Langezijds

dr. A.M. Pinto Soares Madureira (Mafalda)

Assistant Professor
ITC-SCI-PLAN
Langezijds 1423
m.madureira@utwente.nl
+31534898014
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I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), in the department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management (PGM), of the University of Twente. I am also a researcher at PLUS - People, Land and Urban Systems, at ITC.

I received my PhD in Urban Planning in 2014, from the Blekinge Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Circle - Center for Innovation, Research and Learning in the learning Economy, at Lund University, in Sweden. I hold a bachelor in Geography from the University of Porto, in Portugal, and a master in European Spatial Planning and Regional Development, from the Blekinge Institute of Technology, in Sweden.

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Planning
    • Public Space
    • Social Participation
    • Management
    • Economic and Social Development
    • Urban Areas
    • Change

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Land

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Publications

2026

Drift, actor-networks, and structuration as drivers of planning support systems institutionalization: The spatial development framework methodology in Rwanda's spatial planning processes (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Oyeku, D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036571616Replication Data for: Institutionalizing planning support systems: The Spatial Development Framework Methodology in Rwanda’s Spatial Planning Processes (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. Oyeku, D. A., Oyeku, D. A., Karin, P., Boerboom, L. & Madureira, M.https://doi.org/10.17026/ss/tt7enlReplication Data for: Understanding Planning Support Systems Institutionalization in the Planning Process Through Actor-Network-Theory: The Case of the Strategic Development Framework Methodology (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. Oyeku, D. A., Oyeku, D. A., Karin, P., Boerboom, L. & Madureira, M.https://doi.org/10.17026/ss/q4eugaInformal economy notion in creative industry policy: the case of Bandung creative city (2026)International Development Planning Review, 1-39 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Aritenang, A. F., Madureira, A. M., Bustamante Duarte, A. M., Zul Fahmi, F., Iskandar, Z. S., Nurman, A., Pfeffer, K., Ramdan, D. & Safitri, P.https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2025.18

2025

Competing frames and policy change: Greece’s land administration reform from the mid-1990s to the economic crisis (2009–2018) (2025)Land use policy, 158. Article 107733. Balla, E., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Madureira, A. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107733Understanding planning support systems institutionalization in the planning process through actor–network theory: The case of the strategic development framework methodology (2025)ISPRS international journal of geo-information, 14(10). Article 399. Oyeku, D. A., Boerboom, L., Madureira, A. M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14100399Empowering scholarship: Young researcher-led journals as spaces for learning, envisioning, and experimenting with alternatives (2025)PlaNext, 15, 61-77. Privitera, E. (., Grabalov, P., Husar, M., Leccis, F., Madureira, M., Nath, S., Uğur, L., Mukhopadhyay, C. & Varış Husar, S. C.https://doi.org/10.24306/plnxt/111Spaces of work, encounter, and representation of, and for, creative industries (2025)City, Culture and Society, 41. Article 100639. Madureira, A. M., Bustamante Duarte, A. M., Pfeffer, K. & Aritenang, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2025.100639Using a digital participatory platform to evaluate public space quality (2025)GeoJournal, 90(3). Article 145. Alvarado Vazquez, S., Ostermann, F. O., Pinto Soares Madureira, A. M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-025-11383-9The reform of the Hellenic Cadastre under financial duress and external pressure in the period 2009 – 2018 (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Balla, E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566070

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