António Pais Antunes is a Professor at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal. He holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the University of Coimbra and a PhD in Applied Sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain, in Belgium. His research interests include public facility location, land-use planning, road network design and conservation, urban transport planning (vehicle sharing, electric mobility, public transport) and, in recent years, air transport planning. He currently acts as Coordinator of CITTA (Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment) and as Coordinator of the Doctoral Programs in Spatial Planning and in Transport Systems at his university.