Personal Statement
Dr Malathouni is a qualified architect and architectural historian with extensive experience in the heritage sector, specialising in 20th-century architectural heritage. She holds a MSc and a PhD degree from The Bartlett, University College London, having previously studied at the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. She is a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC, UK), ICOMOS-UK, and ICOMOS-ISC20C. In the past, she had also been registered with the Architects Registration Bureau (ARB, UK) and the Technical Chamber of Greece (as Registered Architect), although she has now resigned.
Her research has explored various associations between human nature and space and is currently focusing on historical perspectives of 20th-century healthcare architecture, including their heritage potential. For her principal live project on mental health facilities in post-war England (working title: "The Hospitalisation of Public English Asylums: an architectural history (1891-1966)"), she has received funding from the Wellcome Trust ISSF, the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Dr Malathouni is also recipient of a British Academy “2026 Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners” award to develop a collaborative Horizon Europe Pillar 2 project titled “Bridging Diverse Health Heritage(s): fostering shared responsibility and security through inclusive narratives, objects, and places (BriDgHealtH)”. This new project builds on Christina’s current research on mental healthcare facilities and her earlier work on 20th-century architectural heritage that included the listing of Preston Bus Station in 2013. The project also closely engages with the COST Action 22159: EuroHealthHist (National, International and Transnational Histories of Healthcare, 1850-2000), in which Christina is Lead of the Special Interest Group in Healthcare Architecture, WG5 Co-Lead, and also member of the and Core Group and Management Committee (UK Representative).
Together with two LSA colleagues, Dr Malathouni was also recipient of a 2025/26 British Academy Conference award in support of the Architectural Humanities Research Association international conference 2025 "Conceptualising Environment(s): continuity and change" (https://www.virtual-lsa.uk/ahra2025/).
For her postgraduate studies and doctoral research she received grants from The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, the UCL Graduate School, The Bartlett School of Architecture, the State Scholarships Foundation (Greece) and the A. S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (Greece).

Research Overview
Dr Malathouni's research has long focused on associations between human nature and space. For her doctoral research, she explored aspects of mathematical and architectural space as part of the so-called "New Geometries", and specifically "the fourth dimension of space", that included connections to experimental psychology and implications for our understanding of human perception and spirituality. At present, these research interests have extended to further associations between human development, mental health and space, including conceptions of "social space". She currently researches historical perspectives of 20th-century healthcare architecture and is writing a book on "Public Mental Health Facilities in Post-War England" (Routledge), supported by the Wellcome Trust, the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Dr Malathouni leads the Liverpool School of Architecture's "Health" Research Cluster. She is also a member of the Management Committee (UK Representative) for the EU COST Action 22159: "CA22159 - National, International and Transnational Histories of Healthcare, 1850-2000 (EuroHealthHist)" (09/2023-09/2027); Co-Lead of the Action's Working Group 5 "Heritage and Public Engagement"; and also initiated and is leading the cross-Action Special Interest Group on "Healthcare Architecture and Spaces".
Earlier work includes "Saving Brutalist icon Preston Bus Station", which was submitted as one of the Liverpool School of Architecture's REF2021 Impact Case Studies (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/research-themes/heritage/tales-from-the-square/).