Irene JOSA

Postdoctoral researcher | PhD MSc BSc in Civil Engineering

Dr. Irene Josa is an external collaborator of CONSTRUTECH, and is currently a Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction at University College London (UCL).
Prior to joining UCL, Irene was a researcher and lecturer at the Technical University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTECH), where she was involved in projects aiming at assessing environmental, social and economic impacts associated with civil engineering goods and services, such as environmental processes (i.e. wastewater treatment with bio-products recovery) or construction materials (i.e. mortars or 3D-printed concrete).
Irene holds a BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering from BarcelonaTECH, a MSc in Structural Engineering from Tongji University, a MSc in Human Rights from the Open University of Catalonia and a PhD in Construction Engineering from BarcelonaTECH.
Outside of university, she contributes to the field as a board member of the Catalan Association of Civil Engineers (Col·legi de Camins de Catalunya), as a member of several task groups of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) and as a member of Engineering without Borders Catalonia (ESF).

Research Interest
Irene’s research is focused on sustainability assessment of various infrastructure systems. She also works on life-cycle assessment of civil engineering projects.

Selected papers
Teaching
Currently, Irene is teaching in the areas of eco-materials, sustainable construction, and socio-economic impacts. .
Awards, Honors and Societies
Irene is a member of the International Federation of Structural Concrete — fib since 2021. There, she is part of the Task Group 6.3 - Sustainability of structures with precast elements.