About us
The City Science Research Network is a collective of researchers and research groups that collaborate in advancing urban studies.
The Principal Investigators are Vinicius M. Netto and Renato T. de Saboya.
Vinicius is a Principal Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, University of Porto, Portugal (CITTA | FEUP), and an Associate Professor at the Graduate Programme in Architecture and Urbanism (Universidade Federal Fluminense | UFF, Brazil).
Renato Saboya is a tenured associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and a investigator in the Urbanidades research group.
Meet the team of researchers or browse our list of peer reviewed articles.
You can also check the Segregation Wiki, a collaborative project aimed at mapping and defining segregation, its properties and manifestations.
Five thematic axes
We study cities as socio-spatial systems shaped by form, movement, inequality, environment, and cooperation. Our research connects urban morphology, segregation, behaviour, simulation, and climate-sensitive analysis to understand how cities emerge, function, and change. Our work is organised around five main research axes:
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Sociospatial Segregation, Inequality and Territorial Dynamics
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The Forms of Segregation: Knowledge maps
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Cities as Complex Systems of Cooperation
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