Iva Kostešić, PhD, graduated in archeology and art history at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb. She has been working as a teaching and research assistant at the School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb since 2016. She publishes in both Croatian and English in national and international scientific journals (indexed in WoSCC and Scopus) and participates in scientific and professional research projects. In 2020 she co-edited the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Design History and Design Studies (ICDHS). In 2024, she earned her doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Zagreb. Her interests include urban planning, industrial heritage, urban regeneration, design theory, sustainability, and interdisciplinary research and practice.