Purposes and activities
The IUU_Lab is where one of the main aims of the Instituto Universitario de Urbanistica is fulfilled, namely the development of research projects and works in the area of Urban and Regional Planning, carried out by the ordinary members of the Institute and by contracted staff, directed by Juan Luis de las Rivas Sanz.
The carrying out of these projects and works also allows the fulfilment of other objectives of a teaching nature, as it gives rise to the training of undergraduate and master’s degree students, through grants for initiation to research or collaboration awarded by the Social Council of the University of Valladolid or the Ministry of Education, or through the figure of curricular internships. The IUU_Lab also facilitates the training of PhD students, through pre-doctoral contracts, and hosts visiting researchers from different universities and external research centres.
The IUU_Lab also constitutes the editorial office of the IUU, where journal Ciudades and other publications are edited and laid out. Similarly, it is also responsible for organizing training activities such as courses or seminars, as well as other specific dissemination activities as IUU’s Fridays or maintenance of IUU Blog and social networks.
Contracted Staff, Students and Visiting Researchers
Visiting Researchers
Profesores e investigadores postdoctorales en estancia
- María Alejandra Saus, CONICET (2022)
- Sibel Polat, Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi (2021-2022)
- Doralice Sátyro Maia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2021-2022)
- Federico Camerin, Università Iuav di Venezia (2021)
Profesores e investigadores predoctorales en estancia
- Clara Civallero, Politecnico di Milano (2025)
- Alessandra Vazzoler, Università degli Studi di Brescia (2025)
- Renally Maia Clemente, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (2024-2025)
- Shrouq Abdelwhab, Cairo University (2024-2025)
- Maria Fernanda Beltrán Castillo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2022-2023)
- Jonathan Haquet, Université de Lille (2021)
- Josefa Leticia Álvarez Vázquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2019)
- Amparo de Urbina González, Universidad Externado de Colombia (2019)
- Hamad Hassan Moustafa, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (2016-2017)
- Carola Herrera Napoleón, Universidad Central de Venezuela (2012-2013)
- Carlos Alberto Torres Tovar, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2010-2011)
- Rabih El-Mir, Trípoli (Líbano), Beca de postgrado MAEC-AECI (2004-2009)
- Mario Paris, Politecnico di Milano (2008-2009)
- Jorge Ramírez Flores, Puebla (México), Beca Fundación Carolina (2007-2008)
- Netzahualcóyotl López Flores, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes (2007)
- Mario Camacho Cardona, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2006-2007)
- Rebeca H. Elizondo Borja, Universidad de Guanajuato (2006)
- Paul García Castañeda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Unidad Xochimilco (2006)
- Jorge González Aragón-Castellanos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Unidad Xochimilco (2005-2006)
- Guillermo Sánchez Rueda, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (2005-2006)
- Carlos Francisco Valverde Díaz de León, Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla (2003-2006)
- Helena Castro Gueçaimburú, Uruguay, Beca Fundación Carolina (2005)
- Teresa del Carmen Monzón, Argentina, Beca de postgrado MAEC-AECI (2003)
- Andrea Rodera Culhane, Argentina, Beca del CONICET (2001-2002)
PhD Students
Undergraduate/Master Students - Grants
Undergraduate/Master Students - Internships
Contracted Staff
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