I am an Assistant Professor in the Sustainable Built Environments research area at Chalmers in Sweden.
I stive to understand how to reduce direct and indirect environmental impacts caused by the development of the built environment. To this end, the paradigms of socioeconomic metabolism and the circular economy provide valuable frameworks. I am particularly interested in the potential that highly granular – spatially and temporally – material stock models of the built environment offer in terms of sustainability analytics.
In addition to modeling material stocks with a variety of data sources, approaches, and tools, I investigate the different applications and implications of stock results through collaboration with various research fields. Currently, my collaborations span urban morphology (material stock-urban morphology nexus), construction management (logistics and urban resource centers), geotechnics (sustainable mass handling), governance (resource cadasters as a decision-support tool), and construction practitioners to ensure the applicability and relevance of my research.
I am also engaged in Industrial Ecology education, and I recently developed a new course for the MSc Industrial Ecology at Chalmers – "Sustainability Analytics and Visualization".
Before my current position, I was a postdoc at the University of Sheffield. Education-wise, I hold a a PhD in Environmental Engineering (SDU, DK), an MSc in Industrial Ecology (Chalmers, SE), and a BSc in Applied Physics (UT3PS, FR).
Main research/work interest areas
- Socio-economic metabolism
- Built environment
- Material stocks and flows
- Circular economy
- Sustainability visualization
Collaboration interests
- Continue strengthening a collaborative knowledge base on material stocks
- Collaborations around sustainability visualization and data/IE storytelling
My favorite cities
Toulouse (France). This is where I was born and where my family and best friends live. The city is beautiful. It was founded in ancient times, so it is packed with history, some of which you feel as you walk the cobblestone streets, looking at the red brick buildings. The food and the weather are great and there are just so many things to do; I just love it!
Gothenburg (Sweden). My adoptive city. It is the same size as Toulouse, though very different in terms of urban planning (and weather!). One thing I love is how one can simply hop on a municipal ferry to go enjoy the archipelago! There are also ample opportunities to go to concerts and other cultural events. And it is a great city to conduct my research; the high climate targets set by the city (near-zero climate footprint by 2030) means there are many opportunities to collaborate, share knowledge, and co-create with construction stakeholders.