Roberta Albiero (M.Arch., Ph.D.) is an architect and Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the Iuav University of Venice. She gave lectures, held workshops, and curated exhibits in many Italian and international universities, focusing on 20^th-century Italian and Portuguese architecture. Professor Albiero conducts research on sustainable architecture models in the specific context of Mediterranean cities. Her work, which always seeks to reconcile theory and practice, has been published and has won several awards. She is a board and faculty member in the Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design (NAAD) Master’s Program at Iuav University.