Raúl is an interdisciplinary architect engineer by training, with a Masters in Research in Integrated Building Management (environmental expertise) and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Seville, Spain. He has over 8 years of experience in the non-academic and academic sector where he has played a key role in teaching, researching, mentoring, and exchanging knowledge on sustainability, buildings, innovative solutions, and people’s quality of life. Raúl co-chairs the Sustainable Housing Design (ASUTUT) research group at Tampere University, and acts as Research Field Coordinator of the Resilient Communities of practices at the ECIU University. He is also Visiting Young Professor at the Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Urban Heat and Pollution Control, Southeast University, China.

His research interests include understanding how to design and transform housing and communities for a more sustainable, affordable, and resilient built environment.

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