Maria Jose Arbelaez Zapata

Development Planning Unit, University College London

Colombia

I hold an MSc in Urban Studies from the Geography Department at University College London and pursued my undergraduate studies in Government and Public Affairs at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. Currently, I am a DPU MPhil candidate, focusing my research on to what extent caregiving practices influence caregivers’ interactions with urban public spaces through walking and how these interactions challenge gender norms in urban public spaces and assumptions around mobility in the mainstreaming of planning.