Clara Stella Vicari Aversa (PhD) is a Permanent University Researcher of Architectural and urban design.at the Department of Architecture and Design dAeD at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.Member of national and international research groups, Co-scientific director of the Strett-Arch DepartmentLaboratory at dAeD-UNIRC, co-director of agreements between Universities, Co-director of agreements forthe Third University Mission, and co-scientific coordinator of the international research network. Member ofa board of magazines and editorial series. Decades of experience in architectural and urban design, in didacticand research activities in Italy and abroad. The current field of interest is the complex investigation of the borders.spaces of connection, relationships, and social gatherings, between identities and differences, focusing onparticular on the relationship between urban spaces and the waterfront (as in monographs “San Sebastián: acontinuous dialogue between the city and the sea” (2008) and “Architecture on the unlimited terracqueousedge” (2025), author of about 100 publications, scientific papers in national and international journals, books,courses, maps, conference proceedings, and publications in Scopus, WoS, and Springer-based journals. Winnerof awards for design and research and active in national and international organizations and associations.