My research is motivated by the multiple socio-technical transitions affecting cities, from sustainability and energy transition to climate adaptation and digitalisation. I am interested in how urban transitions impact people and communities, interacting with and often reinforcing existing inequalities, and how citizens and stakeholders engage with or react to urban transitions. Through the lenses of spatial justice, I draw from feminist theory and decolonial studies to understand socio-ecological-spatial dynamics in cities. I aim to provide conceptual and empirical insights that help build a pluriverse1 city.
My work is organised in three research lines: (RL1) Spatial justice and critical urbanism in sustainability transitions; (RL2) Public participation and collective action in the artificial intelligence era; and (RL3) Integrated spatial planning for (extreme) climate adaptation.
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1Escobar, A. (2018). Designs for the pluriverse: Radical interdependence, autonomy, and the making of worlds. Duke University Press.
Juliana Gonçalves 