Alankrita Sarkar

Project Leader (International)

Alankrita is leading the international/ European projects and programs from Vereniging Deltametropool. Her role in the association revolves around bridging research and practice agendas and positioning the Netherlands in the European context. She is also busy with an additional role with her PhD research at TU Delft on the subject of shifting towards value-based spatial planning in the Flemish-Dutch Delta, at a time of climate change. Her interest lies in understanding the metropolitan landscape and urbanisation through spatial planning systems in relation to governance and society. She is thoroughly engaged in the development of knowledge network and community of practice on cross border development around the themes of climate transitions and delta challenges. She has completed her Masters in Urbanism in 2017 from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. She believes in strengthening the knowledge and practices by learning from international networks and urban studies around the world. Alankrita has worked on subjects of energy, circularity and climate actions, planning strategies, cross border cooperation, research by design in the Dutch and European context. She has successfully cooperated with hundreds of organisations within her projects in the association. Other than these themes and spatial design sectors, Alankrita interestingly participates in organising a lot of inclusive activities, debates and platforms. She is an architect from India, who completed Bachelor's degree in Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture, India.