Deborah Navarra
+4741191626
564 Sentralbygg 1 Gløshaugen, Trondheim
About
Architect and urban sustainability advocate with a passion for blending creativity with strategic thinking.
My professional journey began in the vibrant streets of Rome, where I honed my skills in architecture and urban design. Since then, I have worked across diverse urban contexts—from the dynamic cityscape of London to the metropolitan intensity of New York and the academic innovation of UC Berkeley—exploring the complex intersections between architecture, urbanism, and sustainability.
Today, I am based in Trondheim, Norway, where I work as a Postdoctoral Fellow within the Smart and Sustainable City research cluster at NTNU. My research focuses on integrated approaches to urban design, climate-neutral cities, and governance. I manage and contribute to major Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ projects, supporting cities in transforming sustainability ambitions into spatial and policy innovation.
Committed to education, I actively mentor and teach future architects and urban designers, guiding them through the challenges of design thinking, system-based methodologies, and real-world engagement. I view design education as a civic practice, where critical inquiry meets action to create a more inclusive and resilient urban future.
“Let’s leave this world a little better than we found it.” — B.P., 1941
Competencies
- Architecture
- Design education
- Design for Sustainability
- HE project management
- New European Bauhaus
- Smart Sustainable Cities
- Sustainability
- Sustainable urban development
- Systemic Design
- Urban Design
- architecture
- city governance
- design thinking
- human scale
- public spaces
- story building
- system design
- urban design
Research
CrAFt
CrAFt _ Creating Actionable Futures is an EU-funded coordination and support action for New European Bauhaus transformations towards climate-neutral, beautiful and inclusive cities
Re-Value
Re-Valuing Urban Quality & Climate Neutrality in European Waterfront Cities.
Bauhaus Bites
Bauhaus Bites explores how food systems can drive sustainable, inclusive, and aesthetic urban transformation through local experimentation, participatory design, and nature-based solutions rooted in New European Bauhaus values.
NEB-STAR
NEB‑STAR is an EU‑funded, three‑year New European Bauhaus lighthouse initiative uniting 16 partners to co‑create inclusive, beautiful, climate‑neutral urban spaces. Piloted in Stavanger with twin cities Prague & Utrecht.
CO-WATERS
Restoring our ocean and waters - together with local communities.
Publications
2025
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Gotsch, Peter Andreas;
Navarra, Deborah;
Viese, Vija.
(2025)
Conference _ PEARLS Urban Rivers Campus Nairobi – Promoting a Community of Knowledge and Practice on Urban Rivers.
Other presentation
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Quan, Xiangyu;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Mohajermoghari, Nikoo;
Navarra, Deborah.
(2025)
Deliverable 7.5 Re-Value Monitoring & Evaluation Report 2.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Navarra, Deborah;
Protopapadaki, Christina.
(2025)
Deliverable 7.7 Re-Value Impact Dialogues with NetZeroCities 2.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Quan, Xiangyu;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Navarra, Deborah;
Vergerio, Giulia.
(2025)
Deliverable D7.8 Re-Value Monitoring & Evaluation Report 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Orlando, Arianna;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Navarra, Deborah;
Vergerio, Giulia;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Lazarević, Slađana.
(2025)
Deliverable 8.8 Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Navarra, Deborah;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Poudyal, Shreejana;
Nygren, Anne Sunniva Bratsberg.
(2025)
Deliverable 9.8 Re-Value Consortium Plan 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Navarra, Deborah;
Mohajermoghari, Nikoo;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Lazarević, Slađana.
(2025)
Deliverable 9.9 Re-Value Inclusiveness and Diversity Plan 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Navarra, Deborah;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Poudyal, Shreejana;
Berbic, Nadira;
Nygren, Anne Sunniva Bratsberg.
(2025)
D9.10 Re-Value Consortium Plan 4.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Navarra, Deborah;
Lazarević, Slađana;
Østerberg, Kamilla;
Eddings, Ryan;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella.
(2025)
Deliverable 1.2 — Learning Report (Initial Version).
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Lazarević, Slađana;
Navarra, Deborah.
(2025)
Bauhaus Bites Vision towards Resilient, Inclusive, Healthy and Green Rural, Coastal and Urban Communities.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Academic monograph
2024
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Navarra, Deborah;
Bhattacharjee, Sagnik;
Mertens, Christine;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella.
(2024)
D1.4: Re-Value Innovation Cycles experience-based report 2.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Navarra, Deborah;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Mohajermoghari, Nikoo;
Berbic, Nadira;
Poudyal, Shreejana.
(2024)
D1.2: Re-Value Innovation Cycles experience-based report 1.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Khaleghi, Marjan;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Vandevyvere, Han Hendrik B.;
Weir, Katherine Rose;
Voitenko, Galina;
Navarra, Deborah.
(2024)
NEB Impact Model Dominoes Game: Co-Benefits, Conflicts & Conversations.
Other
Books
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Lazarević, Slađana;
Navarra, Deborah.
(2025)
Bauhaus Bites Vision towards Resilient, Inclusive, Healthy and Green Rural, Coastal and Urban Communities.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Khaleghi, Marjan;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Vandevyvere, Han Hendrik B.;
Weir, Katherine Rose;
Voitenko, Galina;
Navarra, Deborah.
(2024)
NEB Impact Model Dominoes Game: Co-Benefits, Conflicts & Conversations.
Other
Report
-
Quan, Xiangyu;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Mohajermoghari, Nikoo;
Navarra, Deborah.
(2025)
Deliverable 7.5 Re-Value Monitoring & Evaluation Report 2.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Navarra, Deborah;
Protopapadaki, Christina.
(2025)
Deliverable 7.7 Re-Value Impact Dialogues with NetZeroCities 2.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Quan, Xiangyu;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Navarra, Deborah;
Vergerio, Giulia.
(2025)
Deliverable D7.8 Re-Value Monitoring & Evaluation Report 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Orlando, Arianna;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Navarra, Deborah;
Vergerio, Giulia;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Lazarević, Slađana.
(2025)
Deliverable 8.8 Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Navarra, Deborah;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Poudyal, Shreejana;
Nygren, Anne Sunniva Bratsberg.
(2025)
Deliverable 9.8 Re-Value Consortium Plan 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Navarra, Deborah;
Mohajermoghari, Nikoo;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Lazarević, Slađana.
(2025)
Deliverable 9.9 Re-Value Inclusiveness and Diversity Plan 3.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Navarra, Deborah;
Ahlers, Dirk;
Poudyal, Shreejana;
Berbic, Nadira;
Nygren, Anne Sunniva Bratsberg.
(2025)
D9.10 Re-Value Consortium Plan 4.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Navarra, Deborah;
Lazarević, Slađana;
Østerberg, Kamilla;
Eddings, Ryan;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella.
(2025)
Deliverable 1.2 — Learning Report (Initial Version).
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Navarra, Deborah;
Bhattacharjee, Sagnik;
Mertens, Christine;
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella.
(2024)
D1.4: Re-Value Innovation Cycles experience-based report 2.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella;
Navarra, Deborah;
Khaleghi, Marjan;
Mohajermoghari, Nikoo;
Berbic, Nadira;
Poudyal, Shreejana.
(2024)
D1.2: Re-Value Innovation Cycles experience-based report 1.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
UTSTILLING
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Gotsch, Peter Andreas;
Navarra, Deborah;
Viese, Vija.
(2025)
Conference _ PEARLS Urban Rivers Campus Nairobi – Promoting a Community of Knowledge and Practice on Urban Rivers.
Other presentation
Teaching
Supervision
Supervising students MAAR
Co-supervising students working on M.Sc.Thesis in Urban Ecological Planning.
Outreach
2024
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LectureWyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella; Ahlers, Dirk; Khaleghi, Marjan; Weir, Katherine; Navarra, Deborah; Berbic, Nadira. (2024) Re-Value City Visit Burgas (Black Sea City Visits). Re-Value City Visit in Burgas , Burgas 12.06.2024 - 14.06.2024
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Academic lectureNavarra, Deborah. (2024) Localising SDGs: Empirical insights on how SDGs can be localised in Horizon EU projects. NTNU Methods UEP , NTNU Gløshaugen 23.09.2024 - 23.09.2024
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LectureNavarra, Deborah. (2024) The Human Scale of City Design: Navigating the Interplay of Body, Form, and Res Publica in the 21st Century. UERA Seminar and General Assembly 2024 , Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany 20.02.2024 - 23.02.2024
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Academic lectureNavarra, Deborah. (2024) Shifting Perspectives of Urban Planning. Insight from fieldwork in the Global South. NTNU Fieldtrip UEP , NTNU Gløshaugen 02.09.2024 - 02.09.2024
2023
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LectureWyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella; Andrade, Elisa Junqueira de; Navarra, Deborah; Reina, Alessia Helena Claudia Maria; Mohajermoghari, Nikoo. (2023) Open Living Lab Days Barcelona. Open Space Discussions: NEB Alliance (Travelling Tree of Desire) , Open Living Lab Days Barcelona 21.09.2023 - 23.09.2023
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LectureAndrade, Elisa Junqueira de; Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella; Reina, Alessia Helena Claudia Maria; Navarra, Deborah. (2023) CrAFt Networking Island. Smart City Expo World Congress Barcelona , Barcelona 07.11.2023 - 09.11.2023
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LectureHansen, Cristine; Eiliott, Helene; Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella; Mohajermoghari, Nikoo; Reina, Alessia Helena Claudia Maria; Navarra, Deborah. (2023) Open Living Lab Days Barcelona 2023. The Art of transitioning - artistic contribution towards inclusive, aesthetic and sustainable future , Open Living Lab Days Barcelona 2023 21.09.2023 - 21.09.2023
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LectureNavarra, Deborah. (2023) Panel Discussion: The Digitalisation for a Sustainable Future - Shaping the New European Bauhaus for "Digitalising NEB" digiNEB.eu First Annual Event at Smart Cities Expo World Congress - SCEWC 2023. Panel Discussion , Barcelona 08.11.2023 - 08.11.2023
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LectureReina, Alessia Helena Claudia Maria; Navarra, Deborah; Mohajermoghari, Nikoo; Wyckmans, Annemie Bertha Marcella. (2023) New European Bauhaus Alliance - Open Space Discussion. Open Living Lab Days Barcelona , Barcelona 21.09.2023 - 21.09.2023
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LectureNavarra, Deborah; Vinje, Odd. (2023) Smart Cities Expo World Congress Barcelona. Digitalising NEB , Barcelona 08.11.2023 - 08.11.2023
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Academic lectureNavarra, Deborah; Camilli, Francesco. (2023) Innovation in Urban Planning and Design: New European Bauhaus. FP 4350 Bypolitiske teorier og planleggingsteori , Sentralbygg 1, Gløshaugen 04.10.2023 - 04.10.2023