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Roberto Rocco CURRICULUM VITAE MISSION STATEMENT: I am a dynamic urban researcher, interested in spatial planning theory and practice, education and participation. Knowl- edge is active involvement with the object to be known. Brief History 1. I was born in São Paulo, the biggest city of SouthAmerica 2. In 1984, I completed my secondary school in Montreal, Canada 3. After years in semi-professional theatre, I went to the University of São Paulo for a degree in architecture and urban planning in 1990 4. After graduation I went to Slovenia for a stage at the Slovenian Institute of Urbanism in 1996 5. After Slovenia, I studied at the Institut Français d’Urbanisme at Marne-la-Vallee for one semester 6. I entered the Masters in Spatial Planning at the University of São Paulo 7. In 2000, I earned a scholarship to study at TU Delft for one year, as part of my masters. I went back to Brazil and defended my Masters thesis in 2002 8. In 2003, I went back to the Netherlands for my PhD. I completed my doctoral research in 2008 9. I have been working as an assistant professor at the Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy of the TU Delft since 2007 10. In the same year, I was hired by the University of Hertfordshire (UK) to work as a research assistant for the project ‘Research into Practice’ Summary of skills Higher Education Courses I teach See my complete CV: 5991 Number of document views on my ISSUU account 8 Number of years I have worked at the Delft University of Technology 32 Number of graduation projects I have guided 4 Number of languages I can write articles in 2320 Number of people who have seen my presentation ‘How to build your problem statement’ on Slideshare (Nov 2011) 44 Number of texts I published in conference proceedings and book chapters 5580 Number of study hours to obtain a diploma in architecture and urbanism at USP Vast experience in regional spatial planning in an academic environment; Experience in conceptualising, developing, implementing and evaluating academic content in a spatial planning and design education; Vast experience in academic research in areas of spatial planning, governance, urban management tools, economic geography and research method- ology; Very good aptitude to communicate and teach in multicultural environments, work in a team environment, and capacity for flexibility in order to reach consensus; Very good experience in dealing with cultural differences in a multicultural learning and researching environment; Excellent ability to establish and maintain good professional rapport, and to communicate orally and in writing in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish; Excellent writing skills and ability to communicate in a variety of media, including presentations, websites, BLOGS, social media, short movies and posters. [email protected] http://issuu.com/robertorocco http://www.slideshare.net/robrocco/ http://robertorocco.com/ Bachelor in Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Sao Paulo Post-graduate Masters in Spatial Planning at the University of Sao Paulo PhD in Spatial Planning at the Delft University of Technology Assistant researcher at the University of Hertfordshire This visual CV was inspired and modelled upon Hagan Blount’s visual CV available at http://haganblount.com/resume Reach me: http://issuu.com/robertorocco/docs/roberto_rocco_cv_2011 Complex Cities Gradua- tion Studio on Spatial Planning and Strategy at TU Delft AR3U012 Research & Design Methods AR2U090 Research & Design Methodology for Urbanism Draft 6 Research nd Design Methods for Urbanism (MSc3 TU Delft) Research and Design Methodology for Urbanism (MSc2 TU Delft) Studio Mobile Strategies at the European Masters of Urbanism (TU Delft) 287 Number of emails I sent in October 2011
