Dr. Gabriela Quintana Vigiola is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design at the University of Technology Sydney's School of Built Environment, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. She holds a PhD in Built Environment, aside from a Bachelor in Architecture, a Bachelor in Psychology (Major in Social Psychology) and a Master of Urban Design. Complementary to her academic role, she has been continuously involved as an industry consultant in urban design and urban planning. Her main practice and research focus on
place, more specifically on current issues such as place-making, place-based policies and displacement affecting different populations in different contexts.