Juliana Menezes is a PhD student in Portuguese Studies at NOVA University of Lisbon. She is a Portuguese teacher at Federal Institute of Bahia (Brazil) and a researcher at Center for Research in Communication Sciences and Arts – CIAC University of the Algarve) and at Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT – NOVA University of Lisbon). Her areas of interest are literature, culture and tourism.
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.