Daniel Alves is Assistant Professor in the History Department and researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History, both at NOVA-FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. He has a master’s degree in 19th century history and a doctorate in contemporary economic and social history. He has published on Portuguese History, Economic and Social History, GIS applied to History and Digital Humanities. Since 2018 he coordinates the project Atlas das Paisagens Literárias de Portugal Continental, together with Natalia Constâncio (http://litescape.ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/). He also coordinates the Digital Humanities Laboratory at IHC (http://dhlab.fcsh.unl.pt/) and since 2020 is editor of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities, published by Edinburgh University Press.
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. There are three strategic priorities: promoting and spreading excellence, fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science and empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
Writing Urban Places proposes an innovative investigation and implementation of a process for developing human understanding of communities, their society, and their situatedness, by narrative methods. It particularly focuses on the potential of narrative methods for urban development in European medium-sized cities.