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Karin Potter graduated as a biologist in 1987 at the UNISINOS / Brazil. During the graduation, she studied native orchids from the south of Brazil at the Botanical Garden – FZB/RS. After completed graduation, worked for 34 years with urban planning – main emphasis: analysis of urban projects and city master plans of the cities of the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. In 2016 she held a master’s degree in Urbanism at UFRGS, RS, Brazil. In 2019 she began a PhD in Urbanism at the Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal. The research’s theme is “Biodiversity, quality of public spaces and urban stream restoration – evaluating public policies through indicators.”
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.
