Federico Nurra

Federico Nurra holds a PhD in “Architecture and Planning” with a thesis entitled “Cartographic tools for the history of places” (University of Sassari, 2015), a Second Level Master’s in “Geo-technologies for Archaeology” (University of Siena, 2008), and a Degree in “Preservation of cultural heritage (Archaeology)” with a thesis entitled “Land settlement typology and viability in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages in the historical region of Logudoro-Mejlogu. The case of the administrative area of the town of Cossoine in Sardinia” (University of Sassari, 2006). Currently Head of the Digital Research Service at the French National Institute of Art History (INHA, Paris), since 2018 he was in charge of documentary and digital resources at the same Institute. Between 2015 and 2018 he worked at the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) where he was in charge of the scientific mediation of the NEARCH project and the development of the ARIADNE project. Between 2010 and 2015 he was a research fellow at the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning (DADU) at the University of Sassari. His main research topics were: development of the Italian National Archaeological Spatial Data Infrastructure; Web-mapping platforms design; study of ancient landscapes and landscape transformations. He was also a Contract Lecturer in “Ancient Topography” within the four-year Master program in Architectural Science and the first-year Degree program in Urban Planning (A.A. 2012/2013) at the University of Sassari. He is author or co-author of several publications related to his research topics. He worked as professional in charge of compiling the analysis of the historical and cultural structure in the Municipal Urban Planning of the municipalities of Sassari, Abbasanta and Norbello, he collaborated on the project “Digital Archaeological Map of the Municipality of Buddusò” and on a research project involving the territory of Tresnuraghes and Planargia (Sardinia, Italy) with the University of Sassari. He has been Research fellow of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia in 2010-2012, conducting the project “Geo-Informatica per l’individuazione dei Paesaggi Storici – L’asta del Rio Mannu di Porto Torres” at the DADU. During previous years, he specialised himself on Preventive Archaeology (Advanced Course on “Archeologia Preventiva e Valutazione del Rischio Archeologico – Normative tecniche per la valutazione dell’impatto di opere infrastrutturali sul patrimonio archeologico” – Preventive Archaeology and Evaluation of the Archaeological Risk) and Geographic Information Systems (Professional Course “Database Topografici: dalla teoria alla pratica” – GeoDB: from theory to practice) at the University of Siena.