Curriculum Vitae
Agustin Cocola-Gant
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Agustin Cocola-Gant
Citation names
- Cocola-Gant, Agustín
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- AA11-347A-AE22
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3395-4233
- Researcher Id
- AAA-1114-2021
- Scopus Author Id
- 56899013300
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2018/02/08
Concluded
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Human Geography (Doctor of Philosophy)
Cardiff School of Planning and Geography, United Kingdom
"Struggling with the leisure class. Tourism, gentrification and displacement" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Passed with no corrections |
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2010/11/05
Concluded
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Art History (University of Barcelona) (Doctor)
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
"El Barrio Gótico de Barcelona. Planificación del Pasado e Imagen de Marca." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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European Doctor. Cum Laude. |
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2005/06/30
Concluded
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Research in Urban and Heritage Studies (University of Barcelona) (DEA)
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
"La Regeneración del Centro Histórico de Barcelona" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Cum Laude |
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2003/06/30
Concluded
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Art History (University of Seville) (Bachelor)
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
"La Tutela del Patrimonio Histórico en Andalucía" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Excellent. Prize Best Student |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2014/12/01 - 2019/04/30 | Tourism-driven gentrification
SFRH/BPD/93008/2013
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023 - 2029 | The platform economy, mobile populations, and the rise of a flexible rental market
2022.00929.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2020/01/01 - 2023/09/30 | SMARTDEST: Cities as mobility hubs: tackling social exclusion through 'smart' citizen engagement
870753
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2021 - 2023 | POLIS: Short-term rentals and housing financialization
H2020-MSCA-IF-2019. ID: 891785
Principal investigator
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Ongoing
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| 2018/10 - 2022/09/30 | SMARTOUR: Tourism, holiday rentals and rehabilitation
PTDC/GES-URB/30551/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2018/01/01 - 2020/01/30 | Tourism and Performativity of Local Identity: Nation and Region from a Postcolonial and Gender Perspective
HAR2017-83005-R
Researcher
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
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| 2016/04 - 2019/03 | FINHABIT: Inhabiting in Financial Times. Housing and the Production of Space in Democratic Portugal
PTDC/ATP-GEO/2362/2014
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2016/03/01 - 2019/02/28 | AGORA: Encounters between the city and arts: exploring new urbanities
PTDC/ATP-GEO/3208/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Edited book |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2023/08/31 | The future of housing and dwelling practices in an age of digital platforms. Round Table. | RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
Royal Geographical Society (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2023/04/12 | El papel del Estado en la turistificación de Lisboa | Red Iberoamericana de Conflictos Urbanos. Congreso Internacional
Universidad Nacional de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
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| 2023/01/17 | Tourism mobilities, transient populations, and housing dynamics in Barcelona | Transient populations and the city
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/23 | La consolidación de la industria del alquiler vacacional | Like a Lokal Conference
UNEM, Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
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| 2022/06/07 | The platform economy and the supply-side of the holiday rental market. New layers of intermediation and industry consolidation | The 6th Global Conference on Economic Geography
UCD (Dublin, Ireland)
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| 2022/01/11 | Touristification in Southern European Coastal Cities | Touristification in Southern European Coastal Cities
University of Palermo (Palermo, Italy)
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| 2021/08/31 | The promise of profitability: using short-term rental market data to attract real estate investors | RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
Royal Geographical Society (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2021/07/08 | The rise of short-term rental management companies and the hotelization of Airbnb | RC21 International Conference
Antwerp University (Antwerp, Belgium)
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| 2021/06/08 | The short-term rental market | Workshop Actually Existing Platformization
University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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| 2021/03/17 | Transient Barcelona: tourists and global gentrifiers in the creative city | Transient Barcelona: tourists and global gentrifiers in the creative city
Birkbeck, University of London (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2021/03/11 | Platform capitalism and the future of short-term rentals | Platform capitalism and the future of short-term rentals
Open University of Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
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| 2020/11/07 | Overtourism and neighbourhood change. An analytical framework | T-Forum Global Conference
Algarve University (Faro, Portugal)
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| 2020/10/27 | Short Term Rentals in Lisbon within and beyond the pandemic | Short-term rentals (STRs) impacting housing and impacted by Covid-19. International Workshop
Institute for Urban Research, Malmö University (Malmo, Sweden)
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| 2020/06/05 | Touristification in Barcelona | Tourism as a development strategy: the rise of the paradigm, consequences and future prospects
Sapienza University of Rome – Faculty of Engineering, Department DICEA (Rome)
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| 2019/09/17 | Airbnb, buy-to-let investment and loss of place. The case of Lisbon | ATLAS Annual Conference
ATLAS (Girona)
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| 2019/07/12 | Governing and planning urban tourism and mobilities in the 21st century city. Round Table together with Raoul Bianchi; Johannes Novy; Paolo Russo; and Claire Colomb. | AESOP International Conference
(Venice)
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| 2019/07/09 | Place-based Displacement: Exploring the Impacts of Tourism in a Residential Area | AESOP Annual Conference
(Venice)
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| 2019/06/20 | Airbnb and buy-to-let investment | A transformative municipalism? Barcelona’s experience in perspective
Autonomous University of Barcelona (Barcelona)
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| 2018/09/26 | Lifestyle migrants in tourist cities | ATLAS Annual Conference
(Copenhagen)
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| 2018/07/13 | Place-based displacement. Residents’ perceptions of urban tourism | Competing for urban space: neighbourhood change and population dynamics
Autonomous University of Barcelona (Barcelona)
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| 2018/06/28 | Urban planning, national identity and historic heritage | Art and Dictatorships
Humboldt-Universität Berlin (Berlin)
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| 2018/01/26 | Tourism, housing and real estate investment | Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Political Economy
(Lisbon)
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| 2017/11/14 | The socio-spatial impacts of short-term rentals | Touristification. Impacts and alternatives
University of Seville (Seville)
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| 2017/09/11 | Transnational gentrification and tourism: Western Europeans and North Americans as pioneer gentrifiers in Barcelona | RC21 International Conference
(Leeds)
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| 2017/07/04 | Tourism, authenticity, and architectural reconstruction: an historic perspective | Architecture and tourism. Fictions, simulacra, virtualities
Paris Sorbone (Paris)
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| 2016/10/25 | Airbnb and displacement | Anti-gentrification practices in Southern Europe
Three University of Rome (Rome)
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| 2016/08/30 | Urban tourism. New questions for gentrification research | RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
(London)
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| 2016/07/04 | Alojamiento turístico y desplazamiento de población | Contested-Cities International Conference
(Madrid)
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| 2016/05/31 | Holiday apartments and displacement of communities. New challenges for public policy | Symposium UPE 12. International Urban Planning and Environment Association
(Lisbon)
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| 2015/08/27 | Tourism and commercial gentrification | RC21 International Conference
(Urbino)
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| 2015/03/31 | Struggling with the leisure class. Tourism, gentrification and displacement | Stadkolloquium. Urban Laboratory. University College London
(London)
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| 2014/11/14 | Tourism and urban planning in Barcelona. An historic perspective | The history of tourism in Barcelona
Barcelona City Council (Barcelona)
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| 2013/06/26 | La revalorización del gótico y su influencia en el modernismo. Historiografía y restauración en Barcelona | CDF International Conference
(Barcelona)
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| 2012/01/25 | City marketing, tourism and postmodern architecture in Barcelona. Some social consequences | TOURBANISM: 6th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism
(Barcelona)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/01/01 - 2027/06/01 | Nómadas digitais em Lisboa: Motivações e praticas de consumo na cidade turística.
Orientador de Catarina Belo
Supervisor
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Doutoramento em Turismo (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2022/01/01 - 2026/01/01 | Airbnb in Rio de Janeiro.
Oriendator de Pedro Ferreira.
Supervisor
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Doutoramento em Geografia Humana (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2021/02/01 - 2025/01/31 | Regulating short-term rentals-based platform capitalism: A comparative assessment among European cities.
Orientador de Gianluca Bei
Co-supervisor
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Doutoramento em Geografia Humana (PhD)
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
| 2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | The experiences of women living in Lisbon city centre: tourism, urban change and everyday life.
Orientador de Sara Larrabure
Supervisor
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Geografia Humana (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Airbnb and the right to the city.
Orientador de Ana Gago
Supervisor of Ana Gago
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Geografia Humana (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2022/10/05 - 2023/07/11 | Technology Adoption in the Short-Term Rental Property Management Industry
Supervisor
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Mestrado em Turismo e Comunicação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2020/10/01 - 2023/05/31 | Post-doctoral supervision of Franz Buhr. Researcher at the SMARTDEST project
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2020/09/01 - 2022/10/31 | AIRBNB EM LISBOA - DA PARTILHA À PROFISSIONALIZAÇÃO DO ALOJAMENTO LOCAL
Supervisor
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Turismo e Comunicação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2020/05/01 - 2022/05/01 | Post-doctoral supervision of Ana Estevens at SMARTOUR project
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2019/01/17 - 2020/07/31 | The sharing economy and social inequalities. Airbnb hosts in Lisbon and Porto
Co-supervisor of Benjamin Konstant
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Social and Economic Geography (Master)
Universität Leipzig, Germany
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| 2019/05/01 - 2019/10/31 | Post-doctoral supervision of Jaime Jover at SMARTOUR project
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2017/10/01 - 2019/09/13 | Urban regeneration and securitisation of space in Lisbon
Co-supervisor of Antoine Mandoux
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Geografia Humana: Globalização, Sociedade e Território (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2017/10/01 - 2019/09/09 | Housing Financialization in Lisbon Historical Centre
Supervisor of Gloria Dominguez
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Geografia Humana: Globalização, Sociedade e Território (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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| 2016/11/01 - 2018/04/04 | Short-term rentals and tourism gentrification in Lisbon
Co-supervisor of Ana Gago
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Turismo e Comunicação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09/04 - 2023/09/07 | Session Organizer: The rise of corporate hosts in the short-term rental market and its impact on housing and places (2023 - 2023)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Geografia, Spain |
| 2021/08/31 - 2021/09/01 | Session Organizer: RGS-IBG. Annual International Conference.
Airbnb and platform real estate: exploring the supply-side and organisation of the short-term rental market (2021/08/31 - 2021/09/01)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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Royal Geographical Society, United Kingdom |
| 2017/09/11 - 2017/09/13 | Session Organizer: RC21 International Conference.
Holiday rentals and the right to housing (2017/09/11 - 2017/09/13)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/06/22 | Tourism and its implication in theoretical
criminology: a shift towards social disorganization
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Diego Maldonado (PhD)
Universidad de Cadiz Departamento de Derecho Internacional Público Penal y Procesal, Spain
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| 2022/01/12 | Assessing the sharing economy characteristics and social impacts of peer-to-peer
accommodation on host communities: an analysis of Airbnb and Fairbnb.coop
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Marina Petruzzi (PhD)
ISCTE Business School, Portugal
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| 2021/10/14 | Airbnb in the real estate financial chain. Housing and policies in Southern European post-crisis territories
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Chiara Iacovone (PhD)
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
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| 2019/07/22 | Tourism, gentrification and residential mobilities. The case of Barcelona
(Thesis) Arguer
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Joan Sales (PhD) |
| 2019/05/23 | New ruins: the failure of tourism urbanisation projects in Portugal and Brazil
(Thesis) Arguer
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D’Angelis, M (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2018/03/15 - Current | Short-term tourism rentals: Observation, regulations and labour reconfigurations | EIREST, Paris 1 Sorbonne University |
| 2023/09/11 - 2023/09/13 | 3rd Digital Geographies Conference | Lisbon |
| 2023/05/22 - 2023/05/23 | 8th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy | Vienna |
| 2021/09/01 - 2021/10/29 | XIII International Tourism Congress | Estoril School of Hospitality |
| 2020/07/01 - 2020/07/03 | 7th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy | Barcelona |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/01/01 - 2022/12/15 | Consultant for the European Commission on the "Study on National Regulatory Approaches to Short-Term Accommodation Services". | European Commission, Belgium |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/09/15 - 2021/05/31 | PhD Seminar | Doutoramento em Turismo (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
| 2019/07/20 - 2021/01/19 | Tourism Geography | Turismo e Comunicação (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
| 2019/09/15 - 2021/01/18 | Regional Geography | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
| 2020/01/26 - 2020/06/04 | Critical Urban Studies | (Bachelor) | University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 2015/01/30 - 2019/05/31 | Urban Tourism and Gentrification | Geografia Humana: Globalização, Sociedade e Território (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
| 2018/11/05 - 2018/11/10 | Airbnb and tourism gentrification | (Master) | Universität Leipzig, Germany |
| 2018/01/29 - 2018/06/30 | Geografía Urbana | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
| 2017/01/30 - 2017/06/30 | Geografia Social e Cultural | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2020 | Special Honour, University of Lisbon Best Researcher Award in the field of Geography and Planning
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018 | Best Paper Presentation Award, ATLAS Conference |
| 2004 | Prize Best Student. Degree History of Art
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Title
| 2010 | Awarded European PhD
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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