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Danai Toursoglou Papalexandridou

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)

Danai Toursoglou Papalexandridou is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) at the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Danai’s research and action goal is to identify and further enhance the impact of community processes on environmental justice. She creates bridges among academia, communities and city actors while deploying action-research methodologies based on commoning and memory theories. As part of the process she leverages diverse forms of art, existent in the territories of study. Additionally to academic publications and reports, the outcomes of her work include a song, a performance, a community weave, a short documentary and a community-written book. As part of the Common Senses project, she will support collective processes among academia, community and the city of Boston towards the establishment and management of a network of climate sensors along Blue Hill Ave- the common use of community data and the co-creation of solutions towards environmental justice.

Danai completed her PhD in Spatial Planning and Development and her MSc in Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). She has collaborated with diverse research groups, NGOs and community organizations in Europe, USA and Colombia.

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  • Education

    PhD, Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    MSc, Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  • Contact

    d.toursoglou@northeastern.edu

Danai’s Colleagues

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Barry Bluestone

Russell B. and Andree B. Stearns Trustee Professor Emeritus of Political Economy; Founding Director of the Dukakis Center; Founding Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Christopher Bosso

Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Joan Fitzgerald

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
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Brian Helmuth

Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy

Timothy Hoff

Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy
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Dietmar Offenhuber

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Art + Design
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John Portz

Professor of Political Science

Gavin Shatkin

Director, MS in Urban Planning and Policy; Professor of Public Policy & Architecture
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Lori Gardinier

Director and Teaching Professor of Human Services; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Emily Mann

Emily Mann

Teaching Professor of Human Services; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
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Richard L. O'Bryant

Director of the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute; Research Associate of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy; Advisory Board Member, Humanities Center

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center
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Daniel T. O'Brien

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program

Daniel Urman

Director of Hybrid and Online Programs in the School of Law; Director of the Law and Public Policy Minor
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Matthew C. Nisbet

Professor of Communication; Affiliate faculty in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs