Fábio Duarte

Fábio Duarte is a Lecturer at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Senseable City Lab. He also serves as Associate Director of the Center for Real Estate. With a PhD in Communication and Technology from Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Duarte previously held professorships at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) and visiting roles at Yokohama University and Twente University.

• Education: PhD in Communication and Technology (Universidade de São Paulo); Urban Planning (PUCPR).
• Appointments: Lecturer (2025), Principal Research Scientist (2025), Associate Director (2025), World Bank consultant.

Duarte's research focuses on urban technology, sociotechnical systems, and AI-driven urban analysis. His books include Urban Play: Make-believe, Technology, and Space (MIT Press, 2021) and Unplugging the City: The Urban Phenomenon and Its Sociotechnical Controversies (Routledge, 2018). Recent work examines mobility patterns, environmental sensing, and ethical AI in urban design.

Publication Trends (2021–2025): Duarte's 43+ articles span AI applications in urban safety, mobility equity, climate resilience, and sociotechnical controversies. Key themes include deep learning for emissions analysis, pedestrian behavior modeling, and data privacy trade-offs in smart cities.

Collaborations: Regularly works with Senseable City Lab colleagues like Carlo Ratti. Recent co-authors include Titus Venverloo, Juliana Brown, and Siqi Zheng on studies about circular economy and real-time environmental monitoring.