(Main applicant/Principal Investigator)

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2019 – 2021       

Urban design innovation, high-density and planning policy for retrofitting the peri-urban space of city-regions. Evidence from Copenhagen, Denmark. Faculty Research Development Fund. Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. University of Auckland.

 

2017 – 2018       

Determinants of urban sprawl in Auckland. The case of Pukekohe and the incorporation of peri-urban lands into the metropolitan expansion. Principal investigator. PBRF Funds, Project Number A1714. School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland.

 

2012 – 2016       

The interstitial spaces of urban sprawl. The case of Santiago de Chile. PhD research, The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, London, UK. Supervisor: Prof Nicholas Phelps. The National Commission of Science and Technology, CONICYT – Chile/The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL.

 

2005 – 2010       

Morphology of indeterminate and transitional structures of spontaneous settlements: The case of Pudeto Bajo. Principal investigator. DIUL No. 0050F. Centre of Regional Studies and local Development, CEDER. Universidad de Los Lagos, Chile.