Elin Børrud

Elin Børrud

Professor

  • Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Qualified architect, employed as a professor in Urban and Regional Planning, qualified merited teacher from 2020.

I am the head of the SITRAP Center for integrated and transdisciplinary teaching in planning. Based on teaching, research and practice, SITRAP will develop a subject didactics for spatial planning. In 2022, the center received the status of  Centre for excellence in education 

My research field is urban development, urban morphology and urban planning. My main interest is in understanding the city's transformation processes and how we can use this understanding in planning for smarter planning and better teaching.

I am on the editorial board of the Nordic Journal of Architectural Research and Nordic Journal of Urban studies. Previous practice; The national road department, Planning and building agency (PBE) in Oslo municipality, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, partner in the planning and architectural office  alt.arkitektur as.