Guido Cimadomo is an architect and associate professor in architectural history, theory, analysis, and criticism at the Department of Art and Architecture, Universidad de Malaga (Spain), where he has been teaching since 2010. His research focuses on urban transformations, with particular attention to participatory processes, cultural and industrial heritage, and the impact of large-scale events such as world expositions on the city. He is an expert member of CIPA Heritage Documentation, the ICOMOS scientific committee dedicated to the documentation of architectural heritage, a member of ISOCARP, and a board member of the Institute for the Study of International Expositions (ISIE), where he investigates the legacy and urban influence of international expositions. His academic career includes visiting research positions at the University of Oregon (USA, 2022), the University of Queensland (Australia, 2017) and University of Seville (Spain, 2016), reinforcing his international engagement with urban and heritage studies.
Quazi Mahtab Zaman is an architect and urban designer with an extensive international background in teaching, research, and practice. He teaches the theory and the practice of architecture and urban design at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. He has also researched and taught at Cornell University, BRAC University, Bangladesh, and the University of Hong Kong. In addition, his research includes a Fulbright Fellowship at Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning; postgraduate research at Lund University, Sweden; and a master's in Urban Design and a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Mass Housing at the University of Hong Kong. Zaman founded the Borders Urbanism research initiative. As the chair, editor, and convenor of the Borders Urbanism research initiative and founder of the Border Urbanism Research Center, he focuses on borders as a multidisciplinary research topic.
Eduardo Jiménez-Morales, M.Arch. (Universidad de Granada) and Ph.D. (Universidad de Málaga), is an associate professor in Urban and Regional Planning at the Department of Art and Architecture, Universidad de Malaga (Spain). He is member of UTOPIA (Urbanism, Tourism, Landscape & Architectural Innovation Research Group) and his most recent research focuses on the socio-spatial dynamics resulting from the functional reformulation of mature tourist destinations and the multi-scale impact of new urban tourism in the contemporary city. His work as a scholar and architect has been recognized by the Universidad de Málaga (2021), La Caixa Foundation (Spain, 2020), the Southeast University Nanjing (China, 2020), the Ministry of Education (Czech Republic, 2017), the Andalusian Regional Government (Spain, 2010-15), the Festival dell'Architettura (Italy, 2010), the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC, 2010) or the Pasajes-iGuzzini Awards (Spain, 2005), among others.
