Saleha Ansari
PhD Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
Social Policy Research Centre
Email: saleha.ansari@unsw.edu.au
Supervisors: Hazel Blunden, Chyi Lin Lee
Saleha is a trained architect and urban planning researcher with over eight years of experience across academia and professional practice. Her work focuses on housing systems, climate risk, and socio-spatial inequality. She has experience in both qualitative and quantitative research, and has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. She is currently pursuing a PhD at UNSW, aiming to develop policy-relevant insights at the intersection of climate vulnerability and housing.
- Research area
- Research outputs
- Political Economy of Housing
- Financial Policy
- Climate Adaptation
- A GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for EV (Electric Vehicle) Solar-Powered Charging Stations Site Selection in Islamabad, Pakistan Published at ‘Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning, NEDUET’ 01, January 2026. www.doi.org/10.53700/jrap3522025_3
- Rethinking and revitalizing learning spaces in higher education institutions in the post pandemic environment. Presented at ‘ICWEES SHAPING TOMORROW’S SPACES, SYNERGY OF DESIGN, SUSTAINABILTY AND NATURE’ September 2024. https://www.frontiersin.org/books/NUST_Flagship_International_Conference_on_Water_Energy_and_Environment_for_Sustainability_IC-WEES/13453
- Investigating the barriers to sustainable higher education in the post pandemic environment Published in Elsevier Journal- Education and Information Technologies 13, June 2024. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-024-12728-6
- Social Capital as a Predicting Indicator to Measure the Psychological Health Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Urban Societies in Pakistan Published in International Journal of Urban Design and Development 25, January 2024. https://journals.stmjournals.com/ijudd/article=2024/view=143694/