Elena Konstantinidou is a qualified architect (National Technical University of Athens 1991) with a Masters in ‘Architecture – Design – Space – Culture” (NTUA, 2004). She is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture NTUA, in the Department of Architectural Design, Research Lab of Architectural Morphology and Theory of Architectural Design (since 2000). Her academic interest focuses on “Architectural design and architectural heritage”. She teaches, at the undergraduate level, courses on architectural heritage and contemporary interventions in historic environments, analysis and study of historical monuments and ensembles, morphological analysis in contemporary architecture as well as architectural design. Her research interests are concentrated in the area of recognition, protection, and enhancement of cultural heritage, while her publications fall within the scope of corresponding issues. Her publications focus mainly on the methodology of recognition of the cultural identity of traditional settlements, the promotion, protection, and development of cultural landscapes, identity and development prospects of mountain areas, the re-interpretation of historical environment, and the issues of new architecture in historic contexts.