Mrudhula Koshy
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
2022
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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
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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
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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
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Koshy, Mrudhula.
(2016)
Shifting national narratives'; Borderscapes in 'Roads are often made by walking'.
2016.
Report
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Koshy, Mrudhula.
(2016)
Territorial spatial strategies: A case for dispersal.
2016.
Report
2014
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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
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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
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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
Media
2022
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Academic lectureDutton, 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.
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Programme participationDutton, 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.
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Academic lectureKoshy, 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.
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Academic lectureKoshy, Mrudhula. (2022) Contingency Practice and Planning: An introduction. Master's course in Urban Planning . Université Laval; Quebec. 2022-02-15 - 2022-02-15.
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Academic lectureKoshy, 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.
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Academic lectureKoshy, 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.
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InterviewKoshy, Mrudhula; Krishnan, Malavika. (2022) Feminist Urbanism – A chat with Mrudhula Koshy. null [Internett]. 2022-01-09.
2021
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LectureKoshy, 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.
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Academic lectureKoshy, 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.
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InterviewKoshy, Mrudhula; Angheloiu, Corina; Tomaselli, Chiara. (2021) Vulnerability: Urban Resilience Podcast. null [Internett]. 2021-03-21.
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Academic lectureKoshy, 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
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Popular scientific lectureKoshy, 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.
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LectureKoshy, 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
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Academic lectureKoshy, 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
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Programme participationKoshy, Mrudhula. (2017) Cities without billboards. Rotterdam, The Netherlands [Internett]. 2017-04-20.
2015
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PosterKoshy, 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.