About me
Raúl is a Spanish interdisciplinary architect engineer by training, with a Masters in Research in Integrated Building Management (environmental expertise) and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Seville (Spain), and wide experience in the non-academic and academic sector where he has played a key role in teaching, researching, mentoring.
He is currently Senior Research Fellow, Co-Chair of Sustainable Housing Design research group (ASUTUT) at Tampere University, and Docent (Adjunct Professor) on Socially Resilient Housing Design and Transformation at the University of Oulu. Raúl studies how homes, buildings and neighbourhoods can better support people and communities in the face of climate, social and wellbeing challenges. His work connects three areas of expertise: (1) energy poverty and justice, (2) lighting, housing and wellbeing, and (3) resilient, low-carbon and energy-efficient built environments. Together, using people-centred, participatory and evidence-based approaches, these areas inform research, education and policy aimed at creating healthier, more just and climate-resilient living environments — from everyday homes to wider urban systems.
He is also Visiting Young Professor at the Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Urban Heat and Pollution Control, Southeast University (China) and Coordinator of the Finnish Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) Antenna.
Further information at researchportal.tuni.fi
