By Diana Soeiro
My main research activity is developed within the ROCK project, funded by the European Union, under the Horizon 2020 programme, involving 13 European cities. Briefly, the project focuses on researching how can urban regeneration be promoted through cultural heritage. In Portugal it features two hosts, ICS-UL and Lisbon’s City Hall, promoting a methodology that encourages a close dialogue between the university and public institutions, known as action-research. The goal is that both institutions inform each other so that research translates into action, and action informs research. The selected area where the action-research takes place is in the neighbourhoods of Marvila and Beato (Lisbon). Since the beginning of the project, in 2017, this is the territory where the team has been focused. Continuar a ler