Dr. Moa Carlsson

Biography

Moa Carlsson is an architectural historian and architect with a PhD in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning, completed in February 2019. She is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has also undergone training in the history of science at the University of Cambridge. Her research and teaching focus on environmental histories of cities, urban histories, and landscapes, particularly in Great Britain since 1918. Carlsson's scholarship includes her book 'Scenic Calculations: Landscape, Industry Planning Twentieth-Century Britain' and significant publications like 'The UK Landscape Evaluation Movement, 1965-1980' and 'Computing Views, Remodeling Environments'. She has taught at prestigious institutions including MIT and the Rhode Island School of Design and has worked professionally in architecture and landscape architecture in cities such as London, New York, and Vienna. Along with her teaching duties at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, she is engaged in various scholarly activities and is a member of multiple historical societies.

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