PhD Architect. Lecturer
Academic background
Architect from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Navarra (ETSAUN, 1994-2001). PhD in ETSAUN (January 2007). In the same year, she defended her doctoral thesis, entitled “The Architectural Dimension in the Origins of British Planning”, at the School’s Department of Urban Planning.
Teaching experience
Teaching
She was affiliated with teaching at the ETSAUN from 2001 to 2010.
Since September 2012, she has been a member of the teaching staff at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), where she has held various academic positions. Since July 2023, she has been an Associate Professor in the Area of Urban Planning and Spatial Planning within the Department of Architecture at EHU, teaching on several courses of the Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture Fundamentals, the Qualifying Master’s Degree in Architecture, and the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Architecture and Urban Contemporary Heritage.
She received an outstanding evaluation in the 2023 call of the Docentiaz Programme.
Management
At the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the EHU, she has carried out a range of academic management responsibilities in recent years. Since 2017, she has been a member of the Academic Planning Committee, the Quality Assurance Committee, the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree in Architecture, and the Equality Committee of the School of Architecture. In addition, from October 2017 to February 2022, she served as Deputy Director for Culture, Student Relations and the Basque Language at the School of Architecture. Since February 2025, she has been a member of the Academic Committee of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Architecture and Urban Contemporary Heritage.
Research experience
During the 2021-2022 academic year, she joined the CAVIAR research group, where she collaborates on several research projects, including KALELAGUN: Model for the Transformation of Outdoor Public Spaces to Mitigate Loneliness and Enhance the Wellbeing and Autonomy of Older People, as well as on work carried out by the Urban and Territorial Observatory, within the CI+IRU project for the Basque Government.
She has coordinated, as principal investigator, the GIPUZKOA NODAL project, funded by the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa under the MISIOAK 2024 – Etorkizuna Eraikiz call. She is currently involved in the BIRGUNE research project, aimed at improving public spaces in vulnerable neighbourhoods of the Basque Autonomous Community (CAPV).
She has been awarded a six-year research period (sexenio). She has published numerous articles and book chapters documenting the outcomes of her research activities.
Professional experience
In parallel, she has pursued professional activity in the field of urban planning, particularly in the drafting of general urban plans for small municipalities. More recently, she has contributed to the drafting of the Preliminary PGOU for Donostia / San Sebastián. She has also been involved in the preparation of various detailed planning instruments, notably several special plans for historic town centres.
