Roberto Falanga
Roberto Falanga was born in 1983. He earned his Master degree in Psychology at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome, and PhD in Sociology at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra with the thesis "Developing Change. A Psychosociological action research with Civil Servants engaged in Participatory Processes" (https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/24148) (FCT Grant Fellow SFRH/BD/62118/2009).
Between April 2014 and December 2015, he was Postdoc Research Fellow in the FP7-funded Project MOPACT "Mobilising the Potential of Active Ageing in Europe" at ICS-ULisboa. He was Assistant Professor of Social Sciences in the Master Course of Architecture at the Catholic University of Viseu (in 2014 and 2015). He was member of the evaluation team of the national project "Portugal Participa: Caminhos para a Inovação Societal" in 2016. He was member of the organising committees of one PhD Workshop, two Summer Schools at ICS-UL, and one at the School of Architecture - University of Porto. In 2017 he collaborated with the Council of Europe to foster local development and participation on a local scale (Congress of Local and Regional Authorities). From 2014 onwards he collaborates with the programme "Bip/Zip" promoted by the Municipality of Lisbon , with focus on the participatory design of the programme in priority areas of the city.
Currently, he is a Postdoc Research Fellow at the ICS-ULisboa, where he conducts the independent research with FCT grant (SFRH/BPD/109406/2015) "Beyond Big Narratives: An Inquiry into Changing Socioeconomic Paradigms and the Role of Participatory Mechanisms in Urban Contexts". Since July 2018 he has been co-Principal Investigator of the EU-funded project "ROCK: Regeneration and Optimisation of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities". He is member of the scientific committee and lectures in the PhD course “Development Studies” at the University of Lisbon, and contributes to the PhD courses in Comparative Politics at ICS-ULisboa, "Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories" at ISCTE-IUL, and "Architecture" at FAUP. He is currently supervising one PhD candidate at ICS-ULisboa and co-supervising three PhD candidates at ISCTE-IUL.
At the ICS-ULisboa he is member of the GI-ATS "Research Group Environment, Territory and Society", the Observatory OBSERVA (observa.ics.ul.pt), and the Urban Transitions Hub (urbantransitionshub.org). He is currently member of the following projects:
- "ROCK: Regeneration and Optimisation of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities" (H2020 GA: 730280)
- "ExPERts: Making sense of planning expertise: housing policy and the role of experts in the Programa Especial de Realojamento (PER)" (PTDC/ATP-EUR/4309/2014)
- “CONCISE - Communication role on perception and beliefs of EU Citizens about Science” (H2020 GA: 824537)
- “PERSIST_EU - Knowledge, beliefs, Perceptions about Science of European Students” (KA2 GA: 0203-050827).
- "MOPACT - Mobilising the Potential of Active Ageing in Europe" (FP7 GA: 320333)
- "Novas modalidades de participação política: protestos e participação institucional no Brasil e em Portugal em perspectiva" (FCT/CAPES 8551/14-6) (concluded)
Jounal Article
Alves, A. R.Falanga, R.(2019)(Des)encontros entre Academia e Política: Conhecimento, Engajamento e Habitação em PortugalCidades: Comunidades e Territórios Vol. 38, pp.14-19Online[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.Lüchmann, L.(2019)Participatory Budgets in Brazil and Portugal: Comparing Patterns of DisseminationPolicy Studies, [Online first], pp.1-20Online[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.Tulumello, S.Inch, A.Alves, A.R.Jorge, S.Kühne, J.Silva, R.(2019)The ‘Caravana pelo Direito à Habitação’: Towards a new movement for housing in Portugal?Radical Housing Journal Vol. 1, pp.171-187Online[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2019)Formulating the Success of Participation in Urban Regeneration: Insights from LisbonUrban Research and Practice, Published online 27 May 2019Online[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2019)Measuring citizen participation in urban regeneration: a reflection on the construction of the participation index for the Bip/Zip programme in LisbonUrban Development Issues Vol. 62, pp.47–60Online[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2018)Participatory processes for whom? A critical look at Portugal in times of austerityLo Squaderno, 47, pp.37-41Online[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2018)O Orçamento Participativo Portugal (OPP ): que modelo de scaling up? Boletim de Análise Político-InstitucionalParticipação Social, 14, pp.55-64Online[Jounal Article]
Tulumello, S.Falanga, R.(2015)An exploratory study of uses of ‘urban security' and ‘urban safety' in international urban studies literatureDedalus: Revista Portuguesa de Literatura Comparada, 19, pp.55-85Associação Portuguesa de Literatura Comparada; Editora CosmosOnline[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2014)Changes need change: A psychosociological perspective on participation and social inclusion.Rivista di Psicologia Clinica. Teoria e metodi dell'intervento, 2, pp.24-38RPCOnline[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2014)Participação e regras do jogo: para um paradigma da complexidade [The rules of the participatory games: towards a paradigm of complexity]Universitas Humanas Vol. 11, 2, pp.49-58UniCEUB. Centro Universitário de BrasíliaOnline[Jounal Article]
Falanga, R.(2013)Participation and Public Sector: A Democratic ChallengeUniversitas Humanas Vol. 10, 2, pp.11-20UniCEUB. Centro Universitário de BrasíliaOnline[Jounal Article]
Book Chapter
Falanga, R.Pussetti, Chiara(2019)Connecting agencies in Lisbon. Insights from the H2020 project ROCK. In : Corrado Topi, Chiara Lucchini (Eds.)The city agencies working papers. Methodologies, approaches, potentialities and perspective, pp.32-42Urban Lab TorinoOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2019)Processos Participativos nas Políticas Públicas em Portugal. In : João Abreu (Ed.)Inteligência Territorial - Governança, Sustentabilidade e Transparência, pp. 441-459Idioteque, Unipessoal Lda[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2018)The National Participatory Budget in Portugal: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling up Citizen Participation in Policymaking. In : Nelson Dias (Org.)Hope for Democracy: 30 years of Participatory Budgeting Worldwide, pp.447-466OficinaOnline[Book Chapter]
Lüchmann, L. H. H.Falanga, R.Nicolleti, A. S.(2018)Orçamentos Participativos no Brasil e em Portugal. In : Ligia H.H. Lüchmann, Britte Baumgarten (Eds.)Modalidades e trajetórias de participação política no Brasil e em Portugal, pp.19-56Editora InsularOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2018)Critical trends of citizen participation in policymaking. Insights from Portugal. In : Lobo, M. C., Silva, F. C. da, Zúquete, J. P. (Eds.)Changing societies: legacies and challenges. Citizenship in crisis Vol. 2, pp. 295-318Imprensa de Ciências SociaisOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2018)Avaliação de processos participativos com a sociedade civil. In : João Ferrão, J. M. Pinto Paixão (Eds.)Metodologias de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas, pp.455-479Imprensa da Universidade de LisboaOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2018)Avaliação "Pré-Pós". In : João Ferrão, J. M. Pinto Paixão (Eds.)Metodologias de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas, pp.247-263Imprensa da Universidade de LisboaOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2017)Understanding Participatory Policymaking Processes: Discourse Analysis in Psychosociological Action Research. In : A. P. Costa, L. P. Reis, F. N. de Sousa, A. Moreira, D. Lamas (Eds.)Computer Supported Qualitative Research Vol. 71, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, pp.13-24SpringerOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2017)Partecipazione della società civile nelle politiche pubbliche. Perché (non) valutare?. In : Annarita Gori, Guya Accornero, Daniele Serapiglia (Eds.)Percorsi. Scienze sociali tra Italia e Portogallo, pp.131-142BraDypUS Communicating Cultural HeritageOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2016)From citizens'participation to cogovernance: Is the road to hell paved with good intentions?. In : Ognen Marina, Alessandro Armando (Eds.)PROJECTS for an inclusive city : social integration through urban growth strategies, pp.122-134City of SkopjeOnline[Book Chapter]
Gaspar, R.Domingos, S.Diniz, A. M.Falanga, R.(2016)Barriers to and Facilitators of Older Adult's Adherence to Health Recommendations: Towards an Engaging Two-way Health Communication. In : Guendalina Graffigna (Ed.)Promoting Patient Engagement and Participation for Effective Healthcare Reform, pp.58-82IGI GlobalOnline[Book Chapter]
Carvalho, A.Falanga, R.(2016)Da Democratização das Formas de Governação na Política à Partilha de Autoridade no Campo dos Museus e do Território. In : Ana Carvalho (Coord.)Participação: partilhando a responsabilidade, pp.29-44Acesso Cultura, Associação CulturalOnline[Book Chapter]
Allegretti, G.Falanga, R.(2016)Women in Budgeting: A Critical Assessment of Participatory Budgeting Experiences. In : Cecilia NG (Ed.)Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting: Imperatives for Equitable Public Expenditure, pp.33-53SpringerOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2015)Envelhecimento Ativo: Experiências e Desafios numa Perspetiva Europeia. In : Maria Hermínia Cabral, et al. (Eds.)Mais Valia. Voluntariado em Cooperação e Desenvolvimento para Maiores de 55 anos, Parcerias para o Desenvolvimento, pp.10-21Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2015)Desafios e horizontes da participação cívica nas políticas públicas. In : J. Ferrão & A. Horta (Eds.)Ambiente, Território e Sociedade. Novas Agendas de Investigação, pp.197-203ICS. Imprensa de Ciências SociaisOnline[Book Chapter]
Falanga, R.(2013)Transforming cities, societies and policies. Psychological reflections on participatory processes' experiences. In : Nancy Duxbury, Gonçalo Canto Moniz e Gianluca Sgueo (Eds.)Rethinking Urban Inclusion Spaces, Mobilizations, Interventions Vol. 2, pp.572-587CES. Centro de Estudos SociaisOnline[Book Chapter]
Working Paper
Falanga, R.(2014)Civil servants and participatory processes: A psychosociological action research with the Municipality of Lisbon. In Cases and Simulations Portal for Public and Nonprofit SectorsRutgersOnline[Working Paper]
Policy Brief
Falanga, R.(2018)Como aumentar a escala dos orçamentos participativos? O Orçamento Participativo Portugal (OPP) e o Orçamento Participativo Jovem Portugal (OPJP). Policy Brief 2018Observa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de LisboaOnline[Policy Brief]
Allegra, M.Tulumello, S.Falanga, R.Cachado, R.Ferreira, A. C.Colombo, A.Alves, S(2017)Um novo PER? Realojamento e políticas de habitação em Portugal. Policy Brief 2017Observatório de Ambiente, Território e Sociedade. Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de LisboaOnline[Policy Brief]
Falanga, R.Moreira, A.(2016)Promoting the Participation of Seniors in Policy-Making. Sheffield: Univeristy of Sheffield. (MoPAct Policy Brief, 8). Policy priority Legislate to create local advisory bodies to represent the views of seniors on key issues such as primary healthcare, long-term care, transport and urban mobility.Link: http://mopact.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MoPAct-Policy-Brief-8-Promoting-the-participation-of-seniors-in-policy-making.pdfThe Universirty of Sheffield[Policy Brief]
Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries
Falanga, R.(2020) Participatory Design: Participatory Urban ManagementSustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, pp.First Online 15 October 2019SpringerOnline[Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries]
Falanga, R.(2018)Administrative Discretion in Participatory ProcessesIn Ali Farazmund (Ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. SpringerOnline[Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries]
Falanga, R.(2018) Frontline BureaucratIn Ali Farazmund (Ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. SpringerOnline[Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries]
Outro
Falanga, R.Nunes, M. C.(2019)Multi-Scale Intersections of Collaborative Collective Actions in Urban Regeneration: Insights from the ROCK project in Lisbon In: Benjamin Tejerina, Cristina Miranda de Almeida, Ignacia Perugorria (Eds.), Sharing Society: The Impact of Collaborative Collective Actions in the Transformation of Contemporary Societies, May 23-24, Conference Proceedings, pp. 575-581Online[Outro]
Vasconcelos, L. Cidrais, Á.Teixiera, A.Colombo, A.Oliveira, A.Vizinho, A.Farral, H.Rebelo, I.Sousa, I.Pinheiro, J.Freitas, M. J.Sousa, M.Falanga, R.et al.(2018)E que tal se colaborássemos? International Conference proceedings, 30-31 January Lisbon, Govint, Fórum para a Governação Integrada, pp. 53-71[Outro]
Borghi, V.Falanga, R.Olori, D.Pussetti, Chiara(2018) Practices of Citizenship and Real Estate Dynamics: Roberto Falanga and Chiara Pussetti in conversation with Vando Borghi and Davide OloriEuropean Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol.1, 1Online[Outro]
| Designação | Encontro | Data |
|---|---|---|
| The Caravan for the Right to Housing in Portugal: A new generation of housing movements versus a new generation of housing policies? | Social Movements and the Right to the City, Council for European Studies Social Movements Research Network Pre-Conference | 18/06/2019 |
| The inclusionary turn of urban co-governance: Insights from Lisbon | Urban Think Tanks. A Discussion on Citizenship and the Spatial planning process | 05/12/2018 |
| Evaluating citizen participation in policymaking | URBiNAT webinar on citizen participation | 23/10/2018 |
| Urban Centers: Acting upon or with cities | Urban Centers: Acting upon or with cities | 19/10/2018 |
| The participation of the "have-nots" in public decision-making | Border Crossings: European and North American responses to the current migration crisis | 27/07/2018 |
| O que é uma interface? A perspetiva dos agentes locais, no desenho do Observatório BIP/ZIP | A Produção do Território: Formas, Processos, Desígnios | 18/07/2018 |
| Citizen participation in urban regeneration policies A comparative analysis of Lisbon and Rome | ESA RN-37 Inequality and uncertainty: current challenges for cities | 27/06/2018 |
| Orçamentos Participativos em Portugal: Da escala local à escala nacional | Orçamentos Participativos em Portugal: Da escala local à escala nacional | 27/05/2018 |
| Practices of informality and participatory governance for social justice | PhD Development Studies | 27/04/2018 |
| Citizen participation in metropolitan areas of Southern Europe | PhD Achitecture of contemporary metropolitan areas | 10/04/2018 |
| Participatory methods: theoretical and practical issues | Research Project Seminar, PhD Comparative Politics | 07/03/2018 |
| Fórum da Habitação: Ausências Passadas, Presenças Futuras | Primeiro Fórum Nacional ‘Fórum da Habitação: Ausências Passadas, Presenças Futuras’ | 05/01/2018 |
| Critical Trends of citizen participation. Insights from Portugal | 4th National meeting ICS | 29/11/2017 |
| The impacts of participatory decision-making within urban contexts in crisis. The case of Lisbon | XIII European Sociological Association Conference: (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities | 29/08/2017 |
| Ágora: Transformação da cidade: resistir em três passos? | Festa do Bairro Intendente | 13/07/2017 |
| Participatory Budgets in Portugal and Brazil: a comparative perspective | Democracy and Participation in the 21st Century | 12/07/2017 |
| Culture del lavoro e intervento psicologico: Mappe, movimenti e traiettorie | 10/06/2017 | |
| Como avaliar a participação pública? Uma reflexão a partir do programa BipZip da Câmara de Lisboa | International Conference ‘Making the Collective City’ | 08/06/2017 |
| Evaluating public participation in policymaking. Learning from narratives | Democracy Beyond Elections Workshop | 17/05/2017 |
| Local initiatives on ethical governance and transparency | Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, Council of Europe | 01/03/2017 |
| Como se medem os impactos da participação pública? Reflexões a partir dum caso português | IV International Conference of Regional and Urban Planning / International Conference of the Project Community Participation in Planning “Participation in Planning and Public Policy” | 23/02/2017 |
| Training School on Inter and Transdisciplinary Urban Research | International INTREPID | 13/02/2017 |
| Homeland, or a multiscalar community? (Dis)continuity in the American security/safety discourse and practice | Homelands and the borders of America | 27/09/2016 |
| After informality: policy experts and the urban technopolitics of rehousing interventions | Science and technology by other means. Exploring collectives, spaces and futures | 31/08/2016 |
| Understanding participatory policymaking processes: Discourse analysis in a psychosociological action research | International Symposium on Qualitative Research | 12/07/2016 |
| Portugal-Islândia: Participação e Território | 09/07/2016 | |
| Portugal participa? Uma reflexão crítica sobre democracia participativa em Portugal | IX Congresso Português de Sociologia, Portugal: território de territórios | 06/07/2016 |
| Experts in context. Making sense of policy expertise | IX Congresso Português de Sociologia | 06/07/2016 |
| A fratura socio-territorial de Lisboa. Participar para incluir | Encontro Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2016 | 04/07/2016 |
| Crisis and participation: an odd couple? Lisbon and the BipZip Programme | ESA Mid-Term Conference “Moving Cities: Contested Views on Urban Life” | 29/06/2016 |
| The good, the bad and the ugly, or, participation, crisis and cities. The case of Lisbon | 53rd International Making Cities Livable Conference “Caring for our common home: Sustainable, Healthy, Just Cities and Settlements” | 13/06/2016 |
| A Avaliação da Participação: um tabu? | Cidadania Citizenship Fórum, Municipality of Lisbon and Centre for Social Studies | 28/05/2016 |
| Entre Praças e Palácio: Em Busca de Novos Espaços de Participação Cívica em Lisboa | Conference O Contágio da Cultura – Festa do Cinema Italiano | 04/04/2016 |
| Participação para os projectos culturais | Annual Conference “Meu, teu, nosso. Modelos de projectos participativos” | 12/10/2015 |
| Cidadania e Sustentabilidade: a opinião dos Portugueses | International Conference “Greenfest” | 11/10/2015 |
| European Mobility Week 2015 Lisbon | Official Meeting “SIG(a) o Peão: Os Sistemas de Informação Geográfica ao serviço da Acessibilidade Pedonal” | 21/09/2015 |
| A participação dos cidadãos seniores nas decisões políticas | National Conference, SIforAge Knowledge Exchange | 26/06/2015 |
| Das águas turbulentas. Diário de bordo de um investigador em mar aberto | Ética e investigação em ciências. Teoria e prática | 15/06/2015 |
| O que falta fazer? Modelos de participação política e cívica na juventude | Estágios de Verão no ICS-ULisboa | 01/06/2015 |
| From citizens’ participation to co-governance. Is the road to hell paved with good intentions? | International Conference “New Urban Issues – New Approaches" | 14/04/2015 |
| What is “participation” in a best participatory practice?. An evidence-based reflection on the BipZip Programme of Lisbon | AESOP Young Academics Conference “Differences and Connections” | 23/03/2015 |
| Cidadania Activa | National Congress “Envelhecimento, da Participação à Coesão” | 29/01/2015 |
| Spazi e luoghi della partecipazione: città, territori, reti | National Conference, Fondazione Basso | 17/12/2014 |
| Active citizenship and seniors: insights from the MOPACT project | Workshop "Active Senior Citizens for an Age-friendly EU", Final Conference of the Active Senior Citizens for Europe Project | 08/12/2014 |
| Envelhecimento activo: experiências e desafios numa perspectiva europeia | Seminar “Projecto Mais Valia” | 12/09/2014 |
| A Administração Pública e as diferentes culturas de participação dos cidadãos | Summer School “Participação e Inovação - A Construção de Cidadanias Insurgentes” | 09/09/2014 |
| Os processos participativos de Lisboa em 2012. Quais os modelos culturais das equipas administrativas? | III Seminário Internacional “A dinâmica da participação local no Brasil e na Europa: experiências em diálogo | 06/07/2013 |
