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Daniela Ferreira is a digital and economic geographer. She holds a PhD (2022) in Geography by the University of Lisbon (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning), which was funded by a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. She also holds a Master in Spatial Planning and Urbanism (2015) and a Degree in Geography (2012) both from the same institution. She is currently a contracted Researcher at the Centre of Geographical Studies in the University of Lisbon, and she was awarded a six-year fellowship by the Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support Call - 6th edition funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). This project aims to understand the medium to long-term impacts of FinTech services over entrepreneurs from vulnerable groups. Daniela is a member of the ZOE (Urban and Regional Change and Policies) and MIGRARE (Migration, Spaces, and Societies) research groups. She is also an associated member of the Regional Studies Association and member of the Digital Geographies Research Group of the RGS-IBG (UK). Her research activities focus on the platform economy, FinTech, and the new business models generated by technological development, as well as the emergence of digital divides in territories and cyberspace. Alongside university teaching, Daniela has been a team member in several internationally (Horizon 2020; ESPON) and nationally (FCT) funded research projects, such as ACCTING, METRO, UrBio, and Phoenix. She has also collaborated on the organization of international scientific events, and co-created the Digital Geographies Conference series, which is already advancing for the third edition. Daniela Ferreira's research has been published in international geography and social science journals such as Geoforum, Area, The Professional Geographer, Geographical Review, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, or Fennia - International Journal of Geography. She is also co-editor of the book "Geographies of the platform economy. Critical perspectives" published by Springer. Daniela has authored and co-authored more than 13 scientific papers with over 190 citations. She was awarded the Scientific Article of the Year 2022 Prize by the Centre of Geographical Studies in the field of Human Geography.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Daniela Ferreira
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Daniela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C81C-470E-29D5
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1541-4161
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=Cz_wdlAAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
57117217500

Email addresses

  • danielaferreira2@campus.ul.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/01 - 2022/02/21
Concluded
Geografia (Doutoramento)
Major in Human Geography
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"Digital platforms: new forms of economic organization and innovation in cities" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/01 - 2015/04/01
Concluded
Gestão do Território e Urbanismo (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
"Dead Malls in Metropolitan Area of Lisbon" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/02/01 - 2013/06/30
Concluded
Postgraduate training course: Geographical Information to Support Management and Municipal Decisions (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2012/06/30
Concluded
Geografia (Licenciatura)
Major in Geografia Humana
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2012 - 2012
Concluded
Workshop on Methods and Techniques in Geography (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2022/05/08 - 2024 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
(...)
2017/10/01 - 2022/02/21 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
(...)
2016/08/01 - 2017/08/01 Science and Technology Management Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Researcher (Research) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2014/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Localways (Paths of Local Sustainability: spatial mobility, social capital and inequalities)
PTDC/ATP-EUR/5023/2012
Research Fellow
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2013/06/30 RUcaS (Real Utopias in Socially Creative Spaces)
FCT/PTDC/CS-GEO/115603/2009
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024 - Current The afterlives of FinTech. Advancing entrepreneurship in vulnerable groups through financial and digital inclusion
2023.07396.CEECIND
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/05/08 - Current ACCTING (AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an INclusive Green deal)
101036504
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/01 UrBio - Making urban planning and design smarter with participatory mobile biosensing
EXPL/GES-URB/0273/2021
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022 - 2023 PHOENIX - Retail-Led Urban Regeneration and the New Forms of Governance
PTDC/GES-URB/31878/2017
Technical development
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/10/01 - 2022/02/21 Digital platforms: new forms of economic organization and innovation in cities
SFRH/BD/131253/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/01 - 2022/01 METRO - The Role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities
ESPON Targeted Analysis
Researcher
ESPON (Luxembourg), Luxembourg
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ferreira, Daniela. "The impact of prosumers on the platform economy". In Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the City, Retail, and Consumption, edited by Daniel Paiva; Pedro Guimarães. London, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Vale, Mário; Ferreira, Daniela; Rodrigues, Nuno. "Critical Perspectives on the Geographies of the Platform Economy". In Geographies of the Platform Economy, edited by Mário Vale; Daniela Ferreira; Nuno Rodrigues, 3-12. Springer International Publishing, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-53594-9_1
  3. Vale, Mário; Ferreira, Daniela. "Platform Economy and Uneven Financial Geographies: The Case of Fintech in Portugal". In Urban Change in the Iberian Peninsula, 177-186. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-59679-7_11
  4. Ferreira, Daniela; Nuno Rodrigues; Vale, Mário. "The role of the platform economy in creating digital inequalities in cyberspace. The case of the restaurant sector in the city of Lisbon". In Plataformas digitais e novas desigualdades socioespaciais [Digital platforms and new socio-spatial inequalities], edited by Fábio Tozi. São Paulo, Brazil: Max Limonad, 2023.
    Published
  5. Nuno Rodrigues; Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "City and Innovation in the framework of Platform Capitalism: discussion based on the case of Lisbon". In Geografia Urbana: Revisitando Conceitos e Temas (Brasil/Portugal) [Urban Geography: Revisiting Concepts and Themes (Brazil/Portugal)], edited by Katielle Silva; Jorge Malheiros; Otavio Santos. Brazil: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - Brazil, 2023.
    Published
  6. Ferreira, Daniela; Rodrigues, N.; Vale, Mário. "O papel da economia de plataforma na criação de desigualdades digitais no ciberespaço. O caso do setor da restauração na cidade de Lisboa". In Plataformas Digitais e novas desigualdades socioespaciais, edited by Fábio Tozi, 147-165. Editora Max Limonad, 2023.
    Published
  7. Ferreira, Daniela. "Research on Big Data, VGI, and the Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Concepts, Methods, and Geographies". In Big Data and Innovation in Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality. Managerial Approaches, Techniques, and Applications. Springer, 2019.
    10.1007/978-981-13-6339-9_5
  8. Mourato, João; Santos, Sofia; Ferreira, Daniela; Miguel do Carmo, Renato. "(Un)consequential Planning practices: the political pitfall of mobility policy-making in Lisbon’s Metropolitan Area". In Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities - Practices, Flows, Methods, 35-59. Routledge, 2018.
    Published
  9. Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Nunes, Nuno; Ferreira, Daniela. "Inequalities, crisis perceptions and collective action in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". In Sociologia e Sociedade, estudos de homenagem a João Ferreira de Almeida, 159-174. Lisboa, Portugal: Mundos Sociais, 2016.
    Published
  10. Ferreira, Daniela. "Inter-institutional inequality in multi-level territorial governance networks: towards an innovative research agenda?". Portugal, 2015.
Book review
  1. Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela. "Leitores de Mapas: dois séculos de história da cartografia em Portugal". Review of Leitores de Mapas: dois séculos de história da cartografia em Portugal XVIII, 1025 (2013): http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/b3w-1025.htm.
    Published
  2. Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela. "Oliveira, Francisco Roque de (coord.). Leitores de Mapas: dois séculos de história da cartografia em Portugal.". Review of Leitores de Mapas XVIII, (2013): http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/b3w-1025.htm.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Daniela. "The role of FinTech in promoting financial inclusion: a case study of digital community banks in Brazil". Paper presented in RSA Annual Conference - Navigating Regional Transformation, Porto, 2025.
    Published
  2. Márcia Silva; Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela. "Climatic-affective atmospheres: performances in the “warmest capital of the world". Paper presented in IX NEER. Movimentos e devires: espaços e representações, Curitiba, 2024.
    Published
  3. Fonseca, Maria Lucinda; Esteves, Alina; Ferreira, Daniela. "Poverty and sustainable mobility: facilitators and obstacles to an inclusive cycling mobility system in Lisbon". Paper presented in XVIII Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia - “Desafios societais: A perspectiva da Geografia", Coimbra, 2024.
  4. Ferreira, Daniela. "Digital platforms as producers of cyber divisions in the restaurant sector. The case of Lisbon.". Paper presented in IX Seminário Internacional Cidade, Comércio e Consumo, Sao Paulo, 2024.
    Published
  5. Esteves, Alina; Fonseca, Maria Lucinda; Ferreira, Daniela. "Transport poverty and sustainable travel: enablers and hinders of an inclusive cycling mobility system in Lisbon". Paper presented in IGC 2024 - 35th International Geographical Congress “Celebrating a world of difference, Dublin, 2024.
    Published
  6. Abrantes, Patricia; Moreno, Luís; Fonseca, Maria Lucinda; Ferreira, Daniela. "Promoting food security and healthy diets in vulnerable communities: challenges in the Lisbon region (Portugal)". Paper presented in III Congresso de Geografia da Saúde dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, Geosaúde 2024, São Luís, Maranhão, 2024.
    Published
  7. Moreno, Luís; Abrantes, Patricia; Fonseca, Maria Lucinda; Ferreira, Daniela. "Green Horizons: Fostering Food Security and Sustainability in Vulnerable European Communities". Paper presented in XVIII International Seminars on the Overarching Issues of the European Area, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  8. Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela. "Placing emotions in participatory urban design". Paper presented in RSA Annual Conference - Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places, Ljubljana, 2023.
    Published
  9. Patricia Abrantes; Ferreira, Daniela; Fonseca, Maria Lucinda; Luís Moreno. "Food security, sustainable diets and vulnerable populations: limiting factors and facilitators of a more inclusive ecological pact". Paper presented in XIV Portuguese Geography Congress, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
  10. Marques da Costa, Nuno; Esteves, Alina; Ferreira, Daniela. "The lack of transport and the Covid 19 pandemic and post-pandemic period: Behavioral change in individual mobility in the Lisbon region.". Paper presented in XIV Portuguese Geography Congress, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
  11. Paiva, Daniel; Pedro, Tomás; Brito-Henriques, Eduardo; Costa, Pablo; Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Ferreira, Daniela; Cachinho, Herculano. "Biosensor data, participatory methods, and urban design". Paper presented in XIV Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  12. Gonçalves, Ana; Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela; Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Pedro, Tomás. "Down memory lane: Eliciting affective geographies and sites of memory through participatory mobile biosensing. The UrBio experimental project". Paper presented in 7th World Conference on Qualitative Research, Faro, 2023.
    Published
  13. Paiva, Daniel; Ana Gonçalves; Ferreira, Daniela; Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Tomás Pedro. Corresponding author: Paiva, Daniel. "Biosensors in urban research: how do participants respond to data visualization?". Paper presented in Digital Geographies Research Group (DGRG) 2022 Annual Symposium: ‘The Materiality of Digital Geographies: Agencies, Affects, and Impacts’, Virtual, 2022.
    Published
  14. Tomás Pedro; Paiva, Daniel; Ana Gonçalves; Ferreira, Daniela. "Biosensing urban atmospheres: How do research participants interpret biosensing data?". Paper presented in International Meeting ‘Back to Human Scale. Rethinking Living Spaces for Tomorrow, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  15. Ana Gonçalves; Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela; Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Tomás Pedro. "Use of biodetectors in participatory research in Tourism and Urban Studies". Paper presented in I Encontro científico CiTUR Estoril: “Inovação e Sustentabilidade: caminhos de investigação em Turismo e Hospitalidade, Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  16. Tomás Pedro; Paiva, Daniel; Ana Gonçalves; Ferreira, Daniela. "The emotional body in the main street: individual interpretations of biosensing data". Paper presented in Conference ‘Ethnographies of Urban Data and Technology’, Copenhaga, 2022.
    Published
  17. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "Geographical Value and Digital Platforms: Changing Practices of Restaurants in Lisbon". Paper presented in GCEG - Global Conference on Economic Geography 2022, Dublin, 2022.
    Published
  18. Gonçalves, Ana; Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela; Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Pedro, Tomás. "Utilização de biodetetores em investigação participada em Turismo e Estudos Urbanos". Paper presented in I Encontro científico CiTUR Estoril, Estoril, 2022.
  19. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "The (non)acceleration of the platform economy in times of Covid-19 pandemic". Paper presented in II Digital Geographies Conference - Critical perspectives on the platform economy, Lisbon, 2021.
  20. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "Exploring the new forms of the digital divide in the city: digital urban voids and un/shadowed geographies". Paper presented in RC21 Conference - Sensing the City | Place, People, Power, Antwerp (Virtual), 2021.
    Published
  21. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "VGI platforms and urban digital divides in the context of platform economy". Paper presented in American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2021, Seatle (Virtual), 2021.
    Published
  22. Ferreira, Daniela. "VGI platforms and platform economy: urban digital divides in the city of Lisbon". Paper presented in Online Symposium - Platform Urbanism: Towards a technocapitalist transformation of European cities?, Graz (Virtual), 2021.
    Published
  23. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "The production of new urban digital divides by VGI platforms in the context of platform economy". Paper presented in Decima Giornata di studio in Geografia economico-politica - “Oltre la globalizzazione - “Feedback”, Virtual, 2020.
    Published
  24. Ferreira, Daniela. "Digital platforms: new ways of organizing the economy and innovation in cities". Paper presented in Terceiro Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Economia Política, Porto, 2020.
    Published
  25. Ferreira, Daniela. "The challenges of platform capitalism: the case of TripAdvisor". Paper presented in Digital Geographies Conference, Lisbon, 2019.
    Published
  26. Ferreira, Daniela. "Digital inequalities in the restaurant sector in Lisbon". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  27. Ferreira, Daniela. "Big Data: new challenges for geography". Paper presented in XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
  28. Ferreira, Daniela. "Digital urban voids: inequalities and the restaurant sector". Paper presented in RGS-IBG Annual Internacional Conference, Cardiff, 2018.
    Published
  29. Ferreira, Daniela. "Searching for digital urban voids: a survey of the restaurant sector in Lisbon, Portugal". Paper presented in Fifth Global Conference on Economic Geography 2018, Colónia, 2018.
    Published
  30. Ferreira, Daniela. "Big Data: the evolution of theoretical perspectives and concepts". Paper presented in III Conference Urban e-Planning, Lisbon, 2018.
    Published
  31. Ferreira, Daniela. "Territorial Coverage of Volunteered Geographic Information: Between Digital and Field Surveys". Paper presented in XVI COLÓQUIO IBÉRICO DE GEOGRAFIA, Lisboa, 2018.
    Published
  32. Ferreira, Daniela. "The dead malls in Greater Lisbon: how did they arise? What to do?". Paper presented in VI Seminário Internacional Cidade, Comércio e Consumo, Lisboa, 2017.
    Published
  33. Ferreira, Daniela; Paiva, Daniel. "Listening to the city through voluntary geographic information". Paper presented in International Journal Of E-Planning Research, II Conference On 'Urban E-Planning, Lisboa, 2017.
    Published
  34. Ferreira, Daniela. "Prosumption in the digital context: theoretical reflection". Paper presented in VI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia – Futuros disputados, Coimbra, 2016.
    Published
  35. Ferreira, Daniela; Miguel do Carmo, Renato. "The Rural in the metropolis: between the perception of the crisis and local practices". Paper presented in VI Congresso de Estudos Rurais, Entre Heranças e Emancipações: Desafios do Rural, Lisboa, 2015.
    Published
  36. Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Nunes, Nuno; Ferreira, Daniela. "Social classes in times of crisis: from perception to collective action". Paper presented in Colóquio Desigualdades em Debate 2015, Observatório das Desigualdades, Lisbon, 2015.
    Published
  37. Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Ferreira, Daniela. "The rural in the metropolis: between the impact of the crisis and the local practices". Paper presented in XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, Aberdeen, 2015.
    Published
  38. Mourato, João; Ferreira, Daniela. "Portraits of an absentee politics". Paper presented in Conferência Mobilidades e Ação Coletiva: da crise às políticas públicas, Lisboa, 2015.
    Published
  39. Mourato, João; Ferreira, Daniela; Santos, Sofia; Miguel do Carmo, Renato. "Un)consequential Planning practices: the political pitfall of mobility policy-making in Lisbon’s Metropolitan Area". Paper presented in Networked Urban Mobilities Conference and Mobile Art Exhibition – Cosmobilities Network, Copenhaga, 2014.
    Published
  40. Santos, Sofia; Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Ferreira, Daniela. "Lisbon’s unequal mobilities: the sociospatial differentiation of metropolitan travel". Paper presented in Mid-term Conference: Public Spaces and Private Lives in the Contemporary City - ESA (European Sociological Association), Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
  41. Nunes, Nuno; Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Ferreira, Daniela. "Inequality and collective action in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Paper presented in Mid-term Conference: Public Spaces and Private Lives in the Contemporary City - ESA (European Sociological Association), 2014.
    Published
  42. Ferreira, Daniela. "The role of time acceleration in the postmodern city". Paper presented in V Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Lisboa, 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Ferreira, Daniela. "The dead malls in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: evidence of a failed model". Paper presented in XIV Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia, Guimarães, 2014.
    Published
  2. Mourato, João; Ferreira, Daniela; Santos, Sofia; Miguel do Carmo, Renato. "Municipal Mobility Policies in the AML: Local solutions in the absence of a supra-municipal strategy". Paper presented in XIV Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia, Guimarães, 2014.
    Published
  3. Ferreira, Daniela. "Gentrification and Proximity Commerce: Theoretical Reflection". Paper presented in O Futuro da Habitação Pública no Estado Social Pós-crise, Lisboa, 2013.
    Published
  4. Quintela, Pedro; Ferreira, Daniela; Azevedo, Francisco. "The relationship between local communities and artists". Paper presented in IX Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa. Geografia: Espaço, Natureza, Sociedade e Ciência, Évora, 2013.
    Published
  5. Ferreira, Daniela. "Dead Malls: reflections around its life cycle". Paper presented in IX Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Évora, 2013.
    Published
Dictionary entry
  1. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "Big Data and Geography". In The Encyclopedia of Human Geography, edited by Barney Warf. Springer, 2024.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Vale, Mário; Ferreira, Daniela; Rodrigues, Nuno. Geographies of the platform economy. Critical perspectives. Springer (Economic Geography series). 2024.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Dorota Mantey; Paiva, Daniel; Ferreira, Daniela; Boavida-Portugal, Inês. "Spatial stimuli and the body’s reactions. Reflections on the use of biosensors to study Warsaw public space". Prace i Studia Geograficzne 69 1 (2024): 23-39. DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2024-69.1-02.
    Open access • Published
  2. Paiva, Daniel; Gonçalves, Ana; Ferreira, Daniela; Pedro, Tomás; Portugal, Inês Boavida. "Communicating the Urban Experience through Biosensing: A Participatory Approach". The Professional Geographer 75 6 (2023): 958-967. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2194365.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/00330124.2023.2194365
  3. Ferreira, Daniela; Carmo, Renato Miguel do; Vale, Mário. "Is the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the platformisation of the urban economy?". Area (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12785.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/area.12785
  4. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "Geography in the Big Data Age: an overview of the historical resonance of current debates". Geographical Review (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2020.1832424.
    Published • 10.1080/00167428.2020.1832424
  5. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário; Carmo, Renato Miguel do. "The Cyberdivisions Produced by the Design of VGI under the Platform Economy: The Case of the Restaurant Sector in TripAdvisor". ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10 11 (2021): 717-717. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10110717.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ijgi10110717
  6. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário; Carmo, Renato Miguel do; Luís Encalada-Abarca; Carla Marcolin. "The three levels of the urban digital divide: Bridging issues of coverage, usage and its outcomes in VGI platforms". Geoforum 124 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.05.002.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.05.002
  7. Ferreira, Daniela; Vale, Mário. "From cyberspace to cyberspatialities?". Fennia - International Journal of Geography 199 1 (2021): 10.11143/fennia.100343.
    Open access • Published
  8. Carmo, Renato Miguel; Ferreira, Daniela. "Resilience and transformation in times of economic crisis: The persistence of community in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Community Development (2019): 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2019.1666156.
    Published • 10.1080/15575330.2019.1666156
  9. Carmo, Renato Miguel; Nunes, Nuno; Ferreira, Daniela. "Social inequalities and collective action in times of crisis: The case of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Journal of Civil Society (2019): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2019.1602326.
    Published • 10.1080/17448689.2019.1602326
  10. Ferreira, Daniela; Paiva, Daniel. "The Death and Life of Shopping Malls: an empirical investigation on the dead malls of Greater Lisbon". The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research (2017):
    Published • 10.1080/09593969.2017.1309564
  11. Cachado, R.Á.; Do Carmo, R.M.; Ferreira, D.; Santos, S.. "Urban mobility in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: A qualitative approach | Usos e meios de transporte na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa: uma abordagem qualitativa da mobilidade". Analise Social 52 223 (2017): 392-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028448677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  12. Cachado, Rita; Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Ferreira, Daniela; Santos, Sofia. "Mobility paths and life paths: uses and means of transport in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area". Análise Social LII 223 (2017): 416-429. http://analisesocial.ics.ul.pt/documentos/AS_223_art06.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  13. Santos, Sofia; Miguel do Carmo, Renato; Ferreira, Daniela. "'Unequal mobilities’ in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Socio-spatial differentiation in daily travel choices and conditions". Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia LII 106 (2017): 29-48. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/finisterra/article/view/10102.
    Open access • Published
  14. Nunes, N.; Cachado, R.A.; Raposo, O.; Ferreira, D.; Do Carmo, R.M.. "The social structure of European inequality: A multidimensional perspective | Ação coletiva à escala individual e local: Perfis e retratos sociológicos". Sociologia, Problemas e Praticas 81 (2016): 95-113. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84973620814&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7458/SPP2016817238
  15. Ferreira, Daniela. "The evolution of shopping centers in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: evidence of declining formats". CIDADES Comunidades e Territórios 33 2016 (2016): 15-31. file:///C:/Users/danielaferreira2/Downloads/10154-Article%20Text-34229-1-10-20170302.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  16. Do Carmo, R.M.; Cachado, R.; Ferreira, D.. "Inequalities in times of crisis: Housing and Socio-economic vulnerabilities in lisbon metropolitan area | Desigualdades em Tempos de Crise: Vulnerabilidades Habitacionais e Socioeconómicas na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa". Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais 40 1 (2015): 5-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958173491&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Report
  1. Abrantes, Patricia; Moreno, Luís; Fonseca, Maria Lucinda; Ferreira, Daniela; Strid, Sofia; Zorell, Carolin. Corresponding author: Zorell, Carolin. 2023. Food security / D3.2 ACCTING Report on first cycle experimental studies. Confidential report delivered to the European Commission 28 April 2023.
  2. Vale, Mário; Costa, Eduarda M.; Queirós, Margarida; Costa, Nuno M.; Ribeiro, André; Silver, Kelli; Ferreira, Daniela. 2021. The role and future perspectives of Cohesion Policy in the planning of Metropolitan Areas and Cities Annex V// Lisbon Metropolitan Area case study.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Digital platforms: new forms of economic organization and innovation in cities". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, 2022. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/54888.
  2. "The dead shopping centers in the north Metropolitan Area of Lisbon". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, 2015. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/20470.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/01 - Current Tutoring PhD thesis entitled: FinTech and financial inclusion in Pakistan
Supervisor
Development Studies (PhD)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2024/11 - Current Tutoring PhD thesis entitled: Digital divide in elderly people
Supervisor
Geografia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024 - Current Advisor of master thesis entitled: The enchantment of railway heritage as contributions to development in cross-border regions. The "Lisbon-Madrid Short Route".
Supervisor
Geografia Humana: Globalização, Sociedade e Território (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024 - Current Advisor of master thesis entitled: The construction of a sense of place through the creation of ambiences in virtual reality spaces.
Supervisor
Geografia Humana: Globalização, Sociedade e Território (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/11 - Current Enchantments of Railway Heritage as Contributions to Development In Cross-Border Regions – The “Short Route” from Lisbon to Madrid
Supervisor
Geografia Humana: Globalização, Sociedade e Território (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2025/07/09 - 2035/07/11 Co-organiser of Special Session - "Digital platforms as drivers of urban change and conflicts" in IV COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL CONFLICTOS URBANOS (2025/07/09 - 2025/07/11)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Políticas, conflictos y movimientos urbanos, Spain
2025/11/03 - 2025/11/04 Co-organiser - 4th Digital Geographies Conference - Artificial geographies: Opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking (2025/11/03 - 2025/11/04)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2025/06/24 - 2025/06/26 Co-organiser: 16th Annual International Sustainability Transitions (IST) Conference (2025/06/24 - 2025/06/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/01 1st Workshop and World Café of LT5 of lab TERRA - Landscape and environmental restoration in Portugal. Presentation: Adoption of a healthy diet and environmental protection in vulnerable urban populations. Sucess histories (2024/01 - 2024/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/05/03 - 2023/05/05 Co-organizer of ACCTING Mini-Conference (2023/05/03 - 2023/05/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/03/09 - 2023/03/10 Co-organiser Open Studio 1 - Healthy and Sustainable Food Consumption: Reaching and Including Vulnerable Groups (2023/03/09 - 2023/03/10)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Co-organiser: 3rd Digital Geographies Conference - Can digital technologies bring hope to vulnerable territories? (2023/09/11 - 2023/09/13)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/09/22 - 2022/09/22 Co-organiser: Workshop Innovation, Development and Regions (2022/09/22 - 2022/09/22)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2021/10/28 - 2021/10/29 Co-organiser: 2nd Digital Geographies Conference - critical perspectives on the platform economy (2021/10/28 - 2021/10/29)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2019/12/20 - 2019/12/20 Co-organiser: 1st Digital Geographies Conference - Can the numbers speak for cities? (2019/12/20)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2018/06/08 - 2018/06/08 XI Doctoral Workshop (2018/06/08 - 2018/06/08)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Mobilities and Collective Action: from portraits of the crisis to public policies (2015 - 2015)
Conference (Co-organisor)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Mobility and Inequalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (2014 - 2014)
Conference (Co-organisor)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Colóquio Ibérico de Estudos Rurais (IX CIER) (2012 - 2012)
Congress (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/01 - 2025/01 Participation in the roundtable: Neutral and Smart Cities - promoted by the European project EU-EMBRACES (Empowering Minds: Boosting Research in Citizen Engagement and Schools)
Round table
Pavilhão do Conhecimento-Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
2024/10/31 - 2024/10/31 Invited Speaker: FinTech AfterLives. Advancing entrepreneurship in vulnerable groups through financial and digital inclusion
Seminar
Seminário ZOE - Dia Mundial das Cidades
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2024/03 - 2024/03 Invited Speaker: Digital platforms in cities: challenges, opportunities, and changes
Seminar
University Training Program for People Over 50
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024/01/22 - 2024/01/22 Invited speaker: (Re)thinking the right to smart cities
Seminar
Dia Aberto da Geografia (Open Day of Geography)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/28 Invited Speaker: The challenges of the digital economy for cities
Round table
2.ª Conferência SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy 2023
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/03/16 - 2023/03/17 Participation in Open Studio 3 - Sustainable Energy and Just Transition: Better Stories of Inclusive Solutions from the Individual to the Collectiv Open Studio 2 - Sustainable Energy and Just Transition: Better Stories of Inclusive Solutions from the Individual to the Collectiv
Yellow Window, Belgium
2023/03 - 2023/03 Invited speaker: Digital platforms: new forms of economic organisation and innovation in cities. PhD thesis selected for postgraduate research public showcase
Meeting
Encontro UniverCidades: Ideias para Lisboa
Lisbon Urban Information Center (CIUL), Portugal
2023/01/23 - 2023/01/23 Invited speaker: Smart cities and platform economy
Seminar
Dia Aberto da Geografia (Open Day of Geography)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/12/16 - 2022/12/16 Invited speaker: The Platformization of the City
Round table
The City of Sensors
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09 Keynote Lecture: Biotechnologies in Urban Geography and Tourism studies: an introduction
Seminar
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Brazil
2022/10 - 2022/10 Keynote lecture: Digital Methods in Geography
Seminar
Finisterra Training Action
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/09/22 - 2022/09/22 Invited speaker: Geographical value and digital platforms: changing practices of restaurants in Lisbon
Meeting
Workshop Innovation, Development and Regions
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/11 Invited speaker: Making urban planning and design smarter with participatory mobile biosensing
Workshop
Research Workshop Innovative Methods of Studying Public Space
Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland
2022/03/29 - 2022/03/30 Participation in Open Studio 3 - Bringing Local and Indigenous Knowledge into Practice: Better Stories of Preserving Biodiversity and Mitigating Disasters Open Studio 3 - Bringing Local and Indigenous Knowledge into Practice: Better Stories of Preserving Biodiversity and Mitigating Disasters
2021/10/28 - 2021/10/29 Roundtable Chair in II Digital Geographies Conference - "Platform economy II - changing markets"
Conference
II Digital Geographies Conference - Critical perspectives on the platform economy
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2021/09 - 2021/09 The cyberdivisions produced by VGI under the platform economy
Seminar
Semana do Turismo - TERRITUR | CEG
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2021/06/01 Keynote Lecture: Workshop - "Making bibliographic referencing uncomplicated: Introduction to APA standards 7th edition"
Seminar
Finisterra Training Action
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2019/12/20 - 2019/12/20 Roundtable Chair in I Digital Geographies Conference - Thinking about the future: challenges and opportunities for the digital city
Conference
Digital Geographies Conference
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2018/10/11 - 2018/10/11 IGOT 10 anos: caminhos de futuro
Conference
X Conferência Anual do IGOT
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2018/03/24 - 2018/03/24 Invited speaker: PechaKucha - "Dead Malls in Lisbon"
Meeting
PechaKucha Night #25
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current MIGRARE - Migration, Spaces, and Societies - research group Researcher
2023 - Current TERRA Associated Laboratory
2023 - Current Digital Geographies Research Group of the RGS-IBG (United Kingdom)
2022 - Current Regional Studies Association Member
2017 - Current ZOE - Urban and Regional Change and Policies - research group Researcher

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - Current Member of Editorial Board from Finisterra - Portuguese Journal of Geography
Member
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2025/11/03 - 2025/11/04 Member of Scientific Committee of 4th Digital Geographies Conference - Artificial geographies: Opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking
Member
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2023/09/30 Member of Scientific Comission - 3rd Digital Geographies Conference - Can digital technologies bring hope to vulnerable territories?
Member
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/08/30 - 2023/09/01 Member of scientific committee - Luso-Brazilian Encounter on Emotional Geographies
Member
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02/17 - 2025/07/31 Economic Geography Geografia Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024/09 - 2025/01 Digital Geographies Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024/07/01 - 2024/07/12 Summer School: Digital Consumption in a Global World (Ensino secundário) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Economic Geography Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Europe in the World System Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Summer School: Geography and Sustainability. The city and well-being Ensino Básico e Secundário (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/01 Introduction to Human Geography Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/01/31 Introduction to Human Geography Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2019/01/04 - 2019/01/07 Geography Open Day - "Smart Cities - new methodologies to study urban mobility" (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/14 Summer School: Sustainable Design: Open Spaces in Lisbon (Outros) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/14 International Conference + Summer School’2018 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: Open Spaces in Lisbon Summer School’2018 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: Open Spaces in Lisbon (Outros) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/01/31 Introduction to Human Geography Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2025 - 2025 PodCast: Digital territories: challenges and opportunities in the platform economy Digital territories: challenges and opportunities in the platform economy
2023/11 - 2023/11 Podcast Sem Fronteira [Podcast Without Borders] Digital and economic geographies

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/01 - 2024/01 Digital Geography and Society (2666-3783) Elsevier
2022/01/17 - 2022/01/17 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2220-9964) MDPI
2021/04/08 - 2021/04/08 Urban Studies (0042-0980) Sage
2019/02 - 2021/04 Finisterra (2281-4574) Centro de Estudos Geograficos (IGOT) Universidade de Lisboa
2020/04/21 - 2020/04/21 GeoJournal (1572-9893) Springer
2019/12/01 - 2019/12/22 Ardeth
2019/07/01 - 2019/08/02 Transforming Government People Process and Policy (1750-6166) Emerald (MCB UP )
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 URBAN DESIGN International (1357-5317) Springer Nature
2018/05 - 2018/05 The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research (1466-4402) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Scientific Article of the Year 2022 Prize
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Top Cited Article 2022-23
Wiley (publisher), United States
2023 PhD thesis selected for postgraduate research public showcase UniverCidades
Lisbon Urban Information Center, Portugal
2020 Travel bursary - ARL International Summer School 2020: Smart cities and beyond
German Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL), Germany

Universite du Luxembourg Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Luxembourg