Joao Sette Whitaker Ferreira

Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and Design at the University of São Paulo. Member of the Advisory Board for the World Cities Report 2026 - UN Habitat. Senior researcher at the Laboratory of Housing and Human Settlements (LabHab) at FAU-USP; Former Secretary of Housing of the City of São Paulo (2015-2016); President of ARQUISUR - Association of Public Schools of Architecture and Urbanism of South America. Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism and in Economics, Master in Political Science, PhD in Urban Studies. Doctorate Honoris Causa by the University of Lyon/Jean Monnet, St. Etienne, France; Visiting professor in several universities, author of several articles and books on urban and housing issues in the context of the Global South.