Faten Kikano

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ABOUT FATEN KIKANO

Faten Kikano works as a Principal Director with the BC2 Inter-Nations Collaborative Team. She is an expert in international migration, hosting and settlement policies, and governance in refugee spaces and other vulnerable human settlements. With the purpose of making policy recommendations for public and private actors, she specializes in the study of urban vulnerability based on a transdisciplinary approach addressing the political, socioeconomic, legal, and cultural issues that influence the well-being of vulnerable communities and their sense of place. She is proficient in editing, peer-reviewed publishing, and lecturing on international platforms. Drawing from an experience of 20 years as a practitioner in architecture and design and as a university professor, she has developed international workshops on humanitarian architecture targeting architects and urban planners in post-conflict and post-disaster settings. Based on citizen empowerment approaches and participatory processes, she has developed several government-funded projects on homelessness and climate change adaptation in Montreal. Faten is the chair of Architecture Sans Frontières International and an editor in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. She is a founding member of Liquid Space Lab, a think tank focused on studying vulnerable human settlements. Her expertise offers an opportunity for developing inclusive policies and approaches that lead to spatial and environmental equity.