May East
I am an international urbanist and practitioner specialised in gender-sensitive cities. My work spans the fields of regenerative design, artivism, and women’s studies. I work internationally with intergovernmental agencies, private sector, and local & regional governments in the creation of policy guidelines and activities for accelerating SDGs implementation in cities and regions. A UNITAR Fellow, I have a diploma in climate change negotiation and a long track record of promoting vertical integration between community-led solutions to climate resilience and national & international donors, and the UN system and conventions.
Academically I have an MSc in Spatial Planning with a specialisation in rehabilitating abandoned villages and towns and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning under the theme 'What if Women Designed the City?' My research interests, also, include nature-based solutions for urban planning and the use of regenerative design approaches for shaping 20-minute neighbourhoods and eco-communities. I currently serve as UN House Scotland Director of Cities Programme
My passion is to co-develop Project-Based Learning trajectories supporting indigenous and migrant communities and their traditions to survive in rapidly changing environments while enhancing their opportunities to become the designers of their desired future.
Awards: Internationally recognised Top 100 Global Sustainability Leader three years in a row. Women of the Decade in Sustainability 2019.
Academically I have an MSc in Spatial Planning with a specialisation in rehabilitating abandoned villages and towns and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning under the theme 'What if Women Designed the City?' My research interests, also, include nature-based solutions for urban planning and the use of regenerative design approaches for shaping 20-minute neighbourhoods and eco-communities. I currently serve as UN House Scotland Director of Cities Programme
My passion is to co-develop Project-Based Learning trajectories supporting indigenous and migrant communities and their traditions to survive in rapidly changing environments while enhancing their opportunities to become the designers of their desired future.
Awards: Internationally recognised Top 100 Global Sustainability Leader three years in a row. Women of the Decade in Sustainability 2019.
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