Oriol NelloOriol Nel·lo is a geographer specialized in urban studies and territorial planning, subjects on which he has published a good number of books and scientific articles. Educated at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Doctorate in Geography) and Johns Hopkins University (Masters in International Affairs), he has been director of the Metropolitan Studies Institute of Barcelona (1988-1999), Member of Parliament of Catalonia (1999) -2003) and Secretary for Territorial Planning of the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia (2003-2011).

He is currently a full member of the Institute of Catalan Studies and a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​where he returned in 2011 to teach undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in the Department of Geography. He also directs the UAB’s Research Group on Energy, Territory and Society (GURB).

 

CONTACT

Mail: oriol.nello@uab.cat
Twitter: –
Web: https://oriolnello.blogspot.com
Research Portal UAB: https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/oriol nello
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-4938

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

Urban studies and territorial planning.

 

3 SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Proyecto TEDIS. Territorialización de derechos e infraestructuras sociales: el papel de los equipamientos públicos ante la vulnerabilidad urbana (2025-2028).
  • Informe de diagnosi i recomanacions dels elements territorials en l’àmbit de l’autoritat del transport metropolità de barcelona i la seva relació amb la mobilitat (2024-2026)
  • Segregació residencial i recursos locals a les ciutats de l’Arc Mediterrani (2024-2026).

 

3 HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Agustín Hernández Aja & Oriol Nel·lo (2025) Barcellona/Madrid: un dialogo crítico tra due città , Nàpols, CLEAN.
  2. Oriol Nel·lo & Joan Checa (2024). L’atracció de la ciutat i el camp.
    Percepcions i preferències de la joventut catalana respecte l’entorn residencial     . Barcelona: Agència de la Joventut de Catalunya.
  3. El apoyo mutuo en tiempos de crisis. La solidaridad ciudadana durante la pandemia Covid-19 (Buenos Aires, CLACSO, 2022). Analysis of solidarity initiatives in several countries of Southern Europe and Latin America during the pandemic (edited with Ismael Blanco and Ricard Gomà). The Italian version of the book has been published by CLEAN Edizioni, Naples, 2023, translated by E. Coppola and A. Mazza.