bio

Rosa Félix is an urban cycling and pedestrian mobility researcher. With a master’s degree in Territory and Urban Planning Engineering by Instituto Superior Técnico. Rosa is a PhD in Transportation Systems in the MIT Portugal program. Since 2012 she has been working in cycling mobility, being that the subject of her master thesis, and collaborated in the elaboration of the Bicycle Mobility Plan of the Municipality of Loulé and in the team for the integration of the EuroVelo Network in Portugal. Rosa is skilled in GIS and R softwares, and loves web mapping. She also worked as a cartographer in the Portuguese Geographic Institute, and as a manager of Bike Pop project in Lisbon. In 2015, Rosa organized the first Mobility Week of Instituto Superior Técnico, and was a Visiting Scholar in Portland State University in 2017/18. She collaborates actively with Cicloficina dos Anjos, a community bicycle shop, since its establishment.