CV

Education

2024-Present - MA - Disaster Risk Management & Climate Governance - Universidad Católica de Murcia, Spain

2016-2019 - MSc - Environmental Management - University of Derby, United Kingdom

2004-2008 - BA (Hons) - Product Design - Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Additional Trainings and Certifications

2025 - GIS for Climate Action esri Academy

2024 - Shaping Urban Futures Indian Institute for Human Settlements

2023 - Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research Erasmus University, Netherlands

2020 - Intercultural Competency in Education – University of Iceland

2019 - Basiskwalificatie Didactische Bekwaamheid (BDB) inc. BKE - Hanze Hogeschool, Netherlands

2017 - Sustainable Urban Development AMS Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, Netherlands

Selected Publications

2025 - What’s That Green - Asset-Based Community Development for developing Nature-based Solutions

2024 - Uncover Magazine - Internationalisation: The European classroom of Urban Life and Placemaking : Live like a local, act like a professional

2024 - Uncover Magazine - Internationalisation: The role of leisure in transitioning towards inclusive cities The InclusiveCity project

Selected Research & other projects

2024 - Present - Driving Urban Transitions: InclusiveCity: Critical Placemaking for Inclusive Cities.

2019 - Present - Placemaking Academy

2025 - Future Urban Living Lab Education

Selected Guest Lectures & Conference presentations

2025 - Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Sustainable cultural tourism & the Rijnhaven case

2025 - Placemaking Week Europe, Reggio Emilia, Italy - Reflective Urban Pause

2024 - Placemaking Week Europe, Rotterdam, Netherlands - From classroom to community: placemaking for students & universities

2024 - University of Mysore, Mysuru, India - Placemaking Education in the Netherlands

2024 - Play/Act Placemaking, Evora, Portugal - Living in the city: an interventional education approach

2023 - Placemaking Week Europe, Strasbourg, France - Curriculum for a Placemaker

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Selected Work Experience

2019 - Present - Breda University of Applied Sciences – Breda, Netherlands Lecturer, Programme Developer & Coordinator

2018 - 2019 - NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences – Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Lecturer in Operations & Research and Placement Coach

2008 - 2017 - Miniloft Apartment Hotel – Berlin, Germany. Operations/General Manager