- 2025 – present · Assistant Professor, Department of History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism (UAUIM), Bucharest
- 2019 – 2025 · Collaborating Assistant Professor, Department of History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism (UAUIM), Bucharest
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- 2024 – 2026 · Project Assistant, WECARE – Warding Ecosystem Commons through Action-Research & Education. Creative Europe (CREA-CULT-2023-COOP-1, project ID 101129740). Partners: Association for Urban Transition (ATU), Bucharest; Studio Basar; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona; Politechnika Krakowska, Kraków.
- Co-coordinator, research and participatory-design workshop Crângași Herbarium, with an intervention at the "Nichita Stănescu" branch of the Bucharest Metropolitan Library (with Cristian Borcan and Alexandru Axinte), UAUIM, 2024 – 2025
- 2017 – 2019 · Fellow, Urban Education Live. JPI Urban Europe / Horizon 2020. Partners: IPoP – Institute for Spatial Policies, Ljubljana; ATU; UAUIM; Tampere University; University of Sheffield.
- Participant, Venice International Summer School & Symposium, 2018
- 2018 – 2019 · Research Assistant, National Institute of Heritage, Immovable Heritage Directorate. Mărăști Historic Battlefield project: international methods for listing battlefields and surveys of buildings erected by the "Mărăști 1917" Society.
- 2024 · Workshop leader, The Panduri Cvartal Garden, independent student research workshop on informal green space in a Bucharest housing block.
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
Books (co-authored)
- Sotoca, A., Serra Permanyer, M., Villalba Rodet, A., Bonastra, Q., Gyurkovich, M., Szczerek, E., Poklewski-Koziell, D., Wiśniewski, M., Borcan, C., Axinte, A., Calciu, D., Pop, I. & Matusik, A. (2025). WECARE: Warding Ecosystem Commons through Action-Research and Education. ISBN 978-83-68481-09-9. Open access: hdl.handle.net/2117/457085
Book chapters
- Pop, I. (2025). "Regionalism from the Centre: Henriette Delavrancea-Gibory". In Ș. Ghenciulescu & A. Calma (eds.), Places and Architectures: Regionalism and Contextualism in Romania, 20th–21st Centuries, 10–32. Bucharest: "Ion Mincu" University Press.
- Pop, I. (2021). "The Walls of Her House" [in Romanian]. In Ș. Ghenciulescu, D. Hasnaș & A. Drăghicescu (eds.), People at Work in Their Homes. Bucharest: "Ion Mincu" University Press. ISBN 978-606-638-235-9.
Articles
- Pop, I. (2024). "True Architecture and Truthful Architecture: Recovering a Critical Category." COTAA – Collection of Texts about Architecture 1. Ozalid. ISSN 3061-4236.
- Calciu, D., Pop, I. & Till, J. (2020). "Maybe We Should Just Stop Using the Word 'Architecture': An Interview with Jeremy Till." studies in History and Theory of Architecture 8: 12–18. DOI: 10.54508/SITA.8.02
- Pop, I. (2022). "Reflecting on 'Degrowth' and 'The Trouble with Truth and Sincerity in Architecture'." PLAT Journal 10.5. Rice University School of Architecture, Houston.
- Pop, I. (2020). "The Trouble with Truth and Sincerity in Architecture." PLAT Journal 9.0: Commit. Rice University School of Architecture, Houston.
- Pop, I. (2019). Review of Martin Kohlrausch, Brokers of Modernity: East Central Europe and the Rise of Modernist Architects, 1910–1950. studies in History and Theory of Architecture 7: 251–254. DOI: 10.54508/SITA.7.17
Research reports and guidelines
- Axinte, A., Borcan, C., Calciu, D., Pop, I. & Trifon, M. (2024). The Green Gazette – WECARE Bucharest: Informal (Green) Practices in the Crângași District. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ISSN 2938-5083.
- Zahariade, A.-M., Crăciun, M., Gaiță, L. & Pop, I. (2022). Guide to Best Practices for Organising Architecture and Urban Design Competitions (2nd ed., in Romanian). Romanian Order of Architects.
Translations
- 2024 · Anna Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Co-translated with Deniz Otay. Vellant.
- 2024 · Sara Ahmed, The Cultural Politics of Emotion. Co-translated with Cătălina Stanislav. "Lucian Blaga" University Press, Sibiu.
- 2023 · Judith Butler, Bodies That Matter. Co-translated with Cătălina Stanislav. "Lucian Blaga" University Press, Sibiu.
- 2023 · Stavros Stavrides, Common Space: The City as Commons. Co-translated with Deniz Otay. Vellant.
- 2019 · Peter Zumthor, Atmospheres. Translation assistant and specialist reviewer (translator: Ștefan Vianu). Arhitext Design Foundation.
Other publications (selected)
- Pop, I. (2026). "Cities from Scratch." Zeppelin 177.
- Pop, I. & Phiffer, A. (2025). "Amnesty/Friction: What Can Architecture Do with the Present? A Conversation with Adrian Phiffer." Zeppelin 175.
- Pop, I. (2024). "Cover Me Softly: Care and Reinvention in the Main Exhibition of BETA 2024." Zeppelin 173.
- Pop, I. (2022). "Group, Guild, Collective: 'The Woman Architect' in the Communist Period." Zeppelin 167.
- Pop, I. (2022). "Two Houses, 1925 and 1926: Eileen Gray and Henriette Delavrancea-Gibory." Zeppelin 167.
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED)
Invited lectures
- 2026 · "Other Bucharests." online, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union, New York (Design IV Option Studio led by Adrian Phiffer, Gwathmey Chair in Urbanism), 25 February 2026.
- 2025 · "Informal Spatial Practices in the Crângași District." Research seminar, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, 14 May 2025.
- 2024 · "Honest Image / Truthful Architecture: Myths of Stylistic Criticism." Public lecture, Sandwich Library, Bucharest.
- 2021 · "On Truth and Sincerity." online, MA course Storytelling as a Design Tool, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Strasbourg, 13 April 2021.
- 2020 · Lecturer, training course on organising architecture and urban design competitions for public administrations, Cluj County Council / Romanian Order of Architects, February 2020
Symposia and conferences
- 2025 · Speaker, Panel 2 "Action Research Bucharest", International Symposium MAIC – Alternative Models of Cultural Infrastructure, National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) & ATU, Bucharest, within the JPI project CoNECT, 25 April 2025.
Guest criticism and moderation
- 2025 · Guest critic, MSc in Sustainable Built Environment (MISMeC), ETSAV – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, April 2025.
- 2022 · Moderator, Toxic Grounds, public talk by Bernard Khoury (Beirut), Romanian Order of Architects, 29 April 2022.
TEACHING
"Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Department of History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation — seminar tutor:
- 2025 – 2026 · History of Architecture 3 (course leaders: Assoc. Prof. Radu Ponta)
- 2025 – 2026 · History of Architecture 2 (course leaders: Prof. Mihaela Criticos)
- 2019 – 2026 · Introduction to Contemporary Architecture (course leaders: Prof. Ana-Maria Zahariade, Assoc. Prof. Radu Ponta)
- 2019 – 2026 · Architectural Language I and II (course leader: Prof. Mihaela Criticos)
- 2021 – 2026 · Architecture – Housing – City (course leader: Lect. Toader Popescu)
- 2019 – 2022 · Professional Practice (course leader: Lect. Toader Popescu)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION:
- 2024 – 2025 · Coordinated student research workshops Crângași Herbarium (WECARE) and Panduri Cvartal Garden.
EDITORIAL WORK AND SERVICE
- 2025 – present · Associate Editor, sITA – studies in History and Theory of Architecture, UAUIM
- 2025, 2026 · Peer Reviewer, COTAA – Collection of Texts About Architecture
- 2021 – present · Associate Editor, Zeppelin architecture magazine, Bucharest
- Guest co-editor of thematic dossiers: The Inclusive City (no. 167, 2022), Further: Transformations of the Architectural Profession (no. 169, 2022), My House, Our House (no. 170, 2023)
- 2019 – 2020 · Assistant Editor, sITA vol. 7 (Seasoned Modernism) and vol. 8 (Architectural Aesthetics)
- 2019 – 2022 · Secretary, Competitions Working Group, Romanian Order of Architects
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2026 – present · Programme Curator, MuzA – Museum of Architecture, Romanian Order of Architects & Ideilagram Association, Bucharest
- 2023 – present · Museographer II, Museum Education Department, National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
- 2019 – 2023 · Open Design Competitions Advisor, Romanian Order of Architects. Coordinating assistant for 13 national and international architecture and urban design competitions run as public procurement procedures (e.g. Piața Sfatului – Brașov Central Square; Cluj Children's Hospital; Cibin Square urban regeneration, Sibiu)
- 2025 · Creative development consultant, Timișoara Architecture Biennial (BETA)
- 2024 · Curator and editor, Vlad Nancă, Coupled Columns (exhibition, Ephémère, Bucharest) and Human Scale(artist book and educational kit)