Julio A. Soria-Lara is a Full Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and the Head of the Department of Transport Engineering, Urban, and Regional Planning at UPM. He is also a member of the Transport Research Centre at UPM (TRANSyT) and a Tenured Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Before Madrid, Julio worked at the University of Granada, Zaragoza (Spain), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and Oxford (UK). Prof. Soria-Lara has built a distinguished and independent research career, serving as Principal Investigator for several international, national, and regional R&D projects. His work focuses primarily on three areas: (i) scenario building; (ii) spatial accessibility; and (iii) travel behaviour. Prof. Soria-Lara masters a variety of methods (both quantitative and qualitative), with a particular focus on bridging the gap between research and practical applications. His work is noted for its innovative approach to testing and validating research outcomes in collaboration with real-world planning users.