Leila Signorelli is Associate Professor in Architectural Conservation at University of Bologna (Department of Architecture). She’s part of the scientific board of the Ph.D School of the Department of Architecture at UNIBO and she’s vice coordinator of the International Master Degree “Architecture and creative practices for the city and landscape” based in Bologna. Member of the Academic Board and Executive Committee of the PhD Program in Architecture and Cultures of the Project
She obtained the PhD with a thesis on post-war reconstruction works of architect Josef Wiedemann in Munich.
After a national selection, she was one of the winners as an architect at the Ministry of Culture, where she worked from 2018 to June 2020. Architect in chief and building manager at the museum Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia, she dealt with the enhancement and the preservation of the historical building and the setting up of temporary exhibitions of both contemporary and ancient art as well.
She is a full member of Italian Scientific Society for Architectural Restoration (SIRA), Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana (AISU) and of Federacion Internacional Centro Internacional para la Conservación del Patrimonio (CICOP).
She is currently involved in the teaching staff of national and international Bachelor and Master Degree programs. Her research field focuses on post-war reconstruction, Cultural Creative Industry applied to Cultural Heritage, preservation of 20th century architecture, especially the Heritage of totalitarian regime (Dissonant Heritage), problems of conservation related to the Indoor Microclimate. She is currently involved in the research groups of some national and international funded projects, such as: the CapsulART project (funded on the FISR CoVid 2020 call); Collaborator to the Research Unit in two Erasmus +, ReVet project (European Training Curriculum for Restoration Workers) and In-VisIBle (Inclusive and Innovative learning tool for Visually Impaired People, February); Collaborator to the Research Unit of UNIBO on the PRIN 2017 Historic Preservation Foundation Classes: Procedures and Ontologies for the interoperability in Historic Preservation (2019-ongoing); 4CH (Competence Centre on the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Horizon 2020, GA101004468 January 2021-ongoing), a project which recently launch the initiative SUM-Save the Ukraine Monuments, aiming to store all data related to Ukraine Cultural Heritage in danger; TALEA Project (2025-ongoing).
She’s Principal Investigator of the PRIN project “Dissonant Heritage and War. Conservation and Communication of a difficult legacy - Co.Co. War” dealing with threats of both war and interpretative conflicts affecting cultural heritage.
