Joanna Gil-Mastalerczyk is an architect and Associate Professor at Kielce University of Technology, Poland, where she has worked since 2013 and, since 2021, heads the Department of Architectural and Urban Design Theory and Planning and the Laboratory of Universal Design and Built Environment Transformation. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology (RIBA-accredited diploma, first place), completed postgraduate studies in heritage conservation, and received her PhD (2013) and habilitation (2019) there. Earlier, she spent ten years in professional practice and public administration. Her research and teaching focus on contemporary sustainable architecture, universal design and accessibility, architectural and spatial urbanisation, and the protection of contemporary cultural heritage. She has published over 80 works, some indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, completed research internships at Lviv Polytechnic National University and the Slovak University of Technology, and co-authored an expert report on cultural heritage protection for the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning. She is Section Editor for Architecture of Structure and Environment, Scientific Editor of the Technical Sciences – Architecture series of Kielce University of Technology Press, and organiser of the conference Common Tomorrow (2024). She leads the ARCHED and BIM student research clubs, mentoring students in research, design and international programmes