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