CV Miguel A. Martínez ∣ 2 0 2 1 Prof. MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ, MIGUEL A. Position Professor of Housing and Urban Sociology IBF (Institute for Housing and Urban Research) | Uppsala University Contact P O Box 514, SE-751 20. Uppsala (Sweden) Phone: +46 (0)18 471 65 45 Fax: +46 (0)18 471 65 01 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.miguelangelmartinez.net Background My first interests focused on Participatory-Action-Research methods and processes. These were applied to the study of citizen participation in urban planning and urban movements, which nurtured my PhD dissertation in 2000. Afterwards, I held teaching positions in different universities of Spain, Portugal and Hong Kong. In parallel to my academic career I also worked professionally at the Municipal Housing Department in Vigo (2000-2002) and occasionally as a consultant in several urban plans across Spain. Other topics I have covered in my research are urban sustainability, segregation, housing, migration, density, globalisation, urban mobility, politics, governance, labour, and social structures. These concerns were developed in different cities (mainly Porto, Vigo, Madrid and Hong Kong, but also during short stays in Medellin, Chicago, Beijing, Berlin, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, etc.). In addition I have often participated in various social movements that, in turn, became one of my main research subjects. Education B.A.-M.A. in Sociology and Political Science. University Complutense of Madrid. SPAIN. Sociology and Political Sciences Faculty (1988-1993) Title of Extraordinary Graduation Thesis: The historic domain of the city centre. Social conditions of life and citizen participation in relation to the rehabilitation plan of the Casco Vello in Vigo.