Paula Morais
Researcher
Expertise
Sustainable urbanisation, urban planning and design, urban public space, urban and peri-urban neighbourhoods in China
Before IIED
EU-FP7 URBACHINA Research Officer at the London School of Economics (LSE)
Tutor in Urban Design and International Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL), and former co-founder and co-coordinator of the China Planning Research Group (CPRG).
Completing a PhD in Planning Studies at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL) on the topic of contemporary urban public space in Macau (China).
Trained originally as an architect by FAUP at the University of Porto - had her own Architecture practice and was a co-founder and board member of the Architects Sans Frontières in Portugal.
Current work
Research on sustainable urbanisation in China – impact on urban and peri-urban neighbourhoods