Aleix Saura-Vallverdú is an Architect (ETSAB, 2022), with a Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture (2023), PhD candidate (FPU Ministerio 2023 & FPU UPC grants awardee) and researcher at the Laboratori d’Urbanisme de Barcelona, collaborating in international projects such as the European Competitive Project “IMPAQT” (2018-19) with the Laboratori d’Urbanisme, and the “RiConnect-Rethinking Infrastructure” Project (Winner of the Catalunya Territori award, 2023), part of the European Network “URBACT”, with the Planning Department of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB). Research interests focus on blue and green infrastructure and its expression in diverse urban contexts, leading to his participation as panellist in conferences of global reach such as UN Habitat’s World Urban Forum 2024. Through publications co-authored with experts from the MENA region, his doctoral research analyses in depth the unique relationship between eco-system logics and urban development in the city of Cairo, Egypt.