Ana Gago is a researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies of the University of Lisbon and an activist in collectives fighting for the right to housing and the city. She studied the process of tourism gentrification in the Alfama neighbourhood and is currently investigating how the structure of property ownership in Lisbon has changed over the last decade. She is a member of the Habita association and the Stop Despejos collective and is part of the Referendum against holiday rentals in Lisbon.

Ana Rita Alves is an anthropologist and holds a PhD in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies from the University of Coimbra, with the thesis "Beyond Loss: Race, Displacement and the Political". She currently coordinates the "DAM - Digital African Memory" project within the grassroots association Batoto Yetu Portugal. Over the past decade, Ana Rita has produced critical academic knowledge on institutional racism, public policies, territory, and political violence in Portugal for the last decade, working with grassroots movements of peripheral self-produced and rehousing neighbourhoods. She is the author of the book When nobody could stay: racism, housing and territory (Tigre de Papel, 2021). 

Filipa Cabrita, architect in the Housing and Construction Section of Cooperativa Minga, contributes to housing initiatives like CHEE and AOATAC. Joined the Local Action Team of “Da Habitação ao Habitat” Pilot Project by IHRU. Worked with CM Évora in the 1st phase of implementing the Local Housing Strategy, and with ADRAL in the project “Rede Acesso Serviços Interesse Geral do Alentejo”. Part of the DASH-MSCA Staff Exchange consortium, Co-Habitar Network, and Communing Spaces Network.

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