Alejandro Armas Díaz

Alejandro Armas Díaz is a Researcher at the Department of History, University of La Laguna. His work focuses on urban geography, gentrification, tourism impacts, and public space dynamics, particularly in Canary Islands and Mediterranean urban contexts. He has collaborated extensively on studies analyzing housing dispossession, tourism-driven urban transformation, and spatial inequality.

His research spans over 18 years, with notable contributions to understanding global gentrification patterns, sharing economy dynamics in cities like Leipzig, and the socio-spatial impacts of tourism in Puerto de la Cruz. He has co-edited volumes on Canarian housing challenges and contributed to international journals such as Scripta Nova and Documents d'Anàlisi Geográfica.

Key themes include critical urban theory, spatial justice, and the interplay between tourism and urban restructuring. His doctoral thesis (2016) explored 'Urban Restructuring and Image Production: Public Spaces in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.'