An EconoTimes perspective

Teresa García Alcaraz

Postdoctoral researcher in the School of Natural and Built Environment (QUB), Queen's University Belfast

Postdoctoral researcher in the School of Natural and Built Environment (QUB), Queen's University Belfast I am a postdoctoral research and teaching fellow in the Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning (DUOT) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. I am currently a visiting scholar at the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast (UK), with a Postdoctoral Fellowship (Margarita Salas) exploring the interfaces of Belfast. I graduated in Architecture from the UPC, completed a Master of Arts at the London Metropolitan University (UK), and I currently hold a PhD (Excellent Cum Laude) in urban studies from the UPC with research interests related to contested cities, in-between spaces, socio-spatial segregation and artistic interventions in the intra-borders of contemporary cities. I have more than 15 years of experience in strategic and practical implementation of community engagement programmes, and developing grass-root projects around heritage and the built environment in Venezuela, Ecuador, Spain, and the United Kingdom. I have extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, architecture and urban design, writing and editorial work. I combine my experience in participatory design, architecture, urbanism, and writing with research and teaching.