Filipa Grilo is conducting a PhD in the Doctoral Program Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (BIODIV) by the University of Lisbon starting in 2018 within the System Ecology and Conservation Ecology & Society groups of CE3C. She is conducting the project "Socio-ecological drivers of nature-based solutions and climate regulation services in urban areas", under the supervision of professors Cristina Branquinho and Margarida Santos-Reis, from CE3C, and professor Timon McPhearson, from the Urban Systems Lab of the New School of New York. Filipa Grilo PhD project aims are: the conceptualization and modelling of the drivers of different facets of urban green infrastructure at multiple spatial scales, and modelling climate regulation at high spatial resolutions.