Geography and Regional Planning
Assistant Professor
Office: Laboratório de Geografia - Gabinete D001
pjcc@fcsh.unl.ptResearch unit: Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA)
Research areas: Abandono Rural, Despovoamento, Territórios de Baixa Densidade, Uso do solo, Recursos Naturais, Degradação Ambiental, Antropoceno, Ecologia da Paisagem
| Year | Degree | Institution | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Doctorate | Departamento de Geografia e Planeamento Regional (DGPR) | Geografia e Planeamento Regional - Novas Tecnologias em Geografia |
| 1994 | Master | Departamento de Geografia e Planeamento Regional (DGPR) | Geografia e Planeamento Regional |
| 1989 | Bachelor | Departamento de Geografia e Planeamento Regional (DGPR) | Geografia e Planeamento Regional |
| 1987 | British Council Lisboa | Proficiency in English |
| Title | Funding source | Start | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Assistant in the project “Desertification and climatic variability in the Southeast of Spain and Portugal”, EEC EPOCH Program, in cooperation with the Universities of Bristol and Murcia, 1988-1991 | Completed | ||
| Research assistant in the Medalus Project - Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use - Environment Programme EU (1991-99) | Completed | ||
| Research assistant in the DESERTLINKS Project, European Union Programme under FW 5, to support the National Committees of the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) Annex IV Countries, 2001-2004 | Completed | ||
| Research assistant in the LADAMER (Land Degradation Assessment in the Mediterranean Europe), European Union, 2002-2005, Programme of the European Union, GMES Action Plan (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) | Completed | ||
| Team Leader of the DeSUrvey Project ((A Surveillance System for Assessing and Monitoring Desertification), FW 6 – Global Change and Ecosystems, 2005 - 2010 | Completed | ||
| Researcher of the INTERREG (III Communitarian Framework, U.E.) – Montado Project, “Development of an Information System for the Environmental and Economic Management of the «Dehesa / Montado» ecosystem in the Spanish Extremadura and Alentejo in Portugal, 2004-2007 | Completed | ||
| Project PAM's Innovation: Extensive systems and erosion control, (Medicinal and aromatic plants) financed by the PRODER Program, 2014 – 2016 | Completed | ||
| Project AdaptforChange – Improving the success of reforestation in semiarid areas: Climate Change Scenario Adaptation, 01 January 2015 / 30 April 2016. Financed by the Portuguese Environment Agency, eeagrant | Completed |
| Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Consulter – Leader of an IFAD Mission (International Fund for Agriculture Development – United Nations), to East Timor during August 2005, to develop a Medium Sized Project, “Land Degradation – Watershed Management”, from GEF (Global Environment Facility | ||
| Field validation of slope mass movements susceptibility on the Alenquer Municipality. Services to the community through Spatial Dynamics Institute, FCSH-UNL, July 2009 |