Shekhar, Himanshu
Associate Academic Officer
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-EHS
- OFFICE:
- Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management & Adaptive Planning Section (VARMAP)
- E-MAIL:
- shekhar@ehs.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +49-228-815-0229
- NATIONALITY:
- India
Research Interests
- Disaster Management
- Sustainable development
- Urban planning
Education
- Ph.D., Urban Identity as a complementary tool to Urban Wellbeing, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- M.Sc. Regional Development Planning and Management, joint degree from TU Dortmund, Germany, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- Bachelor of Spatial Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India
Appointments
- 2011 to date: member of SPRING International Association of Development Planners (SIADP)
Biographical Statement
Dr. Himanshu Shekhar holds a doctorate in urban planning from the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany where he explored the notion of well-being and identity in cities and their fulfilment through data-driven planning at urban level, adhering to the guidelines of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and New Urban Agenda (NUA). Prior to this, he has a masters in Regional Development Planning and Management, jointly awarded by the Technische Universität, Dortmund, Germany and the Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. His bachelor education in Spatial Planning is from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. He has been awarded various scholarships by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) and other global organizations.
Prior to joining UNU-EHS, Dr. Shekhar worked with the Institut für Stadtplanung + Städtebau, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany as a researcher and assistant teacher for the masters programme on Urbane System. He also worked on inter-university collaborations with universities in Latin America and South Asia. Additionally, Dr. Shekhar has more than 5 years of working experience with various regional/national government(s) in India on issues ranging from urban transport, infrastructure planning, slum upgradation, provision of basic services, municipal finance, public participation to climate change adaptation and mitigation. He has also worked as a consultant with a leading financial and infrastructure consultancy in India.
Dr. Shekhar has presented his work across various global forums and had been actively involved with various global think tanks.
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Articles
- Shekhar, Himanshu, Ramesh, Ananya, Werners, Saskia E., Harde, Anushree and Roy, Satarupa (2023). A key approach to effectively address Urban and Climate Change Agendas. eGov Magazine, 19(09 – Urban 20 Special Issue), 10-11
- Shekhar, Himanshu, Rautela, Malvika, Maqsood, Mehmooda, Paris, Ricardo, Flores de León, Rafael Maximiliano, Romero-Aguirre, María Fernanda, Balinos, Marygrace, Velázquez, Mariana Estrada, Amri, Gita Salehi, Rahman, Tamanna, Asuah, Augustine Yaw, Hosni, Jilan and Rahman, Md Shahinoor (2022). Are leading urban centers predisposed to global risks- An analysis of the global south from COVID-19 perspective. Habitat International, 121, 1-13
- Garschagen, Matthias, Doshi, Deepal, Moure, Mar, James, Harrhy and Shekhar, Himanshu (2021). The consideration of future risk trends in national adaptation planning: Conceptual gaps and empirical lessons. Climate Risk Management, 34, 1-14
- Hoinle, Birgit, Roose, Ilka and Shekhar, Himanshu (2021). Creating Transdisciplinary Teaching Spaces. Cooperation of Universities and Non-University Partners to Design Higher Education for Regional Sustainable Transition. Sustainability, 13, 1-21
- Harb, Mostapha, Garschagen, Matthias, Cotti, Davide, Kratzschmar, Elke, Baccouche, Hayet, Ben Khaled, Karem, Bellert, Felicitas, Chebil, Bouraoui, Ben Fredj, Anis, Ayed, Sonia, Shekhar, Himanshu and Hagenlocher, Michael (2020). Integrating Data-Driven and Participatory Modeling to Simulate Future Urban Growth Scenarios: Findings from Monastir, Tunisia. Urban Science, 4(1), 1-13
- Abdul-Lateef Balogun, Marks, Danny, Sharma, Richa, Shekhar, Himanshu, Balmes, Chiden, Maheng, Dikman, Arshad, Adnan and Salehi, Pourya (2019). Assessing the Potentials of Digitalization as a Tool for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development in Urban Centres. Sustainable Cities and Society, 58, 1-12
Book Chapters
- Balogun, Abdul-Lateef, Shekhar, Himanshu, Budryte, Paulina, Okunola, Olasunkanmi H., Abdul-Kareem, Teslim, Abubakar, Ismaila R., Aina, Yusuf A., Tella, Abdulwaheed and Yekeen, Shamsudeen T., “Urban Resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Transformative Digitalization in European Smart Cities to Address Climate Change” in Resilient Smart Cities, ed. Sharifi, Ayyoob and Salehi, Pourya (Cham: Springer Cham, 2022), 355-373.
Reports
- Vaidya, Hitesh, Tiwari, Kanak, Rajadhyaksha, Nilesh Prakash, Singh, Manpreet, Jain, Abhishek, Naik, Ameya, Saluja, Amit, Doctor, Gayatri, Shekhar, Himanshu, Balal, Hrishikehs, Kaushik, Purushottam, Ojha, Shashank, Dubey, Aparajit, Shah, Harsh, Sharma, Pankaj, Arora, Shelika and Usmani, Sundus (2023). Catalysing Digital Urban Futures. Urban 20.
- Sparkes, Edward, Hagenlocher, Michael, Cotti, Davide, Banerjee, Sumana, Masys, Anthony J., Rana, Sohel, Shekhar, Himanshu, Sodogas, Victor A., Surtiari, Gusti Ayu Ketut, Valdiviezo-Ajila, Angel and Werners, Saskia E. (2023). Understanding and characterizing complex risks with Impact Webs: A guidance document. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security.
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Banerjee, Sumana, Bermudez-Zambrano, Antonella D., Cotti, Davide, Hassel, Jonathan, Kirsch-Wood, Jenty, Masys, Anthony J., Nawawi, Prasetyo, Yanu E., Rana, Sohel, Rimmert, Marlene, Roy, Prottoy, Schuetze, Simon, Shekhar, Himanshu, Sitati, Asha, Sodogas, Victor A., Sparkes, Edward, Surtiari, Ayu G.K., Valdiviezo-Ajila, Angel and Werners, Saskia E. (2022). Rethinking risk in times of COVID-19. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRRR).
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Banerjee, Sumana, Bermudez-Zambrano, Antonella D., Cotti, Davide, Hassel, Jonathan, Masys, Anthony J., Prasetyo, Yanu E., Rana, Sohel, Rimmert, Marlene, Roy, Prottoy, Schütze, Simon, Shekhar, Himanshu, Sodogas, Victor A., Sparkes, Edward, Surtiari, Ayu G.K., Valdiviezo-Ajila, Angel and Werners, Saskia E. (2022). Understanding and managing cascading and systemic risks: lessons from COVID-19. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)/United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
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Articles
- Shekhar, H., Schmidt, A., Wehling, H. (2019): “Exploring wellbeing in human settlements – A spatial planning perspective”, Habitat International, Vol. 87
- Shekhar, H., (2016). Future vision – what kind of (urban) life do we want, Book of Abstracts European Meetings on Cybernetics and Systems Research Vienna 2016, Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science, Vienna
Thesis
- Shekhar, H. (2017). Urban Identity as a Complementary Tool to Urban Wellbeing (Doctoral Dissertation). Essen: Universität Duisburg-Essen