PCF team members
Core Team
Carola Hein
PCF Director
History of Architecture and Urban Planning
TU Delft
Paul van de Laar
PCF Thematic Lead
History, Culture and Communication
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Erik de Maaker
PCF Thematic Lead
Mixed Methods for Heritage Preservation
Leiden Universiteit
Maurice Harteveld
PCF Thematic Lead
Urban Design - Public Space
TU Delft
Maurice Jansen
PCF Thematic Lead
Port and Transport Economics
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
John Hanna
PCF Education and Thematic Lead
Everyday Infrastructures
TU Delft
Fransje Hooimeijer
PCF Thematic Lead
Coastal Design
TU Delft
Yvonne van Mil
PCF Thematic Lead
Urban Spatial History - Small Ports
TU Delft
Coordination Team - Researchers
Matteo D'Agostino
Researcher, Blue Papers Editor
TU Delft
Zuzanna Sliwinska
Researcher, Blue Papers Editor
TU Delft
Costanza Franceschini
PostDoc Researcher,
Leiden Universiteit
Yi Kwan Chan
Researcher, Blog Editor
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Lea Kayrouz
Researcher, UNESCO Chair
TU Delft
Coordination Team - Student assistants
Lila Fennema
SA: Media, Web, and Communication
MSc, TU Delft
Nathan Döding
SA: Blog Team
MSc, TU Delft
Pelin Yalçin
SA: Blue Papers Graphic Identity & Layout
MSc, TU Delft
Gijs Schut
SA: Education Media & Publishing
MSc, TU Delft
Finn Bergmann
SA: PCF Talks & Event Organization
BSc, Leiden University
Coordination Team - Blog Editors
Eliane Schmid
PhD, Blog Editor
Université du Luxembourg
Wenjun Feng
PhD, Blog Editor
TU Delft
Team LDE
Penglin Zhu Rachel Lee
PhD, TU Delft Assistant Prof, TU Delft
Francesca Savoldi Stephan Hauser
Postdoc Researcher PhD, TU Delft
Mina Akhavan Ryan Holmes
Horizon Europe - Marie Skłodowska Researcher
-Curie Action Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Politecnico di Milano/TU Delft
Roberto Rocco Alankrita Sarkar
Associate Professor PhD, Research Coordinator
TU Delft TU Delft, Delta Metropolis
Paolo De Martino Andreas Künzi
Lecturer, Researcher Research Associate/ Urban Planner
TU Delft/ University of Venice IUAV
Reinout Rutte Bart Barendregt
Researcher Vice-Dean, Professesor
TU Delft Leiden Universiteit
Han Meyer Lukas Höller
Emeritus Prof PhD
TU Delft TU Delft
Rezvan Sarkhosh Gül Aktürk
Research, Architect Assistant Professor
Leiden Universiteit
Kaiyi Zhu Claudiu Forgaci
Post Doctoral Fellow, Lecturer Assistant Professor
TU Delft TU Delft
Andrew Littlejohn Gong Zhang
Cultural Anthropology PhD
Leiden Universiteit TU Delft
August Papadopoulos Silvia Sivo
Director Impact and Engagement PhD Researcher, Visiting Researcher
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Iuav Venice, Leiden University
Sabine Luning † Vincent Baptist
Cultural Anthropology PCF Working Group
Leiden Universiteit TU Delft
Mila Montezuma Annabelle Duval
Urbanist, Researcher, Exec. Coordinator PCF Professional Workshop
TU/Delft, UNESCO/IHE-Delft, Coordinator
WaterStudio, UFPE, Rede Clima (MCTI). TU Delft
Maëlle Salzinger Hadi El Hage
Researcher, policy analyst PhD Student
TU Delft TU Delft
Elise van Dooren Christel Voncken
Researcher, policy analyst Junior Researcher
TU Delft TU Delft
Regina Klinger
Junior Researcher
TU Delft
Team LDE international
Lucija Ažman-Momirski † Martin Valinger Sluga
Assoc. Prof., University of Ljubljana Researcher / PhD candidate,
University of Ljubljana
Yueyue Zhang Søren Risdal Borg
Assist. Prof., Hainan University PhD fellow, Aalborg University
Aylin Tschoepe Heleni Porfyriou
Prof., University of Applied Sciences Senior Researcher, National Research
Northwestern Switzerland FHNW Council of Italy
Jean-François Lejeune Rosa Grasso
Prof., University of Miami School PhD, Università di Bologna
of Architecture
Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela Juan A. García-Esparza
Assoc. prof., Universidad Assoc. prof, Universitat Jaume I,
Austral de Chile Spain
Di Fang Nancy Couling
Researcher, Designer, Assoc prof, Bergen School of
In-Depth-Space Architecture, ETH Zurich
Amira Ghennaï Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
Architect, Doctoral Student Research Assistant, Center for
University of Setif 1 Mobilities and Urban Studies
Elena Verzella Said Madini
PhD, University of Ferrara Professor and Head, Laboratoire PUVIT
Tianchen Dai Nadia Alaily-Mattar
Associate Prof., UCNU Research Associate, TU Delft
Beatrice Moretti Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
Phd Architect, Research Fellow, Lecturer; Associate Prof., Aalborg University
DAD University of Genoa, IT
Maria Elena Buslacchi Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi
Postdoc Researcher, Assistant Prof., PoliMI
Aix-Marseille Université
James R. Elliot Dominic Boyer
Professor Rice University, Professor Rice University,
Co-Director CFAR Co-Director CFAR
Simon Richter
Endowed Term Professor,
UPenn
Advisory Team
Assoc. Prof. Ingrid Mulder
PCF Advisory Group Member
Industrial Design
TU Delft
Ass. Prof. Sarah Hinman
PCF Advisory Group Member
Governance & Global Affairs
Leiden Universiteit
Assoc. Prof. Amanda Brandellero
PCF Advisory Group Member
History, Culture and Communication
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
International Advisory Board
Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg (HafenCityHamburg),
Tiziana Murgia (Association of Italian Ports)
Prof. Piotr Lorens (Gdansk University)
Pietro Spirito (Former President, Central Thyrrenean Ports)
Prof. Stephen Ramos (University of Georgia)
Prof. Carolin Funck (Hiroshima University)
Prof. Christian Schmid (ETH Zürich)
Susan Schwartzenberg (Exploratorium San Francisco)
Greta Marini (Port Center Le Havre)
Dr. José M P Sánchez (AIVP)
Rinio Bruttomesso (RETE)
Pedro Ressano Garcia (Université Laval)
Vicent Esteban-Chapapría (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Sabah Zrari (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
Fernando Puntigliano (Universidad Católica del Uruguay)
Said Madani (Professor and Head, Laboratoire PUVIT)
Dirk Schubert (HafenCity University Hamburg)
César Ducruet (Senior researcher, CNRS)
Francesca Morucci (North Tyrrhenian Port Network Authority)
Renée Rotmans (Rotterdam Port Authority)
Supporting Deans
Dick van Gameren (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft)
Sarah de Rijcke (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University)
Martine van Selm (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication)
Alumni
Carlien Donkor
Zohour Mosavizadeh
Foteini Tsigoni
Thomas van den Brink
Hilde Sennema
Ekaterina Plekhanova
Winnie Goldsteen
Olga Coretcaia
Sarah Jayne
Maarten Jan Hoekstra
Asma Mehan
Didem Yerli