Liana is currently Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy and Senior Urban Planni and Climate change expert at UN-Habitat. Liana holds a MSc in Environmental Engineer and a PhD in Urban and land-use Planning. Prior to being appointed at UCD she was Postdoctoral Fellow and Contract Professor in Urban and regional policy and Urban and land-use planning at the Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering of Sapienza University of Rome. Her research interests concern the interface of human relations with the natural and built environments with a focus on urban and environmental planning, climate change adaptation and alternative forms of infrastructure and service provision.
