Sawsan Abou Zainedin is a Syrian architect and urban development planner based in London. Her work addresses the spatial manifestations of conflicts through research and practice, with a focus on the political, socioeconomic, and technical challenges of urban development and reconstruction in Syria. She has worked with academic institutions, think tanks, INGOs, civil society organisations and the private sector as an independent consultant and researcher. She is the co-founder of Sakan Housing Communities, a non-profit social enterprise for developing inclusive and socially just housing programs to aid recovery in Syria. Sawsan holds MSc in Urban Development Planning with distinction from the Bartlett’s Development Planning Unit of University College London. She also holds a post-graduate diploma from the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies at Erasmus University and a bachelor’s degree of Architecture from the University of Aleppo.

Participant in: May 2018 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes