Peyvand Forouzandeh

Prior to joining SCARP, Peyvand completed a Master's degree in architecture, sustainable design and worked in urban sustainability and the green building sector in the United States. 

Governance of urban sustainability transition experimentations towards transformative impacts

How can urban sustainability transition experiments be effectively designed and implemented to achieve transformative impacts and foster learning within collaborative, multi-actor contexts in Canada?

Peyvand's research investigates the governance dynamics within collaborative urban experimentations in Canadian cities. By examining various cases of urban sustainability experimentations across Canada, she seeks to identify the mechanisms and factors that can steer these experiments towards achieving transformative impacts and learning. 

UBC SCARP: Cities Experimenting with Sustainability Transformations

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