Carmela CucuzzellaDr. Carmela Cucuzzella is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University and holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Integrated Design and Sustainability for the Built Environment (IDEAS-BE.ca. She is also a member of the inter-university research team, Laboratoire d'étude de l'architecture potentielle (LEAP). In 2020, she published, "Analyzing Eco-Architecture Beyond Performance". In 2019, she co-edited, "On the Potential of Didacticism in Architecture" with Dr. Cynthia Hammond, and in 2015 co-edited, "Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge: An International Inquiry" with Dr. Jean-Pierre Chupin and Dr. Bechara Helal. s Her a research is focused on how sustainable design practices for the built environment can foster socio-cultural transformations while improving environmental conditions in the city - the potential of a collective making of the city. Sherif Goubran is an Instructor at the Department of Architecture at the School of Science and Engineering (SSE) at the American University in Cairo (AUC - Egypt). He is also a PhD candidate in the Individualized Program at Concordia University and a Vanier Scholar (SSHRC). He is the author of various publications and editor and author of several academic books focused on sustainability transitions in the built environment. He also recently co-edited a collection focused on the business and economic repercussions of environmental policy. His research, which combines knowledge from the fields of design, building engineering and finance, is focused on studying the alignment between sustainable design and building practices, and the broader socio-cultural sustainable development objectives. Read More Read Less