Catalina Ortiz
Dr Catalina Ortiz is a Colombian urbanist. She is interested in decolonial and critical urban theory to study the politics of southern urbanisms and uses critical pedagogies and co-design methodologies as an avenue to foster spatial-racial-epistemic justice. She researches the relationship between informality, living heritage, and urban learning, which is key to shape the potentials of a negotiated co-production of urban space. She currently works as Associate Professor and co-Programme Leader of the MSc Building and Urban Design in Development at University College London.