Eduardo Medeiros is a Geography Professor, an Integrated Research Fellow in Setúbal Polytechnic Institute - RESILIENCE – Centre for Regional Resilience and Sustainability and an Associated Research Fellow in DINÂMIA'CET-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. He has a Ph.D. and post-Ph.D. in Geography - Regional and Urban Planning, and around 200 publications, including more than 60 published papers in international journals, 12 books and 25 book chapters.
His research interests are focused on EU Cohesion Policy, Territorial Impact Assessment, Territorial Cohesion, Territorial Development, Territorial Cooperation, Environmental Sustainability and Spatial Planning. He is a DG REGIO, URBACT III and EU b-solutions expert, a member of the scientific advisory panel of ESPON and the European Commission Sounding Board of the Cohesion for Transitions Community of Practice and a contributor to the Reflection Group on the future of Cohesion Policy.
He is also a Regional Studies Association Fellow and a Fulbrighter. He coordinated several international policy evaluation projects and was a member of DG REGIO, ESPON and FCT projects.
He was invited as a project adviser and to write reports and position papers for DG REGIO the World Bank and the European Parliament. He was invited to be a keynote speaker by several International Universities and EU institutions (European Commission and Committee of the Regions). He is a member of the scientific and editorial committee of several journals and a peer reviewer of around 50 journals.
He was a final Jury of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2022.
He is the lead expert in the Main Area of Governance in the Preparatory Action “New European Bauhaus Knowledge Management Platform” and organiser of four workshops of EURegionsWeekUniversity.