Liliana Fonseca

Liliana Fonseca is a Research Fellow in the European Policies Research Centre, Delft, based at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, and of the European Policies Research Centre Glasgow at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

At EPRC, she is project manager for the Interreg Europe COMMIT project on Low-carbon SME Development and Transition. Between 2017-2020 she was an Early Stage Research Fellow of the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network RUNIN (The Role of Universities in Innovation and Regional Development) at the University of Aveiro (PT), in which she developed her PhD research on universities’ engagement in regional innovation policy like that of Smart Specialisation, through international comparative research.

Her previous studies focused on political science, governance, urban and regional sustainability and grassroots initiatives. She holds a PhD in Public Policies from the University of Aveiro, an MSc in Eco-Cities by Cardiff University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations by the New University of Lisbon.