Alda Botelho Azevedo

Alda Botelho Azevedo is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. She holds a PhD in Demography from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and serves as coordinator of the PhD Programme in Population Sciences (ULisboa). Her work focuses on housing demography, aging societies, and Portuguese diaspora studies in the USA. She collaborates with institutions like the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation and Cascais Municipality.

Education

• PhD in Demography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
• European Doctoral School of Demography, Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (UAB)

Research Interests

• Demographic impacts on housing markets
• Urban regeneration and social sustainability
• Immigration and transnational communities
• Policy analysis for aging societies
• Residential inequality and housing insecurity

Key Projects

• Coordinated: Portuguese descendants in the USA in the 21st century (2023)
• Contributed to: Sustainable urban requalification in Lisbon’s historical center (ongoing)
• Lead researcher in HOPE: Housing Perspectives and Struggles (2022)

Labs/Teams

• Member of SHIFT: Environment, Territory and Society research group
• Participates in interdisciplinary housing studies at ICS-ULisboa