Teresa García Alcaraz

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.