Rising stars podcast series - Episode 5 - Dr. Irene Josa, lecturer at the University College London, United Kingdom

Irene Josa is a lecturer at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction at the University College London and a leading expert on the sustainability assessment of concrete structures.

Irene’s work is focused on sustainability assessment of construction materials, products and structures, both at the level of Life Cycle Assessment (environmental, economic and social), as well as integrated sustainability assessment and multi-criteria decision-making. Additionally, Irene works on the integration of social sustainability and equity principles in higher education and STEAM in particular.

She has worked on numerous research and industry projects, as well as volunteered in NGOs such as Engineers without borders and In2Science. She is a STEM Ambassador for STEM Learning UK and a nominee at the Women Innovators in Foundation Industries Awards of Innovate UK.

Within the fib, her work is principally focused within Commission 6 Prefabrication, where she is deputy chair and TG 6.3 Sustainability of structures with precast elements, where she is co-convener.

In our talk, we discuss the pathway towards making concrete more sustainable, how to consider social aspects in concrete structure design and the importance of multidisciplinarity in research.

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This episode was recorded on the 19th of May, 2025.

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