{"id":2138,"date":"2026-02-09T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/uncategorized\/rosario-macario-elected-president-of-the-world-conference-on-transport-research-society\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:20:39","slug":"rosario-macario-elected-president-of-the-world-conference-on-transport-research-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/citua-en\/rosario-macario-elected-president-of-the-world-conference-on-transport-research-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Ros\u00e1rio Mac\u00e1rio elected President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor<strong> Ros\u00e1rio Mac\u00e1rio<\/strong>, from Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment Department at Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, and Vice-President of CiTUA \u2013 Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, has been <strong>elected President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)<\/strong>, the world\u2019s leading society dedicated to transport research.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WCTRS serves as a leading international forum for the exchange of ideas and projects among researchers, decision-makers, and academics, promoting a multimodal, multidisciplinary, and multisectoral approach to mobility challenges. The society currently brings together around 1,600 members from more than 80 countries and coordinates 42 thematic interest groups operating on a permanent basis. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Ros\u00e1rio Mac\u00e1rio\u2019s term will formally begin during the next <strong>WCTRS World Conference<\/strong>, to be held in Toulouse, France, from<strong> 6 to 9 July 2026<\/strong>. This triennial event brings together the global scientific community in the field of transport.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This election represents international recognition of the DECivil faculty member\u2019s scientific career and strengthens Portugal\u2019s presence in the world\u2019s leading transport research forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Ros\u00e1rio Mac\u00e1rio, from Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment Department at Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, and Vice-President of CiTUA \u2013 Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture, has been elected President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), the world\u2019s leading society dedicated to transport research. WCTRS serves as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Professor Ros\u00e1rio Mac\u00e1rio elected President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society - CivilT\u00e9cnico \u2013 Portal do Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Ambiente","description":"Professor Ros\u00e1rio Mac\u00e1rio , from Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment Department at Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, University of Lisbon, and Vice-Presid"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-citua-en","category-decivil-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civiltecnico.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}