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Personal Statement
Ombretta, Reader in Architecture, is an Associate member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Academic Member of the Academy of Urbanism and past President of IAPS, the International Association for People Environment Studies (www.iaps-association.org) (2008-2012; on Board of Trustees 2004-2008). She also served on the AESOP Board until 2004.
Her teaching and research are in the areas of urban design, environment behaviour studies, urban morphology and user participation in design. She holds a PhD in urban design and a Post Doc in housing and regeneration sponsored by the EU.
She is part of the Urban Design Studies Unit in the Department (www.udsu-strath.com) where she teaches in the MSc in Urban Design, in the MArch in Advanced Architectural Design and across the Department especially in 4th year, in all options to do with urban design and the city and dissertations. She also coordinates the BSc Dissertations and MArch and MSc Thesis.
She regurarly gets nominated in the Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards; in 2016, she won the 'Most Innovative Teacher of teh Year".
Ombretta also runs teaching exchange modules in serveral European Countires, and has recently won a Visitng Professorship in Venice.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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KTP - ADAM Architecture Ltd
Adam Architecture Ltd (formerly Robert Adam Architects Limited), Innovate UK
1/05/23 → 30/04/25
Project: Research
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Assessing the multi-sensory qualities of urban space
Lucas, R. & Romice, O., May 2010, In: Psyecology. Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology. 1, 2, p. 263-276 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preserving the cultural identity of Chinese cities in urban design through a typomorphological approach
Chen, F. & Romice, O., 2009, In: Urban Design International. 14, 1, p. 36-54 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
22 Citations (Scopus)
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Data and code for: "Climate adaptation plans in the context of coastal settlements: the case of Portugal"
Fleischmann, M. (Creator), Romice, O. (Supervisor) & Dal Cin, F. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 14 Oct 2020
DOI: 10.15129/1b52083a-7e9b-4cca-8d2b-44823a241c53
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Methodological foundation of a numerical taxonomy of urban form
Fleischmann, M. (Creator), Feliciotti, A. (Creator), Romice, O. (Creator) & Porta, S. (Creator), 2022
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5798220.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Methodological_foundation_of_a_numerical_taxonomy_of_urban_form/5798220/1
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Prizes
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Awarded Associate Membership by experience and practice in teaching, outreach and research
Romice, Ombretta (Recipient), 1 Jan 2016
Prize: Election to learned society
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Activities
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National Research Assessment framework, Portugal (Event)
Ombretta Romice (Peer reviewer)
1 Apr 2023 → 9 Sept 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Chair of IAPS Election Committee 2022.
Ombretta Romice (Recipient)
Dec 2022Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation
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Spatial research for improved community engagement and rationalisation of urban resources.
Ombretta Romice (Participant) & Sergio Porta (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Professional practice, training and standards, Environment and sustainability - natural world and built environment
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