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Anja Kristin Standal

Anja Kristin Standal

Førsteamanuensis

  • Institutt for by- og regionsplanlegging

I am an Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning (BYREG) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). My education comprise a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Development from NMBU (2022), a Master degree in  Architecture  from NTNU (2007) and a Bachelor degree in Building Construction BSc from NTNU Ålesund (2000). I have a broad professional experience of 18 years that ranges from strategic planning to detailed planning and design through my work in private consultancy (7 Years), public administration (4 years) and academic research and teaching (7 years). 

I have an extensive interdisciplinary knowledge base, which includes knowledge of construction engineering, landscape architecture, architecture, urban design and planning. This include skills in mapping and analysis methods as well as spatial knowledge production. I have taught a range of students in urban design and planning, and are really motivated by the interaction between students, teachers and professional practice. My field of expertise covers the important transition between the realized building environment and the planned future visions, and is grounded in the field of Urban Morphology, a trans-disciplinary field of knowledge that looks at the relationship between the city's form and the processes that have created this form.

Currently I am leading the working group for establishing a experience-based master in planning for sustainable place development: Erfaringsbasert master i planlegging for bærekraftig by- og stedsutvikling | NMBU and I am a member of the working group in SITRAP -  Centre for integrated and transdisciplinary teaching in planning . I am also a member of the program committee for the department (BYREG)and in a working group for a periodic evaluation of the program in 2025-26.

  • Fagfelt
    • Bymorfologi / Urban morphology
    • Urban and regional planning
    • Planning Legislation
    • Urban design and development
    • Architecture and urban form
  • Publikasjoner
  • Undervisning

    Throughout the last 11 years I have been teaching in a range of different topics and subjects, mainly at NMBU. I have also been teaching at several EVU-courses and I am leading the working group establishing a experience-based master in planning for sustainable place development (Erfaringsbasert master i planlegging for bærekraftig by- og stedsutvikling | NMBU). In addition, I was involved as a student assistant in my own architecture studies as well as contributing to teaching different ideation processes at NMBU at an early stage in my professional career.

    I am currently doing a formal pedagogical training course (5 ECTS) at Aarhus University in Denmark. 

    Core pedagogies in my teaching:

    • Student-active learning
    • Project-organized problem-based learning in studio courses
    • Development project as teaching education
    • Practice-relevant teaching
    • Experience-based reflections

    Courses I am currently teaching:

    Courses I have previously taught and supervised are:

    • APL103 History of Urban and Regional Planning (15 ECTS) - course responsible 2023 - 1 semester
    • APL350 Projects´ Initiation and Implementation in Urban Development (15 ECTS) - 2020-23 4 semesters
    • JUS321 Planning and Building Law II - Public Processing of Building Applications (5 ECTS)- 2019-23 5 semesters
    • LAA325 Street Planning and Design (15 ECTS) - 2021 - 1 semester
    • SAMBED Participation in planning (15 ECTS) - 2022-23 1 semester (Honorable mention in AESOP teaching price AESOP - AESOP 2024 Excellence in Teaching Prize - winner announced!)
    • SGO2040 City Studio Oslo, University of Oslo (30 ECTS) - 2021 - 1 semester
  • Mer om meg og CV

    • Research competence/member of research group 

      My research lies within the field of Urban Morphology - the study of urban form and the processes of its creation. I specifically study the processes of planning through the planning instruments in the Norwegian Planning and Building Act, such as zoning plans and project implementation tools. I have just  joined the Research Group: Planning, Law, and Property Rights between the 

      - 2025 Priya Uteng T., Di Marino M., Standal A. and Grabalov P. . The future of resharing practices in Norwegian neighborhoods: Perspectives from residents and stakeholders, Sustainable Development http://doi.org/10.1002/sd.70128 

      - 2022 Narratives of fish, trade and coastal communities: Use and resource management as a tool for heritage and environment compensation, Chalmers University of Technology Co-writer: Tom Davies

      - 2022 The Building-Street Relationship – Investigating the Art of Compact City Building in Contemporary Norwegian Practice, PhD Thesis NMBU

      - 2022 Frontage Rules How Societal Ideas of Legal Regulation Affect Micro-Morphological Solutions at Street-Level, International Seminar on Urban Form 978889295357424.pdf 

      - 2022 The Frontage - Uncovering the Public-Private Interface through Sampling and Categorization of Micro-Morphological Solutions at Street Level, International Seminar on Urban Form Co-writer: Elin Børrud

      - 2019 Informing future urban housing through the morphological development of the terraced house with mews, Nordic Association of Architectural Research

      - 2018 Urban Micro-morphology as framework to assess physical public-private interfaces at street level, Nordic Associaction of Architectural Research

    • Digital competence 

      - AutoCad, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, SketchUp, Forma Autodesk, 

    • Connections to national and international collaborations and networks 

      - Member of Advisory body for Urban Architecture (Rådet for Byarkitektur) Oslo (from 2024)

      - Corep for Norway  in AESOP - Association of European Schools of Planning (from 2024)

    • Formal experience from the field of practice/profession

      - 2024-      Associate Professor - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) - Norway

      - 2015- 23 PhD Student and teacher - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) - Norway

      - 2011- 14  Architect – Plan Urban/Norconsult - Norway Architect/Urban Planner – Ålesund City Council, Norway

      - 2007- 11  Architect/Urban Designer – Alt. arkitektur AS

      - 2005- 07 Architect – Bjørbekk og Lindheim Landscape architecture - Norway

      - 2005        Architect trainee - Architectuurstudio EM7 - Delft Holland

    • Roles 

      - Leader of working group for experience-based master in planning for sustainable place development

      - Member of working group SITRAP