Romeo Farinella
FULL PROFESSOR
Area 08/F1 SSD ICAR/21
University of Ferrara - Department of Architecture
Born in Codigoro (FE) on July 17, 1958. Married
Languages: Italian (native), French (proficient), English (intermediate).
EDUCATION
1997 DOCTORATE | PhD in Urban Planning, University of Rome La Sapienza (VIII cycle).
1987 DEGREE | Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University Institute of Architecture of Venice (IUAV).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Department of Architecture - University of Ferrara (UniFE), Italy
From 2021 Full Professor of Urban Planning - SSD ICAR/21 [qualified as Full Professor (Italian National Scientific Qualification)
since 2018].
2014-pres. Associate Professor of Urban Planning - SSD ICAR/21.
1999-2014 Senior researcher and Assistant Professor of Urban Planning - SSD ICAR/21.
Since 2011 qualified as Professeur d'Université (Full Professor) for the French University (Section 24: Aménagement de l’espace, urbanisme).
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
UniFE
2012-pres. Coordinator of the integrated course “Final Synthesis Design Studio in Urbanism”, V year.
Course of “Urban Design” (ICAR/21 - 8 CFU) - V year.
1999-2012 I taught several courses of “Urban Planning” and “Urban Design”, and numerous integrated courses within urban and
architectural design studios.
1999-pres. Supervisor of over 100 Master Degree Theses in Architecture.
Other Italian and foreign Universities (Visiting Professor)
Overall, I held lectures, conferences and seminars in 14 Italian and 26 foreign Universities.
2019-pres. UCE Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. Quito, Ecuador.
2019-20 Universidade Presbiteriana MacKenzie, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo. São Paulo, Brasil.
2017 University of Sichuan, College of Architecture and Environment. Chengdu, China.
2017 École National Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Val de Seine. Paris, France.
2011-14 Université de Lille 1, Sciences et Technologies, Institut d’Aménagement et Urbanisme. Lille, France.
2009-10 Université de Lille 1, Sciences et Technologies, Lab TVES-UFR de Géographie et Aménagement. Lille, France.
2007-08 University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics. Bologna, Italy.
2007-08 University of Catania, Faculty of Humanities. Catania, Italy.
PhD courses
2013-pres. Member of the Academic Board of the IDAUP International Doctorate in Architecture and Urban
Planning. Department of Architecture UniFE, with Polis University of Tirana, Department of Architecture and Urban
Planning; University of Malta, Faculty for the Built Environment (associate member).
2009-12 Member of the Academic Board of the Doctorate in Economics, Department of Economics UniFE.
Main positions in other Academic and Territorial Institutions
2018-pres. Director of the CCSI “University Centre for International Development Cooperation”. University of Ferrara, Italy.
2016-pres. University of Ferrara Representative on the “CRUI Commission for Development Cooperation” (Member of the Executive
Board since 2012).
2012-14 University of Ferrara “Research Council” Member.
2015-pres. University of Ferrara Representative at the “Commission on Landscape” of the Emilia-Romagna Region.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Participation in the activities of international research centers and networks
2004-pres. Founder and Director of CITERlab “Research Lab of Urban and Territorial Design”, Department of Architecture UniFE.
2018-pres. International volunteer researcher at LLP “Laboratório de projetos e políticas públicas”, Universidade Presbiteriana
MACKENZIE, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo, Brasil (Director Prof. V. Caldana).
2016-18 Member of the ACN “International Active Cities Network” within the funded project “APEN Activity and Health-Enhancing
Physical Environments” (Scientific responsible Prof. R. Kural), KADK Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of
Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen Denmark.
2015-17 Member of the International and Interdisciplinary Research Network for the funded project PRIA “URB_HE. Urban
Heritage Conservation as Vector of Social Equity. The Case Study of Havana” (Scientific responsible Prof. G.
Scandurra), University of Ferrara and Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, Cuba.
2012-pres. University of Ferrara Representative on the Scientific Committee of the Laboratoire Mixte International PATEO
"Patrimoine et Territoire de l'Eau", founded by IRD-Sorbonne Université Paris, and Université Gaston Berger of Saint-
Louis du Sénégal.
Collaboration to the activities of other foreign Research Centers
Laboratoire TVES, Université de Lille 1. Lille, France.
CES Centro de Estudo Social, Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra, Portugal.
Laboratoire LEIDI, Université de Saint Louis du Sénégal. Senegal.
Research and Activities assigned on competitive calls
2020-pres. Project "Sustainable architecture for Manabi after the 2016 earthquake" - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
(Manabí). Project presented in collaboration with KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science, and selected by the
Commission Latin America of VLIR-UOS. Role: urban planning consultant.
2018-21 DISS “Delta International Summer School” (3 editions), "Pilot Project to Increase Landscape Culture and Knowledge",
LEADER Local Development Support Action Plan of the Local Development Strategy for the Emilia-Romagna Delta 2014-2020.
Role: scientific director.
2011-13 CULTURE European Project (7th Framework Programme) "Water as Heritage. Experiences and savoir faire in the
rehabilitation of water cities and river landscapes". Role: scientific director (UniFE and other 6 European partners
involved, 4 EU countries).
2004-06 CULTURE 2000 European Project "Rivers as cultural infrastructures". Role: scientific director and project coordinator
(UniFE and other 8 European partners involved).
2002-05 EUROMED HERITAGE II European Project "Patrimoine Partagé". URBAMA-CNRS, Université de Tours, France, and other 11
Mediterranean partners. Role: member of the UniFE Research Unit.
2000 Research MURST-COFIN "Construction of an Atlas of urban space in Italy", nationally coordinated by the University of
Rome
La Sapienza (Prof. E. Piroddi). Role: external member of the IUAV local Research Unit.
1999 Research MURST-COFIN "Settlement forms and infrastructures, Procedures, criteria and methods for the project",
nationally coordinated by the Polytechnic of Turin (Prof. A. Oreglia d'Isola). Role: member of the UniFE Research
Unit.
International Workshops
From 1995 to 2020 I organized or tutored a number of international workshops with the following Universities:
Universidade Presbiteriana MacKenzie, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo, Brasil;
Universidad Tecnológica José Antonio Echeverría, Havana, Cuba;
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Arquitectura, Mexico City, Messico;
University of Sichuan, College of Architecture and Environment, Chengdu, China;
Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis du Sénégal, Senegal;
POLIS University of Tirana, Albania;
University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu, Bucarest, Romania;
University of Coimbra, Portugal;
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Lille, France;
Università Politecnica di Ancona, Università di Chieti-Pescara, Italy;
University Institute of Architecture of Venice (IUAV), Italy;
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, Croatia;
University of California, Berkeley, USA;
Waseda University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture, Japan.
Third Mission Activities
Since 1999, I've been responsible for 20 Researches in the field of Urbanism, carried out for local authorities, agencies and associations.
PUBLICATIONS
I am the author of 75 scientific publications, and since 2017 I have been the Editor-in-Chief of the editorial series “Framing the Urban” for Aracne Publisher, Rome.
FULL PROFESSOR
Area 08/F1 SSD ICAR/21
University of Ferrara - Department of Architecture
Born in Codigoro (FE) on July 17, 1958. Married
Languages: Italian (native), French (proficient), English (intermediate).
EDUCATION
1997 DOCTORATE | PhD in Urban Planning, University of Rome La Sapienza (VIII cycle).
1987 DEGREE | Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University Institute of Architecture of Venice (IUAV).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Department of Architecture - University of Ferrara (UniFE), Italy
From 2021 Full Professor of Urban Planning - SSD ICAR/21 [qualified as Full Professor (Italian National Scientific Qualification)
since 2018].
2014-pres. Associate Professor of Urban Planning - SSD ICAR/21.
1999-2014 Senior researcher and Assistant Professor of Urban Planning - SSD ICAR/21.
Since 2011 qualified as Professeur d'Université (Full Professor) for the French University (Section 24: Aménagement de l’espace, urbanisme).
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
UniFE
2012-pres. Coordinator of the integrated course “Final Synthesis Design Studio in Urbanism”, V year.
Course of “Urban Design” (ICAR/21 - 8 CFU) - V year.
1999-2012 I taught several courses of “Urban Planning” and “Urban Design”, and numerous integrated courses within urban and
architectural design studios.
1999-pres. Supervisor of over 100 Master Degree Theses in Architecture.
Other Italian and foreign Universities (Visiting Professor)
Overall, I held lectures, conferences and seminars in 14 Italian and 26 foreign Universities.
2019-pres. UCE Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. Quito, Ecuador.
2019-20 Universidade Presbiteriana MacKenzie, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo. São Paulo, Brasil.
2017 University of Sichuan, College of Architecture and Environment. Chengdu, China.
2017 École National Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Val de Seine. Paris, France.
2011-14 Université de Lille 1, Sciences et Technologies, Institut d’Aménagement et Urbanisme. Lille, France.
2009-10 Université de Lille 1, Sciences et Technologies, Lab TVES-UFR de Géographie et Aménagement. Lille, France.
2007-08 University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics. Bologna, Italy.
2007-08 University of Catania, Faculty of Humanities. Catania, Italy.
PhD courses
2013-pres. Member of the Academic Board of the IDAUP International Doctorate in Architecture and Urban
Planning. Department of Architecture UniFE, with Polis University of Tirana, Department of Architecture and Urban
Planning; University of Malta, Faculty for the Built Environment (associate member).
2009-12 Member of the Academic Board of the Doctorate in Economics, Department of Economics UniFE.
Main positions in other Academic and Territorial Institutions
2018-pres. Director of the CCSI “University Centre for International Development Cooperation”. University of Ferrara, Italy.
2016-pres. University of Ferrara Representative on the “CRUI Commission for Development Cooperation” (Member of the Executive
Board since 2012).
2012-14 University of Ferrara “Research Council” Member.
2015-pres. University of Ferrara Representative at the “Commission on Landscape” of the Emilia-Romagna Region.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Participation in the activities of international research centers and networks
2004-pres. Founder and Director of CITERlab “Research Lab of Urban and Territorial Design”, Department of Architecture UniFE.
2018-pres. International volunteer researcher at LLP “Laboratório de projetos e políticas públicas”, Universidade Presbiteriana
MACKENZIE, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo, Brasil (Director Prof. V. Caldana).
2016-18 Member of the ACN “International Active Cities Network” within the funded project “APEN Activity and Health-Enhancing
Physical Environments” (Scientific responsible Prof. R. Kural), KADK Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of
Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen Denmark.
2015-17 Member of the International and Interdisciplinary Research Network for the funded project PRIA “URB_HE. Urban
Heritage Conservation as Vector of Social Equity. The Case Study of Havana” (Scientific responsible Prof. G.
Scandurra), University of Ferrara and Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría, Cuba.
2012-pres. University of Ferrara Representative on the Scientific Committee of the Laboratoire Mixte International PATEO
"Patrimoine et Territoire de l'Eau", founded by IRD-Sorbonne Université Paris, and Université Gaston Berger of Saint-
Louis du Sénégal.
Collaboration to the activities of other foreign Research Centers
Laboratoire TVES, Université de Lille 1. Lille, France.
CES Centro de Estudo Social, Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra, Portugal.
Laboratoire LEIDI, Université de Saint Louis du Sénégal. Senegal.
Research and Activities assigned on competitive calls
2020-pres. Project "Sustainable architecture for Manabi after the 2016 earthquake" - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
(Manabí). Project presented in collaboration with KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science, and selected by the
Commission Latin America of VLIR-UOS. Role: urban planning consultant.
2018-21 DISS “Delta International Summer School” (3 editions), "Pilot Project to Increase Landscape Culture and Knowledge",
LEADER Local Development Support Action Plan of the Local Development Strategy for the Emilia-Romagna Delta 2014-2020.
Role: scientific director.
2011-13 CULTURE European Project (7th Framework Programme) "Water as Heritage. Experiences and savoir faire in the
rehabilitation of water cities and river landscapes". Role: scientific director (UniFE and other 6 European partners
involved, 4 EU countries).
2004-06 CULTURE 2000 European Project "Rivers as cultural infrastructures". Role: scientific director and project coordinator
(UniFE and other 8 European partners involved).
2002-05 EUROMED HERITAGE II European Project "Patrimoine Partagé". URBAMA-CNRS, Université de Tours, France, and other 11
Mediterranean partners. Role: member of the UniFE Research Unit.
2000 Research MURST-COFIN "Construction of an Atlas of urban space in Italy", nationally coordinated by the University of
Rome
La Sapienza (Prof. E. Piroddi). Role: external member of the IUAV local Research Unit.
1999 Research MURST-COFIN "Settlement forms and infrastructures, Procedures, criteria and methods for the project",
nationally coordinated by the Polytechnic of Turin (Prof. A. Oreglia d'Isola). Role: member of the UniFE Research
Unit.
International Workshops
From 1995 to 2020 I organized or tutored a number of international workshops with the following Universities:
Universidade Presbiteriana MacKenzie, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, São Paulo, Brasil;
Universidad Tecnológica José Antonio Echeverría, Havana, Cuba;
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Arquitectura, Mexico City, Messico;
University of Sichuan, College of Architecture and Environment, Chengdu, China;
Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis du Sénégal, Senegal;
POLIS University of Tirana, Albania;
University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu, Bucarest, Romania;
University of Coimbra, Portugal;
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Lille, France;
Università Politecnica di Ancona, Università di Chieti-Pescara, Italy;
University Institute of Architecture of Venice (IUAV), Italy;
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, Croatia;
University of California, Berkeley, USA;
Waseda University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture, Japan.
Third Mission Activities
Since 1999, I've been responsible for 20 Researches in the field of Urbanism, carried out for local authorities, agencies and associations.
PUBLICATIONS
I am the author of 75 scientific publications, and since 2017 I have been the Editor-in-Chief of the editorial series “Framing the Urban” for Aracne Publisher, Rome.
