Yasmine Abbas is a French DPLG architect (Paris Val-de-Marne — now Paris Val-de-Seine — 1997) who graduated with a Master of Science in Architecture Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an Aga Khan scholarship (SMArchS 2001) and a Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (DDes 2006). At MIT and Harvard, Abbas researched how mobile individuals — neo-nomads — Re:locate, i.e. construct and reclaim a sense of belonging to places through physical, mental and digital means. Abbas has traveled extensively and worked internationally in the fields of art and architecture, consumer research and social sustainability. This led her to develop a strong understanding of applied research and design innovation. She is the founding director of neo-nomad a research consultancy which delivers urban intelligence, people-informed research and design strategy for the built environment. Her latest publications include Digital Technologies of the Self, a book co-edited with Fred Dervin (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009) and the book: Le néo-nomadisme: mobilités, partage, transformations identitaires et urbaines (FYP, 2011).
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