Biography

Nuno Simão Gonçalves holds a master's degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Science and Technology and a PhD in "Heritage of Portuguese Influence" from the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, both from the University of Coimbra. The doctoral dissertation defended, entitled "From reed to cement: The (sub)urban transition from Lourenço Marques to Maputo (1892-1992)", was supported by a grant from the FCT. He is a junior researcher at CES (since the beginning of 2013), having contributed to several projects, among which the following stand out: 2013-2015 - "De S. Paulo de Luanda a Luuanda, de Lourenço Marques a Maputo: capitais coloniais em tempos pós-coloniais" ("From S. Paulo de Luanda to Luuanda, from Lourenço Marques to Maputo: colonial capitals in post-colonial times"), coordinated by Margarida Calafate Ribeiro and Walter Rossa, where he benefited from a Science and Technology scholarship from UC; 2015-2016 - "José Luandino Vieira: Diários do Tarrafal - Coleção Digital" ("José Luandino Vieira: Tarrafal Diaries - Digital Collection"), coordinated by Margarida Calafate Ribeiro and financed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; 2016 - "Inquérito regional do Relatório Global da UNESCO sobre Cultura e Desenvolvimento Urbano Sustentável para os países de língua portuguesa" ("UNESCO's Global Report on Culture and Sustainable Urban Development regional survey for Portuguese speaking countries"), coordinated by Walter Rossa and financed by UNESCO; 2016-2018 - "Oficinas Muhipiti: Planeamento Estratégico, Património, Desenvolvimento" ("Muhipiti Workshops: Strategic Planning, Heritage, Development"), coordinated by Isequiel Alcolete, Walter Rossa, Nuno Simão Gonçalves, Nuno Lopes, financed by the Universities of Lúrio and Coimbra, with support from Camões I.P., the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and UCCLA. His research interests focus on the history of architecture and urban planning in Portuguese-speaking African cities, with a special focus on social and urban segregation issues, before and after independence, and their relations with the themes of colonialism and post-colonialism.