About Sudeshna Chatterjee

Sudeshna has extensive experience as a globally recognised urban practitioner, evaluation specialist, researcher, and published author. She focuses on enabling inclusive, resilient and child-friendly cities and communities and advocating for including child and youth perspectives in urban policies, planning and urbanisation processes. Sudeshna founded a non-profit-- Action for Children's Environments (ACE)--focusing on action research to improve children’s environments, is a trustee on the global board of the International Play Association, and is an editorial board member of two international journals--Children, Youth and Environments (CYE) and International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR). She also recently led the research and writing of the Global Principles and Guidance for Public Spaces for Children supported by UNICEF, UN-Habitat, and the World Health Organization (WHO).