Dr Cristina Toca Pérez

Dr Cristina Toca Pérez is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering (CAE) at Aarhus University (AU). Cristina holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil (2020). Dr. Pérez received her MSc in Environmental and Urban Engineering from UFBA, Brazil (2015). She obtained her BS in Public Works Engineering and Civil Construction speciality from the University of Cantabria (UC), Santander - Spain (2011).

Cristina obtained the title of Specialist in Construction Management (2011) and Specialist in Structures and Pathologies of Buildings from the UC (2011). Before starting in her current position, she worked for two years in the CAE department as a post-doctoral researcher (2021-2023). Her research journey has made her an experienced job site researcher.

She has conducted more than 15 case studies, totalizing more than 300 job site visits,  in very close collaboration with some of the largest General Contractors in Brazil, US and Denmark. Her research focuses on identifying and solving the pain points of the production planning and control systems from the job site. For that, she aims to transform the decision-making process of the built environment through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), mainly the adoption of Construction 4.0 (C4.0) and emerging technologies to advance Lean thinking and digitalization in construction.