Sarah Pellegrin
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Integrating urban design and peacekeeping principals for regenerating the urban environment following violent conflict
Sarah is a third-year doctoral student looking at the relationship between urban development and regeneration in post-conflict cities where peace agreements have been implemented. Paying particular attention to the construction and development of retail and commercial centres, the cities of Belfast, Beirut, and Sarajevo are used to compare and contrast the different approaches, successes, and controversies of urban reconstruction and development in the broad context of peacebuilding.
Sarah is a third-year doctoral student looking at the relationship between urban development and regeneration in post-conflict cities where peace agreements have been implemented. Paying particular attention to the construction and development of retail and commercial centres, the cities of Belfast, Beirut, and Sarajevo are used to compare and contrast the different approaches, successes, and controversies of urban reconstruction and development in the broad context of peacebuilding.
Biography
Before coming to King’s, Sarah worked as a Senior Program Assistant for the Board on Army Science and Technology at the National Academies of Science in Washington DC. Prior to that she was a researcher at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights. In 2005, Sarah completed an MPhil in International Peace and Conflict Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin. Her first degree is in Religious Studies and Comparative Literature from California State University Long Beach.
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Sarah has lived in four capital cities: Berlin, Dublin, Washington DC, and now London. In each place, she developed a fascination with cities and the way they work and the way people inhabit them. While in London, she has become immersed in London history and loves to explore and learn all she can about the city.
In the future, Sarah wishes to work in the property development sector and eventually run her own business, with the goal of making environmental and design sustainability and social justice a priority in all future commitments.
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Sarah has lived in four capital cities: Berlin, Dublin, Washington DC, and now London. In each place, she developed a fascination with cities and the way they work and the way people inhabit them. While in London, she has become immersed in London history and loves to explore and learn all she can about the city.
In the future, Sarah wishes to work in the property development sector and eventually run her own business, with the goal of making environmental and design sustainability and social justice a priority in all future commitments.
