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Mateus Humberto

PhD Student

Mateus holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), where he joined the Dual-Degree Program Architect-Engineer both at FAU-USP (Brazil) and the EPFL (Switzerland).

Before starting his PhD, he worked for NGOs (Techo, apē estudos em mobilidade, ITDP, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities), transport consultancies (Logit, TC Urbes, Instituto Movimento), and has taken part of a research at the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF). His researches are mostly focused on the interactions between active mobility, the formation of habits, and the formulation of public policies, with emphasis on social justice and childhood issues.

Projects I'm involved in

CML-Ativos
Promoting mobility capabilities from childhood onwards: Impact of interventions in preschools of São Paulo (Brazil) with focus on active mobility and voluntary behavioral change
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Publications

Journals

  1. Mateus Humberto. How to translate justice theory into urban transport metrics? Synchronic assessment of Latin American cities based on equality, priority and sufficiency. Journal of Transport Geography, 110:103630, June 2023.

  2. Mateus Humberto, Filipe Moura, Mariana Giannotti. Incorporating children’s views and perceptions about urban mobility: Implementation of the “philosophy with children” inquiry approach with young children. Travel Behaviour and Society, 26:168-177, January 2022.

  3. Mateus Humberto, Filipe Moura, Mariana Giannotti. Can outdoor activities and inquiry sessions change the travel behavior of children and their caregivers? Empirical research in public preschools in São Paulo (Brazil). Journal of Transport Geography, 90:102922, January 2021.

  4. Mateus Humberto, Bruna Pizzol, Filipe Moura, Mariana Giannotti, Marcos Paulo de Lucca-Silveira. Investigating the Mobility Capabilities and Functionings in Accessing Schools Through Walking: A Quantitative Assessment of Public and Private Schools in São Paulo (Brazil). Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 21(2):183-204, March 2020.

  5. Mateus Humberto, Rodrigo Laboissière, Mariana Giannotti, Cláudio Luiz Marte, Daniel Agostini Cruz, Henrique Primon. Walking and walkability: do built environment measures correspond with pedestrian activity? . Ambiente Construído, 29(4):23-36, October 2019.

  6. Carolina Barreiros, Mateus Humberto, Simone Berle. Deslocamentos e filosofia: estudo sobre as percepções do espaço e do movimento com crianças pequenas. Praxis & Saber, 10(23):177. June 2019

  7. Mateus Humberto, Bruna Pizzol, Mariana Giannotti, Filipe Moura. O acesso das crianças às escolas em São Paulo Avaliação quantitativa de creches e pré-escolas com foco na mobilidade a pé. Revista dos Transportes Públicos, 41(3):55-60, December 2018.

Conferences (with procedia)

  1. Mateus Humberto, Rosa Félix, Filipe Moura. How equal is accessibility to cycling infrastructure? A ranking to compare territories in Lisbon, Portugal. Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference, Lisbon, November 2022. Transportation Research Procedia 72(2023):2472-2478.

  2. Filipe Moura, Carlos Roque, and Mateus Humberto. Mudança para a mobilidade sustentável na infância: uma avaliação dos impactos das campanhas “a Serpente Papa-Léguas” nas escolas primárias portuguesas. 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português, Lisboa, May 2019.

  3. Luiz Marcelo Teixeira Alves, Mateus Humberto, Rafael Gustavo S. Siqueira. Avaliação da efetividade da PNMU: perfil dos municípios e contribuições para o avanço da política. 32º Congresso de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transporte da ANPET, Gramado (Brasil), November 2018.

  4. Mateus Humberto, Bruna Pizzol, Mariana Giannotti, and Filipe Moura. Investigating the mobility capabilities and functionings of children and their caregivers: a quantitative assessment of preschools in São Paulo (Brazil), with focus on walking and the right to the city. 2018 HDCA Annual Conference, Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 2018.

  5. Adriana Cristina Souza, Mateus Humberto, and Lua Bittencourt. Brazilian Women Walkability Index: Participatory Construction of a Nationwide Index to Promote Women Pedestrian Policy in a Developing Country. Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. (USA), January 2018.

  6. Mateus Humberto Andrade, Tom Buser, Henrique Barbosa Primon, Rafael Gustavo Silva Siqueira, Luiz Marcelo Teixeira Alves, Leonardo Carvalho Cordeiro, Júlia Savaglia Anversa, and Marina Kohler Harkot. Transporte e periferia: um estudo de caso no “Fundão” da M’Boi Mirim. 20º Congresso Brasileiro de Transporte e Trânsito, Santos (Brazil), June 2015.

  7. Mateus Humberto Andrade, Júlia Savaglia Anversa, Patricia Buranello Brandão, Tom Bernardes Buser, Mariana Novaski, Yuri Paz, Rafael Stucchi, and Haydée Svab. Mobilidade na extensão universitária: da teoria à prática de planejamento urbano. 19º Congresso Brasileiro de Transporte e Trânsito, Brasília (Brazil), June 2013.

  8. Mateus Humberto Andrade, Alex Abiko, and Patricia Aulicino. Analysis of sustainability in the slum upgrading process: the stormwater subsystem and the accessibility, mobility and transport. SB11 Helsinki World Sustainable Building Conference, Helsinki (Finland), October 2011.

Book Chapters

  1. Mariana Giannoti, Mateus Andrade, Marina Kohler Harkot, Paula Freire Santoro (2017). Gênero e andar a pé: A qualidade do ambiente construído incentiva igualmente mulheres e homens a caminhar? in: Andrade, V., Cunha Linke, C. (Eds.), Cidades para pedestres: a caminhabilidade no Brasil e no mundo. Babilonia Cultura Editorial, Rio de Janeiro. ISBN: 9788566317183.

PhD Thesis

  1. Mateus Humberto Andrade. Promoting active mobility capabilities from childhood onwards: Impact of interventions in preschools of São Paulo (Brazil). Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST); Co-Supervisor: Mariana Giannoti (Universidade de São Paulo).
    January 2021

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