Dr Agata Krause works on the development and implementation of housing and urban policies in the countries and cities of the UNECE region; and on the evaluation of smartness and sustainability of cities using the UNECE/ITU standard “The Key Performance Indicators for Smart and Sustainable Cities”.
She is an urban planner by qualification. She studied urban planning in Poland, the United Kingdom and Belgium. She has a strong research background, including a PhD on policy transfer and sustainability assessment. She occupied numerous research and teaching positions at the University of Cardiff and the University of Dundee. Prior joining the UNECE, she worked as a research coordinator in Housing Europe and a policy advisor in EUROCITIES in Brussels, Belgium.