Özgün Özçakır is an architect by training who is specialized in the preservation field. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Graduate Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage of METU for his thesis entitled ‘In-Between Preservation and Economics: Establishing Common Ground between Socio-Cultural and Economic for the Sustainability of Urban Heritage Places in Turkey.’ He …
Pınar Aykaç is an associate professor at the Middle East Technical University’s Department of Architecture in Ankara, Turkey. She received an MSc in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage from Middle East Technical University, and a PhD from UCL, the Bartlett School of Architecture. Her research interests include the relationship between heritage sites and museums, heritage …
Dimitra Babalis is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence and an Architect-Engineer. She is the Founder and Chair of the “International Group on Urban and Architecture Design (INTEGRO UAD). She is a Visiting Professor at various European Universities, Co-ordinator and Chair of Erasmus …
Tim Townshend is Professor of Urban Design for Health and leader of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) ‘Urban Design and Human Flourishing” theme at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University. Over the past 25 years Tim has established an international profile in interdisciplinary health/built environment work through a steady output of …
Associate Professor and Scientific Director of the Chair “Entrepreneurship – Territory – Innovation” (IAE Paris – Sorbonne University) University Professor and researcher, Carlos Moreno earned international recognition thanks to his major contribution and pioneer concepts, bringing an innovative perspective on urban issues (Human Smart City, 15mn City, Territory of 30mn). In June 2022, he launched the Global Observatory …
Matthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and Urban Design at The Bartlett, UCL. He is an architect / planner with research interests in the fields of urban design governance, the design and management of public space, and the value of urban design. He Chairs the Place Alliance which campaigns for place quality in England and …
Zuzanna Jarzyńska is an Architectural and Urban Designer with experience in residential and institutional architecture and master planning. She’s a graduate of Warsaw University of Technology (Architecture) and GSAPP Columbia University (Urban Design). Her main design interests include subsidized housing, sustainable development, and research-driven urban interventions. Currently, she is working on several adaptive reuse projects …
Almantas Samalavičius obtained his Ph. D in architectural history and theory from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania where he currently is a professor at the Department of Architectural Fundamentals, Theory and Art and Chief research associate at the Institute of Architecture. He is an author of many scholarly books and monographs, including Lithuanian Architecture …
David Kuchenbuch, Historian. MA in Modern History, Scandinavian Studies, Humboldt-University, Berlin, 2006, PhD University of Oldenburg 2010. Visiting Fellow at the Germany Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. 2010-11, Fellow at Historisches Kolleg, Munich, 2016-2017. Currently assistant professor at the Historical Institute of the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany. General fields of interest: Urban and architectural history, the …