João Pedro Medina Monteiro (C21D-C8CE-FCB4)

Curriculum Vitae

João Pedro Medina Monteiro

With a passion for spatial and transport planning, I am a Civil Engineer with a Ph.D. in Spatial Planning from the University of Coimbra (in collaboration with the University of Porto), where I graduated with distinction and honors. I combine rigorous academic training with applied research and field-based practice, dedicated to advancing sustainable mobility, urban systems, and equitable territorial development. I currently serve as an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra, the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (ESTGOH), and Universidade Aberta, where I teach across bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD programs in areas such as sustainable mobility, transport and energy systems, decision support tools, and urban planning. I am deeply committed to mentoring students and integrating them into meaningful research experiences. I currently supervise over 10 dissertations and PhD thesis. My scientific production includes 11 articles indexed in SCOPUS/WoS, published in top-tier journals such as Cities, Municipal Engineer, Energies, Land, and Environment and Planning B. I am also Associate Editor of Municipal Engineer, and a guest editor for two special issues in Land and Municipal Engineer. As an active member of research centers CITTA and INESC Coimbra, my work focuses on interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of transport planning, urban accessibility, energy use, and data-driven decision-making. I am also involved in technical consultancy work with the Municipality of Coimbra, namely in the development of the new SMTUC public transport network tender. Beyond academia, I co-founded Reabilita Coimbra, where I currently serve as Vice-President. The association rehabilitates homes and institutions through volunteer work, aiming to reduce housing poverty and promote community well-being. www.reabilitacoimbra.pt My goal is to continue producing research with impact, connecting academia with society. I believe that engineering, at its core, must serve the public good—by improving cities, transforming systems, and shaping more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable futures.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Pedro Medina Monteiro

Citation names

Monteiro, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C21D-C8CE-FCB4
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1664-5869
Scopus Author Id: 0000000316645869

Email addresses

joaopedromedinamonteiro@gmail.com (Professional)
jpmmonteiro@uc.pt (Professional)
joao.monteiro@inescc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

(+351) 912388422 (Personal)

Addresses

R. Luis Reis dos Santos 290, 3030-790, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Rua Principal nº1 1ºF, 3150-220, Condeixa-a-Velha, Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Transport Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Municipal and Structural Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/10/05 - 2024/04/03 Concluded	Programa Doutoral em Planeamento do Território (Doutoramento) Major in Planeamento do Território Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2011/09/20 - 2018/12/20 Concluded	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Major in Urbanismo, Transportes e Vias de Comunicação Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal "Avaliação Multicritério da Ciclabilidade de uma Rede Viária Urbana / Multicriteria Assessment of the Cyclability of an Urban Road Network" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	12.925
2006/09/25 - 2011/09/08 Concluded	Científico-Humanístico de Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário) Escola Secundária José Falcão, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/06/01 - 2024/11/30	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal
2024/09/01 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2022/09/15 - Current	Tutor (University Teacher)	Universidade Aberta, Portugal
	Universidade Aberta Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/01 - 2024/11/30	Committee for the draft of the Technical Specifications for the SMTUC Network Reorganization Study	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Civil, Portugal
	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31	Funções de docente ao abrigo do estatuto de bolseiro FCT	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/09 - Current	Form & Function: Benchmarking Real and Ideal Cities PD/BD/150589/2020 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Investigação do Território Transportes e Ambiente, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/01/01 - Current	Entropy: ENhancing mobility through public TRanspOrt and ProximitY in cities PID2022-138120OB-I00 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Centro de Investigación del Transporte, Spain Universidad de Extremadura, Spain	Ongoing
2024/05 - Current	Path Pulse 4700040412 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Ongoing
2020/01 - Current	CiTYDEMICS: Planning Cities for Pandemics santander/uc/2020 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal Centro de Investigação do Território Transportes e Ambiente, Portugal	Banco Santander Portugal Ongoing
2018/06/01 - Current	Soft Accessibility Cityndex II UID/MULTI/00308/2013 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2017/01/01 - Current	Soft Accessibility Cityndex I UID/MULTI/00308/2013 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper

Coutinho-Rodrigues, João; Natividade-Jesus Eduardo; Nuno Sousa. "The impact of city form and active modes of transport on urban mobility energy consumption". Paper presented in CEES 2023, Funchal, 2023.
Published
Monteiro, João; Sousa, Nuno; Natividade-Jesus, Eduardo; Coutinho-Rodrigues, João. "Metodologia multicritério para avaliação da adequabilidade da infraestrutura viária urbana à bicicleta". Paper presented in PLURIS: Cidades e Territórios: Desenvolvimento, Atratividade e Novos Desafios, Coimbra, 2018.
Published

Journal article

Filipe Pais; Nuno Sousa; João Monteiro; João Coutinho-Rodrigues; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus. "Walking to Public Transport: Rethinking Catchment Areas Considering Topography and Surrogate Buffers". ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14050205.
10.3390/ijgi14050205
João Monteiro; Patrícia da Silva Santos; Nuno Sousa; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus; João Coutinho-Rodrigues; Leise Kelli Oliveira. "Do people adapt to where they live? A comparative analysis of perceived physical urban pleasantness using a quantitative model". urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (2025): https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-3369.017.e20240005.
10.1590/2175-3369.017.e20240005
Monteiro, João; Sousa, Nuno; Coutinho-Rodrigues, João; Natividade-Jesus, Eduardo. "Benchmarking real and ideal cities - a multicriteria analysis of city performance based on urban form". Cities 150 (2024): 105040. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105040.
10.1016/j.cities.2024.105040
João Monteiro; Nuno Sousa; João Coutinho-Rodrigues; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus. "Challenges Ahead for Sustainable Cities: An Urban Form and Transport System Review". Energies (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/en17020409.
10.3390/en17020409
João Monteiro; Nuno Sousa; Filipe Pais; João Coutinho-Rodrigues; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus. "Planning cities for pandemics: review of urban and transport planning lessons from COVID-19". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer (2023): https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.22.00030.
10.1680/jmuen.22.00030
João Monteiro; Ana Clara Carrilho; Nuno Sousa; Leise Kelli de Oliveira; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus; João Coutinho-Rodrigues. "Do We Live Where It Is Pleasant? Correlates of Perceived Pleasantness with Socioeconomic Variables". Land (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040878.
10.3390/land12040878
João Pedro Medina Monteiro; Marvin Para; Sousa, N.; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus; Carlo Ostorero; João Coutinho-Rodrigues. "Filling in the Spaces: Compactifying Cities towards Accessibility and Active Transport". ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 12 3 (2023): 120-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12030120.
10.3390/ijgi12030120
João Monteiro; Nuno Sousa; Eduardo Natividade-Jesus; João Coutinho-Rodrigues. "The Potential Impact of Cycling on Urban Transport Energy and Modal Share: A GIS-Based Methodology". ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12020048.
10.3390/ijgi12020048
Pais, Filipe; Monteiro, João; Sousa, Nuno; Coutinho-Rodrigues, João; Natividade-Jesus, Eduardo. "A multicriteria methodology for maintenance planning of cycling infrastructure". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 175 5 (2022): 248-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jensu.21.00088.
10.1680/jensu.21.00088
João Pedro Medina Monteiro. "The impact of geometric and land use elements on the perceived pleasantness of urban layouts". Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2022): 239980832211298-239980832211298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083221129879.
10.1177/23998083221129879
Monteiro, João; Sousa, Nuno; Natividade-Jesus, Eduardo; Coutinho-Rodrigues, João. "Benchmarking City Layouts - A Methodological Approach and an Accessibility Comparison between a Real City and the Garden City". Sustainability 14 9 (2022): 5029. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14095029.
Open access • Published • 10.3390/su14095029

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/06/03	Filling in the spaces: The role of infill in sustainable and energy-efficient urban development	1ª Conferência Nacional sobre Cidades Sustentáveis e Inteligentes Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/03	Form & Function: Benchmarking Real and Ideal Cities	Class: Msc. in Urban and Transport Planning Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/12	Form & Function: Bechmarking Real and Ideal Cities	openDEC: Engenharia Civil e Cidades Sustentáveis Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/01/31 - Current	Urban flood risk management: An integrated approach for resilient territorial planning Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2025/01/01 - Current	Do conceito à prática: Preferências e políticas na cidade dos 15-minutos Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2025/01/01 - Current	ENTROPY: Planeamento colaborativo para a definição de estratégias de mobilidade urbana sustentável Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Engenharia Civil (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/09/30 - Current	Redesenhando Barcelona: A Cidade de 15-Min entre Desafios, Análise e Propostas Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Cidades Sustentáveis e Inteligentes (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/09/01 - Current	Evaluating Perceived Pleasantness of Urban Landscapes and Skylines: A Quantitative Approach Supervisor	Programa Doutoral em Planeamento do Território (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2025/04/30	Expading the 15-min concept to public transportation Co-supervisor	Master in Energy for Sustainability (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10 - 2023/07/07	A percepção dos cidadãos de Belo Horizonte sobre a agradabilidade urbana Co-supervisor	Engenharia Civil (Degree) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional, Brazil
2021/10/01 - 2022/12/14	Aplicação do Conceito de Agradabilidade Urbana na Região Centro-Sul de Belo Horizonte Co-supervisor	Engenharia Civil (Degree) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional, Brazil
2021/01/01 - 2021/11/30	Innovative tools for urban regeneration planning - The study of alternatives for accessibility to the city of Coimbra Co-supervisor	Master of Science Programme in Building Engineering (Master) Politecnico di Torino, Italy Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/10/09 - Current	DEC Planning Summit 2024 (2024/10/09) Conference	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2024/10/31 - 2025/06/30	Membro organizador e da comissão científica do 1º Congresso Nacional sobre Cidades Sustentáveis e Resilientes (2025/06/03 - 2025/06/04) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/10/01 - 2025/06/30	Membro organizador e da comissão científica do 1º Congresso Nacional sobre Cidades Sustentáveis e Resilientes (2025/06/03 - 2025/06/04) Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/29 - 2023/11/29	DEC Planning Summit 2023 (2023/11/29 - 2023/11/29) Conference (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2018/10/23 - 2018/10/26	Staff do PLURIS 2018 - 8º CONGRESSO LUSO-BRASILEIRO para o Planeamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26) Congress (Other)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26	PLURIS 2018 - 8º CONGRESSO LUSO-BRASILEIRO para o Planeamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável - Apresentação de trabalho cientifico Congress	PLURIS 2018 - 8º CONGRESSO LUSO-BRASILEIRO para o Planeamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/07 - Current	Municipal Engineer (Proceedings of the ICE) (0965-0903)	ICE Publishing Ltd.
2023/02/01 - Current	Buildings (2075-5309 )	MDPI
2022/12/13 - Current	Land (2073-445X )	MDPI
2022/11/16 - Current	ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2220-9964)	MDPI
2022/07/14 - Current	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601)	MDPI
2022/07/13 - Current	Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2399-8083)	SAGE
2022/06/14 - Current	Sustainability (2071-1050)	MDPI

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022/03/22 - Current	RE4BILITA Coimbra - Associação Reabilita Coimbra	Membro fundador e Presidente da Assembleia Geral

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2024/11/01 - Current	Parte da equipa editorial da revista Municipal Engineering - ICE. ISSN: 0965-0903 Member	Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom
2024/02/01 - Current	Comissão para a elaboração das cláusulas técnicas do concurso da nova rede dos SMTUCs Member	Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Civil, Portugal Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2025/06/21 - Current	RTP 2 - Biosfera	Urbanismo Revolucionário

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/09/01 - Current	Land	MDPI

Distinctions

Award

2025	Prémio Sociedade Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2024	Melhor Estágio 2024 Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2017	3% Best Student Award Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2022	Article Editor's Choice MDPI AG, Switzerland