Matina Kapsali is an urban geographer and urban planner. She studied Architectural Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master's degree from the University of Manchester in the field of Global Urban Development and Urban Planning. In 2019, she completed her PhD thesis at the Department of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on participatory urban planning and urban commons (IKY Scholar). She has research experience at the University of Manchester, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Technical University of Vienna. He has taught at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space at the Technical University of Vienna, the Department of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Department of Planning, Urban and Regional Development Engineering at the University of Thessaly and the Department of Architecture at the University of Ioannina. She has published in international and national peer-reviewed journals and books and has presented the research results of her work in international and national conferences. She is a member of the CoHab group (research on cooperative housing) and other research networks. Her research interests include urban commons, public space, urban movements, urban development and planning, and housing.