S1 E4 Collaborating to ensure buildings and cities are relevant to local communities

In this episode, we are joined by Dr Alejandra Albuerne. Alejandra is an architectural engineer who has worked in Spain and the UK. In 2016 she completed her PhD at Oxford University across Engineering Science and Archaeology. Before this Alejandra worked for structural engineering and architectural firms for nine years. She joined UCL in 2017 as a Lecturer in Sustainable Heritage at the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, UCL. Alejandra’s work combines engineering skills and knowledge with cultural and social studies to address the complex challenge of conserving heritage and recovering after a disaster, an earth-quake for example. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/collaborative-social-science-domain-podcasts Date of episode recording: 2021-11-29 Duration: 00:22:23 Language of episode: English Presenter: Lili Golmohammadi Guests: Alejandra Albuerne Producer: Cerys Bradley