Lucia Della Spina, Architect, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Real Estate Appraisal and Projects at 'Mediterranea' University of Reggio Calabria (Italy). World's Top 2% scientists (2020-present). Visiting Professor at the Universities of Granada (2023), Salford (2017), Universidad de Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro (2016), and San Diego State University (2013). Member of the Scientific Committee of IEREK (https://www.ierek.com). Scientific Director of the LandEM Lab “Edoardo Mollica” and of the LaborEst, both university research laboratory Editor-in-Chief of the journal "LaborEst". Editorial board member of "Valori e Valutazioni" by SIEV (https://siev.org/) and Buildings, Land, Sustainability, and Standards by MDPI. Coordinator and member of research groups in national and international projects.  Her research focuses on real estate appraisal and multidimensional evaluations in collaborative decision-making contexts, urban design, and territorial planning. She develops decision support systems for cultural heritage and landscape valorization, urban regeneration, and territorial transformation using economic, multi-criteria, and multi-actor evaluation methods. Expertise: sustainable cities (SDG 11), competitiveness and innovation (SH1_5), econometrics and operations research (SH1_6), sustainability sciences (SH2_6), environment and resources (SH3_1), urbanization and urban planning (SH3_8), and cultural heritage (SH6_12).  https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55988148100