is a freelance graphic designer who specializes in participatory processes to tackle ‘the right to the city’, active citizenship, social change, and sustainability issues. Co-founder and board member of NGO ‘Locals Approach’ (since 2014). Recently she was member of the Scientific Committee of the 2021 Edition of the Porto Design Biennale. Inês also works as an assistant professor at the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon and at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Lusíada University. She holds a P.hD. Degree in Design from the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon (2020). Collaborated with the CODE – Center for Codesign Research at the Royal Danish Academy (2016). Participant of the first edition of the “!mpact Design for Social Change” Course at SVA – School of Visual Arts (2010). Graduate in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (2008).

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