Stories by Aditi Nair

Aditi Nair is a researcher and urban strategist specializing in stakeholder collaboration, planning, and developing sustainable housing solutions centered on social justice. She has an academic background in architecture and a master's degree in urban planning from The New School. Aditi has worked as a strategist and designer for multiple nonprofits and government institutions in India and the U.S., including UN-Habitat. She currently works as a Senior Specialist in Community Practice and Strategy at Habitat for Humanity International and is part of the urbanism team at the University of Orange, NJ. 

Aditi advocates for equitable housing solutions and uses participatory methodologies to co-create people-centered solutions embedded in inclusion, diversity and economic equity. Her research examines spatial justice, community wealth building and collective rights.