WG4: Community Engagement and Capacity Building Co-Leader 
Researcher
RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
 

Robin A. Chang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University (GE). She was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Urban Studies Program of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver (CA) in 2024. Most recently, she is joining the Community Housing Canada Research Partnership based out of the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, at the Faculty of Sciences of University of Alberta (CA) as a Postdoctoral Fellow from 2026-2027. As a trained environmental planner, she conducts community‐engaged research and teaching. This work is enhanced with additional qualifications from the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2). Prior to her MSc and PhD at the Research Group of European Planning Cultures, Faculty of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University, she practised planning in Canada. Her current work addresses the co-constitutional effects and interactions between built or lived environments as well as urban policies and planning through time‐sensitive concepts. She is a member of the Alternative Urbanisms Research Collective based at UCL and the Canadian Institute of Planners.