Roberto Rocco CV

Current occupations
Assistant Professor at the Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy of the
Department of Urbanism, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft),
The Netherlands.
Summary of skills
• 12 years experience in research and teaching of spatial planning
theory and methods, economic geography and research methodology
• 10 years experience in spatial plan development in an academic
environment
• Superior ability to develop and manage courses, workshops and
training programs related to spatial planning and urban and regional
design for an international audience
• Experience in conceptualising, developing, implementing and
evaluating content in spatial planning and design education. Superior
ability to create and share teaching materials. Excellent use of web-
based platforms and social media as educational tools
• Very good aptitude to communicate and teach in multicultural
environments where a cross cultural perspective is necessary. Very
good experience in dealing with cultural differences in a multicultural
learning environment
• Excellent ability to work in a team and capacity for ﬂexibility to reach
consensus. Excellent capacity for mediation and conduction of
workshops and debates
• Excellent ability to establish and maintain good professional rapport,
and to communicate orally and in writing in English, French,
Portuguese and Spanish. Good knowledge of Dutch
• Vast experience in writing reports and academic articles and in
publishing
Roberto Rocco, Assistant Professor, Researcher
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640
r.c.rocco@tudelft.nl
www.spatialplanning.bk.tudelft.nl
www.robertorocco.com
Roberto Rocco, BA Architect &
Urban Planner,MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor in Spatial Planning and Strategy and Research Methodology for Urbanism at
the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Born on September 3rd, 1966 at Sao Paulo, Brazil. Currently a permanent resident at The Hague, The Netherlands.

Professional experience
Assistant Professor, Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy, Delft University of
Technology, Delft, The Netherlands (2008 - present)
Responsible for course development in the area of methodology in spatial planning and
design; leader of design and planning graduation studios at Masters and post Masters
levels; academic supervision of masters and doctoral students
Tasks include:
• Supervising and training students in planning and designing for graduation projects.
Specially skilled in dealing with development plans for cities and regions in
Northwestern Europe, China and Latin America
• Organizing workshops, debates and other learning activities. Special interest in the
development of games and role-playing exercises connected to planning and
designing
• Developing and delivering courses and lectures in research methodology, spatial
planning and strategy. Special interest in spatial planning and design theory. Very
familiar with current literature in planning and designing theory, participation and
governance
• Supervising masters and doctoral students
• Doing research in spatial planning practice and theory
• Publishing results of research in book chapters and conference articles
• Preparing bids for funds and grants for research projects
• Preparing reports related to the academic and administrative life of the institution
• Dealing with challenges in a spatial planning education for a diverse group of
students, with very different cultural and educational backgrounds
• Coordinating communication and marketing for the chair, including web development
and design of visual communication
• Preparing graphic and other promotional and marketing material for the department of
Urbanism and the Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy. Designing and editing
Spatial Planning and Strategy BLOG (available at http://spatialplanningtudelft.eu), as
well as preparing communication material (leaﬂets, posters, booklets).
• Managing the Development Studies Group mailing list. Responsible for
communication and marketing concerning initiatives in development studies
• Member of the “Governance, Regional Planning and Design Research Group”.
Responsible for organizing periodical meetings and seminars, as well as
communication and marketing
• Member of the SCUPAD organizing committee (Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning
and Development) (since 2012)
Assistant researcher at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities Research Institute. 2009-2011.
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

Research into areas of design and creative practice and their relationship with
academic traditional research. This was a research into philosophy of science and
methodology. Funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Tasks used to include:
• Doing research in philosophy of science and issues concerning academic research in
areas of creative practice, such as urban design and planning, and all connected
activities (writing, publishing and participating in conferences)
• Delivering a doctoral research training courses as a lecturer
• Organizing workshops and lectures
• Developing a methodology course for the Department of Urbanism of the TU Delft
• Participation in various conferences and seminars
Prior to my appointment as Assistant Professor at TU Delft, I was a PhD
candidate at the same institution. I was entirely funded by the university with
a teaching contract and therefore needed to teach and publish like any other
regular research staff since 2008. This is why my teaching experience predates
my appointment as Assistant Professor. Previous to my work at TU Delft, I
acted as an assistant lecturer at the University of Sao Paulo, as I was
completing my post-graduate Masters in Spatial Planning at the University of
Sao Paulo.
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

Academic development
Doctoral degree, TU Delft; Delft, The Netherlands − 2004-2008. Title of the
dissertation: “An Urban Geography of Globalisation: New urban structures in the age
of hyper connectivity”. Funded by TU Delft.
Tasks included research in economic geography and urban/spatial transformation under
globalisation, publishing, conferences & congresses participation (please, see
publication list below), lectures at various organisations and participation as keynote
speaker in congresses and events. Title obtained: PhD in spatial planning. Supervised by
Professor J. Rosemann. The thesis was published in book format: ROCCO, R. 2008. An
Urban Geography of Globalisation: New Urban Structures in the Age of Hyper-
connectivity, Delft, IFoU. ISBN: 978-90-78658-06-1
Post-graduate Masters in Spatial Planning (Academic Masters), University of São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil − 1999-2002. Title of the thesis: “ The Faria Lima Urban Operation: a
study of a partnership mechanism between State and private initiative in the city of Sao
Paulo in the 1990s”. Funded by FAPESP (State of São Paulo Research Council).
Tasks included doing research on urban policy and urban transformation under
conditions of liberalisation of the economy. Title obtained: post-graduate Masters ‘Cum
Laude’ (recommendation for publication). Supervised by Professor Dr. S. Schiffer.
Bursary Alfa-Ibis Programme (EU), TU Delft, Delft, 2000. Funded by the EU.
Tasks included doing research on urban-related themes with emphasis on globalisation,
governance and urban transformation. No particular title obtained.
Assistant lecturer, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 1999. Funded by FAPESP (State of
São Paulo Research Council).
Tasks included the preparation of lectures, seminars and assistance to students. This was
funded by FAPESP within the PAE (Training Program for Higher Education Teaching).
Post graduate Masters (French DEA), Institut Français d’Urbanisme Marne-la-Valée,
1997. Privately funded.
DEA Urbanisme et Aménagement, Masters in Urban Planning with emphasis on Third
World Metropolises (course not completed).
Bachelor in architecture and planning, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo − 1990-1996.
Graduation course on Architecture and Urban Planning. Final graduation dissertation on
Urban Transformation in São Paulo under conditions of accentuated liberalisation of the
economy. Supervised by Dr. V. Pallamin (5580 hours).
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

Junior research assistantship (‘Scientiﬁc Initiation’), University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo
− 1991-1992. Funded by CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientiﬁc Research)
Faculty of Architecture, Department of History of Architecture. Research on urban
culture and public cultural policies in the city of São Paulo during the Worker’s Party
Mayor L. Erundina administration (1989-1992).
Canadian Studies (summer course), Concordia University, Montreal, June-July 1992.
Funded by the Canadian Government and FAPESP (State of Sao Paulo Research
Council)
University of São Paulo, Institute of Brazilian Studies and Concordia University of
Montreal, Canada. Canadian Culture and Society at Concordia University summer
school.
Other relevant professional experience
Instituto Polis, São Paulo, Brazil, 2003 (free-lance work)
Polis Institute for Study, Training and Consultancy in Urban Policies, São Paulo, SP,
Brazil. http://www.polis.org.br , Renato Cymbalista: renato@polis.org.br
Research in urban policy and land use issues
Editora Globo (Publishing House), São Paulo, 2002-2003 (free-lance work)
Text reviewer and translation advisor in the areas of Foreign Literature and Science http://
editoraglobo.globo.com, Joaci Pereira Furtado: joacifurtado@click21.com.br.
Urban Planning Institute of the Slovenian Republic, Liubliana May-July 1997
(internship)
Training in urban management and design with the development of an urban project for
the area of Mazoljce, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, under the supervision of Ir. Ivan
Stanic: ivan.stanic@urbinstitut.si
Language teacher for the British Council in Brazil, São Paulo, 1994-1996 (full time
employment)
Teacher of English, up to upper intermediate levels. Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura
Inglesa (British Council), http://www.culturainglesasp.com.br/
This included intensive training in teaching techniques.
Language teacher for Berlitz Language School, São Paulo, 1989-1993 (full time
employment)
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

Teacher of English, French and Spanish up to upper intermediate levels. Berlitz school of
languages in Sao Paulo. This post included intensive training in teaching techniques.
Funded projects and scholarships
1992-1994: Bursary in the national programme for young researchers training at the
Department of History of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of
Sao Paulo (FAUUSP). Research assistant to Professor Maria Cecilia França Lourenço
(History of Art). Funded by the Brazilian Council for Scientiﬁc and Technological
Development (CNPq).
1999-2001: Full scholarship for the postgraduate masters programme of the Faculty of
Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo (FAUUSP), resulting in the
thesis: This research was supervised by Professor Sueli R. Schiffer and funded by The state
of Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
2000: Scholarship for postgraduate research at the Delft University of Technology (TU
Delft) funded by the Alfa fellowship programme (co-operation between Higher
Education Institutions of the European Union and Latin America) of Development and
Cooperation programme of the European Commission.
2004-2007: Fully funded Doctoral Research programme at the Delft University of
Technology. Title: “An Urban Geography of Globalisation: New urban structures in the
age of hyper connectivity”.
2009- 2011: Assistant researcher at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Research into areas of design and creative
practice and their relationship with academic traditional research. Funded by the UK
Arts and Humanities Research Council.
2013-2016: Researcher at Planning for Energy Efﬁcient Cities (FP7 project Energy-Smart
Cities 2012) funded by the European Commission as partners with a number of
municipalities and universities led by Eskilstuna in Sweden. This research project is just
beginning, but I am one of the people in charge of organising the work package of our
university.
Valorisation
2010: Course “Supervising the Supervisor”, Netherlands Graduate School of Urban and
Regional Research. Course on doctoral supervision.
2009: Course “Research Project Management”, TBM Faculty of Technology, Policy and
Management, TU Delft. Course on research project management.
2005: Course “Academic Writing”, TBM Faculty of Technology, Policy and
Management, TU Delft.
Courses in bibliography management, web design and publishing and academic
writing.
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

Keynote speeches at conferences and seminars
(these include only invitations as keynote speaker. It does not include participation in
conferences and seminars as presenter)
1. New Urban Languages: Re-imaging the city after the knowledge-based turn (Milan
June 2013). Lecture: What is Governance and why it is important for urban planning
and designing”.
2. International Conference on River Basin Planning and Management (Taipei, May
2013), New Taipei City Hall, Commentator to information and management project
devised by NCKU for the government of Taiwan.
3. iCities International Forum on Innovative Planning (Tainan, May 2013), National
Cheng-Kung University at Tainan (Taiwan): “Operating Sustainability: Teaching
Sustainability on Planning Education”: Title of speech: Integrating Sustainability into
Planning Education from an International Perspective. Presentation available at:
http://issuu.com/robertorocco/docs/regional_networked_governance
4. International Conference on Urban Development (Prague, May 2013), organised by
cabinet of the mayor of Prague and the Stavebni Forum. Lecture: “The emergence of
regional governance”. Lecture available at http://www.stavebni-forum.cz/
summit2013/en/index.php?url=program
5. 44th SCUPAD Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development (Salzburg,
May, 2012), "Front page Planning: Before and After Major Events, Disasters, and
Social Unrest" Lecture: “Rio Olympic Legacy: Missed Opportunities”. Presentation
available at: http://issuu.com/robertorocco/docs/rio_olympics/1
6. iCities International Forum on Innovative Planning (Tainan, October 2012) National
Cheng-Kung University at Tainan (Taiwan): “Globalisation and Planning Education”.
Lecture ”Teaching for Urbanism: A didactical experience in a newly academicized
area”. Presentation available at: http://www.slideshare.net/robrocco/teaching-for-
urbanism-a-didactical-experience-at-tu-delft
7. International Seminar “From Creative Cities to Urban Creativity: Economy, Culture
and Governance in the Contemporary City” (Lisbon, December 2009), Institute of
Social Sciences, University of Lisbon.Lecture: “Cultural Policies for the Dual City:
Culture, Territory and Citizenship in Sao Paulo”. Presentation available at: http://
www.slideshare.net/robrocco/cultural-policies-for-the-dual-city-culture-territory-and-
citizenship-in-sao-paulo
8. IV Projetar 2009: Design as Research: Teaching, Research and Practice (Sao Paulo,
October 2009), Mackenzie Presbyterian University of Sao Paulo, Lecture: “A
pedagogical proposal in an area of epistemological uncertainty”
9. 37th SCUPAD Salzburg Congress for Urban Planning and Development (Salzburg,
May 2006). “Rapidly Expanding Cities in an Urbanising World”. Lecture: “Building a
South American Metropolis: Issues of Development in Sao Paulo, Brazil”.
Presentation available at http://www.slideshare.net/robrocco/buiding-a-south-
american-metropolis
Relevant publications
List of publications in the last 6 years
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

ROCCO, R. 2012. An urban geography of knowledge-intensive service ﬁrms: the case of São Paulo
In: GEENHUIZEN, M. V. & NIJKAMP, P. (Eds.), The Knowledge City, Social and Policy
Perspectives. Delft. TBM
ROCCO, R. 2010. Spatial Structural Change and Socio-Spatial Duality under Globalisation: the
case of Sao Paulo. In: KLAUFUS, C. & ZOMMERS, A., (Eds.) Latin American Studies
Association: From Crisis to recovery, 2010 Chicago. LASA.
ROCCO, R. 2010. New Spaces for the New Economy: New patters for the location of advanced
services in post-Fordism. 24th AESOP Annual Conference. Helsinki: AESOP.
BIGGS, M., BUCHLER, D. & ROCCO, R. 2009. Design Practice and Research: Interconnections and
the criterion-based approach. In: MALINS, J., (Ed.) European Academy of Design:
Design Connexity, 2009 Aberdeen. EAD & Robert Gordon University, 375-380.
ROCCO, R., BIGGS, M. & BUCHLER, D. 2009. A Pedagogical Proposal in an Area of
Epistemological Uncertainty. In: PROJETAR, 13-16 Oct. 2009 Sao Paulo. FAU
Mackenzie.
ROCCO, R. 2008c. An Urban Geography of Globalisation: New Urban Structures in the Age of
Hyper-Connectivity, Delft, IFoU.
ROCCO, R. 2008b. A New Role for Comprehensive Spatial Planning. IN PUTTE, H. V., JONGE, H.
D., DECLERCK, J., FRAUSTO, S., NADIN, V., ROCCO, R., PROVOOST, J. & ZWART, J.
V. D. (Eds.) Corporations and Cities Colloquium. Brussels, TU Delft & Berlage Institute.
ROCCO, R. 2008a. The Location of Large Advanced Service Firms in the Network City Region:
Evidence from the Randstad-Holland. IN PUTTE, H. V. D. (Ed.) Corporations and Cities
Colloquium. Brussels, TU Delft & Berlage Institute.
ROCCO, R. 2006h. An Urban Geography of Globalisation: New Corporate Centralities in the Age of
Hyper Connectivity. IN VAGGIONE, P. (Ed. ISOCARP Cities between integration and
disintegration: opportunities and challenges. Istanbul, IsoCarp.
ROCCO, R. 2006g. Post-Fordism and the Emergence of New Corporate Centralities. IN SCHRIJNEN,
P. M. (Ed.) Plandag 2006 : NieuweRuimte Nieuwe Economie; Nieuwe Economie
Nieuwe Ruimte. Amsterdam, Plandag Org.
ROCCO, R. 2006f. Modernisation Challenged: Looking for a New
Epistemological Framework on Modernity and Globalisation. IN PELLEGRINI, P. (Ed).
III International PhD Seminar: A new modernity: approaches, theories and designs.
Venice, IUAV.
ROCCO, R. 2006e. The Geography of Advanced Producer Services: New Corporate Centralities in
Polycentric Urban Structures. IN COSTA, P., PIRES, I., TEIXEIRA, J. A. & PIRES, P. (Eds.)
VVI International Conference of RESER. Lisbon, ISCTE/ RESER.
ROCCO, R. 2006d. Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Growth: The Role of FDI in the Tertiary
Sector in Triggering Development. IN HOEVEN, F. V. D. & ROSEMANN, J. (Eds.)
Urban Transformations and Sustainability: Progress of Research Issues in Urbanism
2005. Delft, DUP/ IOS Press.
ROCCO, R. 2006c. Economic Flexibilization and Denationalisation in Brazil During the 1990s. IN
HOGENBOOM, B. & JILBERTO, A. F. (Eds.) Big Business on the Rise: Conglomerates
and Economic Groups in Developing Countries and Transition Economies under
Globalisation. London, Routledge.
ROCCO, R. 2006b. Building a South American Macrometropolis. IN WIT, T. D. & STANIC, I. (Eds.)
Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development: Rapidly Expanding Cities in
an Urbanising World. Salzburg, SCUPAD.
ROCCO, R. 2006a. Avoiding the Generic City: Contradictions between Globalisation and
Modernity on Urban Identity. IN WANG, C., SHENG, Q. & SEZER, C. (Eds.) IFOU
2006: Modernisation and Regionalism, Re-inventing Urban Identity. Beijing,
International Forum of Urbanism.
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

ROCCO, R. 2005f. Servicios Avanzados a las Empresas Como Agentes de Transformación Urbana.
IN YANEZ, G., GIMENEZ, R. & COLL, J.-L. (Eds.) III Seminario RIDEAL:
Transformaciones Metropolitanas en Europa y America Latina: ¿Hacia un Modelo
Unico? Toulouse, RIDEAL/ Universite Toulouse Le Mirail.
ROCCO, R. 2005e. Reason, Capital and Urban Space: The New Role for Urban Planning in
Triggering Societal Change. IN HULSBERGEN, E., KLAASEN, I. & KRIENS, I. (Eds.)
Shifting Sense: Looking Back to the Future in Spatial Planning. Amsterdam, Techne
Press.
ROCCO, R. 2005d. La Operación Urbana Faria Lima: Un Nuevo Marco Legal. IN CARMONA, M.
(Ed.) Globalización y Grandes Proyectos Urbanos: La Respuesta De 25 Ciudades.
Buenos Aires, Inﬁnito.
ROCCO, R. 2005c. Foreign Direct Investment and Urban Change: A Contrast between Randstad-
Holland and Sao Paulo. IN CASANOVAS, M. M., COROMINAS, M., SABATE, J. &
SOTOCA, A. (Eds.) II PhD Seminar: Urbanism & Urbanisation. Barcelona, Universitat
Politecnica de Catalunya.
ROCCO, R. 2005b. Foreign Direct Investment and the New Geography of Urban Centralities IN
ISOCARP (Ed. IsoCarp: Making Spaces for the Creative Economy. Bilbao, IsoCarp.
ROCCO, R. 2005a. FDI and Urban Change: How Does the Location of Advanced Producer Services
Help Shape the Global City. IN RESER& GRANADA, U. D. (Eds.) XV International
RESER Conference: Growth, Employment and Location of Services: New Trends in a
Global World. Granada, RESER/ Universidad de Granada.
Referees
Professor Vincent Nadin (current manager*)
Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft),
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
v.nadin@tudelft.nl
Professor Michael Biggs (former manager at University of Hertfordshire)
School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire
Hatﬁeld
Hertfordshire
AL10 9AB
UK
m.a.biggs@herts.ac.uk
Professor Sueli Ramos Schiffer (former MSc supervisor at the University of Sao Paulo)
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Sao Paulo,
FAU Maranhão
Rua Maranhão, 88
01240.000 São Paulo SP
Brazil
srschif@usp.br
TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

TU Delft, Urbanism
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL, Delft,
The Netherlands
T +31 (0)6 23491710
T + 31 070 366 7640

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