Dimitra Kanellopoulou

Dimitra Kanellopoulou is an architect-engineer with a master’s degree in urban planning and a PhD in human geography. Her PhD thesis focused on the public space planning policies and urban practices in the historical center of Athens (Greece). Since 2019 she holds the position of associate professor at the ENSAPM School of Architecture in Paris. Her research focus on urban walking, public space, soft mobility and tourism issues applied to spatial planning using both quantitative and qualitative methods and a variety of perspectives (economic, sociological, psychological) to study this area. Her teaching experience include topics of urban planning theory, urban tourism and fieldwork methodology. In 2018, she creates Politopia - walking cities, a consulting firm specialised in issues related to walkability and participatory design.