Anna Pagani

Dr Anna Pagani is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at King’s College London and an Honorary Research Fellow at UCL’s Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources. Her work focuses on systems thinking, degrowth, and transdisciplinary approaches to sustainable housing provision within planetary boundaries. She holds a PhD from EPFL (Switzerland, 2022) and has conducted postdoctoral research at HERUS and HRC labs. Her research explores housing justice, healthy habitats, and systemic challenges in social housing sectors, supported by a Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship.

• Education: BSc/MSc in Architecture/Building Engineering (Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, Alta Scuola Politecnica); PhD (EPFL) with distinction.
• Teaching: Systems Thinking, Housing Sustainability, Participatory Methods.
• Awards: Top 8% EPFL PhD distinction, 2024 Athena Lecture Series speaker, ISDC 2024 plenary selection.
• Research Affiliations: Postgrowth Cities Coalition, System Dynamics Society, Housing Studies Association.

Research Interests

Combining systems science and participatory methods to address housing systemic challenges. Key foci include:

• Equitable housing provision within environmental limits
• Residential mobility dynamics and policy scenarios
• COVID-19 impacts on housing preferences
• Agent-based modeling for sustainability transitions

Recent Work Trends

Her 2023-2025 publications emphasize:

• Systemic analysis of UK social housing challenges
• Moratorium proposals on new housing construction
• Swiss tenant mobility patterns
• COVID-19’s spatial behavioral effects

Awards & Grants

Recipient of:

• Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Fellowship (2022)
• EPFL Excellence Award for doctoral thesis (2022)
• ISDC 2024 Top 2% submission recognition

Advising & Teams

Supervised dissertations in environmental design and health-related fields. Active in multidisciplinary collaborations through:

• Postgrowth Cities Coalition
• UCL Post-Growth Planning cluster
• Think tank ‘The Edge’

Labs & Teams

Executive Board member of the ‘Healthy Habitats’ research field at HRC (EPFL). Collaborates with:

• ETH Zurich
• International Degrowth Network
• Corona Citizen Science project