Carlos has over 10 years of research experience on community engagement, civic participation, and community development involving disadvantaged communities in Australia and South America. His research and practice foci are on diversity and inclusion, and citizens’ participation mechanisms in decision-making. Carlos’ career brings together academic research, capacity building, advocacy, and project delivery within public and NGO domains.
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Anthropology (Universidad de Los Andes)
Networks & International Programs
- Manchester Urban Institute & National University of Singapore, Summer Institute in Urban Studies (SIUS 2018), Singapore, July 2018.
- RMIT- Digital Ethnography Research Centre, Summer School in Digital Ethnography, Melbourne, Australia, Feb 2017.
- The University of Oxford- Oxford Internet Institute, Summer Doctorate Programme, Oxford, UK, June 2016
Selected Publications
Vella, K., Estrada-Grajales, C., Eberhard, R. (2019). Regional Planning Project Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting (DAF 17069). Starting Conditions for Regional Biosecurity Collaborations: Results and summary of the first round of data collection. Queensland University of Technology [Manuscript approved by the Queensland Government on October 22, 2019]
Estrada-Grajales, C., Foth, M., Mitchell, P., Caldwell, G. (2019). The Museum in the Smart City: The Role of Cultural Institutions in Co-Producing Urban Imaginaries. In: Aurigi & Willis (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities. Routledge.
Estrada-Grajales, C., Foth, M., Mitchell, P. (2018). Urban Imaginaries of Co-creating the City: Local Activism Meets Citizen Peer-Production. Journal of Peer Production, 11.
Estrada-Grajales, C., Mitchell, P., Satchell, C., Foth, M. (2018). Rat Running the G20: Collective Intelligence for Navigating the Disrupted City. AI & Society, 33(1) pp. 133-146. Springer. doi 10.1007/s00146-017-0747-y
Selected conferences & talks
“Better Partnerships Project: Regional Collaborations for Biosecurity” Regional workshops with BPP regional Pest Management Groups, Bundaberg & Townsville, Feb 2020.
“The Right to the City- Brisbane: Reflections and Lessons” Discussion panel, VergeFest Community and Street festival, Brisbane, Australia, May 2019.
“Imagining an Alternative City: The Case of Right to the City- Brisbane” Part of the Brisbane Free University panel, chaired by Dr Natalie Osborne. Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 2017.
“The City of Night-Shift Workers” Cracks in the Concrete: A Citizen-led Discussions for our Right to the City, Brisbane, Australia, Sept 2016.
“Imagining the Night-time City: Participatory ethnographies from the bottom-up” Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme, Oxford, UK, July 2016.
“Projecting the new world city: The city as spectacle in an urban light festival” Mediacity 5, University of Plymouth, UK, May 2015.