Thursday 16 December 7:00pm via Zoom
Priti is an architectural designer and urban geographer. She is currently undertaking an internship with the Climate Change Team, in UN-Habitat at the United Nations whilst pursuing a PhD at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and is a recipient of the ESRC DTP studentship. Her doctoral research explores government led “Transitional Housing” programmes intended for informal settlement dwellers in South Africa, with a focus on gender, energy access and domestic space. She is also a network partner for the AHRC Filming Energy Research Network (FERN) in Cape Town and Mumbai, a network of policy makers, NGOs and communities involved in the design and delivery of new transitional housing for informal settlement dwellers in India and South Africa.
Before embarking on a PhD, Priti worked in professional architectural practice and design research in London and Cambridge, whilst obtaining her RIBA Part I & II in Architecture and Urban Design. Priti obtained her degree in Architecture in (2015) and was awarded the Jill Rickers Prize for Achievement in Architecture. She then went on to specialise in social justice issues, obtaining an MA with Distinction in The Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resource from London Metropolitan University with Distinction (2018), and then her MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design with Distinction, from the University of Cambridge (2020). Alongside fostering a career in design, Priti has worked as a studio manager for a social justice focused documentary photographer, whilst pursuing a career in the NGO sector, teaching and researching in Athens, Gujarat, Mumbai and Cape Town – exploring issues related to forced migration, urban informality, social justice, gender and energy access.