As a part of the module Engaged Research Placement I conducted an internship at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. I worked as an intern at the National Urban Policy and Climate Resilience Unit which specializes in studying urban policies using international comparisons.
Since the start of the internship I have worked on the following projects:
1. Shrinking smartly and sustainably in Portugal. Small and medium-sized cities in demographic transition.
Publication date: 21 October 2025
Contributions: desk research, policy analysis, spatial data analysis
2. OECD Programme Unlocking the potential of intermediary cities.
Publication date: Forthcoming
Contributions: desk research, policy and strategic analysis of national, regional and city-level
3. Preparing Regions for Demographic Change: Norte, Portugal and Thessaly, Greece.
Publication date: Forthcoming
Contributions: desk research, policy and strategic analysis of national, regional and city-level, data analysis using publicly available data