Tigran Haas

Tigran Haas is an Associate Professor and Tenured Faculty Member at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, specializing in Urban Planning and Urban Design. He serves as Director of the Halcyon Athenaeum Laboratory (HAL) and former Director of the Centre for the Future of Places (CFP). He holds roles in multiple institutions, including Affiliate at MIT's Leventhal Center and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Local Governance (CLG). His work focuses on sustainable urbanism, public space design, post-conflict reconstruction, and urban renewal.

Education: Advanced degrees in Architecture, Urban Planning, Environmental Science, and Regional Planning. Postdoctoral fellowships at MIT, UC Berkeley, and University of Michigan. Guest professor at Zagreb School of Economics and Management.

Research Interests: Urban form and human behavior, authenticity in urban design, synchronicity in urban systems, and the post-urban world. Notable projects include the Trilogy on Social Housing, Ageing Society, and Loneliness. He edits over 30 academic journals and serves on international review boards.

Articles Trends: Focus on public space dynamics, urban informality, heritage-driven development, and sustainable urban solutions. Recent work explores post-structural urban theory and global urban challenges.

• Awards: Regional Studies Association Book of the Year (2018), 15 CEO Leadership Awards, CFP Accolades.

Advising & Grants: Supervised 18 PhD students and 125 MSc students. Coordinates research projects on urban form, authenticity, and synchronicity. Active in global urban networks like IMCL and RÊVE Research Institute.

Labs/Teams: Halcyon Athenaeum Laboratory (HAL), former Civitas Athenaeum Laboratory (CAL). Collaborates with MIT, CLG, and the Urban Coalition ROZKVIT (Ukraine).