Professor Dr. Soledad Garcia Ferrari

Biography

Soledad Garcia-Ferrari is a Senior Lecturer at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) at the University of Edinburgh, where she serves as the Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Urban Strategies Design and as the Dean for Latin America. She obtained her PhD in Urban Studies in 2007 from Heriot-Watt University and is professionally qualified in Architecture and Urbanism in Uruguay. Her research focuses on current processes of urban development and regeneration in Latin America and Europe. Soledad possesses extensive expertise in the research and production of urban areas, specifically in planning strategies for cities like Medellin, where she is involved in the Medellin Urban Innovation project, which received recognition from the British Council. Additionally, she has taught at various institutions, including the Faculty of Architecture in Montevideo and the University of Seville. Soledad has also been an invited speaker at the School of Architecture, CEU Madrid. At the University of Edinburgh, she is the Director of the Edinburgh University Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies and supervises several PhD students, with research interests spanning urban transformation in megacities.

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