From Education to Research The CITTA R&D Unit as a SPTA spin-off
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This paper provides a brief account of the creation and evolution of the CITTA R&D Unit, which, in the early 2000s, emerged from the SPTA, the Planning Division of FEUP’s Civil Engineering Department (DEC). I describe the centre’s founding and the favourable internal and external conditions which shaped its composition, structure, and scientific scope. I then detail CITTA’s consequent development. This was influenced by the pluriannual FCT evaluation in 2008 and the integration of researchers from the University of Coimbra a few years later, which led to a comprehensive revision of CITTA’s internal regulations. Finally, I address the centre's consolidation phase, emphasising the role and importance of the last two pluriannual FCT evaluations, CITTA's publication performance relative to similar centres in Europe, and its strategic plan, which was conceived around the low-carbon cities paradigm.
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