Nykøbing S, Region Zealand, Denmark
PhD in Environmental Psychology MSc Built Environment: Light and Lighting MSc Landscape Architecture Professional member of the IALD Former Chairman of the jury of the swedish lighting design awards PROFILE Researcher and practitioner holding a PhD in environmental psychology (LTH, Lund University, 2025) and master’s degrees in Landscape Architecture (SLU, Alnarp, 2000) and Built Environment: Light & Lighting (UCL, London, 2007), with a solid professional background in architecture and engineering consultancy. Her work lies at the intersection of theory, empirical research, and public-sector practice. She applies a socio-physical perspective and design-oriented research methods to examine how lighting, spatial configuration, and environmental cues shape mobility, everyday use, and social practices in urban public space. Her research is grounded in environmental psychology and informed by urban sociology, public life studies, public space theory, and lighting research. She specializes in research on human factors in light and lighting. Adopting mixed-methods approach and a socio-physical conceptual framework, she conducts field-based interventions in collaboration with municipalities and local actors. The research contributes to an advanced understanding of socially sustainable public spaces, with particular attention to inclusion, social interaction, sense of belonging, and quality of life. Drawing on senior professional experience in people leadership, project management, and creative design processes within the built environment, she brings strong communication skills together with analytic, conceptual and strategic thinking. Building on her doctoral work and professional foundation, she aims to further develop the socio-physical perspective and advance design-oriented methodologies, exploring how knowledge from local-scale interventions may inform multi-level urban transformation strategies contributing to a sustainable future.
Affilliated Researcher
Specialist in landscape architecture and lighting design.