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Development planner specialising in squatter settlement upgrading policies and participatory approaches to development. He has produced the documentary Open Wound, which explores the impacts of a World Bank-funded squatter upgrading project in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Areas of expertise include human development, housing, urban development, participation and the Capability Approach. He is also the coordinator of the thematic group on participatory methods for the Human Development and Capability Association. Alex is visiting lecturer on the Masters programmes in Development and Emergency Practices at CENDEP, Oxford Brookes University, and Human Development and Food Security at Roma Tre University.

Architect, graduated from the National University of Colombia. Master in Building and Urban Design in Development at the Department Planning Unit (DPU), University College of London (UCL).
Currently working as coordinator of the DPU Media,
Interested in issues related to Gender, Media and Development; also in working in emergency settings and scenarios post disaster.