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Mrudhula Koshy

Mrudhula Koshy

Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture and Planning
Faculty of Architecture and Design

mrudhula.koshy@ntnu.no
Sentralbygg 1, Gløshaugen
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About

Mrudhula Koshy is an urbanist and Assistant Professor based at NTNU since 2018. She has a postmaster’s degree in urbanism from TU Delft (The Netherlands) and IUAV Venice (Italy). Her doctoral research investigates the concepts of uncertainty, resilience and contingency, and the strategic use of these concepts at the intersection of spatial planning, decision-making in governance, disaster risk reduction, and humanitarian responses to deal with unprecedented environmental crises in developmental contexts. From 2014-2018, she worked in urbanism offices in The Netherlands and gained valuable experience regarding long-term initiatives in energy landscapes, urban metabolism, post-fossil energy scenarios and multi-scalar design solutions for transitioning to renewable energy use, circular economy, productive cities and sustainable mobility infrastructure. Her core interests lie in developing context-based, multi-scalar strategies and methodologies for complex spatial research and design themes to address structural ambiguities and urgencies especially in the global south.

Publications

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2022

  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) “After the floods, he says he is an environmentalist”: Understanding blended roles and organizational boundaries in decision-making under uncertainty during unprecedented floods in Wayanad, India. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. volum 4.
    Academic article
  • Koshy, Mrudhula; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach. Planning Theory & Practice. volum 23 (5).
    Academic article

2021

  • Dutton, Jenna; Tomaselli, Chiara; Koshy, Mrudhula; Agnello, Kristin; Johnston-Zimmerman, Katrina; Morphet, Charlotte; Horwood, Karen. (2021) Feminist Planning and Urbanism: Understanding the Past for an Inclusive Future. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures.
    Lexical introduction

2016

  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2016) Shifting national narratives'; Borderscapes in 'Roads are often made by walking'. 2016.
    Report
  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2016) Territorial spatial strategies: A case for dispersal. 2016.
    Report

2014

  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2014) Shifting centralities, shared lines: A redefined role for the peri-urban space in Delhi, National Capital Region. 2014.
    Master thesis

Scientific articles

  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) “After the floods, he says he is an environmentalist”: Understanding blended roles and organizational boundaries in decision-making under uncertainty during unprecedented floods in Wayanad, India. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. volum 4.
    Academic article
  • Koshy, Mrudhula; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach. Planning Theory & Practice. volum 23 (5).
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Dutton, Jenna; Tomaselli, Chiara; Koshy, Mrudhula; Agnello, Kristin; Johnston-Zimmerman, Katrina; Morphet, Charlotte; Horwood, Karen. (2021) Feminist Planning and Urbanism: Understanding the Past for an Inclusive Future. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures.
    Lexical introduction

Report

  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2016) Shifting national narratives'; Borderscapes in 'Roads are often made by walking'. 2016.
    Report
  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2016) Territorial spatial strategies: A case for dispersal. 2016.
    Report
  • Koshy, Mrudhula. (2014) Shifting centralities, shared lines: A redefined role for the peri-urban space in Delhi, National Capital Region. 2014.
    Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • AAR5230 - Understanding Urban Ecological Planning - self programmed
  • AAR5220 - Urban Contingency Practice and Planning
  • AAR4525 - Urban Ecological Planning: Project Course
  • AAR5390 - Practice Internship in Urban Development

Media

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Dutton, Jenna; Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) Aging Gracefully: An Intersectional lens for inclusive city building practices in the Global North and Global South. European Feminist Gender Conference, Social Change in a Feminist Perspective . University of Milano-Bicocca; Milan. 2022-06-15 - 2022-06-18.
  • Programme participation
    Dutton, Jenna; Koshy, Mrudhula; Tomaselli, Chiara. (2022) We need to talk about ageing in cities: the importance of gender for inclusive city building practices. null [Internett]. 2022-09-14.
  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) Ambiguity in action: Handling compounded uncertainty in spatial planning and humanitarian action in the unexpected floods in Wayanad, India. RC21 Conference Athens 'Ordinary cities in exceptional times' . Harokopio University; Athens. 2022-08-24 - 2022-08-26.
  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) Contingency Practice and Planning: An introduction. Master's course in Urban Planning . Université Laval; Quebec. 2022-02-15 - 2022-02-15.
  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) Experience of writing a PhD. AAR 8320 Introductory course in theories of science and research methods for PhD- candidates . Department of Architecture and Planning; Trondheim. 2022-01-26 - 2022-01-26.
  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2022) 'Finding your way in the field': Qualitative case study writing, field notes and summaries of interviews. PhD Seminar series . Meth Lab, Department of Sociologu; KU Leuven. 2022-03-08 - 2022-03-08.
  • Interview
    Koshy, Mrudhula; Krishnan, Malavika. (2022) Feminist Urbanism – A chat with Mrudhula Koshy. null [Internett]. 2022-01-09.

2021

  • Lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2021) Community and Local Governance Perspective of Flood Risk Management in India: A case of the 2018 and 2019 Kerala Floods. Flood Adaptation and Mitigation . University of Hull; Hull. 2021-03-22 - 2021-03-22.
  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2021) Towards localized contingent decision-making in uncertainty during unexpected floods in Wayanad, India. RC-21 Conference: Sensing the City . University of Antwerp; Antwerp. 2021-07-14 - 2021-07-16.
  • Interview
    Koshy, Mrudhula; Angheloiu, Corina; Tomaselli, Chiara. (2021) Vulnerability: Urban Resilience Podcast. null [Internett]. 2021-03-21.
  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula; Smith, David. (2021) Community resilience implications for institutional response under uncertainty: Vignettes from the floods in Wayanad, India and the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. AESOP Young Academics Conference: Governing the Unknown: Adaptive Spatial Planning in the age of uncertainty . Polis University; Tirana. 2021-03-29 - 2021-04-02.

2020

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2020) Learning from crisis: A case of COVID in Kerala, India. The New Urban Normal: Urban Sustainability and Resilience Post COVID19 . Delft University of Technology; Delft. 2020-06-17 - 2020-06-17.
  • Lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2020) Tools and methods for making cities sustainable and resilient. Webinar series: 'Urban Resilience. Facing global crisis at time of pandemic . University of South Denmark; Odense. 2020-05-28 - 2020-06-26.

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2019) Countering the hegemonic narrative: Using urban living labs to deal with uncertainty due to heavy monsoon floods in Wayanad, India. Nordic Geographers Meeting . Department of Geography, NTNU; Trondheim. 2019-06-16 - 2020-06-19.

2017

  • Programme participation
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2017) Cities without billboards. Rotterdam, The Netherlands [Internett]. 2017-04-20.

2015

  • Poster
    Koshy, Mrudhula. (2015) Shifting national narratives: Borderscapes. Cities save the planet: Let's reinvent planning . ISOCARP: International society of city and regional planners; Rotterdam. 2015-10-19 - 2015-10-23.
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