Priya Singh is interested in exploring the interactions between people and urban spaces. She has a keen interest in inclusive urban design and planning, and her postgraduate dissertation examined the pseudo-urbanisation in eastern Kolkata. She has conducted extensive fieldwork for projects on inclusivity, sustainability and development during her academic years. At IIHS, she has contributed to the GCRF-Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) Project, especially the learner trajectory research stream, by providing desk research, fieldwork logistics, data collection, analysis and dissemination support. She is currently working on a Spencer Grant-funded study that investigates the challenges faced and negotiations undertaken by marginalised students in accessing higher education spaces. Priya has also written about ethical practices in qualitative research. She is interested in city representation in films and the planning and design implications therein, currently working on a study towards understanding the mobility cultures presented in films. She has presented her work on these topics at various national and international conferences like CIES, DSA, IAFOR and CESI among others. She was a faculty member for the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme, and is a part of the IIHS research management and communications team, where she assists with general management of the Research Programme.
