Romero de Ávila Serrano

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Romero de Ávila Serrano

Ad-Hoc Expert

Generic Skills

B.1. Understanding of integrated and sustainable urban development:

Geographer (University of Castilla-La Mancha, 2008) and Urban & Regional Planner (University of California, Los Angeles, 2014), Vicente Romero is a lecturer in urban and regional planning at the School in Civil Engineering in Ciudad Real (Spain) since 2011. At the same time, he is pursuing doctoral studies in “Territory, Infrastructures and Environment” at the same school. His research focuses on metropolitan planning, and urban and regional effects of High-Speed Rail. In 2006 he participated in the Erasmus exchange program and studied a master’s course in “Geography, Environment and Planning” in Clermont-Ferrand, France. In 2010 he performed an internship within the Directorate General for Regional Policy, at the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium), where he worked in the coordination of the Spanish Transport policies and in the assessment of the allocated Spanish Founds. At the same time, he undertook a research visit at the Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS), University of Kent at Brussels where he studied the metropolitan impacts of High-Speed Rail in the United Kingdom. He speaks Spanish, English, French, Italian, and basic German.

B.2. Understanding of exchange and learning processes at transnational level:

As a European citizen and student, I have extensive experience in exchange and learning at transnational level. My numerous stays as a student, a trainee and a researcher in France, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States have offered me a strong transnational perspective. I have also been part of the Local Action Group in Ciudad Real (Spain) within the EU Urbact Project 2013-2015 Enter-Hub, dealing with railway hubs and their urban benefits.

B.3. Proficiency in English:

My interest about other cultures and languages has made me to travel and live all around Europe through some granted scholarships. Apart from France and Belgium, I have lived some periods of my life in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy. Recently, I have lived in Los Angeles (USA) where I obtained a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning. All my scientific production during my doctoral studies has been written and presented in English. In this sense, I have published several journal articles and book's chapters in English, and I also have spoken at international conferences.

Thematic expertise:

Theme / Policy:

Research, Innovation and Knowledge Economy

Summary Thematic expertise:

My PhD deals with the knowledge-based economies in city-regions, thus I have more than four years of research and teaching in the theme. I have also published several papers on the topic in international research journals, and presented some of the results in international conferences. So far, my dissemination strategy deals with the presentation of results and working on policy design and awareness raising with urban practitioners and policy-makers in Los Angeles (California, US) and in Ciudad Real (Spain).

Theme / Policy:

Sustainable Urban Mobility

Summary Thematic expertise:

My current research deals with sustainable urban mobility at both the intraurban and interurban scales through the High-Speed Rail. I have studied Spanish and international cases (London, Madrid, Paris, Brussels…). I have also published a book’s chapter and several papers on the topic in international research journals, and presented some of the results in international conferences. So far, my dissemination strategy deals with the presentation of results and working on policy design and awareness raising with urban practitioners and policy-makers in both the United States and in Europe (mainly in Spain, France, Belgium and the UK).

Theme / Policy:

Integrated Urban Renewal

Summary Thematic expertise:

Integrated urban renewal of social housing neighborhoods in Spain is the most recent of the topics I am involved in. I have managed and coordinated an integrated urban renewal project developed by interdisciplinary teams of architects and civil engineers at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. I am also in the process of developing a report entitled “Guidelines for integrated urban renewal of social housing neighborhoods in Spain.” Regarding the policy design and awareness raising spheres, the project has been profusely published in local and regional newspapers and politicians have been involved as well.