Laura Demeter

Laura Demeter is a Researcher at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, specializing in the Management and Development of Cultural Heritage. Her research critically assesses mechanisms of heritization of the Communist Past through contested case studies in Bucharest and Berlin.

• PhD Candidate in Cultural Heritage
• Master's in World Heritage Studies (UNESCO) at Brandenburg University
• Bachelor's in Arts and Italian at Ruhr-University
• Diploma in History at Bucharest University

Her research interests span cultural value creation, preservation of contested heritage, museum studies, and memory discourses in post-Communist Eastern Europe. She has contributed two peer-reviewed publications to conferences on heritage and sustainable development, focusing on the Romanian Communist legacy.