Emma Nielsen is an Associate at Social Life and has worked with Social Life on a range of projects measuring social sustainability in housing areas and local neighbourhoods.
Emma is a sociologist and project coordinator at Carlberg, a small research organization based in Copenhagen. Carlberg specialises in the build environment’s impact on our wellbeing, social life and behaviour. At Carlberg Emma evaluates buildings such as schools and day centres, to understand how they function and supports the needs of people experiencing social marginalization or physical or mental disabilities. She works closely together with organisations and architects in building projects, from the initial stages of strategy and vision definition and programming to facilitating user engagement.
Emma has a MA in Urban Planning from Roskilde University, a MA in Gender and Culture Studies from Goldsmiths University of London and a BFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
