I am an architect, D.Sc. (Tech) and work as Senior Research Fellow at Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering Group, Aalto University. Recently, I started as a Platform Manager of Aalto Living+, a multidisciplinary research platform of human-centered living environments. I am also affiliated to Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies as a Visiting Professor of Architecture for the Smart City.

I teach land use planning and city development, and lead a research group which operates in between the academia and practise by making action research in urban planning & design processes, land use planning and local development. I am interested in the interpretations and implementations of sustainability in planning practice, and in the digitisation of planning in the context of smart cities. I am an expert in developing participative methods, digitally supported platforms and interactive environments for urban development and collaborative processes. My inspirator has been the Aalto Built Environment Lab ABE, an interactive modelling and visualisation space at Aalto University, School of Engineering, which we have been actively developing with my team.

I hold several positions of trust and expertise in academic, professional and NGO organisations.