Dr Beniamino Polimeni is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Technology, and the Programme Director for the Doctorate in Design (DDes) at the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, which he joined in 2022.
Prior to this appointment, he was a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at De Montfort University (DMU), where he led the MA in Architectural Design, coordinated the second year of the BA in Architecture, and served as the Institute Head of Research Students. He also contributed to founding the AGU School of Architecture, where he worked from 2014 to 2017 as an Assistant Professor.
In 2013, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Aga Khan Programme for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (AKPIA@MIT).
He is a Registered Architect and Conservation Architect in Italy, as well as a Registered Architect (ARB) and Architectural Technologist (ACIAT) in the UK.
Beniamino is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

As a designer and conservation architect interested in the science of representation, his research is highly interdisciplinary and follows a multi-scale approach, beginning at the territorial level and extending to architectural interventions. Dr Polimeni is particularly interested in the history and conservation of traditional Mediterranean architecture and the intercultural exchanges that have shaped these spaces. Specifically, he focuses on studying and proposing strategies for preserving the unique characteristics of these environments, understanding how particular social settings have influenced formal aspects and configurations, and how lessons from the past can be applied to contemporary architecture in the context of climate change.
Understanding and integrating different perspectives is a fundamental aspect of his teaching and scholarly activities and simultaneously a cultural element he has explored through publications, workshops, and studies funded by external and internal grants.
Beniamino is a member of several scientific associations and collaborates as an Expert Peer Reviewer for national and international research projects. Additionally, he serves as a scientific coordinator and member of the editorial boards of international conferences and journals.

Beniamino welcomes PhD applications, particularly in the fields of Vernacular Architecture, Architectural Preservation, Islamic Architecture, Architecture and Migration.