About
Summary
Sheila Holz holds a first degree in Law (2000), an MSc (2009) in Territorial Planning - City Planning from the University of Aveiro (Portugal), and a PhD (2015) in "Democracy in the 21st Century" from The Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (Portugal). Her PhD fellowship was funded by the Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT). She was a visiting student at the Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Italy (2011). Her PhD thesis analysed the importance of the law to promote practices of citizens' participation in the elaboration of urbanistic instruments, in Portugal and Italy. She has been investigating the field of public participation and democratic innovations. Her current research interests are the strengthening of democracy; democratic innovations; the democracy of knowledge; participatory democracy; participatory urban planning; urban innovations; the right to the city; co-creation processes; the elaboration and use of laws to guarantee fundamental rights.
Positions
Postdoc Jun 2018 - Nov 2019
Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Post-doctoral fellow at H2020 Project URBiNAT, "Healthy corridors as drivers of social housing neighbourhoods for the co-creation of social, environmental and marketable NBS", that is going to implement a Healthy Corridor, having the physical, mental and social well-being of citizens as its main goal. It is coordinated by Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra.
Education
University of Coimbra, Portugal 2009 - 2015
Field of study: Social Sciences
Degree: PhD
Doctorate dissertation: A força da lei e a força de vontade: a importância da lei para a promoção de práticas participativas na elaboração de instrumentos urbanísticos em Portugal e Itália (The force of the law and the force of the will: the importance of the law in the creation of participatory practices to develop urban planning instruments at the local level, both in Portugal and Italy)
University of Aveiro, Portugal 2006 - 2009
Field of study: Territory Planning and Town Planning”
Degree: Masters
Master thesis: Propriedade e moradia na regularização fundiária: Brasil e Portugal (Property and housing in land regularization: Brazil and Portugal)
Regional University of the Northwest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul 1996 - 2000
Field of study: Juridical science
Degree: Bachelor Degree in Law
Professional interests
Participatory democracy; participatory urban planning; the right to the city; participative and collaborative processes; co-creation process; urban innovation; digital tools; governance; e-governance; strengthening of democracy; democratic innovations; democracy of knowledge; the application and use of laws to guarantee fundamental rights.
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