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Maaike S. De Waal (PhD, Leiden University) is assistant professor and head of the Field Research and Education Centre at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University (the Netherlands). She is also a partner in ARGEOgraph, an archaeological company specializing in geoinformatics in archaeology. Previously, she was lecturing in archaeology at the University of the West Indies (Barbados). Her research interests include archaeological heritage management, applied archaeology, landscape archaeology, and Caribbean archaeology and heritage. 'Pre-Colonial and Post-Contact Archaeology in Barbados: past, present and future research directions' (De Waal, M.S., Finneran, N., Reilly, M., Armstrong, D.V. and Farmer, K., Sidestone Press, 2019) is one of her recent publications.
Ilaria Rosetti was a PhD candidate at the University of Antwerp (ARCHES research group) and visiting researcher at TUDelft (HEVA chair). Her research focuses on the role(s) that participation in heritage practices can play in achieving sustainable urban development. Her experience includes projects for public and private institutions, both in the academic and professional sphere, within fields of cultural policy, sustainable tourism, community engagement, and strategies for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mara De Groot studied Archaeology (VU Amsterdam, 1996-2001; University of Melbourne, 2000). In 2005 she started working for the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE) as an Archaeological Information Specialist. In 2009 Mara got the opportunity to work for the Shared Heritage program of the Nationaal Archief (National Archives) and the RCE, focusing on heritage from Dutch exploration, trade, colonialism, conflict and migration worldwide. Ambitions of the Shared Heritage program are preservation through development, capacity building and improving access to heritage. Since 2014 Mara has been working as Managing Director for the Centre for Global Heritage and Development, a Leiden-Delft-Erasmus initiative.
Uditha Jinadasa is a lecturer attached to the Department of Archaeology (Faculty of Arts) in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Uditha obtained her PhD from Leiden University in 2020 defending the thesis "Changes in the Cultural Landscape and their Impacts on Heritage Management: A Study of Dutch Fort at Galle, Sri Lanka." She has a bachelor's degree in archaeology and a master's degree in Geo-Informatics, both obtained from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
