Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Lara Rettondini
Course Director
Lara Rettondini is Course Director for Interior Architecture and Design in the Leeds School of Arts. She joined Leeds Beckett University in 2021 after holding teaching and leadership roles at the University of Westminster, the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Central Saint Martins (UAL), and Kingston University. Lara is a registered architect, co-director of London-based practice Studio X Design Group, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research Interests
Lara is presently undertaking a PhD in the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) at Kingston University. Her project focuses on the formation of autonomous subjectivity in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Antonio Gramsci, and Michel Foucault, and on the role of discipline and self-discipline in such process.