PhD student in Engineering and Knowledge Management at the Santa Catarina Federal University, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Research interest is to reconsider current institutional structures with the development of governance and planning based on knowledge management, supported by active citizens, participatory mechanisms and sustainable practices. Master's degree focused on the emergence of leadership processes among stakeholders while developing an innovation centre. Recent work includes developing shared management activities between state government and municipalities in the Florianópolis metropolitan area where a project for the integration of the public transport system is taking place. As a member of the research group on Humane, Intelligent and Sustainable Cities (LabCHIS) I have contributed to a city study named Smart Floripa, to disclose opportunities, challenges and key strategic directions of Florianópolis in its path to become a smart, sustainable and knowledge-based innovation hub for Brazil. Also an associate member at the World Capital Institute, an independent international think-and-do tank whose purpose is to further the understanding and application of knowledge as the most powerful leverage of development; and contributes to the Swedish Institute's Urban Challenges project in developing solutions to make public transport safe for all.