Energy Transition via Digital Transition with sustainable territorial planning for clean energy: case-study from Paraná, Brazil (post-doc)
Supervisor of Vera Viviane Schmidt Abomorad - CIÊNCIA ID 571F-DE35-E6C6
pos-doutoramento (Other)
CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal
2023/10/20 - 2025/12/31 Towards New World Global Governance of Public Commons through Conflict and War: The Impact of new ICT Context
Supervisor of Sandro Heleno Morais Zarpelão Morais Zarpelão - CIÊNCIA ID 4E1F-AAC9-6B41
Pos-Doutoramento e-Planning (Other)
CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal
2023/10/13 - 2025/12/31 O e-Planejamento como potenciador de novas possibilidades articulando infraestruturas aeroportuárias com e-Territórios / e-Planning as a driver of new possibilities by articulating airport infrastructures with e-Territories
Co-supervisor of Carlos Eduardo Rabachini Araujo - CIENCIA ID: 151D-D123-85D6
E-Planeamento (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2025/12/31 Regulatory telecommunications standards impacts on human interactions arising from the digital transition / Os impactos regulatórios nos padrões de telecomunicações nas interações humanas decorrentes da transição digital
Supervisor of Claudio Ballande Romanelli - CIÊNCIA ID: 2912-A2B5-E0E4
E-Planeamento (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Atlantico Digital em Português / Digital Atlantic in Portuguese
Supervisor of Jose Manuel Moreira - CIENCIA ID: DF1C-DFCD-5112
E-Planeamento (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 e-Planning para uma Tecno-Ciência Solidária / e-Planning for a Solidary Techno-Science
Supervisor of Silvio Aparecido Spinella - CIENCIA ID: 1813-EB71-998A
E-Planeamento (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 e-Planejamento para o ensino na era digital: desafios institucionais para a inclusão social e territorial / e-Planning for teaching in the digital age: institutional challenges for social and territorial inclusion
Supervisor of Eberval Oliveira Castro - CIÊNCIA ID 4319-C1BD-AFF8
E-Planeamento (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Alienação da Propriedade ou Compropriedade Tecnológica: Construção de um modelo teórico / Alienation of Property or Technological Co-Ownership: Construction of a theoretical model
Supervisor of Luis Reis Mata - Ciência ID: C21E-BA20-F7FE
E-Planeamento (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Ubiquidade das TIC e a (in)visibilidade da deficiência mental / Ubiquity of ICT and the (in)visibility of mental disabilities
Supervisor of Vasco Lupi Costa
E-Planeamento (Specialization course)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/05 - 2024/12/31 International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technologies (ICPPIT23) to (re)examine the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on community life and governance. Significant changes in how we design, analyze, and implement emerging ICT. They enable more efficient delivery of urban services, broader public participation, more empowerment of diverse constituencies, and improved government transparency. Yet, this is far from the reality. http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/icppit23.html (2023/10/09 - 2023/10/13)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States

CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal
2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19 Lançamento do Livro / Book Lainch "Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério", Edições Colibri, na Associação 25 de Abril, , com Coronel Vasco Lourenço ("Capitão de Abril"), Coronel Carlos Matos Gomes ("Capião de Abril" ); Prof. Doutor João Cabtal (CIAUD, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Universidade de Lisboa), dr. Manuel Ferreira Ramos (Coordenador do CVEL - centro de Valorização do Eleiro Local - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais); Dr. Fernando Mão de Ferro (Editor-Chefe, Director, Edições Colibri), e Prof. Doutor Pedro Ferraz de Abreu (CIAUD, Autor) (2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
Associação 25 de Abril, Portugal
2023/09/11 - 2023/12/14 MIT Lunch Speaker Series Seminar on "Urban Science and Digital Transition: e-Planning: twenty years later". To reflect on framing of ‘urban science' issues two decades ago in order to stimulate deeper discussion of what we mean by the term today, and the ways in which we think urban science-related education and research should progress. By looking carefully at past and current thoughts about information technology's influence on community life, urban redevelopment, and governance, we look into the implications of the ongoing ‘digital transition. (2023/09/11 - 2023/12/14)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2022/11/18 - 2022/11/19 Volta e-Planning a Portugal - Alentejo; "Transição Digital e Poder Local, para a Inclusão e Coesão" - Evora, CCDR-A. Meeting of the Presidents of the Municipal Assemblies (PAM) of Alentejo, ANAM and CITIDEP. To characterize the challenges of the Digital Transition within the framework of Local Government, with special emphasis on Municipal Assemblies and ANAM; with the e-Planning approach, connecting scientists and political leaders, to support the PAM (Project CITIDEP/CIAUD/ANAM) http://www.e-planning.org/voltaeplanalentejo.html (2022/11/18 - 2022/11/19)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
ANAM - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais, Portugal

CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal

e-Planning Consortium, Portugal

Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo, Portugal
2022/07/16 - 2022/07/16 Volta e-Planning a Portugal - Algarve. "e-Planning, Transição Digital e Poder Local:". Meeting with the Presidents of the Municipal Assemblies (PAM) of the Algarve and ANAM - Monchique, with the Coordinator of the e-Planning Consortium, Prof. Doctor Pedro Ferraz de Abreu, who presented e-Planning approach and compiled the interventions of PAMs in the Algarve, with a view to a Green Book on Digital Transition at local level and advancing concrete measures in Municipalities. (CITIDEP/CIAUD/ANAM Project) http://www.citidep.net/act/monchiqueanam.html (2022/07/16 - 2022/07/16)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
e-Planning Consortium, Portugal

ANAM - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais, Portugal

CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias deInformação para uma Democracia Participativa, Portugal
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 TALK "e-Planning and Environmental (in)Justice"., with Prof. Lucie Laurian, pioneer in the field of Environmental (In)Justice. Prof. Lucie Laurian, Head of the Dept. of Urban Planning at the University of Iowa, USA, and a member of CITIDEP, has been one of the e-Planners guest speakers at the international talks in the PhD course "e-Planning Foundations" in the Joint PhD Program of e-Planning (FC-UL, FCT-UNL, FA-UL).. http://www.e-planning.org/videosindex.html (2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2021/02/19 - 2021/02/19 Book Release "e-Planning & Ubiquity.", by C-Press International, At the Senate Room, Universidade de Lisboa (UL), with more than 60 people present. in an animated session, with Authors and participants interventions, beginning with the President of Fac. Arquitectura (FAUL), and faculty/ researchers from Dept. Urban Studies & Planning, MIT, IES, JRC- EU Commission, FCUL, CIAUD, (FAUL), , ICS-UL, U. Aveiro, President of Associação Nacional de Assembleias Municipais.. Video available. http://www.e-planning.org/news_e_bookeplanubiq20210219.html (2021/02/19 - 2021/02/19)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/01/21 - 2021/01/21 "Artificial Intelligence and the Computable City". e-Planning Talk, with Michael Batty (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis - CASA, University College London) . The Lecture was moderated by Profs. Pedro Ferraz de Abreu and José Beirão, within the framework of the e-Planning disciplines at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon, "Smart Cities and Digital Citizenship", and "Artificial Intelligence in Planning". The event was open and free, via zoom room, with registration. http://www.e-planning.org/news_e_mbatty20210112.html (2021/01/21 - 2021/01/21)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/05 - 2025/03/05 Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais (ANAM) - A.M. VN Gaia - Debate "Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério", Intervenção em Painel com Dr. Albino Almeida (Presidente da ANAM); Dr. Jorge Sarabando (Investigador, e Associação "Conquistas da Revolução"), Dr. José PAcheco Pereira (Historiador, Director "Ephemera"), Prof. Doutor Pedro Ferraz de Abreu (Autor) / Invited Talk in a Panel by National Asscoiation of Municial Assemblies). Auditório Assembleia Muncipal de V.N. de Gaia
Seminar
"Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério", e-Planning e o Poder LOcal
ANAM - Associação Nacional das Assembleias Municipais, Portugal
2024/12/12 - 2024/12/12 Reflexion / Debate on "Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério", with Prof. Doutor Félix Ribeiro (Economist), Dr. José Magalhães (ex-secretary of state & member of parliament), Coronel Carlos Matos Gomes ("Capião de Abril", romancista Vale Ferraz), Prof. Doutor Joseph Ferreira (MIT); Prof. Doutor Pedro Ferraz de Abreu (Author), Moderated by Prof. Doutor Guilherme Oliveira Martins (Centro NAcional de Cultura, ex-Minsiter, ex-President of Accounting Court, http://esquerda.link/mundonovo20241212.html
Round table
"Por um Mundo Novo, a Sério" - Centro Nacional de Cultura
Centro Nacional de Cultura, Portugal
2024/11/28 - 2024/11/28 Live - Dia de Luta pela Educação Pública 2024 / Live - Combat Day for Public Education 2024 - Talk / Seminar Organized by the Instituto Federal de S. Paulo (IFSP), Brasil, 28 Novembro 24. Talk Guest: Pedro Ferraz de Abreu. Talk Title: Agenda e-Plannng e os Desafios para a Transição Digital / e-Planning Agenda and teh Challenges towards a Digital Transition. Moderated by Marcelo Bonfom, Head of IFPS, Campinas Campus, but in Brasilia http://www.e-planning.org/ifsplive2024.html
Seminar
Live - Dia de Luta pela Educação Pública 2024 / Live - Combat Day for Public Education 2024
Instituto Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

Association member

Society Organization name Role
1996/09/10 - 2025/04/01 CITIDEP - Centro de Investigação de Tecnologias de Informação para uma Democracia Participativa Presidente, re-eleito AG 2023-09-17, para mandato ate' 2025

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Book Edition, as part of the research plan funded through MIT-DUSP grant for e-Planning 20th. Co-Editors: Joseph Ferreira Jr., & Pedro Ferraz de Abreu. Transcript and review of main talks, to provide a seed for invited authors for Book Chapters: Bish Sanyal, Larry Vale, Eran Ben-Joseph, Jinhua, David Hsu (MIT) Lucie Laurian (Buffalo U. N.Y, ), OOnagh (Ireland Institute, Barbara Neves (Monarch University, Australia), Carlos Branco (Institute of Defense, Portugal), VEra Schmidt (Itaipu Foundation, Brasil), Muriel Gavira (UNICAMP, Brasil
Coordinator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/09/15 - 2023/12/31 Laboratorio Vivo de e-Planning / e-Planning Live Lab. [Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/09/14 - 2023/12/13 e-Planning, Urban Science & Digital Transition. This special MIT subject studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on community life, policy making and governance by addressing major issues, research questions with theoretical linkages between urban science, digital economics and digital politics, like Geography of Inequality, Digital Sovereignty, Privacy vs Security, Digital Inclusion, Technology Innovation and Property Rights, Urban Mobility, Smart Cities. http://web.mit.edu/uis/e-planning2023/course.html e-Planning, Urban Science & Digital Transition (Doctor) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2019/09/15 - 2022/12/31 Fundamentos de e-Planning / e-Planning Foundations [Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2021/07/31 Public Participation and Decision Support Systems E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2021/07/31 Artificial Intelligence in Planning E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2021/07/31 Information Technology Challenges to Institutional & Regulatory Frameworks Desafios da Tecnologia ao Quadro Institucional e Regulatório E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2021/07/31 Cidades Inteligentes e Cidadania Digital / Smart Cities and Digital Citizenship E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2019/09/13 - 2021/07/31 Research Methodologies / Metodologias de Investigação. [Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/07/31 Public Participation and Decision Support Systems E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/07/31 Information Technology Challenges to Institutional & Regulatory Frameworks Desafios da Tecnologia ao Quadro Institucional e Regulatório E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/07/31 Fundamentos de e-Planning / e-Planning Foundations [ Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/07/31 Research Methodologies / Metodologias de Investigação. Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/07/31 Laboratorio Vivo de e-Planning / e-Planning Live Lab [Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades / Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] E-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/01/31 - 2014/12/31 Laboratorio Vivo de e-Planning / e-Planning Live Lab. [Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/01/31 - 2014/12/31 Information Technology Challenges to Institutional & Regulatory Frameworks Desafios da Tecnologia ao Quadro Institucional e Regulatório e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Fundamentos de e-Planning / e-Planning Foundations [Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Public Participation and Decision Support Systems e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Research Methodologies / Metodologias de Investigação. Disciplina obrigatória para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 e-Governo / e-Government e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008/09/30 - 2012/07/31 Laboratorio Vivo de e-Planning / e-Planning Live Lab. [Disciplina obrigato´ria para todos os doutorandos e- Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2012/07/31 Fundamentos de e-Planning / e-Planning Foundations [ Disciplina obrigato´ria para todos os doutorandos e-Planning, das 4 Universidades Mandatory course for all Phd students of the Joint PhD Program from all universities in the program] e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2012/07/31 Public Participation and Decision Support Systems e-Planeamento Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2012/07/31 e-Governo / e-Government Administração Pública (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2012/07/01 Information Technology Challenges to Institutional & Regulatory Frameworks Desafios da Tecnologia ao Quadro Institucional e Regulato´rio e-Planeamento (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2011/07/31 Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação e Acção Politica / Information & Communication Technologies and Political Action Ciência Política (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2006/10/24 Urban Field Experience, MIT-DUSP Urban Studies and Planning (Bachelor) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2003/09/01 - 2004/01/31 e-Planning Seminar [subject 11.950 - for Master and PhD students] http://www.e-planning.org/mit2003/index.html Master in City Planning / PhD Urban & regional Planning (Doktor (PhD)) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 e-Planning Kareem H. El-Sisi
2021/04/01 - 2022/07/31 Tutorias e-Planning FA-UL Claudio Ballande Romaneli, Silvio Spinela, Eberval Oliveira Castro, Jose Moreira, Luis Reis Mata

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2006/01/01 - 2006/03/01 Urban Planning Field work with MIT students in Lisbon Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
1976/01/01 - 1979/07/31 Operario Quimico semi-especializado, condutor das maquinas de leite de cal, serralheiro de turno / Semi-specialized chemical "blue colar" worker, driver of lime milk machines, shift locksmith Soda Solvay, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Visiting Scholar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Title

2025 Research Affiliate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2024 Research Affiliate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States
2002 Research Affiliate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, United States

Other distinction

1986 Bolsa Fullbright