Monique Borges has a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Aveiro, a master degree in Regional and Urban Planning and a degree in Public Administration (specialization in public policies), both from the same University. She is a Research fellow in the In the Research Group on Planning and Innovation (GETIN-UA) - since 2009 and member of the Decision Support Systems group of the GOVCOPP - Research Unit for Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy of the University of Aveiro - since 2013. Her research activity has involved the participation in strategic planning projects at different territorial scales and within different sectorial planning activities (housing and education), where she has strongly contributed for the development of decision support methodologies and tools. Her research has provided key insights on in-context application of foresight analysis and collective participation mechanisms. Her know-how has been useful in real practice contexts, improving the local policy making (e.g. strategic municipal planning and local housing strategies), the development of regional strategies (e.g. Strategic action plan in 2013 for ADXTUR¿s, and its last Collective Efficiency Strategy financed by PROVERE 2020), and Local projects (e.g. cultural and entrepreneurial approved proposals for the municipality of Ílhavo, financed by Portugal 2020 funds). Her recent research activity adds scientific support to this operative framework, which focus goes for the socio-cognitive dimension of decision making, which implies dealing with heuristics and cognitive bias, oriented by behavioural science. In the last years, she has been involved in the development of local housing strategies under National Strategies to ensure the effective right to adequate housing through appropriate public policies.