Dr. Eduardo Gomes

Eduardo Gomes (EG) is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Lisbon. His most recent research focuses on designing models and collaborative simulations used to analyze changes in land use and land cover. The majority of his published works emphasize geospatial modeling, land use, and decision-making processes. EG has been invited to deliver lectures at various prestigious institutions, including Beijing Forest University in China (2022 and 2021), Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris in France (2020), Future Cities Laboratory, and the Complexity Institute in Singapore (2018), the University of Copenhagen in Denmark (2017), and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia (2016). Additionally, EG has actively contributed to organizing scientific conferences and participatory planning workshops. He has received notable awards, such as the Portuguese National Geography Award (2020) (Orlando Ribeiro) for the best PhD thesis, the Best Scientific Article Award in Human Geography (2020), recognition for outstanding contributions in reviewing scientific journals, a grant from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne to support international mobility, and the jury award for the best agent-based model at the MAPS8 workshop held in Nice, France. EG serves as an Editor and reviewer for various scientific journals.