Ana Beja da Costa

since 2022

Ana is a full-time Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, teaching Landscape Planning and design studios in the Landscape Architecture course.  Prior to this, she was a guest professor at the School of Architecture, University of Lisbon (teaching at Master and PhD levels).

Between 2022-24 she was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the MetroPublicNet: A Metropolitan Public Space Network to support the robust, low-carbon and cohesive city research project, at the School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (http://metropublicnet.fa.ulisboa.pt/). Since then, she is a Research Associate member of the CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, and of the URBinLAB's research group.

She holds a PhD in Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology (LINK Program). She has conducted her PhD research at LEAF, ISA with a doctoral grant from Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, with the research thesis "Mangroves of Maputo. Towards Urban Resilience through Green Infrastructure" (2020). Has a Post-graduate Master in Human Settlements (KULeuven, 2008) and a 5yr degree in Landscape Architeture (ISA-ULisboa, 2005).

Throughout her carrier Ana has practiced as a Landscape Architect in Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal, with various projects throughout the world (Belgium, Portugal, China, Qatar, Switzerland, Timor-Leste). In parallel, she participated in research by design projects in Ghana – Negotiating Space (funded by the Vlaams Overheid, 2011), Toxic Neighborhood (funded by the BMW Guggenheim Foundation, 2013) and in Belgium - Heyvaert – een Eiland (2012). Both her academic and professional path demonstrate a continued interest and interdisciplinary practice, between cities in development and the landscape and cultural values of their territorial setting.

Link to the PhD Thesis "Mangroves of Maputo. Towards urban resilience through green infrastructure" here.