Nelson Mota is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of TU Delft. He earned his doctoral degree from TU Delft (2014) with the dissertation ‘An Archaeology of the Ordinary: Rethinking the Architecture of Dwelling from CIAM to Siza’. He is author of the book A Arquitectura do Quotidiano (edarq, 2010), co-editor of Global Housing: Dwelling in Addis Ababa (JapSam Books, 2020), and co-editor of the academic journal issues Footprint 17 (2015), Joelho 8 (2017), Footprint 24 (2019), and Footprint 32 (2023). At the TU Delft, Nelson is co-leader of the Global Urban Lab programme at Delft Global Initiative and leader of the Global Housing group. He is editor and member of the editorial board of the academic journal Footprint and the book series DASH- Delft Architectural Studies on Housing.