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Bio

Ine WOUTERS  is a professor at the Department of Architectural Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, holds a Master’s degree in Architectural Engineering (1996) and a PhD in Engineering (2002). She teaches on construction techniques, construction history, structural renovation and research methods. Her research focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: she studies the history of construction materials, the evolution of production processes, the motivations behind material applications, and the actors involved. Her goal is to provide new insights into construction history and the built heritage, evaluating historical value and addressing renovation and reuse. She co-organized the first International Summer Schools on Construction History (CH.ESS 2011-13, held in Cambridge, Brussels, and Munich), SAHC2016 in Leuven and the sixth International Congress on Construction History in Brussels in 2018. She is a member of various international societies of industrial heritage and construction history.