Maisa Fonseca de Almeida

Postdoctoral fellow (FAPESP grant 2022/15430-0) at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo (IAU-USP), with a research fellowship at the Sapienza University of Rome (BEPE FAPESP 2024/03565-3, chamada MCI - Mobility Confap Italy 2023). Visiting professor at the Master TPTI - Techniques, Patrimoine, Territoire de lIndustrie: Histoire, Valorisation, Didactique at the University of Évora, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Università di Padova (Promotion 2020-2022). Postdoctoral researcher at the IAU-USP (2021-2022) with research on the production of digital documentation of the built heritage, within the framework of the Integrated Research Projects in Strategic Areas (PIPAE) funded by the (funding from the Pro-Rectory for Research and Innovation - USP). Postdoctoral researcher at the IAU-USP (2018) on conflicts, identity and authenticity of heritage in deindustrialised areas. Architect and urbanist (2003) and Master of Science (2008) from the São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC USP), with a Ph.D. (2017) in Theory and History of Architecture and Urbanism from the IAU-USP, funded by CAPES. Master of Science in Études Urbaines en Régions Méditerranéennes (EURmed) from Universidad de Sevilla, Università degli Studi di Genova and Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III (2010), with a scholarship from the Erasmus Mundus Program (EACEA European Commission). Teaching activities: substitute professor at UNESP (FAAC, 2021); professor at the Universidade de Araraquara (2015;2021) and Universidade Paulista (20102013); visiting professor in the Postgraduate Programme at SENAC (2012;2015); collaborator in courses at IAU-USP as part of postdoctoral activities (2025; 2024; 2023; and 2022). Researcher at the Architecture, Innovation and Technology (ARQUITEC) and colaborates with Laboratory for Studies on the Contemporary Urban Environment (LEAUC); the Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Cultures and Societies (CIDEHUS). Member of the CDCC-USP indigenous archaeological and historical documentation collection project; KNOW.it (PRIN 2022), funded by the NextGenerationEU, and in research networks Diáspora Ricercatori and Italian architecture in the state of São Paulo. Executive coordination member of the Docomomo SP Chapter (20252026; 20232024). Member of the Technical Committee for Cultural Heritage of IMEKO, and affiliated with ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO, and IAB. Representative on municipal councils: COMPPHARA (2019-present), COMDUSC (2018-2023), and COMDEPHAASC (2018-2025), presidency from 2021 to 2023. Visiting researcher at international institutions: CIDEHUS, University of Évora (2023, during career consolidation period; and in 2022 as a visiting scholar with an EACEA grant); Sapienza Università di Roma (2024, BEPE FAPESP; 2017, EACEA scholarship); CES University of Coimbra (2012, Young Researchers grant); CAUE13, Marseille (2010, EACEA scholarship); and Escola Tècnica Superior dArquitectura de Barcelona (2008, Fundación Carolina scholarship). Experience in architectural projects, construction and ephemeral installations, coordination of the diagnostic and preliminary restoration work of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Ribeirão Preto (2011-2017).Collaboration in the curation and research of the digital timeline and physical exhibition of the Museu Republicano de Itu.Ad hoc reviewer for FAPESP. Organised major scientific events: XV Docomomo Brazil Seminar (2023); 9th and 8th Docomomo SP Seminar (2024; 2022) in Brazil. Research interests: project design interventions in cultural and territorial heritage; processes of patrimonialisation; production of digital documentation and cartography as research methodology; urban planning and conservation of cultural and territorial heritage; architectural production of the late 19th century. Bibliometric Indicators: ORCID (0000-0001-8824-1738), Google Scholar (8CNcoCAAAAAJ), and Web of Science ResearcherID (J-1189-2014). Mother of two children, born in 2011 and 2014. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)