Gro Sandkjær Hanssen is a researcher and lecturer at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) at OsloMet. She is a political scientist whose research focuses on urban and regional planning, participation, collaborative governance, and governance challenges related to sustainable urban development.

Gro will take part in the panel discussion “Putting Nature First in Planning”, organised by Grindaker Landscape Architects and Arkitekturpodden on 23 September.