Valesca Lima
Biographic Data
| ID | 622693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valesca Lima |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Lima |
| SIGNATURE | LIMA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dublin City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0370-0857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Transforming social housing: Moving beyond tenant blame to address systemic indoor environmental quality (IEQ) challenges for healthy homes in Ireland
Social housing in Ireland often struggles with pervasive mould, dampness, and condensation, which severely impact tenant health and well-being due to compromised Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ). This study examines the IEQ landscape in social homes, analyzing stakeholder perspectives on how infrastructural deficiencies, maintenance challenges, and tenant experiences are interconnected. Findings indicate that issues stem from systemic failures, i…
Housing sustainability and indoor environmental quality: Policy gaps and maintenance challenges in Irish social housing
Combines MSF and 3P theory to expose housing policy misalignments • Identifies critical policy gaps in Irish social housing IEQ standards • Shows reactive maintenance models fail to resolve systemic IEQ hazards • Advocates collaborative frameworks to balance housing supply and IEQ • Recommends proactive asset management and tenant co-design
Co-creating sustainable innovations in Irish social housing through participatory research
Policymakers need active citizens' participation to implement meaningful, transparent, and inclusive reforms aimed at ambitious policy changes. However, effective methodologies for ensuring genuine participation, addressing inherent power imbalances, and translating community stakeholder feedback into tangible and lasting policy and project outcomes remain underdeveloped, particularly within the context of housing sustainability and innovation in…
Knowledge production and learning in housing struggles
This article examines the impact of advocacy for non-housing issues and its spillover onto housing movements. Adopting the viewpoint that activism is a social practice that generates knowledge, this study analyses how activists in social movements produce, share, and disseminate knowledge through fieldwork research conducted in Dublin, Ireland. The findings reveal that knowledge transmission, critical thinking, and innovation are crucial for fost…
Strengthening Participatory Governance Through Resilience and Tech-Enabled Democratic Innovations
This study examines the experiences of participatory innovation in Latin American countries during the first year of the pandemic, identifying key participatory innovation trends with a focus on the ways democratic innovations can enhance the resilience and innovation of governance systems in times of crisis in the region. To this end, the study analyses democratic innovation platforms and initiatives adopted across the Latin American region, cen…
A critical analysis of homelessness in Lisbon: A Data-Driven Approach
Purpose This paper aims to provide a characterisation of homelessness in Lisbon by presenting the profile of this population and the responses and resources for planning and intervention. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the quantitative data of the database of 2,456 homeless people in the municipality of Lisbon in 2018, the authors analyse the socio-demographic profile and living conditions of homeless services users. This counting methodo…
The interests, ideas, and institutions shaping public participation in local climate change governance in Ireland
Public participation in local governance is crucial for effective climate action and for ensuring that policies are designed in a way that respects the rights of communities.Policy developments and choices are shaped by the groups that participate, by the ideas that they hold, and by the institutions that enable and constrain their participation.This paper seeks to understand local climate change governance in Ireland by identifying the environme…
Pandemic housing policies: Mitigation strategies and protection of rights
A housing crisis was already plaguing communities long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, further accelerating the need for effective housing solutions.Building on a critical examination of government housing policy responses to support households keep their homes during the pandemic, this article reviews and documents the housing policies implemented in the context of the health crisis to protect vulnerable populations, in addition to some of t…
The political frame of a housing crisis: Campaigning for the right to housing in Ireland
This article examines the politicized discourse employed by housing movement to shift long-standing narratives around housing, that attempt to shape the national debate over Ireland’s housing crisis. Amid issues of housing insecurity and affordability, homelessness in particular has become a hotly debated issue over the past decade and images of increasing family homelessness as a consequence of the housing crisis have sparked public outrage. Cam…
Housing financialisation and the creation of homelessness in Ireland
There is growing interest in the impacts of financialisation on housing affordability and insecurity in the private rental sector, particularly financialisation 2.0 and the increased role of global real estate funds. This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of these impacts on housing systems and housing marginalisation by conceptually and empirically exploring the relationship between the financialisation of rental housing and homeless…
Enforcing Citizen Participation Through Litigation: Analyzing the Outcomes of Anti-Dam Movements in Brazil and Chile
In environmental politics, social movements play a crucial role, promoting participatory rights and confronting injustice, inequality, and the interests of the powerful. This article examines an underexplored topic in the literature on social movements, especially in Latin America: the use of litigation to force decisionmakers to comply with participatory formats, specifically in the course of opposition to hydroelectric dams. These projects ofte…
Housing Movements and Participation in Institutional Spaces
This article sets out to examine the inclusion of social movements in the designing of public policy in Brazil. I situate the Brazilian political and social context in terms of its persistent social inequalities and the inclusion of social movements in policy-making during the course of 2003–2010 (Lula da Silva’s first and second terms as president) and 2011–2014 (Dilma Rousseff’s first term as president). I discuss and explore mechanisms of part…
“Culture War” against Brazilian universities: How budget cuts and changes in tertiary education policies are affecting the academic community
The declared war against the tertiary education sector in Brazil comes together with severe budget cuts to the federal education system, increasing the threats to academic freedoms and episodes of violence targeting students and academic staff and a scheme to open public universities to private sector investment and management. These cuts are part of broader neoliberal policies that directly attack social rights by transforming them into commodit…
Consequences of Brazilian Social Movements in Historical Perspective
The democratisation of European nature governance 1992–2015: Introducing the comparative nature governance index
European environmental governance has radically transformed over the past two decades. While traditionally enforcement of environmental law has been the responsibility of public authorities (public authorities of the EU Member States, themselves policed by the European Commission), this paradigm has now taken a democratic turn. Led by changes in international environmental law and in particular the UNECE Aarhus Convention (UNECE, United Nations E…
Housing coalition dynamics: A comparative perspective
Social movement coalitions are a vital component within the dynamics of political mobilization. While previous research has established why and how coalitions emerge and dissolve, how they are maintained and the outcomes they generate have been less explored, especially in housing studies. This research contributes to the study of movement coalitions through an empirical examination of the dynamics of how coalitions interact, cooperate, and susta…
Urban austerity and activism: Direct action against neoliberal housing policies
The struggle for affordable housing reflects the widespread structural tensions that exist between property markets and the provision of housing. Recent years have seen frequent protests that have highlighted problems in the Irish housing sector, along with the emergence of various housing movements, especially in Dublin, where the lack of affordable housing is severe. This paper argues that these campaigns have contributed to the increased publi…
From housing crisis to housing justice: Towards a radical right to a home
Amidst a protracted housing crisis that has affected major cities in Europe and beyond, vibrant social movements for housing justice are trying to challenge the notion that housing is a commodity, with transformative demands framing housing as a fundamental human right. This paper explores the ways housing movements in Dublin use direct and confrontational approaches as political action. Previous literature has examined the emergence of new housi…
The Institutionalisation of Social Movements: Co-Optation and Democratic Policy-Making
Over the past 30 years, urban policy in Brazil has undergone a major transformation, both in terms of regulatory frameworks and the involvement of citizens in the process of policy-making. As an intense process of institutional innovation and mobilisation for decent public services took place, academics started to consider the impact of institutionalisation on the autonomy of social movements. Using empirical evidence from a city in the northeast…
The financialization of rental housing: Evictions and rent regulation
Evictions in the private rental sector have acquired primary importance in the public debate. Unaffordable rents and insecurity in the private rented sector have been appointed as one of the primary reasons for homelessness. Due to high rental prices and a chronic housing shortage, families who are not able to find alternative accommodation might fall into homelessness when they are evicted from their homes. This study contributes to the current …
The Role of Local Government in the Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article discusses aspects of the emerging evidence around the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women as well as local government interventions relating to the prevention of domestic violence in Latin American countries. I show how, during the coronavirus outbreak, local governments are vital in the prevention of violence against women and girls, and I present examples of some local actions that seek to guarantee access to the appropria…
Political institutions and democracy in Portugal: Assessing the impact of the Eurocrisis
This edited book brought together a competent network of Portuguese scholars toaddress a series of interrelated questions about post-austerity democracy. Theauthors examine whether the economic crisis contributed to worsening or improvingof the quality of the Portuguese democracy, placing particular emphasis upon therole played by social actors and democratic institutions. Drawing upon an examinationof the main aspects of political change in the …
Towards an understanding of the regional impact of Airbnb in Ireland
This paper considers the linkages between the home-sharing platform Airbnb and the housing crisis in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), in Ireland. This area is in the midst of a housing crisis, with a significant undersupply of housing units and rising unaffordability, especially the city of Dublin. While the sharing economy, better exemplified here by Airbnb, has become a major part of the global economy, it is less clear what is the regional impac…
Participatory Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazil
The limits of participatory democracy and the inclusion of social movements in local government
This paper examines the decentralisation of decision-making processes in local government. Empirically, I analyse how Brazilian housing movements are included in participatory processes by examining the ways in which participatory models integrate social movements in spaces of decision-making. I argue that the rules and focus on incremental policy-making limits the participation of social movements. Findings suggests that unequal power structures…
The financialization of rental housing: Evictions and rent regulation
Evictions in the private rental sector have acquired primary importance in the public debate. Unaffordable rents and insecurity in the private rented sector have been appointed as one of the primary reasons for homelessness. Due to high rental prices and a chronic housing shortage, families who are not able to find alternative accommodation might fall into homelessness when they are evicted from their homes. This study contributes to the current …
From housing crisis to housing justice: Towards a radical right to a home
Amidst a protracted housing crisis that has affected major cities in Europe and beyond, vibrant social movements for housing justice are trying to challenge the notion that housing is a commodity, with transformative demands framing housing as a fundamental human right. This paper explores the ways housing movements in Dublin use direct and confrontational approaches as political action. Previous literature has examined the emergence of new housi…
The Institutionalisation of Social Movements: Co-Optation and Democratic Policy-Making
Over the past 30 years, urban policy in Brazil has undergone a major transformation, both in terms of regulatory frameworks and the involvement of citizens in the process of policy-making. As an intense process of institutional innovation and mobilisation for decent public services took place, academics started to consider the impact of institutionalisation on the autonomy of social movements. Using empirical evidence from a city in the northeast…
Towards an understanding of the regional impact of Airbnb in Ireland
This paper considers the linkages between the home-sharing platform Airbnb and the housing crisis in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), in Ireland. This area is in the midst of a housing crisis, with a significant undersupply of housing units and rising unaffordability, especially the city of Dublin. While the sharing economy, better exemplified here by Airbnb, has become a major part of the global economy, it is less clear what is the regional impac…
Urban austerity and activism: Direct action against neoliberal housing policies
The struggle for affordable housing reflects the widespread structural tensions that exist between property markets and the provision of housing. Recent years have seen frequent protests that have highlighted problems in the Irish housing sector, along with the emergence of various housing movements, especially in Dublin, where the lack of affordable housing is severe. This paper argues that these campaigns have contributed to the increased publi…
The limits of participatory democracy and the inclusion of social movements in local government
This paper examines the decentralisation of decision-making processes in local government. Empirically, I analyse how Brazilian housing movements are included in participatory processes by examining the ways in which participatory models integrate social movements in spaces of decision-making. I argue that the rules and focus on incremental policy-making limits the participation of social movements. Findings suggests that unequal power structures…
Pandemic housing policies: Mitigation strategies and protection of rights
A housing crisis was already plaguing communities long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, further accelerating the need for effective housing solutions.Building on a critical examination of government housing policy responses to support households keep their homes during the pandemic, this article reviews and documents the housing policies implemented in the context of the health crisis to protect vulnerable populations, in addition to some of t…
Housing financialisation and the creation of homelessness in Ireland
There is growing interest in the impacts of financialisation on housing affordability and insecurity in the private rental sector, particularly financialisation 2.0 and the increased role of global real estate funds. This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of these impacts on housing systems and housing marginalisation by conceptually and empirically exploring the relationship between the financialisation of rental housing and homeless…
Housing coalition dynamics: A comparative perspective
Social movement coalitions are a vital component within the dynamics of political mobilization. While previous research has established why and how coalitions emerge and dissolve, how they are maintained and the outcomes they generate have been less explored, especially in housing studies. This research contributes to the study of movement coalitions through an empirical examination of the dynamics of how coalitions interact, cooperate, and susta…
Enforcing Citizen Participation Through Litigation: Analyzing the Outcomes of Anti-Dam Movements in Brazil and Chile
In environmental politics, social movements play a crucial role, promoting participatory rights and confronting injustice, inequality, and the interests of the powerful. This article examines an underexplored topic in the literature on social movements, especially in Latin America: the use of litigation to force decisionmakers to comply with participatory formats, specifically in the course of opposition to hydroelectric dams. These projects ofte…
The democratisation of European nature governance 1992–2015: Introducing the comparative nature governance index
European environmental governance has radically transformed over the past two decades. While traditionally enforcement of environmental law has been the responsibility of public authorities (public authorities of the EU Member States, themselves policed by the European Commission), this paradigm has now taken a democratic turn. Led by changes in international environmental law and in particular the UNECE Aarhus Convention (UNECE, United Nations E…
Social housing under the Workers’ Party government: An analysis of the private sector in Brazil
This article examines the patterns of government intervention in social housing in Brazil to analyse the role of the private sector in the elaboration and implementation of social housing policies during the Workers’ Party government. It draws on case study research, and I examine areas which impact on the way social housing has been implemented since 2003 to study the concentration of decision power the private construction sector has on social …
The political frame of a housing crisis: Campaigning for the right to housing in Ireland
This article examines the politicized discourse employed by housing movement to shift long-standing narratives around housing, that attempt to shape the national debate over Ireland’s housing crisis. Amid issues of housing insecurity and affordability, homelessness in particular has become a hotly debated issue over the past decade and images of increasing family homelessness as a consequence of the housing crisis have sparked public outrage. Cam…
The Role of Local Government in the Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article discusses aspects of the emerging evidence around the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women as well as local government interventions relating to the prevention of domestic violence in Latin American countries. I show how, during the coronavirus outbreak, local governments are vital in the prevention of violence against women and girls, and I present examples of some local actions that seek to guarantee access to the appropria…
Political institutions and democracy in Portugal: Assessing the impact of the Eurocrisis
This edited book brought together a competent network of Portuguese scholars toaddress a series of interrelated questions about post-austerity democracy. Theauthors examine whether the economic crisis contributed to worsening or improvingof the quality of the Portuguese democracy, placing particular emphasis upon therole played by social actors and democratic institutions. Drawing upon an examinationof the main aspects of political change in the …
Social housing under the Workers’ Party government: An analysis of the private sector in Brazil
This article examines the patterns of government intervention in social housing in Brazil to analyse the role of the private sector in the elaboration and implementation of social housing policies during the Workers’ Party government. It draws on case study research, and I examine areas which impact on the way social housing has been implemented since 2003 to study the concentration of decision power the private construction sector has on social …
Political institutions and democracy in Portugal: Assessing the impact of the Eurocrisis
This edited book brought together a competent network of Portuguese scholars toaddress a series of interrelated questions about post-austerity democracy. Theauthors examine whether the economic crisis contributed to worsening or improvingof the quality of the Portuguese democracy, placing particular emphasis upon therole played by social actors and democratic institutions. Drawing upon an examinationof the main aspects of political change in the …
Towards an understanding of the regional impact of Airbnb in Ireland
This paper considers the linkages between the home-sharing platform Airbnb and the housing crisis in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), in Ireland. This area is in the midst of a housing crisis, with a significant undersupply of housing units and rising unaffordability, especially the city of Dublin. While the sharing economy, better exemplified here by Airbnb, has become a major part of the global economy, it is less clear what is the regional impac…
Participatory Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazil
The limits of participatory democracy and the inclusion of social movements in local government
This paper examines the decentralisation of decision-making processes in local government. Empirically, I analyse how Brazilian housing movements are included in participatory processes by examining the ways in which participatory models integrate social movements in spaces of decision-making. I argue that the rules and focus on incremental policy-making limits the participation of social movements. Findings suggests that unequal power structures…
The financialization of rental housing: Evictions and rent regulation
Evictions in the private rental sector have acquired primary importance in the public debate. Unaffordable rents and insecurity in the private rented sector have been appointed as one of the primary reasons for homelessness. Due to high rental prices and a chronic housing shortage, families who are not able to find alternative accommodation might fall into homelessness when they are evicted from their homes. This study contributes to the current …
The Role of Local Government in the Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article discusses aspects of the emerging evidence around the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women as well as local government interventions relating to the prevention of domestic violence in Latin American countries. I show how, during the coronavirus outbreak, local governments are vital in the prevention of violence against women and girls, and I present examples of some local actions that seek to guarantee access to the appropria…
The democratisation of European nature governance 1992–2015: Introducing the comparative nature governance index
European environmental governance has radically transformed over the past two decades. While traditionally enforcement of environmental law has been the responsibility of public authorities (public authorities of the EU Member States, themselves policed by the European Commission), this paradigm has now taken a democratic turn. Led by changes in international environmental law and in particular the UNECE Aarhus Convention (UNECE, United Nations E…
Housing coalition dynamics: A comparative perspective
Social movement coalitions are a vital component within the dynamics of political mobilization. While previous research has established why and how coalitions emerge and dissolve, how they are maintained and the outcomes they generate have been less explored, especially in housing studies. This research contributes to the study of movement coalitions through an empirical examination of the dynamics of how coalitions interact, cooperate, and susta…
Urban austerity and activism: Direct action against neoliberal housing policies
The struggle for affordable housing reflects the widespread structural tensions that exist between property markets and the provision of housing. Recent years have seen frequent protests that have highlighted problems in the Irish housing sector, along with the emergence of various housing movements, especially in Dublin, where the lack of affordable housing is severe. This paper argues that these campaigns have contributed to the increased publi…
From housing crisis to housing justice: Towards a radical right to a home
Amidst a protracted housing crisis that has affected major cities in Europe and beyond, vibrant social movements for housing justice are trying to challenge the notion that housing is a commodity, with transformative demands framing housing as a fundamental human right. This paper explores the ways housing movements in Dublin use direct and confrontational approaches as political action. Previous literature has examined the emergence of new housi…
The Institutionalisation of Social Movements: Co-Optation and Democratic Policy-Making
Over the past 30 years, urban policy in Brazil has undergone a major transformation, both in terms of regulatory frameworks and the involvement of citizens in the process of policy-making. As an intense process of institutional innovation and mobilisation for decent public services took place, academics started to consider the impact of institutionalisation on the autonomy of social movements. Using empirical evidence from a city in the northeast…
Housing Movements and Participation in Institutional Spaces
This article sets out to examine the inclusion of social movements in the designing of public policy in Brazil. I situate the Brazilian political and social context in terms of its persistent social inequalities and the inclusion of social movements in policy-making during the course of 2003–2010 (Lula da Silva’s first and second terms as president) and 2011–2014 (Dilma Rousseff’s first term as president). I discuss and explore mechanisms of part…
“Culture War” against Brazilian universities: How budget cuts and changes in tertiary education policies are affecting the academic community
The declared war against the tertiary education sector in Brazil comes together with severe budget cuts to the federal education system, increasing the threats to academic freedoms and episodes of violence targeting students and academic staff and a scheme to open public universities to private sector investment and management. These cuts are part of broader neoliberal policies that directly attack social rights by transforming them into commodit…
Consequences of Brazilian Social Movements in Historical Perspective
Pandemic housing policies: Mitigation strategies and protection of rights
A housing crisis was already plaguing communities long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, further accelerating the need for effective housing solutions.Building on a critical examination of government housing policy responses to support households keep their homes during the pandemic, this article reviews and documents the housing policies implemented in the context of the health crisis to protect vulnerable populations, in addition to some of t…
The political frame of a housing crisis: Campaigning for the right to housing in Ireland
This article examines the politicized discourse employed by housing movement to shift long-standing narratives around housing, that attempt to shape the national debate over Ireland’s housing crisis. Amid issues of housing insecurity and affordability, homelessness in particular has become a hotly debated issue over the past decade and images of increasing family homelessness as a consequence of the housing crisis have sparked public outrage. Cam…
Housing financialisation and the creation of homelessness in Ireland
There is growing interest in the impacts of financialisation on housing affordability and insecurity in the private rental sector, particularly financialisation 2.0 and the increased role of global real estate funds. This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of these impacts on housing systems and housing marginalisation by conceptually and empirically exploring the relationship between the financialisation of rental housing and homeless…
Enforcing Citizen Participation Through Litigation: Analyzing the Outcomes of Anti-Dam Movements in Brazil and Chile
In environmental politics, social movements play a crucial role, promoting participatory rights and confronting injustice, inequality, and the interests of the powerful. This article examines an underexplored topic in the literature on social movements, especially in Latin America: the use of litigation to force decisionmakers to comply with participatory formats, specifically in the course of opposition to hydroelectric dams. These projects ofte…
The interests, ideas, and institutions shaping public participation in local climate change governance in Ireland
Public participation in local governance is crucial for effective climate action and for ensuring that policies are designed in a way that respects the rights of communities.Policy developments and choices are shaped by the groups that participate, by the ideas that they hold, and by the institutions that enable and constrain their participation.This paper seeks to understand local climate change governance in Ireland by identifying the environme…
Knowledge production and learning in housing struggles
This article examines the impact of advocacy for non-housing issues and its spillover onto housing movements. Adopting the viewpoint that activism is a social practice that generates knowledge, this study analyses how activists in social movements produce, share, and disseminate knowledge through fieldwork research conducted in Dublin, Ireland. The findings reveal that knowledge transmission, critical thinking, and innovation are crucial for fost…
Strengthening Participatory Governance Through Resilience and Tech-Enabled Democratic Innovations
This study examines the experiences of participatory innovation in Latin American countries during the first year of the pandemic, identifying key participatory innovation trends with a focus on the ways democratic innovations can enhance the resilience and innovation of governance systems in times of crisis in the region. To this end, the study analyses democratic innovation platforms and initiatives adopted across the Latin American region, cen…
A critical analysis of homelessness in Lisbon: A Data-Driven Approach
Purpose This paper aims to provide a characterisation of homelessness in Lisbon by presenting the profile of this population and the responses and resources for planning and intervention. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the quantitative data of the database of 2,456 homeless people in the municipality of Lisbon in 2018, the authors analyse the socio-demographic profile and living conditions of homeless services users. This counting methodo…
Transforming social housing: Moving beyond tenant blame to address systemic indoor environmental quality (IEQ) challenges for healthy homes in Ireland
Social housing in Ireland often struggles with pervasive mould, dampness, and condensation, which severely impact tenant health and well-being due to compromised Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ). This study examines the IEQ landscape in social homes, analyzing stakeholder perspectives on how infrastructural deficiencies, maintenance challenges, and tenant experiences are interconnected. Findings indicate that issues stem from systemic failures, i…
Housing sustainability and indoor environmental quality: Policy gaps and maintenance challenges in Irish social housing
Combines MSF and 3P theory to expose housing policy misalignments • Identifies critical policy gaps in Irish social housing IEQ standards • Shows reactive maintenance models fail to resolve systemic IEQ hazards • Advocates collaborative frameworks to balance housing supply and IEQ • Recommends proactive asset management and tenant co-design
Political science (21 works) · Law (16 works) · Politics (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Public Administration (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Political economy (9 works)