Manuel Garcia-Ruiz is a Researcher in Sociology at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology of the University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-Iscte) in Lisbon. His research has four (4) main themes: (i) nightlife, festivals and tourism (ii) territorial and cultural policing (iii) cultural and creative industries (iv) methods and methodologies with a special focus on night-time research. He is the founder and coordinator of the International Night Studies Network (INSN), Coordinator of the Urban Ethnography Network (Etno.Urb), and Director of the Urban Audiovisual Festival (UAF).