Diogo Gaspar Silva

Diogo Gaspar Silva is a PhD candidate in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, and a Non-PhD Integrated Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon. His research interests focus on the international mobility and mutation of urban policies by exploring where these policies come from, how and why they are deterritorialized and reterritorialized in different contexts, and what these journeys mean for urban politics. His ongoing PhD examines the international transfer, mobility and mutation of the Business Improvement Districts as a new form of local governance and explores their territorial experimentation in Portugal. He has also developed research in geographic thought by discussing the role of epistemic communities and informational infrastructures in the making of relationships between national and international geographic communities.

Diogo has also actively collaborated in the initiatives of the Picture Library of the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon. He is currently a member of the Installation Committee of the IGOT Alumni Network. Diogo represented the Portuguese team in the European project «YouthMetre – An innovative open data tool to empower youth democracy» (2016-2018).