1. Service to the profession

1A. Scientific and advisor committees

1B. Editorial Boards

2021: Member of Expert Group on Metropolitan Solutions (UN-Habitat)

2021: Member of Expert Group on the Reform of the Municipal Chart of Barcelona (City of Barcelona)

2021: Member of the Organizing Committee of the 5th Annual Conference of International Public Policy Association (IPPA)
2019-22: Member of the Advisory Board of the Strategic Metropolitan Plan of Barcelona.
2016-19: Member of European network of metropolitan governance experts “Metropolitan and Planning”, coordinated by the German Academy of Urban Planning (ARL).

2019: International member of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal, McGill University.

2019: Member of the Scientific Board of BIT-Habitat Foundation (City of Barcelona)

2018: Member of the Advisory Council of the Global Cities Program of CIDOB (Centre for International Affairs of Barcelona)

2018: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Smart City Expo World Congress (City of Barcelona).

2017: Member of the Scientific Committee of Barcelona Institute of Metropolitan and Regional Studies

2. Outreach activities

2A. Public talks

2024: Colegio de Jalisco (México), Laboratorio de Estudios Metropolitanos (LEMet), Seminar on Metropolitan Studies: Current debates on Metropolitan Governance.

2023: Senado de Argentina, International seminar “Towards the institutionalisation of Metropolitan Areas in Argentina”: Challenges of Metropolitan Governance

2023: Presentation of the New Plan of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (PDUM): Thoughts about legitimacy

2023: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, The metropolitan debate in Spain: Explaining the Spanish anomaly

2023: 3rd Summer School (Baix Llobregat): Debating territorial organization

2023: Institut d’Estudis Catalans: Métropolis sin Gobierno. La anomalía española en Europa

2023: German Academy of Urban Planning, Which policies are appropriate for the European city today?, a Conference on a French-German Cooperation

2022: MetroSolutions, International Conference: Legitimacy and Democratic Governance

2022: Metropolitan Prospects for a Better Urban Future – Ideas, Inhabitants, Institutions: Polity, politics and policies in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

2022: Metropolitan Prospects for a Better Urban Future – Ideas, Inhabitants, Institutions: Polity, politics and policies in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

2022: Fundació La Caixa and Fundación Knowledge Innovation Market, “La empresa del siglo XXI: tecnología, ciudades innovadoras y ciudadanía” 

2022: DIPLOCAT, International city networks and their dynamics

2022: Ajuntament de Barcelona, Seminar on 2030 Agenda: “Una estratègia de ciutat, metropolitana i de país?”

2022: Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan, presentation of “Compromís Metropolità 2030”

2B. Media

2023: Interview at Catalunya Metropolitana  “Si vols abordar la Barcelona dels 5 milions has d’abordar la Catalunya dels 8 milions“
2023: Interview at Escola d’Estiu del Baix Llobregat  “Governança metropolitana | 3a Escola d’Estiu del Baix Llobregat“

2020: Interview at Global Cities Voices  “Entrevista amb Mariona Tomás“

2020: Interview at Rethink Barcelona “BARCELONA ÉS LA PRIMERA INTERESSADA EN TROBAR MÈTODES EFICIENTS DE GOVERNANÇA“

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