Ruxandra is a registered architect and urbanist specialising in the historic environment. She teaches and undertakes professional training and consultancy work in the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies. After graduating from Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, she studied Medieval Studies at Central European University, before pursuing PhD research on “Ideology of Urban Conservation” at the University of Edinburgh.
Ruxandra worked as inspector of historical monuments at the Romanian Ministry of Culture, consultant to the Heritage Settlements Unit, ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) in Rome, and contributed to Europa Nostra, ICCROM, and UNESCO international projects dealing with technical aspects, management, and awareness in heritage conservation and cultural landscapes. She was co-ordinator of the Edinburgh Cast Collection project (awarded £0.5 mil. Heritage Lottery Fund grant) and editor of the Edinburgh Architecture Research journal. Ruxandra is an expert member of the International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites), Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage, and co-founding member of the Schools of Architecture in World Heritage Sites network.
