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Dr Sonia Alves's paper, Divergence in planning for affordable housing: A comparative analysis of England and Portugal , draws on findings from her research into planning for affordable housing in London, Lisbon and Copenhagen.

Dr Alves presented some of the findings of her research to an invited audience at St Catharine's College, Cambridge on 2 December 2019.

Dr Sónia Alves has produced the final report for her PLANAFFHO project.

Dr Sónia Alves gave a presentation at 'Affordable housing: the 20th century legacy,' an international congress held at the Faculty of Architecture of Porto University (FAUP) in May 2019.

In March 2019, Sónia Alves took part in a debate on the challenges of governance, tourism and population in the historical centre of Porto.

As part of the Department of Land Economy's Michaelmas seminar series, Dr Alves gave a presentation of her research to date, focusing on her international comparative analysis of housing and planning use.

Dr Gemma Burgess delivered a presentation on behalf of herself and Sónia Alves at the 4th Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development in Singapore

Sónia Alves presented at the International Conference on the Global Dynamics of Social Policy at the University of Bremen, on behalf of herself and Gemma Burgess, in October 2018.

Sónia Alves presented at the 2018 UK and Ireland Planning Conference in Sheffield, September 2018.

Sónia's blog for ICS Lisbon looks at the potential for land value capture to impact the provision of affordable housing in Portugal: Mobilizar as mais valias do planeamento a favor da construção de habitação económica?