Marion Steiner (Germany)
TICCIH President
marion@ticcih.org
Born in the Ruhr region and currently based in Chile, Marion is a cultural geographer with degrees from Humboldt University Berlin, the French Institute for Geopolitics–University Paris 8, and Bauhaus University Weimar. She was the first coordinator of the Berlin Centre for Industrial Heritage, Vice Director of Industrial Heritage at the Ruhr Regional Association, and TICCIH Secretary General (2019–2025). She contributed to three World Heritage nominations for former coal mining regions in France, Germany, and Chile. Since 2018, she has directed ESPI Lab Valparaíso in Chile. Her work spans global industrial heritage, entangled urban histories, decolonial perspectives, and transcultural philosophies of peace.
Esperanza Rock (Chile)
Vice President for the Americas
esperanza@ticcih.org
María Esperanza Rock Núñez, PhD in Ethnohistory, is a Chilean researcher specialised in memory, ethnohistory, and cultural change linked to deindustrialisation. She is a professor at the University of Concepción, where she is a member of the Urban Laboratory and the Doctorate in Southern Territorial Studies, and a founding director of the Southern Researchers network NUDISUR. She is currently a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Movements at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, studying deindustrialisation from a Global North–South perspective.
Moulshri Joshi (India)
Vice President for Asia-Pacific
moulshri@ticcih.org
Moulshri Joshi is a New Delhi–based architect, educator, and leading voice in industrial heritage. She leads the architectural practice SpaceMatters and, with over two decades of experience, has shaped a critical approach to industrial heritage through work with the Modern Asian Architecture Network and industrial sites in China, Indonesia, and Japan. Moulshri consults on rehabilitating and revitalising former industrial sites, trains professionals, and advocates for industrial spaces as sites of memory. She lectures and publishes widely, coordinates ICOMOS India’s National Scientific Committee on Industrial Heritage, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Asian Network of Industrial Heritage.
Miles Oglethorpe (Scotland)
Past President, Special Advisor
miles@ticcih.org
Miles Oglethorpe is a longstanding member of the TICCIH Board and served as TICCIH President from 2018 to 2025. Until April 2024, he was Head of Industrial Heritage at Historic Environment Scotland. After earning his PhD at Glasgow University in 1983, he focused on industrial heritage in Scotland and internationally, notably in Norway, Poland, and Japan. He played a key role in the successful 2015 World Heritage nomination of the Forth Bridge and continues to advise ICOMOS on industrial World Heritage matters. He has authored and edited numerous publications on industrial heritage.
Massimo Preite (Italy)
Special Advisor, Scientific Committee
massimo@ticcih.org
Former professor of urban planning at the University of Florence, he currently teaches “Industrial Heritage” in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s program at the University of Padua. Massimo Preite is a longstanding TICCIH Board member and also member of the boards of the European Route of Industrial Heritage ERIH and of the Italian Association for Industrial Archaeological Heritage AIPAI. As an industrial heritage expert, he developed plans for the conservation and rehabilitation of the industrial heritage in Italy and Europe. On behalf of ICOMOS, he assessed numerous industrial heritage nominations to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Lucie K. Morisset (Quebec)
Special Advisor, Scientific Committee
morisset.lucie@uqam.ca
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage at the Université du Québec à Montréal, trained as an architectural historian, she conducts research on the 20th century, with a particular focus on company towns and aluminum, and takes a particular interest in industrial heritage from a social justice perspective. She is a board member of the Québéquoise Association of Industrial Heritage (AQPI) and of ICOMOS Canada, and past president of the Association for Critical Heritage Studies ACHS. She hosted the XVIIIth TICCIH Congress in Montréal in 2022.
Francesco Antoniol (Italy)
Executive Director
francesco@ticcih.org
Francesco Antoniol is an archivist and consultant specialising in industrial heritage. Founder and CEO of Virginia Studio Associato, he works on corporate archives, records management, historical research, and brand heritage. As a partner of TrattoPunto and Texture, he develops industrial tourism and exhibition projects. He serves on the Scientific Committee and Editorial Board of the Fondazione ing. Lino Gentilini and on the Scientific Committee of INCUNA’s Jornadas Internacionales. He is a member of ANAI’s National Board, ERIH, and AIPAI, and has served on TICCIH’s Outreach Commission since its creation in 2019.
Leonor Medeiros (Portugal)
Treasurer
leonor@ticcih.org
Leonor Medeiros is an archaeologist and professor at NOVA University of Lisbon, where she teaches Industrial Archaeology, Building Archaeology, Communication of Archaeological Heritage, and introductory courses in methodology and recording. She holds a PhD in Industrial Heritage and Archaeology from Michigan Technological University (USA) and an MA in Heritage Management from the University of Birmingham (UK). Her research focuses on how archaeology and community engagement can promote sustainable futures in post-industrial landscapes, particularly through inventory and documentation practices. She is an integrated researcher at the Centre for the Humanities (CHAM) and currently serves as President of the Portuguese Association of Industrial Archaeology (APAI).
Knut Markhus (Norway)
Membership Director
knut@ticcih.org
Knut Markhus is a Cultural Advisor and Museum Specialist with an MA in History from the University of Bergen. He is the former Director of the Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry and has also served as Cultural Director in Kvam. Since 2022, he has operated his own consultancy, focusing on industrial heritage projects, including a new museum at Froland Ironworks and research on hydropower tourism. Knut Markhus currently serves as Norway’s National Representative for TICCIH and has participated in the organization of the XIXth TICCIH Congress 2025 in Kiruna.
Lucía Sánchez (Venezuela)
Communications Director
lucia@ticcih.org
Lucía Sánchez Figueroa is an architect from Simón Bolívar University, holding a Master’s degree in Technique, Heritage, and Industrial Territory from the Sorbonne, in collaboration with the Universities of Padua and Évora. She taught heritage in Venezuela (2017-2021) and in Chile (2021-2024). Since 2020, she has worked as a digital product designer at DUOC UC, an educational institution affiliated with the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Lucía has also conducted independent research on industrial heritage in Venezuela and Chile. She served as Venezuela’s National Representative since 2015 and has been a member of the TICCIH Outreach Commission since 2019. She is currently based in Chile.
Mirhan Damir (Egypt)
Regional Secretary for Africa and the Arab region, TICCIH Youth coordinator
mirhan@ticcih.org
Mirhan Damir is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, with expertise in the documentation and transnational valuation of industrial heritage, particularly in Egypt and across the MENA–West axis. She holds a PhD in Heritage Conservation from Bauhaus University Weimar in Germany. She has extensive experience in research, teaching, and academic coaching in both national and international contexts. Mirhan serves as Egypt’s National Representative for TICCIH and has been part of the TICCIH Outreach Commission since its creation in 2019.
Camilo Contreras (Mexico)
Regional Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean
camilo@ticcih.org
Camilo Contreras holds a PhD in Social Sciences, specialising in Regional Studies. He is a Professor-Researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef) in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, and previously served as Director of El Colef’s Northeast region. He is the founder and first coordinator of the network Patrimonio Industrial de México: Conservación, Estudios y Divulgación. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Marseille, Birmingham, Oviedo, San Luis Potosí, and Medellín. His academic interests focus on collective memory and intangible heritage. Since 2022, he has served as TICCIH Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Bode Morin (USA)
Regional Secretary for the English speaking Americas
bode@ticcih.org
Dr Morin is Director of the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton Iron Furnaces, and Eckley Miners’ Village for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, USA. His work focuses on the rise and decline of 20th-century industries, including iron, steel, copper, and coal, and on the cultural responses to environmental degradation and the creation of heritage in postindustrial landscapes. He studies heritage communities in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite region, examining formal and community-led efforts. A long-term member of the Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA), he has served on its board, published on post-industrial heritage, reviewed ICOMOS industrial World Heritage nominations, and contributed to the US tentative World Heritage list committee.
Yiping Dong (China)
Regional Secretary for Asia-Pacific, Scientific Committee
yiping@ticcih.org
Dr Yiping Dong is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the HTH (History, Theory, and Heritage) Lab at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. Her research spans architectural history and heritage, including heritage theory, industrial heritage and heritage-led regeneration, textile heritage, adaptive reuse of buildings, and Chinese architectural history and theory in a global context. She serves as Vice President of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS), Deputy Secretary of URBHAC-ASC (Urban and Rural Built Heritage Academic Committee, Architectural Society of China), and academic member of China’s Industrial Architecture Heritage Academic Committee (IAHAC).
Hsiao-Wei Lin (Taiwan)
Regional Secretary for Asia-Pacific, ANIH; Scientific Committee
hsiao-wei@ticcih.org
Hsiao-Wei Lin is a Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Cultural Heritage Conservation Center at Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. She holds an MLA and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research focuses on the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage, industrial cultural landscapes, and landscape planning. She has participated in numerous conservation projects, including research, community participation, heritage education, and work with local culture museums. She also chaired the XVth TICCIH Congress in Taipei in 2012. She is a member of ICOMOS-UK and Chair of the Advisory Board Committee of the Asian Network of Industrial Heritage (ANIH), which aims to build a cross-country platform for industrial heritage conservation in Asia and beyond.
Bartosz Walczak (Poland)
Regional Secretary for English speaking Europe
bartosz@ticcih.org
Bartosz Walczak is an architect and heritage conservator, serving as professor at Łódź University of Technology. A long-standing TICCIH member, he has been active in the Textile Section since 2001 and co-authored the 2022 TICCIH thematic report on textile industry heritage. He is vice-president of TICCIH Poland and recently joined the Program Council of the National Heritage Board of Poland. In 2013, Europa Nostra awarded his book on company towns in the European textile industry. His research focuses on adaptive reuse, urban regeneration, and know-how transfer, particularly within the textile sector.
Carolina Castañeda (Spain)
Regional Secretary for Latin Europe
carolina@ticcih.org
Carolina Castañeda López holds a PhD in Architecture and currently works in public administration. In recent years, she has also worked as a freelance architect specialising in cultural heritage. She serves on the boards of TICCIH, TICCIH-Spain, and INCUNA, and is a member of the Advisory Committee of Aula G+I_PAI at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Her research focuses on industrial architectural heritage and the history of women’s work. Carolina is a TICCIH Board member since 2022.
Guilherme Pozzer (Brazil)
TICCIH Projects Coordinator, Scientific Committee
guilherme@ticcih.org
Dr Pozzer is a historian specialising in Industrial Heritage with an international academic background across Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Germany, and the UK. He is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Executive Agency-funded MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship “Memories and Well-being in Post-Industrial Communities” and Co-Investigator on the Fapesp (Brazil)-funded project “Cultural Heritage, Community Participation, Public Policies.” As an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, he led the “Crafting the Past” project; he contributes to the “Railway Memory Project” as well as the curatorial committee of the DePOT project, focused on “Histories of Deindustrialisation Through Objects.”
Florence Hachez-Leroy (France)
Lead Scientific Committee
florence@ticcih.org
Florence Hachez-Leroy is Professor of Modern History and Industrial Heritage at the University of Artois and served as President of CILAC-TICCIH France from 2015 to 2025. She also chaired the XVIth TICCIH Congress in Lille in 2015. Her research explores contemporary materials from economic, scientific, technological, and heritage perspectives, with a particular focus on corporate history and heritage. Her work examines the processes behind the creation of industrial heritage, especially within colonial and post-colonial contexts.
Humberto Morales (Mexico)
Lead Scientific Committee
humberto@ticcih.org
Humberto Morales Moreno is a Research Professor at the Institute of Government Sciences and Strategic Development, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico. He is the current President of the Comité Mexicano de Conservación del Patrimonio Industrial (first TICCIH-Mexico in 1995). He has been a visiting scholar and associate partner of the Erasmus Mundus Master TPTI at La Sorbonne, Padua, and Évora since 2017. His main research areas include the economic and social history of the industrial past, textile industrial archaeology in the Americas, and the history of technology and technical practices in Latin America.
STAFF
Daniel Schneider (USA – Headquarters)
Technical Secretariat
headquarters@ticcih.org
Daniel Schneider works for the TICCIH Headquarters at MTU in northern Michigan, USA. He is an industrial archaeologist and book artist whose book arts work pursues themes derived from his industrial archaeology practice. Learn more about his work on his website, Industrial Rust.
Bart Vanacker (Belgium – Bulletin Editor)
TICCIH Bulletin Editor
editor@ticcih.org
Bart Vanacker is a self-employed industrial heritage researcher based in Ghent, Belgium, and the founder of the long-running platform Industriecultuur.be, which highlights industrial, military, and other monumental heritage sites across Europe. He combines historical research with contributions to scenography, company histories, and museum exhibitions. In addition, he develops industrial walking routes and organises guided tours of industrial sites. Bart has authored several books on the subject, including Verdwijnend België (Disappearing Belgium) and a biography of John Cockerill.
Esteban Vásquez (Chile – Technical Advisor)
Technical Advisor
esteban@ticcih.org
Esteban Vásquez Muñoz is a geographer (PUCV, Chile) and environmental scientist with a background in manual trades and communication for social and labour organisations. He collaborates with ESPI Lab Valparaíso and TICCIH on industrial heritage research and outreach. Esteban is based in Valparaíso, Chile.
LIFE PRESIDENTS
Patrick MARTIN
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295, USA
T: +1 906 487 2070
Eusebi CASANELLES
Former Director
Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya
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Sir Neil COSSONS
The Old Rectory, Rushbury, Shropshire SY6 7EB, England
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