My research interest lies in the relationships between the experiential dimension of the built environment and the formation of everyday life. I study the nature-based transition of urban areas, emphasizing the social implications and complexities of ecological and environmental approaches to mitigating or adapting to climate change. I explore the overlooked entities in the transition processes of urban open spaces by looking at urban processes and considering decision-making, planning, design, and management of spaces as interconnected.
I am trained as an architectural engineer and urban designer and hold a PhD in architecture from Lund University. In my doctoral thesis, Carescape of blue-green solutions: Exploring the socio-materiality of a landscape technology, I obtained a perspective of care and a mixed-method approach to explore how urban life is shaped and given meaning in relation to nature-based stormwater facilities (blue-green solutions) over time and by the context. Here is a short video about my PhD research: https://vimeo.com/885243127
I am deeply interested in more-than-human perspectives, and in my work, mundane life and urban environments are mutually shaping and transforming each other. I am also a guest lecturer and guest researcher at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Lund University. I am passionate about examining and incorporating the ever-evolving human-nonhuman relationships and accordingly updating the methods and approaches in education and practices of the disciplines involved in shaping the built environment.
CARESCAPE OF BLUE-GREEN SOLUTIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Exploring the socio-materiality of a landscape technology
Mottaghi, M., 2023 Oct 17, Lund: Architecture and built environment, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Lund. 126 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
Caring for Blue-Green Solutions (BGS) in Everyday Life: An Investigation of Recreational Use, Neighborhood Preferences and Willingness to Pay in Augustenborg, Malmö
Mottaghi, M., Nordström, J., Haghighatafshar, S., Jönsson, K., Kärrholm, M. & Sternudd, C., 2023, In: Land. 12, 2, 336.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Blue-Green Playscapes: Exploring Children’s Places in Stormwater Spaces in Augustenborg, Malmö
Mottaghi, M., Kylin, M., Kopljar, S. & Sternudd, C., 2021 May 25, In: Urban Planning. 6, 2, p. 175-188 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Blue-Green Solutions and Everyday Ethicalities: Affordances and Matters of Concern in Augustenborg, Malmö
Mottaghi, M., Kärrholm, M. & Sternudd, C., 2020, In: Urban Planning. 5, 4, p. 132-142 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Drivers of changing urban flood risk: A framework for action
Berndtsson, R., Becker, P., Persson, A., Aspegren, H., Haghighatafshar, S., Jönsson, K., Larsson, R., Mobini, S., Mottaghi, M., Nilsson, J., Nordström, J., Pilesjö, P., Scholz, M., Sternudd, C., Sörensen, J. & Tussupova, K., 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 240, March, p. 47-56 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Re-thinking urban flood management – time for a regime shift
Sörensen, J., Persson, A., Sternudd, C., Aspegren, H., Nilsson, J., Nordström, J., Jönsson, K., MOTTAGHI, MISAGH., Becker, P., Pilesjö, P., Larsson, R., Berndtsson, R. & Mobini, S., 2016 Aug 4, In: Water. 8, 8, 15 p., 332.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Integrated urban design and open storm drainage in our urban environments: Merging drainage techniques into our city’s urban spaces
Mottaghi, M., Aspegren, H. & Jönsson, K., 2016, In: Water Practice & Technology. 11, 1, p. 118-126 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review