Eduardo Oliveira holds a Ph.D. in spatial sciences from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (2012-2016). In his Ph.D. thesis, he brings together place branding and strategic spatial planning, particular at the regional scale. His work appears in journals such as Journal of Place Management and Development, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Regional Studies, Regional Science. Eduardo is also a regular voice at conferences focusing on spatial planning, territorial governance and regional studies. Eduardo, at the present, is a Postdoc researcher at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Zürich, Switzerland. He integrates the CONCUR project team and devotes special attention to the effectiveness of regional governance in strategic spatial plan-making and plan-implementation and how spatial planning impacts land change.