Nuno Pinto

Nuno Pinto is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design at the University of Manchester's School of Environment, Education and Development. He holds a PhD in Planning from BarcelonaTech (Spain) and a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Coimbra (Portugal). Previously, he held academic positions at the University of Coimbra and served as a Researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.

His research focuses on quantitative approaches to urban planning, including decision support systems, urban simulation, integrated transport planning, and big data applications. He is particularly known for his work on cellular automata models and agent-based simulations in urban policy analysis. Nuno has secured significant funding, including a £663k EPSRC grant for the 'Resilience Beyond Observed Capabilities Network+' and a £19k Turing-Manchester grant for VR analytics in digital twins.

Teaching expertise spans data science applications in planning, GIS, and decision-support methods across multiple master's programs. He advises on PhD topics combining quantitative methods with Iberian/Latin American urban contexts. Nuno is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and recipient of the 2011 Breheny Prize for outstanding urban planning research.

Notable projects include 'Synthetic Cities' digital twin frameworks, peri-urban climate change analyses (PERI-CENE), and cross-border collaborations like the FAPESP-University of Manchester initiative. Current research explores smart city strategies in Latin America and carbon accounting systems.

Supervised over a dozen PhD students, including works on mobility decision systems, metropolitan data analytics, and serious gaming for urban participation. Active in professional networks such as the COST TU1408 Air Transport and Regional Development initiative.