Eulalia Gomez-Escoda is an associate professor with a tenure track at the Department of Urbanism, Territory and Landscape, DUTP, at the Barcelona School of Architecture, ETSAB-UPC, Barcelona Tech, where she has taught since 2008. She has been the deputy director of international relations at ETSAB since 2021. Her research specialises in the relationship between urban form and commercial uses, both formal and informal. She is a contributor to significant research works related to Barcelona, such as Inhabiting Barcelona (MUHBA 2022-23), Barcelona Metropolis (DHUB 2014-15), and Cerdà and the Barcelona of the Future. Reality vs. Project (CCCB 2009).