Lukas Ljungqvist

Lukas (M.Sc. Architecture) is since october 2022 an industrial PhD student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (School of Architecture) in Applied Urban Design supervised by Proffessor Ann Legeby (KTH) and Proffessor Lars Marcus (Chalmers) and Erica Eneqvist (City of Stockholm). His research interest lies in investigating how the digital transformation of society is and  can be used in the urban design and planning processes to promote a sustainable transition. The thesis has the working title “A revised methodology for strategic urban planning and design, in the digital age, with a just climate transition as a lens”.

Lukas is pursuing the PhD on part time in parallell with his regular occupation in the municipality as an urban planning strategist in the City Planning Administration in the City of Stockholm. Lukas has a background in private practices in urban planning and architecture with a particular interest in climate, energy and sustainability.

Within the City Planning Administration, he has had the position as sustainability strategist focusing on business development, Agenda 2030, innovation and digitalization processes. In this role he has during 2019-2024 been responsible for coordination of the Senseable Stockholm Lab, a research collaboration between KTH, MIT SCL and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce with a focus on sustainable cities, IoT and AI.