Prof. Marichela Sepe

ISMed - Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean

CNR - National Research Council

Short CV:

Marichela Sepe (Naples, 1966) is a researcher at the ISMed - Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean of the Italian National Research Council of Naples. Since 2003, she is also with the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II, where she is member (until 2017) of the Research Committee Doctorate in Urban Design and Planning and Contract Professor of Urban Planning. In 2013 she has been visiting Professor in the Peking University and held lectures in the Peking, Wuhan and Xi'an Universities. Her research interests include: urban design and planning; urban landscape; place identity; healthy city; livable public spaces; creative urban regeneration. On these topics, she has published several national and international journal articles, conference papers, books and book chapters. Drs Sepe is Vice President of INU, Urban Planning Italian National Institute Campania section, - involved as a Director in the 2013 INU Regional Urban Planning Exhibition -, and member of the national INU Governing Board, member of the Eura Governing Board and member of Urban Design Group. In 2014-2018 she won: the Ardito-Desio Award for the paper presented at Ipsapa 2014, 2016 and 2018 Conference; the Runner-up Practitioner paper at T-Forum 2015; the Urban Planning Literature Award of the Italian National Urban Planning Institute (INU) in 2014, 2015 and 2017. She has participated to several Architecture and Urban Design competitions, in which she took two first places and one selection.