Dr. Anna Grichting is an architect and urbanist and graduated with a Doctor of Design in Urbanism from Harvard University.
She has practiced as an architect and urbanist and her academic experience includes teaching and researching as a Professor and fellow at the Universities of Geneva, Harvard, MIT, Qatar and Vermont. She has published books and papers and organised numerous workshops, exhibitions and events, as well as being the recipient of research and cultural grants.
Her teaching and research focuses on co-creative, interdisciplinary, holistic and regenerative systems-based approaches to urban and landscape design, in particular on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus Design, Soil and Urban Biodiversity, Urban Forestry, Blue Urbanism, the Urban Legacies of Mega Events and Border Landscapes
Anna is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Vermont, Institute of Environmental Diplomacy and Security as well as a Lead Research Consultant for Qatar University with an International Consortium on a Belmont Forum Grant for the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative on the Food Water Energy nexus. She is a also nominator and technical reviewer for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Geneva, especially for urban and landscape projects.