Zahra Kalantari

Broad interest in the areas of: Sustainable urban and rural development, Sustainable cities and climate change, Vulnerability ssessment to water-related disasters and conflicts; Linking climate change assessments with adaptation policies, Adaptive land-use planning for decision support; Nature-Based Solutions and ecosystem services; smart city and IoT; and environmental impacts and solution strategies. Investigator in a number of prestigious national and EU projects and author of numerous reports on applied research, consultancy projects and scientific papers. Expertise in collaborative research with stakeholders, authorities and decision makers such as Tillväxt- och regionplaneförvaltningen – Region Stockholm, Swedish Transport Administration (TRV), Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGU), Swedish Forest Agency and SMHI. Active collaboration with researchers in Europe, North America, Eastern Africa, and Middle East and regularly convenes planning and management sessions at EGU meetings. She has been a technical advisor at ÅF-Infrastructure consultancy and project manager at Royal Haskoning and Burohappold UK Ltd.