Mesut Dinler

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Fixed-term tenure-track assistant professor
Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center R3C - Responsible Risk Resilience Centre

Profile

Research interests

Architectural heritage
Architectural history and theory
Beni culturali
Cultural heritage
Digital humanities
Patrimonio culturale
Patrimonio urbano
Storia dell'architettura contemporanea

Biography

My research lies at the intersection of cultural heritage and climate change, exploring how heritage can contribute to a sustainable and resilient future. By framing heritage as a praxis of engaging with the past in a spatial context, I integrate digital tools and data-driven methodologies to develop innovative approaches to connect conservation with broader social and environmental challenges.

Curriculum

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Scientific branch

CEAR-11/A - History of Architecture
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Research topics

  • Architectural history and modern environmental design, twentieth-century architectural heritage and the Modern Movement as both a cultural and environmental project, focusing on the interaction between built form and nature.
  • Climate adaptation and mitigation through cultural heritage, the role of cultural heritage as a driver for climate adaptation and climate justice.
  • Digital humanities and historic urban landscapes, digital tools and data-driven approaches to document and interpret urban transformations through historical multimedia materials (photos, videos, maps, digitized archives).
  • Governance and co-creation for urban heritage, participatory practices and collaborative approaches to promote sustainable and resilient heritage management in contemporary cities.
  • Urban disaster resilience, the impact of disasters on urban transformations and heritage through historical and territorial approaches to support disaster-resilient cities.

Skills

ERC sectors

SH7_7 - Cities; urban, regional and rural studies
SH7_6 - Environmental and climate change, societal impact and policy
SH8_5 - History of art and of architecture

SDG

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action

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Awards and Honors

  • Reymond Lemaiore Fund, conferred by ICOMOS (2015)
  • The Scott Opler Fellowship conferred by Society of Architectural Historians (2017)
  • Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) Grant for a scientific stay in Flanders conferred by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgium (2025)

Fellowships

  • Fellow - University of Antwerp, Belgio (2025-)
    Visiting Fellow at the AntweRp Cultural HEritage Sciences (ARCHES) research group at the University of Antwerp
  • Effective member - ICOMOS, Italia (2024-)
  • Fellow - Max Planck Institute, Italia (2023-)
    Bibliotheca Hertziana
  • Fellow - ICCROM, Italia (2023)
    ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) Fellow
  • Effective member - Association of Critical Heritage Studies, Regno Unito (2016-)

Research networks

Roles as evaluator or expert

  • Scientific Evaluation Reviewer for grant applications. 2025
    Swiss National Science Foundation

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Publications

Last years publications

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Publications by type

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