Lia T. Vasconcelos holds a PhD (1997); a Master in Community Planning (1982), University of Rhode Island, USA); Architect, 1977. Professor at DCEA-NOVA FCT and integrated researcher in MARE-NOVA (www.mare-centre.pt/). She focuses her research in innovative processes of collaborative decision, mobilizing and involving multi-stakeholders aiming new forms of governance. She has coordinated the participative component of various national and international projects and she is editor/co-editor of various books (e.g., Sustainability in the 21st century – The Power of Dialogue, 2015) and author of a set of scientific publications in periodicals (www.wteamup.com).

Research Interests:

Governance. Collaborative Decision-making. Multi-Stakeholders dialogue. Empowerment. Use of Information/Knowledge.

Main Projects:

• 2018-2021: Membro da equipa da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, organismo parceiro no projeto PARTIBRIDGES, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, EHESP – École des hautes Études en Santé Publique, Manchester Metropolitan University;
• 2018-2020: OceanWISE – Reducing EPS marine litter in the North East Atlantic, Projeto Europeu financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) (EAPA 252/2016). Lia Vasconcelos – coordenação WP4: INTERACTIVE STAKEHOLDERS’ PLATFORM;
• 2016-2019: UrbanWINS – Urban metabolism accounts for building Waste management Innovative Networks and Strategies/ Metabolismo Urbano na construção de Redes e Estratégias Inovadoras de Gestão de Resíduos, Projeto europeu aprovado pelo Research and Innovation Program Horizon 2020 (WASTE-6b-2015). Aiming to Eco-innnovative strategic plans for urban prevention and management (Lia Vasconcelos – coordenação da WP3: Capacity building and stakeholder engagement), jun. 2016 a mai. 2019, Grant 690047;
• Desde 2017: NIPOGES - Estado atual das populações de amêijoa-japonesa da Ria de Aveiro, lagoa de Óbidos e estuários do Tejo e Sado – bases científicas para uma gestão sustentável do recurso. Coordenação da equipa FCT NOVA responsável pela vertente de Participação Pública do projeto;
• 2017-2019: EmBIO Lourinhã – Embaixadores pela Biodiversidade: Projeto de literacia oceânica e costeira (POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000020), que decorre no âmbito da candidatura elaborada pela Câmara Municipal de Torres Vedras e pela Câmara Municipal da Lourinhã ao Programa Operacional Sustentabilidade e Eficiência no Uso de Recursos (PO SEUR). (Financiamento: 75 000 €). Responsável Lia Vasconcelos. Equipa FCT NOVA /MARE: José Carlos Ferreira, Flávia Silva, Fábio Cardona, Mónica Ribau, Renato Monteiro, Filipa Ferreira;

• Vasconcelos, L. (coord. & ed), Silva, F. (ed) (2015). Sustainability in the 21st century – The Power of Dialogue, pp. 285. s.l. : Cafilesa. ISBN 978-9898745-58-3;
• Caser, U. & Vasconcelos, L. (2017). A Fatal Eight. In Love, L. P., Parker, G., & American Bar Association. (Eds.) Stories mediators tell. (pp. 311-325). Chicago, Illinois: ABA (American Bar Association), Section of Respute Resolution. ISBN print 9781634256742 e ISBN electronic 1634256743;
• Mourato, J. M., Vasconcelos, L. & Farrall, H. (2015). Building network governance: conflict as a driver for policy learning in Portugal. In Gualini, E., Mourato, J. M., Allegra, M. (Eds.). Conflict in the city. Contested urban spaces and local democracy (pp. 266-281). Berlin: Jovis. ISBN 978-3-86859355-6;
• Stratoudakis, Y., Farrall, H. & Vasconcelos, L. (2018). Collaborative lessons towards marine sustainability: a long-term collective engagement. Sustainability Science DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0610-1;
• Hartley, B. L., Pahl, S., Veiga, J., Vlachogianni, T., Vasconcelos, L., Maes, T., Doyle, T., Metcalfe, R., Öztürk, A.A., Berardo, M.D. & Thompson, R.C. (2018). Exploring public views on marine litter in Europe: Perceived causes, consequences and pathways to change. Marine Pollution Bulletin - Elsevier Ltd. Volume 133, 945-955. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.061.