Dr Redento Recio

Biography

Dr Redento B. Recio is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Informal Urbanism (InfUr-) Research Hub of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Before joining the University of Melbourne in 2018, he had worked with academic institutions, development NGOs, government agencies, social movements, and private consulting groups in the Philippines. He has also conducted development training activities in different Asian countries (e.g. India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam). Dr Recio’s research interests include urban planning and governance issues such as informal economic activities, grassroots democracy, collective action, participatory planning, social inclusion policies.