PhD in project management and a background on engineering and political science, he is Tenured Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València. His research has focused on the study of urban sustainability transitions with a focus on planning, innovation and governance processes. He understands university research as a process that in itself has the potential to contribute to advance the transformation of the contemporary city through action-research dynamics and the co-production of knowledge through dialogue, relexivity and learning among diverse actors. His research has been published in journals such as Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal of Cleaner Production, Urban Transformations, Sustainability, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Habitat International, Sustainable Development, International Development Planning Review or Journal of International Development. His main teaching subjects have been focused on issues related to development processes, project design and management and qualitative research methodologies.
He has been General Coordinator of Urban Strategies and Sustainable Agenda in the Mayor's Office of València City Council with a direct responsibiliti on the València 2030 Urban Strategy, the València 2030 Climate Mission, the València Green Capital 2024 and the access to EU Next Generation funds. He has previously been 2nd Deputy Mayor of Valencia City Council in the Govern de la Nau and councillor responsible for citizen participation, innovation and climate change, as well as vice-president of the foundation LAS NAVES, the centre for urban innovation of the city of Valencia, and of the Climate and Energy Foundation.
Socio-technical regimes to understand grassroots innovations and natural capital in Chile
Nancy Sarabia, Jordi Peris, 2021. In: .
Transition to agri-food sustainability, assessing accelerators and triggers for transformation: Case study in Valencia, Spain
Nancy Sarabia, Jordi Peris, Sergio Segura, 2021. In: Journal of Cleaner Production.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129228
Notions of Empowerment and Participation: Contributions from and to the Capability Approach
Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Jordi Peris, Alejandra Boni, 2019. In: .
Are Rights-Based Approaches helping (re)politicise development NGOs?.Exploring the Spanish case
Sergio Belda-Miquel;Alejandra Boni;Iván Cuesta-Fernández;Jordi Peris, 2016. In: International Development Plannning Review.
10.3828/idpr.2016.7
Institutionalization and Depoliticization of the Right to the City: Changing Scenarios for Radical Social Movements
Sergio Belda-Miquel, Jordi Peris Blanes, Alexandre Frediani, 2016. In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
10.1111/1468-2427.12382
Exploring accountability discourses and practices in the Spanish aid system
Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris, Rosemary McGee, Míriam Acebillo-Baqué and Andrés Hueso, 2014. In: Journal of International Development.
10.1002/jid.1828
Los enfoques basados en derechos en la práctica de las ONGD. Experiencias en España
Alejandra Boni, Sergio Belda, Ofelia García, Jordi Peris, 2014. In: .
Los enfoques basados en derechos en la práctica de las ONGD: Experiencias internacionales
Sergio Belda, Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris, 2014. In: .
Educating development professionals for reflective and transformative agency: insights from a master's degree
Peris, Jordi; Belda, Sergio; Cuesta, Iván, 2013. In: .
Qué conocimiento para qué desarrollo. Reflexiones desde la investigación universitaria
Alejandra Boni, Mª de los Llanos Gómez-Torres, Rose Mary McGee y Jordi Peris, 2013. In: Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación.
Resistance and alternative against the new discourse of the right to the city: The case of the Movimento dos Sem Teto da Bahia (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Peris Peris, Jordi; Frediani, Alex; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra, 2013. In: .
Cómo cultivar la ciudadanía cosmopolita en la Educación Superior. El caso de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris, Juan Manuel Rodilla y Andrés Hueso, 2012. In: Revista Electrónica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado (REIFOP).
Competencies in Higher Education: A critical analysis from the capabilities approach
J. Félix Lozano, Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris and Andrés Hueso , 2012. In: Journal of Philosophy of Education.
Cultivating Engineers' Humanity: Fostering cosmopolitanism in a Technical University
Alejandra Boni, Penny MacDonald, Jordi Peris, 2012. In: International Journal of Educational Development.
Elementos para una práctica crítica del desarrollo. Repensando la formación universitaria desde la ED
Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris, Sergio Belda y Lucía Terol, 2012. In: Revista Internación sobre Investigación en Educación Global y para el Desarrollo.
Expanding collective agency in rural indigenous communities in Guatemala: a case for El Almanario approach
Jordi Peris, Sarai Fariñas, Estela López, Alejandra Boni, 2012. In: International Development Planning Review.
10.3828/idpr.2012.6
Los discursos de la accountability en el sistema de cooperación al desarrollo español
Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris, Miriam Acebillo, Rose Mary McGee, Carola Calabuig y Andrés Hueso, 2012. In: Revista española de Cooperación y Desarrollo.
Rethinking capacity development for critical development practice. Inquiry into a postgraduate programme
Sergio Belda, Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris and Lucía Terol, 2012. In: Journal of International Development.
10.1002/jid.2850
Rethinking capacity development for critical development practice. Inquiry into a postgraduate Programme
Sergio Belda, Alejandra Boni, Jordi Peris and Lucía Terol, 2012. In: Journal of International Development.
10.1002/jid.2850
Conceptos e implicaciones de la incorporación del Enfoque Basado en Derechos en las organizaciones de desarrollo
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Peris Blanes, Jordi; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra, 2011. In: Cuadernos de Investigación en Procesos de Desarrollo.
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"Inquiring into the urban transformative capacity…
Sergio Segura-Calero, Nancy Sarabia, Jordi Peris
Agroecological transitions confronting climate breakdown: Food planning for the post-carbon city
Nancy Sarabia, Jordi Peris, Sergio Segura-Calero
19th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production - ERSCP 2019 – Circular Europe for Sustainability: Design, Production and Consumption
Sergio Segura-Calero, Jordi Peris
Association of European Schools of Planning –AESOP 2019 - Planning for Transition
Sergio Segura-Calero, Jordi Peris, Nancy Sarabia, D. Ribo
International Sustainability Transitions Conference – IST 2019 - Accelerating sustainability transitions: Building visions, unlocking pathways, navigating conflicts.
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; García Monteagudo, Ofelia; Cuesta Fernández, Iván; Peris Blanes, Jordi
I Congreso Internacional de Estudios del Desarrollo
Belda, Sergio; Boni, Alejandra; Peris, Jordi; Terol, Lucía
EADI-DSA 2011 Conference (13th EADI General Conference)
Belda, Sergio; Peris, Jordi; Fredini, Álex; Boni, Alejandra
11th N-AERUS Conference