Dr Federica Pascale

Dr Federica Pascale is Associate Professor of Sustainable Built Environment. A 2021/22 THIS Institute sustainability and healthcare improvement Fellow, she brings over a decade of research experience in community and healthcare sustainability, resilience to natural hazards, ageing populations, and health infrastructure, collaborating with global partners worldwide.

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Background

Federica obtained her PhD in Architectural Technology from the University of Naples “Federico II” in 2012, where she also completed her BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering with first-class honours. She joined Loughborough University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, contributing to Phase 2 of the Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC), a £10m multi-university collaboration.

In 2015, she joined ARU as a Lecturer and is now Associate Professor of Sustainable Built Environment. A 2021/22 THIS Institute Fellow, her research focuses on healthcare and community sustainability, resilience to natural hazards, ageing populations, and health infrastructure, working with national and international partners.

Spoken Languages

Italian

Research interests

• Sustainable and resilient healthcare estate
• Mitigation and adaptation strategies for the healthcare estate
• Sustainable and resilient community built environment

Areas of research supervision

Federica supervises projects relating to her research interests.

Teaching

Architecture, Construction and Surveying courses

Qualifications

• PhD in Construction Technology, University of Naples “Federico II” (FIIU), Italy
• MSc in Civil Engineering (two-year course), Faculty of Engineering (FIIU), Italy
• BSc in Civil Engineering (three-year course), Faculty of Engineering, FIIU, Italy

Memberships, editorial boards

• Member of CIB Commission on “Smart and Sustainable Built Environments”
• Topic Editor for Sustainability (MDPI Publications)
• Review Editor for Sustainable Design and Construction (speciality section of Frontiers in Built Environment) (Frontiers)
• Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Building Design and Environment (Omniscient Pte Ltd)

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

2022-present: PI of the fellowship project “INtegrated SUstainable and REsilient Healthcare Real Estate (INSURE HRE)”, THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute), University of Cambridge, value: £247,469.59.

2022-present: PI of the Match-funded PhD “NHS Hospital Trusts readiness towards resilience automatization using digital technologies”, ARU and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, total value: £66,020.

2019-2023: Co-I of the H2020 research project “Towards more Earthquake-resilient Urban Societies through a Multi-sensor-based Information System enabling Earthquake Forecasting, Early Warning and Rapid Response Actions (TURNkey)”, Horizon 2020, value: €8,000,000.

2020-2021: PI of the research project "What is the route to build the Built Healthcare Infrastructure (BHI) of the future?", QR Next Steps Fund, ARU, total funding: £9,847.

2020-2021: PI of the research project "To enhance the resilience, service provision and patients’ experience of the cancer service at the at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE FT) post-Covid19", ARU FSE, total funding: £12,303.

2020-2021: PI of the research project "Barriers and potentials to the uptake of technology for third sector organizations in the DIZ region to support older adults to live independently within their own community through virtual networks of support", RIDO Seed Corns, total funding: £9991.12.

2016-2020: Researcher of the research project “Assessment and mitigation of liquefaction potential across Europe: a holistic approach to protect structures / infrastructures for improved resilience to earthquake-induced liquefaction disasters — LIQUEFACT”, Horizon 2020, value: €4,944,072.50.

2018: PI of the research project “Study on the current technology related to the Built Environment (BE) to support older adults to live independently in their community”, Positive Ageing Research Institute (PARI), value: £6315.50, EBE Sandpit V 2018, value: £8,000.

2014-2015: Co-I of the research project “New HBN for Improving the Environment of Care for People with Dementia”, Department of Health, total value: £49,000.

2014-2015: Co-I of the research project “Activity-Acuity-Adaptability-Flow (A3F)”, funded through LU’s impact acceleration grant, total value: £97,197.

2013-2014: Co-I of the research project “Improving the environment of care for people with dementia”, Department of Health. total value: £270,000.

2013: Co-I of the research project “Travelling funds for European networking”, funded by Loughborough University: £5,000.

Selected recent publications

Refereed journal articles

Pascale, F., Tabakov, P. and Bhutta, M. (2025) 'Decarbonizing the healthcare estate: Lessons learned from NHS England trusts green plans', Sustainability, 17(18), pp. 8375. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su17188375

Pascale, F. and Jones, K. (2025) 'Existing hospitals’ journey into a sustainable and climate-resilient future: barriers and opportunities for estates and facilities management, Facilities, 43(11-12), pp. 777–802. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/F-01-2025-0002

Pascale, F., Achour, N., Chaplin, E., Osei, G. and Elhaj, H., (2025) 'Enhancing the resilience of cancer services in terms of hospital built environment reconfiguration in case of pandemics', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 116, 105140. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105140

Utami, A., Achour, N. and Pascale, F. (2025) 'Evaluating Telemedicine for Chronic Disease Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries During Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)', Hospitals, 2(2), pp. 9. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/hospitals2020009

Pascale, F. and Achour, N. (2024) 'Envisioning the sustainable and climate resilient hospital of the future', Public Health, 237, pp. 435-442. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.10.028

Luciano, A., Pascale, F. and Polverino, F. (2023) 'Italian Age-Friendly House Scorecard (IAHS): A Composite Indicator for Assessing Housing’s Age-Friendliness', Journal of Aging and Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2275777

Marmo, R., Pascale, F., Diana, L., Sicignano, E. and Polverino, F, (2022) 'Lessons learnt for enhancing hospital resilience to pandemics: A qualitative analysis from Italy', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 81. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103265

Wanigarathna, N., Jones, K., Pascale, F., Morga, M. and Meslam, A. (2022) 'Cost Benefit Analysis to Appraise Technical Mitigation Options for Earthquake Induced Liquefaction Disaster Events', Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 28(2), pp. 220-241. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-12-2021-0073

Jones, K., Pascale, F., Wanigarathna, N., Morga, M. and Sargin, S. (2021) 'Critical evaluation of the customisation process of the UNDRR disaster resilience scorecard for cities to earthquake-induced soil liquefaction disaster events', Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 19, pp. 4115–4143. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-00993-y

Jones, K., Morga, M., Wanigarathna, N., Pascale, F. and Abdelghani, M. (2021) 'Improving the resilience of existing built assets to earthquake induced liquefaction disaster events', Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 19, pp. 4145–4169. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-00979-w

Guidelines

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (‎2025) 'Underground shelters and services in hospitals', World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

Pantzartzis, E., Pascale, F. and Price, A. D. F. (2015) 'Health Building Note 08-02: Dementia-friendly Health and Social Care Environments', Department of Health. (authors are listed alphabetically)

Recent presentations and conferences

Thompson, A. D., Pascale, F. and Wanigarathna, N. (2025) 'Using Soft System Action Research to Create a Pragmatic Building Surveying Toolkit for Assessing Damp and Mould to Achieve Healthy Housing'. In: Branco, J. M., Lima, D. F., Moscoso, Y. and Silva, S. M. (Eds) (2025) Moisture in Buildings. ICMB 2025, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 776. Cham: Springer. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-09054-6_13

Pascale, F. and Jones, K. (2025) 'Challenges and Opportunities in Applying Participatory Backcasting for Climate-Resilient Hospital Estates', The proceedings of the 24th EuroFM Research Symposium 2025, 1-2 December, Trondheim, Norway.

Pascale, F. and Achour, N. (2024) 'Identifying the driving factors for the future hospital in a climate change scenario'. In: Ajayi, S., Gorse, C., Parkinson, L., Pooley, A., Booth, C., Newport, D. et al. (Eds) (2024) International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2024 - Conference Proceedings, Leeds Beckett University.

Bawuah, D., Pascale, F. and Achour, N. (2024) 'The Role of Digital Twins to Optimise Hospital Resilience Strategies to Heatwaves: A Review', The proceedings of the 23rd EuroFM Research Symposium 2023, European Facility Management Network, 10-12 June, London, UK.

Pascale, F. and Jones, K. (2023) 'Drivers to achieve future-proofed hospital built assets', The proceedings of the 22nd EuroFM Research Symposium 2023, European Facility Management Network, 9-11 November, Istanbul, Turkey.

Wanigarathna, N., Henjewele, C., Jones, K., Morga M. and Pascale F. (2022) 'Modelling earthquake damage repair costs: Improving accuracy for preparedness decision making', 38th Association of Researchers in Construction Management conference (ARCOM), 5-7 September, Glasgow, UK.

Media experience

Achour, N., Pascale, F. (2021) 'Healthcare Resilience to Major Disasters: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic' video, ARU. Available at: https://doi.org/10.25411/aru.16644640.v1