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Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou
Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou Georgiadou is Head of Surveying and Real Estate at the School of the Built Environment, London Metropolitan University, UK. Her research focuses on co-designing solutions for complex building and infrastructure projects, integrating community, industry, and government perspectives to deliver net-zero, climate-resilient interventions that generate social value.
Her work also includes translating evidence into practical outcomes for practitioners and policymakers. Christina leads curriculum design and higher education initiatives, working with professional bodies and employers to close skills gaps.
Latest Commentaries
Anticipating Chronic Climate Risks
How can local authorities better anticipate and reduce chronic climate risks in the built environment? With 20 years' experience working in local authorities tackling climate change, Joe Baker considers the challenges facing local authorities to identify and manage climate risks, and asks: How do we get the leadership, skills, capacity and meaningful action needed?
Remote Sensing for Urban Development Policies
At the 2026 Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit Magnus Andersson, David Muthui & Reza Roodaki (Malmö University) argued that remote sensing should be a core evidence infrastructure for sustainable urban governance. Satellite derived and geospatial analysis can observe and monitor urban expansion, densification, land consumption, building form and material demand across jurisdictions and over time. A shift from two-dimensional to three-dimensional sensing and analysis provides new data to inform policies for housing, land-use efficiency, disaster exposure, public space, resource efficiency and resilient construction.