Negar EsmaeiliShirazifard is a researcher and designer working across architecture, interior design and design research. Her work explores how spatial design can influence environmental behaviour and climate awareness.
At ARU, she contributes to the Citizen Action for Resilient and Ecological Sustainability (CARES) project, investigating community-led climate adaptation through participatory design approaches addressing water, food systems, and urban heritage.
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Negar is a Research Assistant on ARU's CARES project, an interdisciplinary initiative examining how everyday community knowledge can inform place-based climate adaptation strategies. Her work contributes to the development of the CARE Platform, a community-centred digital atlas mapping local values, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies across Cambridge and the Fenlands.
Trained as an architect with over eight years of professional design experience, her research focuses on behavioural approaches to climate-responsive design. She explores how spatial sequences, participatory engagement, and interactive environments can encourage environmental awareness and behavioural change, particularly in relation to water consumption, heritage environments, and community resilience.
Persian (Farsi) – Native
Esmaeilishirazifard, N., Ekhtiari, M., Nikkar, M. and Fattahi, K. (2024) ‘Investigating the impact of technical, economic and social behavioral saving strategies on domestic water-saving consumption patterns in Shiraz’, Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 12, 100167. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100167