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Dena Kasraian

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-0669
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20142026

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Dr. ir. Dena Kasraian is an Irène Curie fellow and a tenured Assistant Professor at Urbanism and Urban Architecture group of the Built Environment Department, Eindhoven University of Technology. She has an established expertise in architecture, urban design and planning, and transportation and a strong interest in conducting interdisciplinary research that bridges these fields. Her work focuses on the interactions between the following areas, using both quantitative and qualitative methods:

  • The built environment (urbanization, land use, public domain, transport infrastructure, and urban green infrastructure)
  • Human behaviour (travel behavior, perception, active lifestyles, and play behavior) 

She is also committed to investigating the public health and equity impacts of urban and mobility interventions, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups such as children and youth.

 

Academic background

Dena Kasraian obtained a B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering (2007), and a B.A. in French Literature (2009) from Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran. She has an M.Sc. in Urbanism (2010- Cum Laude) and a Ph.D. (2017), from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. Her Ph.D., “Transport Networks, Land Use and Travel Behaviour: a Long Term Investigation”, was funded under the JPI Urban Europe CASUAL project. She joined the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute, Department of Civil Engineering, as a postdoctoral fellow for two years before starting as an Assistant Professor at the Department of the Built Environment of TU Eindhoven (2019).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  5. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  6. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  7. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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