m.marshal@tu-berlin.de

Curriculum Vitae

Melanie Mary Marshal is an urbanist, researcher and architect whose work explores informality, decolonial political ecology, and environmental and spatial justice. Drawing on spatial analysis, ethnographic fieldwork, participatory research, and interdisciplinary collaboration, she investigates how global urban transformations are lived, negotiated, and reshaped in everyday life.

She is currently working as a researcher on the PSSI (Passive Solutions in Self-Build and Incremental Housing) project at HafenCity University Hamburg, where she coordinates the Indonesian case study. The project examines climate-adaptive strategies in self-built and incremental housing, working with local communities to co-produce guidelines for climate-responsive urban development. She is also part of the PolyUrbanWaters project at the Technical University of Berlin, which investigates water-sensitive urban design in peri-urban regions of Southeast Asia. Through participatory methods, the project works with local communities and public actors to co-design vision and action plans that strengthen climate resilience and sustainable water management.