Graduated in Architecture (Politecnico di Bari) and PhD in Architectural Restoration (SSAV Iuav - Cà Foscari), Emanuela Sorbo has been an Architectural Officer of Superintendence (SABAP-VR) and since 2017 she has been Associate Professor of Restoration at Iuav where she has held management roles (DACC Department Council, SSIBAP teaching and internationalisation coordinator, Iuav Abroad delegate).

Her main research activities concern forms and techniques of conservation and restoration of ruins and abandoned places, and she regularly contributes to these topics in Italian and foreign publishers with editorial roles.

She is a member of the Doctoral College in History of the Arts of the Cà Foscari University of Venice and the SSIBAP--Iuav Council.

She is Iuav scientific coordinator for national research groups (Interuniversity Centre CeSPitA; constituting Interuniversity Centre RheA).

She coordinates - with Prof. Fabrizio Antonelli - the MATESCA research cluster. She directs the series published by the cluster for Marsilio.

She is the sole scientific coordinator for framework agreements and research contracts for valorisation activities through research aimed at defining preliminary knowledge, identifying conservation strategies and dissemination and public engagement actions (Sabap-Vr; Municipality of Vicenza - Olympic Theatre and Valmarana Salvi Gardens; Municipality of Verona - Arena, Roman Theatre, et al.; Municipality of Brendola - Unfinished Church; Montorso Vicentino - Barchesse della Villa da Porto; Rovigo - Psychiatric Hospital; Schio - Ex Lanificio Rossi Fabbrica Alta).

She is the scientific coordinator for European projects and international networks (Erasmus+ Hersus; CarveLand Network).

Member of the Italian Society for the Restoration of Architecture (SIRA) since its foundation, she was a member of the Board of Directors from 2017 to 2020. 

She is qualified for the role of full Professor in the SSD of Restoration.