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Latin American Urban Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Irene Gómez-Varo
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2
Ivonne Edith Castro Torres
Pilot University of Colombia
3
Paola Ortiz-Báez
Central University of Ecuador
4
David Kostenwein
Musashino Art University
5
Yasna Cortés
Universidad Católica del Norte
6
Sergio Alvarado Vazquez
Novay
7
Nicolás Valenzuela‐Levi
Federico Santa María Technical University
8
Jhon Ricardo Escorcia Hernández
Politecnico di Torino
9
Juan Pablo Schuster-Olbrich
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
10
Carlos Augusto Martínez Muñoz
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Rising Stars Papers

1
Spatial patterns and drivers of urban expansion: An exploratory spatial analysis of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, from 1997 to 2013
Cities|2024
25 cit.
2
Urban sustainability in social housing environments: A spatial impact assessment in Bogotá, Colombia
Cities|2024
16 cit.
3
Informal / formal morphogenesis in Latin American settlements: A response to the problem of urban fragmentation
Journal of Urban Management|2024
12 cit.
4
Community kitchens as metropolitan infrastructure: Mapping the fight against food insecurity in Santiago de Chile during COVID-19
Cities|2024
7 cit.
5
Urban Borderlands: Difference, Inequality, and Spatio-Temporal In-Betweenness in Cities
Urban Planning|2024
4 cit.
6
Adaptability and Interconnectedness in Latin American Innerburbs: An Assessment of the Public/Private Interface in Informal Settlements
Buildings|2024
4 cit.
7
Exclusive Spaces - How Gated Communities in Bogotá Threaten Democratic Access and Security for All in the Streets Outside the Gates
Housing Theory and Society|2024
4 cit.
8
Social participation in planning, design, and management of public spaces: the case of Mexico
Planning Practice and Research|2024
3 cit.
9
A Cyborg Walk for Urban Analysis? From Existing Walking Methodologies to the Integration of Machine Learning
Land|2024
3 cit.
10
Morphogenic processes of adaptability and interconnectedness between urban interventions and informal settlements
Frontiers of Architectural Research|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Carlos Alberto Moncada-Aristizábal
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2
Rafael Cardona
Universidad de Los Andes
3
Paloma Vejares Salgado
Universidad Diego Portales
4
Antonio Zumelzu
Austral University of Chile
5
Angie Katherin Salgado Torres
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
6
Sonia Vidal-Koppmann
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
7
Antonio Serrano-Jiménez
Universidad de Granada
8
Luis F. Hernández Lara
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
9
Flor M. López
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
10
Cristian Silva
Queen's University Belfast

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Peri-Urbanization and Land Use Fragmentation in Mexico City. Informality, Environmental Deterioration, and Ineffective Urban Policy
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities|2022
74 cit.
2
Experiencing Public Spaces in Southern Chile: Analysing the Effects of the Built Environment on Walking Perceptions
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|2022
24 cit.
3
Providing a feasible energy retrofitting technique based on polyurethane foam injection to improve windows performance in the building stock
Energy and Buildings|2022
19 cit.
4
Integrated urban regeneration for high-rise multi-family buildings by providing a multidimensional assessment model and decision support system
Journal of Building Engineering|2023
12 cit.
5
Street Design Elements That Influence Mental Well-Being: Evidence from Southern Chile
Land|2024
11 cit.
6
Multi-criteria assessment model on environmental ergonomics for decision-making in schoolyards based on remote-sensing and GIS resources
Sustainable Cities and Society|2023
10 cit.
7
Mental wellbeing and aging in place: The role of the built environment in promoting healthy aging
Health & Place|2025
10 cit.
8
Situating spatial determinism in urban design and planning for sustainable walkability: a simulation of street morphology and pedestrian behaviour
Discover Sustainability|2024
8 cit.
9
Schoolyard revegetation as a dual mechanism for environmental education and overheat mitigation
Environmental Development|2025
6 cit.
10
Socially Sustainable Accessibility to Goods and Services in the Metropolitan Area of Concepción, Chile, Post-COVID-19
Sustainability|2022
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Peter M. Ward
Sejong Institute
2
Luis Alberto Salinas Arreortúa
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
3
Elmar Csaplovics
Technische Universität Dresden
4
Carme Miralles‐Guasch
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
5
Nik Theodore
University of Illinois Chicago
6
Jorge Sequera
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
7
Rodrigo Hidalgo
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
8
Alvaro Torres
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
9
Alejandro L. Grindlay
Universidad de Granada
10
Zaida Muxí Martínez
Tecnológico de Monterrey

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism”
Antipode|2002
2.8k cit.
2
Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways
Global Networks|2009
1.8k cit.
3
Mobilizing policy: Models, methods, and mutations
Geoforum|2010
975 cit.
4
Variegated capitalism
Progress in Human Geography|2007
730 cit.
5
After Neoliberalization?
Globalizations|2010
535 cit.
6
Neoliberalism and the urban condition
City|2005
446 cit.
7
An approach for GIS-based statistical landslide susceptibility zonation?with a case study in the Himalayas
Landslides|2005
414 cit.
8
Follow the Policy: A Distended Case Approach
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space|2012
383 cit.
9
Urban sprawl and fragmentation in Latin America: A dynamic quantification and characterization of spatial patterns
Journal of Environmental Management|2012
354 cit.
10
Exporting workfare/importing welfare-to-work: exploring the politics of Third Way policy transfer
Political Geography|2001
324 cit.

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