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Naomi Clara Hanakata
Senior Fellow 2024–2025

Discipline
Urban development
Fellowship duration
March 01, 2025–June 30, 2025
Academic or artistic job title
Assistant Professor of Urban Design
Home institution

National University of Singapore, SG

Contact

hanakata@nus.edu.sg

Links
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Naomi C. Hanakata is a planner and scholar specializing in spatial planning and critical urban studies, with a primary geographical focus on Asia. She is an assistant professor at the College of Design and Engineering at National University of Singapore (SG). Her research examines the drivers and dynamics of contemporary urbanization and socio-technical transformations, particularly their impact on the physical urban environment.

With an interdisciplinary background and extensive experience in both Asia and Europe, Naomi is keen to foster dialogues that bridge diverse expertises and knowledge domains with the aim to envision and create sustainable, equitable, and future-ready urban conditions.

Naomi's current research examines the growing influence of digital technologies and platformization on urban planning, governance, and the lived experiences in cities, as well as the uneven geographical impacts of these transformations. She also investigates the socio-spatial dimensions of the energy transition, focusing on the implications of renewable energy production in peripheral regions of Southeast Asia.