Isabel Rodríguez De la Rosa

Isabel Rodríguez De la Rosa is an architect and postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Architectural Composition of the School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (DCA, ETSAM-UPM). Her research topics focus on the intersections between industrial heritage and cultural landscape, approaching from the perspective of critical studies to environmental and socio-cultural transformations resulting from industrialization processes.

After a period of professional practice in various architecture offices, in 2020 she rejoined the academic career through a predoctoral position obtained in a competitive public call. In 2022 she was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Critical Studies in Architecture (CCSA) in Frankfurt, funded by UPM’s program.

In 2025 she obtained her PhD degree with the qualification of Sobresaliente Cum Laude and with the International Doctorate Mention. In the same year she obtained a postdoctoral position in the framework of the UPM-CAM program. She is the author of articles in high impact journals in the area of knowledge such as Planning Perspectives, Change Over Time or Cuaderno de Notas. She has also coordinated the seminar «Mapping Critical Heritage» at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and has participated in numerous international academic events, such as the III ESACH Meeting or the encounters of the prestigious DocTalks platform.