Marc Parés

Marc Parés is an Associate Professor of Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB Geography Department) and researcher at the Institute for Government and Public Policies (IGOP), where he led the Research Group on Urban Governance, Commons, Internet and Social Innovation (2014-2021). Currently, he is the Coordinator of the UAB Bachelor’s Degree in Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning.

From 2014 to 2016, he received an EU Marie Curie Fellowship, serving as a visiting scholar at New York University (Wagner School of Public Service) and the KU Leuven (Planning & Development). He has also been postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manchester (School of Environment, Education & Development) and visiting scholar at the University of Sussex (Geography Department).

He has participated in over 75 research projects, serving as the Principal Investigator (PI) in more than 50, and has produced over 85 publications (27 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 2 books with prestigious international publishers). He has published in journals such as Urban Studies, City & Community, Urban Affairs Review, Housing Studies, Urban Research and Practice, Urban Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and Environmental Policy and Governance.

His research has focused on the fields of Urban Governance, Neighborhoods, Citizen Participation, Urban Political Ecology, Environmental Management, and Social Innovation. He has led European Projects on Housing (Yes We Rent!), Floods (CAPFLO), and Social Innovation (SOCRISIS) and has participated in national research projects on Neighborhoods (Barrios y Crisis), Urban Governance (REDES and TRANSGOB), and Water Governance (PART-DMA).