Focus Area
Ana Clara Szymanski works at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning since March 2024. She has a Master’s in Regional Development Planning and Management, a bachelor’s degree in architecture and urban planning, and over seven years of professional and leadership experience working in the field. Ana’s topics of interest include spatial planning, urban mobility, sustainable and accessible cities, nature-based solutions, spatial inequalities, governance, and 15-minute cities.
Curriculum
| 2024 | Research Associate at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning, Technische Universität München (Munich, Germany) | ||
| 2023 | - | 2024 | Director of the Mobility Department at the Municipality of Patos de Minas (Brazil). |
| 2022 | Urban Planner at the Municipality of Patos de Minas (Brazil) | ||
| 2020 | - | 2022 | Master’s in regional development planning and management, with a focus on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at Technische Universität Dortmund and the University of the Philippines. Master’s Thesis: "Evaluating Public Transport Accessibility and Walkability in Pasig City and Their Correlation to Social and Economic Characteristics at the Barangay Level." |
| 2016 | - | 2020 | Project manager of Patos de Minas’ Master Plan at the Municipality of Patos de Minas (Brazil) |
| 2017 | - | 2018 | Graduate studies in management of building works, technology, and performance of civil construction at Patos de Minas University Center (UNIPAM) – Brazil |
| 2015 | - | 2016 | Research assistant at the Laboratory of Comfort and Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil |
| 2015 | Intern at the Laboratory of Comfort and Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil | ||
| 2014 | Research assistant at the Department of Critical and Historical Analysis of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil | ||
| 2013 | Exchange Program at the University of Algarve (UAlg) studying landscape architecture | ||
| 2012 | - | 2013 | Teaching assistant at the Urbanism Department at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil |
| 2011 | - | 2016 | Bachelor’s in architecture and urban planning at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil |
Projects
| current | Driving Urban Transitions – COMMON_ACCESS Driving Urban Transitions – DREAMS Project |
Publications
2023
Caixeta Szymanski Nogueira, A. C., & D Diaz, C. E. (2023). Evaluating public transport accessibility and walkability in Pasig City (Philippines) and their correlation to socioeconomic factors at the barangay level. Asian Transport Studies, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2023.100117.