Fabricio Martins

Fabricio Martins is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on governance and policy toward informal settlements, primarily in the Amazon basin and the Northeastern coast of Brazil. He seeks to understand how communities, governments, and Multilateral Development Banks negotiate, design, and implement large-scale urban interventions in these territories.

Before pursuing his PhD, Fabricio accumulated over 15 years of experience in Brazilian public service. He is a licensed lawyer in Brazil and held positions as an administrative assistant (2008–2014) and senior staff member (2014–2015) at the Amazonas State Public Prosecutor’s Office in Manaus. Since 2015, he has been a senior policy advisor (Consultor Legislativo) at the Pernambuco State Assembly, providing policy analysis and drafting legislative proposals. In 2021, he was a policy manager for the Pernambuco State Department of Urban Development and Housing in Recife.

Fabricio graduated from the Federal University of Amazonas Law School (UFAM, 2009) and earned a Master of Urban Development from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, 2019), where he focused on heritage conservation policy. During and after his time at UFPE, he held several teaching assistantships and collaborated with the Urban and Peri-Urban Conservation Lab.

His additional educational experiences include the Urban Dynamics Postgraduate Training Program, offered by Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU-Kiel) in partnership with UFPE (2018); a first-year Master’s in Law, Economics, and Management with a focus on Environment, Urban Planning, and Construction at the University of Lille (2012); and a graduate certificate in Civil Law from Anhanguera University (2011).

Fabricio passionately supports São Paulo Futebol Clube and Garantido (not necessarily in this order).