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Rui Colaço is a researcher at CERIS, coming from a PhD in Territorial Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of the Universidade de Lisboa. Before, he worked for +15 years in the private and public sectors as an engineer and urban planner. His background is also in Territorial Engineering at the IST. Since Fall 2022, he is also a Fulbrighter (4-month stay at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)). His research is presently located at the intersection between urban and transportation planning, focusing on ICT impacts on travel and land-use, and on accessibility and its implications for land use planning, urban development and sustainability. Having been funded by Fundação para a Ciência and Tecnologia (FCT) through a PhD studentship between October 2018 and February 2023, he’s now a member of the team working on the REMOBIL research project.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Colaço

Citation names

  • Colaço, Rui

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F01D-E83A-8B19
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7574-1458

Email addresses

  • r.colaco@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • ruicolacopt@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • CERIS - Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources. Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais , 1049-001 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Transport Planning and Social Aspects of Transport
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Transport Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/10/15 - 2023/04/13
Concluded
 Engenharia do Território (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Devising a toolset for assessing the impact of technological development on retail location and its relationship with urban growth" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with Distinction and Honour
2017/11/13
Concluded
 Urbanismo e Ordenamento do Território (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Retail Anatomy. An Analysis on Commercial Activity in Lisbon. 1995-2010" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
2000
Concluded
 Engenharia do Territorio (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/05/21 - Current Postdoc (Research) Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/05/20 Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/15 - 2023/02/14 PhD Student (FCT 2018 PhD Studentship) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2015/11/01 - 2018/10/14 Territorial Engineer (Planning Sector). Team Member in the elaboration of strategic documents and plans and on the development of applications to EU funds. Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
2013/01/16 - 2015/10/31 Territorial Engineer (Planning Sector). Team member in detail Plans, in the Urban Rehabilitation Strategy, and in the Municipality's Masterplan. Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Portugal
2010/12/01 - 2013/01/15 Territorial Engineer (Mobility Sector). Traffic Studies analysis. Collaboration with the Planning Sector on issues pertaining Mobility and Road infrastructures in the Masterplan and Detail Plans. Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Portugal
2003/03/01 - 2010/11/30 Territorial Engineer (Projects Sector). Project assessment of Housing developments, pertaining road infrastructures design and drainage. Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Portugal
2001/01/01 - 2003/02/28 Junior Engineer / Territorial Engineer. Project development of infrastructures (roads, sewage, drainage and water supply) for masterplans and housing developments. Urbiteme Lda., Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/15 - 2023/02/14 The Changing Processes of Retail Location - Devising an Urban Analytical Toolset in the face of Technological Development
SFRH/BD/136003/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - Current REMOBIL - REthinking MOBILity, Location Patterns and Urban Form after the COVID19 Pandemic. The Effects of Telework and E-shopping
PTDC/ECI-TRA/4841/2021
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Colaço, Rui; de Abreu e Silva, João. Corresponding author: Colaço, Rui. "Analysing Retail Location and Urban Dynamics in Lisboa". Paper presented in AESOP 30th Annual Congress, Lisbon, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Rui Colaço; João de Abreu e Silva. "Intrapersonal variability and underreporting – comparing a one-week shopping survey with a one-day travel survey". Transportation Research Procedia (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.044.
    10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.044
  2. Rui Colaço; Laísa Braga Kappler; João de Abreu e Silva. "Pandemic immobilities and consequences for commuting: Implications for mobility of COVID-19 mandatory telecommuting". Journal of Transport Geography (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103780.
    10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103780
  3. Mathieu Gardrat; João de Abreu Silva; Lukas Barthelmes; Bastian Chlond; Kelly Clifton; Rui Colaço; Floridea Di Ciommo. "Workshop synthesis: Commercial trips patterns and demand for goods from firms and households". Transportation Research Procedia (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.087.
    10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.087
  4. Rui Colaço; João de Abreu e Silva. "Commercial land use change and growth processes – An assessment of retail location in Lisbon, Portugal, 1995–2020". Journal of Urban Management (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2023.11.005.
    10.1016/j.jum.2023.11.005
  5. Rui Colaço; João de Abreu e Silva. "Interactions between Online Shopping, In-Store Shopping and Weekly Travel Behavior: An Analysis Before and in the Aftermath of COVID-19 in Lisbon, Portugal". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231194628.
    10.1177/03611981231194628
  6. Rui Colaço; João de Abreu e Silva. "Exploring the role of accessibility in shaping retail location using space syntax measures: A panel-data analysis in Lisbon, 1995–2010". Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221138570.
    10.1177/23998083221138570
  7. Rui Colaço; João de Abreu e Silva. "Exploring the e-shopping geography of Lisbon: Assessing online shopping adoption for retail purchases and food deliveries using a 7-day shopping survey". Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 65 (2022): 102859-102859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102859.
    10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102859
  8. Rui Colaço; João de Abreu e Silva. "Commercial Classification and Location Modelling: Integrating Different Perspectives on Commercial Location and Structure". Land 10 6 (2021): 567-567. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060567.
    10.3390/land10060567
  9. Colaço, Rui; de Abreu e Silva, João. "Exploring the Interactions between Online Shopping, In-Store Shopping, and Weekly Travel Behavior using a 7-Day Shopping Survey in Lisbon, Portugal". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2675 5 (2021): 379-390. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198121990672.
    Published • 10.1177/0361198121990672
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The Changing Processes of Retail Location - Devising an Urban Analytical Toolset in the face of Technological Development". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2023.
  2. "Retail Anatomy - An Analysis on Commercial Activity in Lisbon, 1995-2010". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/downloadFile/1689244997257794/RESUMO_RuiColaco.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/12 Devising an integrated measure of virtual and physical accessibility to shopping NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transportation Academic Researchers) Clusters 6 Meeting - The impact of ICT on accessibility after the pandemic: new formats of shopping, work and transport
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2023/10/11 Evaluating the potential of a "beta" x minute city in a Metropolitan Area: Evidence from Lisbon Accessibility and Connectivity knowledge hub for Urban Transformation in Europe (ACUTE) seminar
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2023/06/14 Evaluating the potential of a "beta" x minute city in a Metropolitan Area: Evidence from Lisbon NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transportation Academic Researchers) Clusters 6 & 7 Joint Meeting - Sustainable Neighbourhoods: Urban and transport planning for sustainable urban living
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/02/06 The Changing Processes of Retail Location. Devising an Urban Analytical Toolset in the face of Technological Development. GET2023 - 19th Meeting of the Transports Study Group (GET)
Grupo de Estudos em Transportes (GET) (Oeiras, Portugal)
2023/01/10 Interactions Between Online Shopping, In-store Shopping and Weekly Travel Behavior: An Analysis Before and in the Aftermath of COVID-19 in Lisbon, Portugal Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102nd Annual Meeting
Transportation Research Board (Washington D.C., United States)
2022/07 Are we moving online? A longitudinal analysis of COVID-19 impacts on e-shopping adoption RARCS 2022 - Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science
(Baveno, Italy)
2022/03/22 The issue of intrapersonal variability: comparing a classic 1-day travel survey with a 7-day shopping survey ISCTSC 2022 - The 12th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods
International Steering Committee for Travel Survey Conferences (Vimeiro, Portugal)
2022/03/16 Complementaridade ou Substituição entre compras online e compras físicas Encontro Univercidades 2022: Ideias para Lisboa
Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa (CIUL) (Lisboa, Portugal)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/03/01 - Current Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR) Member
Distinctions

Award

2022 Fulbright Award
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal