Dr. Neelakshi Joshi

Dr. Neelakshi Joshi

Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)
Urban planning

Member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS)
October 2024 – September 2027

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E-Mail: n.joshi@ioer.de

Last Update: 08.11.2024

Curriculum Vitae

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden, Germany. My research focuses on urban energy transition and the associated social and ecological justice implications. I engage with critical climate urbanism and am interested in studying radical, bottom-up alternatives to urban unsustainability. My previous research has focused on planning for urban and regional climate action, energy transition and risk governance.

I adopt an inter- and transdisciplinary approach in my research. As a qualitative researcher, the methods I use most are: ethnographies, key informant interviews, focus groups, community surveys, document analysis and policy review. I am trained as an architect and urban planner and have worked in academia and practice in India, Canada and Germany.

Selected Publications

Bieri, D., Joshi, N., Wende W., Kleinschroth F. (2024) ‘Increasing demand for urban community gardening before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic’. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://doi.org/10.1016j.ufug.2024.128206.
Joshi, N. (2023) ‘Radical movements as a call to climate action: a space-time connection’. npj Climare Action. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00067-0.
Joshi, N., Agrawal, S., Welegedara, N.P.Y. (2022) ‘Something old, something new, something green: Community Leagues and neighbourhood energy transitions in Edmonton, Canada’. Energy Research and Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102524.
Joshi, N. and Wende, W. (2022) ‘Physically apart but socially connected: Lessons in social resilience from community gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic’. Landscape and Urban Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016j.landurbplan.2022.104418.
Joshi N, Agrawal S, Lie S. (2022) ‘What does neighbourhood climate action look like? A scoping literature review’. npj Climate Action. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44168-022-00009-2.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

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