Placemaking in Practice Volume 3 The Future of Placemaking and Digitization. Emerging Challenges and Research Agenda

Alexandra Delgado-Jiménez, PhD in Urban and Territorial Planning and Architect. She is the Principal Researcher of the group "Architecture and urbanism in the face of social, economic and territorial transformations" and Professor at the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija. She is the founder of AD Arquitectura Urbana, office which develops architecture projects and masterplans with sustainability criteria.
Tatiana Ruchinskaya, PhD, an architect and founder of TVR Design Consultancy in the UK, specializes in integrated building design and sustainability. With a diverse portfolio and international collaborations, her work exemplifies architectural innovation and sustainability. Her research and publications focus on urban resilience and placemaking.
Cristina Palmese, PhD in architecture. Lecturer at the European University of Madrid. Specialised in soundscape. Founder of Paisaje Sensorial Office-lab, which develops transversal projects on soundscape. Director of La Casa del Sonido, a radio programme on Radio Televisión Española. Her work is developed in interdisciplinary fields that combine theoretical, applied and creative research.
Carlos Smaniotto Costa, PhD, is Professor of Urban Ecology and Design at the Universidade Lusófona, and integrated researcher at the CIAUD - Research Centre for Architecture, Urban Planning and Design of University of Lisbon. His research activities and publications deal with issues of sustainable urban development strategies for the integration of open spaces and nature conservation in the urban context.
Gülce Kırdar, PhD in Computational Design in Architecture, focusing on data-driven analysis and approaches to urban liveability. Her research interests lie in urban informatics, smart cities, and decision support systems. Lecturer at Yeditepe University (part-time). Introducing the freshmen architecture students to digital technologies with elective courses, besides basic design and drawing courses in private universities (Yeditepe, Medipol, and Altınbas University).
Conor Horan, PhD (University of Strathclyde), MBS (Smurfit School of Business, UCD) is a senior lecturer in business and management at the Technological University of Dublin. He specialises in engaged scholarship and relationship marketing for sustainable university-industry relationships. His current interests focus on the application of relational concepts to improve knowledge creating, transfer and exchange in placemaking activities.