STAND4HERITAGE

NEW STANDARDS FOR SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE

STAND4HERITAGE (New STANDards for seismic assessment of built cultural HERITAGE) ambitiously engages in introducing new standards for safeguarding built cultural heritage for the next generations, which is a major societal demand. Due to their large diversity, the accurate description of the structural behaviour of heritage buildings is still an open issue, particularly when subjected to earthquake ground motions.

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Latest News

September 29

Members of the S4H team, including Dr. Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, participated in the GEM-EGU Summer School on GeoHazards Risk 2025 in Aveiro, Portugal. Their...

September 29

The S4H team recently published a research paper in the Journal of Structures, authored by  Dr. Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, and Prof. Paulo B. Lourenço, in...

September 29

The S4H team recently published a research paper in the Journal of Structures, authored by  Dr. Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, and Prof. Paulo B. Lourenço, in...

July 21

The S4H team recently published a research paper in the Special Issue in Honor of Professor Armen Der Kiureghian in...

July 21

The S4H members Dr. Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, Dr. Matteo Salvalaggio, and Daniel Caicedo recently presented three conference papers at the 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference...

June 9

The S4H team recently published a paper authored by Dr. Shaghayegh Karimzadeh and Prof. Paulo B. Lourenço, in collaboration with Dr. Kun Ji from Hohai...

June 2

Moein Mirzaei holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Structural/Earthquake Engineering, completed in 2012 and 2015, respectively. His Master’s...

Latest Publications

Daniel Caicedo, Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, Vasco Bernardo, and Paulo B. Lourenço
Daniel Caicedo, Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, Vasco Bernardo, and Paulo B. Lourenço
Ground motion model using simulated scenario earthquake records in Azores Plateau (Portugal) at bedrock
Kun Ji, Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, Saman Yaghmaei-Sabegh, Ruibin Hou, Alexandra Carvalho, Paulo B. Lourenço
2025
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Annalaura Vuoto , Marco F. Funari , Shaghayegh Karimzadeh , Paulo B. Lourenço
Journal Paper
2025

Our Team

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Lecturer at the University of Auckland
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Maître de conférences / Assistant Professor at Université Clermont Auvergne
Auxiliar Researcher
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PhD Candidate
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Opportunities

You are a student or a researcher interested in the project, we would be glad to collaborate with you. You want to come at UMinho, please contact us.

For researchers, you have the opportunity to apply for a grant from your national funding agencies to cover the costs related to your visit. More information and specific details are available there for EU researchers and there for non EU-researchers.