Ortiz-Moya Fernando

Fernando Ortiz-Moya is an architect and urban planner with a training in human geography. His research focuses on global transformations of urban systems, and particularly on shrinking cities, analysing the responses given in different countries to the problems generated by decay. In studying shrinking cities, Fernando has also approached them from a cinematic perspective, exploring how the film media portrays the ongoing changes of our built environment. His more recent work explores urban-based solutions to confront climate change.

Fernando is currently a Policy Researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan. Before joining IGES, he held a position at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He has a Doctorate in Architecture from the University of Tokyo, an MSc in Urban Studies from the University of Edinburgh, and an MArch in Architecture and Urban Planning from the Technical University of Madrid.