Laura Sobral holds a BA and MA in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo. She is a German Chancellor Fellow with the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (2017/2018), and is currently in Lisbon, Portugal doing her PhD. Laura is one of the founders of The City Needs You Institute, an organisation that improves public spaces through social actions such as seminars, workshops, and publications. Her most recent book is called ‘Doing it Together – cooperation tools for the city co-governance’.