Afonso Nuno Martins

I am Assistant Professor of Design Studio and of Architecture and Climate Change Adaptation in the Integrated Master's Programme in Architecture at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal, where I have taught since 2017, and I have 17 years of experience teaching in undergraduate and graduate architecture programmes internationally (12 countries so far). I hold a PhD in Architecture and am a senior researcher at the Centre for Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design (CIAUD, University of Lisbon), focusing on disaster risk reduction, humanitarian architecture, climate adaptation and community resilience. I coordinated the Mondego River Heritage Park project (2008–2014) and chaired the 8th International Conference on Building Resilience in Lisbon (2018). I am founding director of UBI's postgraduate programme in Humanitarian Architecture, Infrastructure and Incremental Housing for Crisis, and have recently had a new master's course approved at UBI — Humanitarian Architecture, Risk and Housing for Crisis — integrating social vulnerability, disaster risk and AI into post-disaster reconstruction and housing for displaced populations. I have edited Enhancing Disaster Preparedness: From Humanitarian Architecture to Community Resilience (Elsevier, 2020), Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience (Elsevier, 2022) and Beyond Houses: Architectural Thinking and Practice for Climate, Disaster and Forced Displacement Crises (Springer, 2024), and my scientific work has received more than 200 citations on Google Scholar. I also write regularly on science communication for the Portuguese press, including the Público and Expresso.