Visiting Fellow Shipra Narang Suri

With nearly twenty-five years’ experience within and outside the United Nations, Shipra Narang Suri leads UN-Habitat’s Urban Practices Branch, the hub for its normative work and the home of its portfolio of global programs spread across fifty countries. The Branch leads on several issues, including national urban policies; land, housing, and shelter; and human rights and social inclusion. Narang Suri is also the senior advisor within UN-Habitat for Sustainable Development Goals localization, working with local governments and their networks. She has a bachelor's degree in planning, a master's degree in environmental planning, and a PhD in post-war recovery studies from the University of York.