Iva Stanisheva

Arch. Iva Stanisheva (ARB Architect, MArchD, Ba(hons) graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a specialization in Urban Design and Emergent Hybrids: Disaster and Flood Resilience. She worked in an Australian architecture and interior studio in London for 7 years where she familirise herself with the fastpased complex dynamics of the construction industry.  Her interests are focused on urban planning and the future of cities and their relationship to the environment and sustainable development. She is Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Architecture at Coventry University and an active member of the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), where she was until recently Coordinator of the Circular economy group. Took part in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) - From a linear to a circular economy in 2018 and is preparing for the 'WELL Certification' . Currently has a small design studio in Sofia and is part of the board of directors of the Circular Economy Institute in Sofia. The institute works on a variety of projects but she mainly focuses on educational projects that include guest lectures at universities, schools, etc. Currently, together with a multidisciplinary team of 5 other teachers, he leads a new elective course for the 5th year of Architecture at UASG - 'Circular Models in Construction'. The work on her project "Climate literacy, inequality and the foundations of the circular economy" funded by the program "Equality and climate justice" from the Bulgarian Women's Fund was recently completed.