Luís Filipe Dias is a researcher at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C) of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He earned his PhD from the University of Lisbon with a dissertation focused on the relationships between socioecological resilience, climate change, and flood risk in urban contexts.
His research lies at the interface of climate science, ecohydrology, and decision support. He has worked on climate change adaptation, water availability, water quality, and nature-based solutions, combining spatial analysis, hydrological modelling, and decision-making under uncertainty.
Among the projects in which he has taken on greater scientific responsibility, he coordinated, within ClimAdaPT.Local, the work package dedicated to the co-creation of 27 climate change adaptation strategies. He was Principal Investigator of the Algarve Intermunicipal Climate Change Adaptation Plan (PIAAC-AMAL), leading the integration of hydrological modelling and adaptive decision-making in regional water management, and Co-Principal Investigator of the National Roadmap for Adaptation 2100 (RNA2100), coordinating modelling components, indicators, and the assessment of adaptation options with direct translation into national public policy processes.
His career bridges scientific research, climate services, and support for the formulation and implementation of strategic policy instruments, including collaboration in the revision of the National Programme for Spatial Planning Policy (PNPOT), thereby strengthening the link between hydroclimatic evidence, climate change adaptation, and public decision-making.