Dr. phil. Thuc Han Tran

• Urban sustainability
• Sustainability indicators and climate policy supporting tools (with focus on Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint and Ecosystem Services)
• Spatial implications of decarbonisation pathways
• Energy transition
• Sustainable use of resources

2024-present

Research associate, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany

2022-2023

Independent consultant

2018-2022

Research associate, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany

2015-2017

Postdoctoral researcher, Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Finland

2014-2015

Postdoctoral researcher, NorTech Centre, THULE Institute, University of Oulu, Finland.

2015-2016

Lecturer in Planning, Faculty of Geography and Planning, Vietnam National University in Hanoi

2010-2015

Senior consultant, Institute for Human Settlements and Sustainability, Hanoi, Vietnam

2009-2014

PhD Candidate, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Architecture and Design, New Zealand

2010

Visiting scholar, Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Oulu, Finland

2005-2006

Architect and Urban Planner, Construction Consulting Office, Hanoi Architecture University, Vietnam

 

2014

Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture
Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand
Faculty of Architecture and Design, School of Architecture

2008

Master of Architecture in Sustainable Design with First Class Honours
The University of Auckland in New Zealand
School of Architecture and Planning

2005

Bachelor of Architecture with First Class Honours
Hanoi Architecture University in Vietnam
Faculty of Architecture

 

EA-Armenia - Ecosystem Accounting in Armenia: Setting the Scene

BWI - Biodiversity-friendly economic growth: updating and developing recommendations for sustainable welfare indicators

Landschaftsforschungszentrum e.V. Dresden

2015-2016

Lecturer in Planning at Faculty of Geography and Planning, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Teaching subjects: urban and regional planning for final-year students and environmental planning for master students.

2016-2017

Designed and managed intensive training programme for professionals in the topics Climate Change and Sustainable Energy; created online training platform and programme for professionals in the topics Climate Change, Sustainable Energy, collaboration between University of Oulu, Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning and Institute for Human Settlements Vietnam.

2012

Leadership training on Climate Change Response toward Green Growth of Ho Chi Minh City”, organised by UN-Habitat Vietnam and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).

 

• Postdoctoral research funding funded by KONE Foundation in Finland
• Fellowship for staying abroad in USA and New Zealand funded by the KONE Foundation
• Vice Chancellor Strategic Research Scholarship for PhD in Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand
• Scholarship and Award for excellent student in the Hanoi Architecture University in Vietnam
• DADD exchange student grant to Germany in 2002 hosted by TUD Dresden

List of selected publications