Elham Andalib
About
Professional Profile
I am a PhD candidate in Building and Environmental Engineering at NTNU, with a background in architecture and interdisciplinary project work. My research is situated at the intersection of the built environment, health, and societal development.
Research Focus
My work explores how physical environments influence health, well-being, and behavior at both individual and societal levels. The overarching aim is to generate knowledge that supports sustainable, functional, and health-promoting urban and housing environments.
Methodological Approach
In my doctoral research, I have developed and validated measurement instruments to examine relationships between built environments and multiple dimensions of health and quality of life. I combine quantitative and qualitative methods, including surveys, interviews, and experimental approaches. My work is conducted in collaboration with public actors and interdisciplinary research environments.
Societal Relevance and Application
I am particularly interested in translating research into decision-relevant knowledge that can inform planning, real estate development, and municipal service provision. I have experience in project coordination, research proposal development, and communicating findings to diverse stakeholders.
Teaching and Supervision
In addition to research, I supervise students and contribute to teaching in urban development and the transformation of existing buildings.
Areas of Interest for Collaboration
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Built environment and health
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Sustainable urban and housing development
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Evidence-based planning and decision support
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Interdisciplinary innovation projects
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Research–public sector collaboration
Competencies
- Architecture and health
- Built environment
- City and regional planning
- City space
- City streets
- Civil engineering
- Design for Health
- Design for Wellbeing
- Good city life
- Sustainability in the built environment
- Sustainable urban development
- Urban Design
- Urban and regional planning
- Urban development
- Urban- and landscape planning
Research
Publications
2026
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Andalib, Elham;
Steinert, Martin;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2026)
Identifying built environment multidimensional predictors of urban health outcomes: Designing, constructing, and validating a cross-sectional survey.
Wellbeing, Space and Society
Academic article
2024
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Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Torp, Olav;
Andalib, Elham.
(2024)
Competencies for Smart City Challenges.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
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Andalib, Elham;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Steinert, Martin;
Johansen, Agnar;
Aalto, Pasi;
Lohne, Jardar.
(2024)
The Interplay Between the Built Environment, Health, and Well-Being—A Scoping Review.
Urban Science
Academic article
2023
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Ziabari, Seyyed Mahdi Zia;
Andalib, Elham;
Faghani, Masoumeh;
Roodsari, Nazanin Noori;
Arzhangi, Nima;
Khesht-Masjedi, Mahnaz Fallahi;
Leyli, Ehsan Kazemnezhad.
(2023)
Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment: A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era.
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Academic article
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Torp, Olav;
Andalib, Elham;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2023)
Need for creative competencies in engineering education.
8th International Academic Conference on Places and technologies
Anthology
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Andalib, Elham.
(2023)
Semi-structured Interviews as the Foundation for interdisciplinary research about the built environment, health, and happiness.
8th International Academic Conference on Places and technologies
Anthology
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Andalib, Elham;
Diaconu, Mara-Gabriela;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2023)
Happiness in the urban built environment, people, and places.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
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Andalib, Elham;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Gohari, Savis;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2023)
Digital solutions for inclusivity and participation in long-term urban development - co-creating future urban health.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
2022
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Andalib, Elham;
Faghani, Masoumeh;
Ziabari, Seyyed Mahdi Zia;
Shenagari, Mohammad;
Salehiniya, Hamid;
Keivanlou, Mohammad Hossein;
Rafat, Zahra Rafat.
(2022)
The Effectiveness of the Anteroom (Vestibule) Area on Hospital Infection Control and Health Staff Safety: A Systematic Review.
Frontiers in Public Health
Academic literature review
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Andalib, Elham;
Faghani, Masoumeh;
Heidari, Mahmoud;
Khomeiran, Rasoul Tabari.
(2022)
Design of vestibules as transitional spaces in infection control: Necessity of working space changes to cope with communicable infections.
WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation
Academic article
2021
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Andalib, Elham;
Khodadadeh, Yassaman.
(2021)
The Role of Innovative Design in Creating City Identity and Tourist Attraction: Investigating Sheikh-Zahed Monument as a Case Study.
Journal of Design Thinking (JDT)
Academic article
Journal publications
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Andalib, Elham;
Steinert, Martin;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2026)
Identifying built environment multidimensional predictors of urban health outcomes: Designing, constructing, and validating a cross-sectional survey.
Wellbeing, Space and Society
Academic article
-
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Torp, Olav;
Andalib, Elham.
(2024)
Competencies for Smart City Challenges.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
-
Andalib, Elham;
Faghani, Masoumeh;
Ziabari, Seyyed Mahdi Zia;
Shenagari, Mohammad;
Salehiniya, Hamid;
Keivanlou, Mohammad Hossein;
Rafat, Zahra Rafat.
(2022)
The Effectiveness of the Anteroom (Vestibule) Area on Hospital Infection Control and Health Staff Safety: A Systematic Review.
Frontiers in Public Health
Academic literature review
-
Ziabari, Seyyed Mahdi Zia;
Andalib, Elham;
Faghani, Masoumeh;
Roodsari, Nazanin Noori;
Arzhangi, Nima;
Khesht-Masjedi, Mahnaz Fallahi;
Leyli, Ehsan Kazemnezhad.
(2023)
Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment: A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era.
Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Academic article
-
Andalib, Elham;
Faghani, Masoumeh;
Heidari, Mahmoud;
Khomeiran, Rasoul Tabari.
(2022)
Design of vestibules as transitional spaces in infection control: Necessity of working space changes to cope with communicable infections.
WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation
Academic article
-
Andalib, Elham;
Khodadadeh, Yassaman.
(2021)
The Role of Innovative Design in Creating City Identity and Tourist Attraction: Investigating Sheikh-Zahed Monument as a Case Study.
Journal of Design Thinking (JDT)
Academic article
-
Andalib, Elham;
Diaconu, Mara-Gabriela;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2023)
Happiness in the urban built environment, people, and places.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Andalib, Elham;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Gohari, Savis;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2023)
Digital solutions for inclusivity and participation in long-term urban development - co-creating future urban health.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
-
Andalib, Elham;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Steinert, Martin;
Johansen, Agnar;
Aalto, Pasi;
Lohne, Jardar.
(2024)
The Interplay Between the Built Environment, Health, and Well-Being—A Scoping Review.
Urban Science
Academic article
Books
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Torp, Olav;
Andalib, Elham;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2023)
Need for creative competencies in engineering education.
8th International Academic Conference on Places and technologies
Anthology
-
Andalib, Elham.
(2023)
Semi-structured Interviews as the Foundation for interdisciplinary research about the built environment, health, and happiness.
8th International Academic Conference on Places and technologies
Anthology
Outreach
2025
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LectureAndalib, Elham. (2025) Transforming the built environment for improving citizen´s health and happiness. NTNU Kveld og Unge forskere
2024
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Conference lectureTemeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Torp, Olav; Andalib, Elham. (2024) Competencies for Smart City Challenges. IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture, and International Stability
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2024) Exploring the impact of urban environments on health: Toward more sustainable and health-promoting cities. TBA4170 Transformation and Adaptive Re-Use of Existing Buildings
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka. (2024) Understanding the interplay between health, built environment, and well-being. Arctic Frontiers 2024, Actions & Reactions
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Other presentationAndalib, Elham; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka. (2024) The city as a health driver: understanding environmental impacts on health and well-being. URSA MAJOR (Urban Sustainability in Action: Multi-disciplinary Approach through Jointly Organized Research schools
2023
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2023) Semi-Structured Insights into Health, Happiness & Place. CIRRE 2023, 8th Conference of Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate
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Conference lectureTorp, Olav; Andalib, Elham; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka. (2023) Need for creative competencies in engineering education. CIRRE 2023, 8th Conference of Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Gohari, Savis; Johansen, Agnar. (2023) Digital solutions for inclusivity and participation in long-term urban development. IFAC World Congress 2023. The 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2023) Transforming urban environments through sustainable and health-promoting innovative development strategies. SWELL seminar
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2023) Health and the built environment: Exploring health equity and spatial determinants of health. TBA4170 Transformation and Adaptive Re-Use of Existing Buildings
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2023) Exploring the impact of active mobility on health and well-being. TBA4860 Experts in Teamwork - From users to creators, strengthens the inhabitants for developing smart and sustainable cities
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LectureAndalib, Elham. (2023) Transforming urban environments for health and happiness: Toward sustainable and equitable cities. Trondheim Kommune Mobilitets og samferdselsenheten
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2023) Transforming urban environments for health and happiness: An innovative approach to sustainable and equitable built environments. SWELL seminar
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham; Diaconu, Mara-Gabriela; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka. (2023) Exploring the Relationship Between Urban Built Environment in Shaping Happiness. SBE23 (Sustainable built environments: Paving the way for achieving the targets of 2030 and beyond)
2022
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Conference lecturePetersen, Sobah Abbas; Andalib, Elham; Forster, Katharine Grace. (2022) SWELL Sustainable Built Environments for better Health and WELL-being. Centre for Sustainable ICT CESICT - kick-off
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2022) Rethinking urban sustainability: Integrating health and Well-being. TBA4179 Urban Facilities Management
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LectureAndalib, Elham. (2022) Reimagining Nyhavna: A living lab for sustainable urban transformation. URSA MAJOR (Urban Sustainability in Action: Multi-disciplinary Approach through Jointly Organized Research schools
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InterviewAndalib, Elham; Wyckmans, Annemie. (2022) "CrAFting the Future" Student Participatory Lab: Impact Models and Circularity for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities - 11PL22491.
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2022) Co-creating Healthy Built Environmnet Solutions for Smart and Sustainable Transform in Campus projectation. SWELL Seminar
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LectureAndalib, Elham. (2022) Cities for better living: Smart, sustainable, and health-promoting environments. IBM Doctoral Research Presentation
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LectureAndalib, Elham. (2022) Built for the future: Co-Creating smart and sustainable cities. Cost Action NET4Age-Friendly
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2022) Health and well-Being in focus: Assessing built environment design in NTNU campus development. SWELL seminar for stakeholder engagement
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Johansen, Agnar. (2022) Policies and Co-creation: Citizens´Empowerment to Increase the Cooperation Rate for Future Smart, Sustainable, and Healthy Cities. CIRRE 2022, 7th Conference of Interdisciplinary Research on Real State
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham; Haugland, Malin. (2022) Methods to Investigate City Planners´Opinions about Future Sustainable, Healthy, and Happy Cities. CIRRE 2022, 7th Conference of Interdisciplinary Research on Real State
2020
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham. (2020) Promoting the future of society by designing a multi-usage play space kindergarten and the interaction between child and environment. 2nd Conference on Urban Management, Urban Development and Architecture with Approach to Economics and Civil Engineering
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Conference lectureFaghani, Masoumeh; Andalib, Elham; Ziabari, Seyyed Mahdi Zia. (2020) The challenge of teaching practical courses in universities during COVID-19. Online National Congress of Coronavirus (Covid-19)
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Conference lectureAndalib, Elham; Ziabari, Seyyed Mahdi Zia; Faghani, Masoumeh. (2020) Creating a safe environment to reduce burnout and stress of medical staff in critical conditions of Covid-19 disease. Online National Congress of Coronavirus (Covid-19)