Sara Torabi Moghadam

• Dr. Sara Torabi Moghadam (f) earned her Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Development (2018) at the Politecnico di Torino. She is an Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Torino (DIST) with a demonstrated history of +8 years in the field of “Sustainable and Smart Cities” being involved in several national and European projects, e.g., DIMMER-FP7-ICT; SCORE-H2020; MOLOC-INTERREG EUROPE, and CESABMED-INTERREG MED. In her career, she has supported both public administration and private sector entities aiding them in achieving SDGs. She carried out a “Meriton Fellowship” at the Western University of Sydney (WSU) and a research and teaching visit at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), University of Salford and University di Amsterdam (UvA). Her research deals with co-design thinking sustainable and circular urban planning, NBS socio-economic impacts, KPIs impact assessment, and evaluation through participatory approaches. Her expertise focuses on Multi-Criteria Spatial Decision Support System (MC-SDSS), which intends to facilitate the participatory decisional process for stakeholders who can ask “what-if” questions and visualize “if-then” scenarios in real time. She is the author of several international scientific articles.

Settori ERC

SDG

• URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO

• Collegio di Architettura e Design. Componente invitato
• Collegio di Pianificazione e Progettazione. Componente

Dottorato di ricerca

• ESG trends: Shaping Sustainable Built Environment (insegnamento su invito). A.A. 2024/25, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Titolare del corso
• CO-DESIGNING FUTURE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY (didattica di eccellenza). A.A. 2022/23, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Titolare del corso

Corso di laurea magistrale

• Professional Training. A.A. 2024/25, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
• Città, territorio, paesaggio (modulo di Estimo). A.A. 2024/25, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso
• Post-carbon sustainable communities (Atelier) (modulo di Evaluation methods and decision making approaches). A.A. 2024/25, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
• Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals. A.A. 2024/25, PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA E TERRITORIALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Professional Training. A.A. 2023/24, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
• Post-carbon sustainable communities (Atelier) (modulo di Evaluation methods and decision making approaches). A.A. 2023/24, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
• Città, territorio, paesaggio (modulo di Estimo). A.A. 2023/24, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso
• Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals. A.A. 2023/24, PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA E TERRITORIALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals. A.A. 2022/23, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Post-carbon sustainable communities (Atelier) (modulo di Evaluation methods and decision making approaches). A.A. 2022/23, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
• Città, territorio, paesaggio (modulo di Estimo). A.A. 2022/23, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso
• Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals. A.A. 2021/22, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals. A.A. 2020/21, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals. A.A. 2019/20, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso

Progetti finanziati da bandi competitivi

• GREEN-INC - GRowing Effective & Equitable Nature-based Solutions through INClusive Climate Actions, (2024-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Ricerca UE - Driving Urban Transitions

Progetti finanziati da contratti commerciali

• CONVENZIONE PER IL COFINANZIAMENTO DELL’ATTIVITA’ DI RICERCA ATTRAVERSOL’ATTIVAZIONE DI UNA BORSA DI STUDIO PER IL DOTTORATO I N T E R A T E N E O DIRICERCA IN U R B A N A N D R E G I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T – s e c o n d as e s s i o n e (XXXIX CICLO), (2023-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Intese

• Dana Al Mamlouk. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (40^o ciclo, 2024-in corso)
• Saba Mirzahosseini Barough. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (40^o ciclo, 2024-in corso)
• Neshat Rahmani. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (40^o ciclo, 2024-in corso)
• Belal Neazi. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (39^o ciclo, 2023-in corso)
• Virginia Pellerey. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (38^o ciclo, 2022-in corso)
• Maurizia Pignatelli. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (37^o ciclo, 2021-in corso)
• Daniela Santana Tovar. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (37^o ciclo, 2022-in corso)
• Jhon Ricardo Escorcia Hernandez. Corso in Urban And Regional Development (36^o ciclo, 2020-2024)
  Tesi: A Digital Spatial Assessment Framework for Sustainable Social Housing in the Post-Pandemic Era - A Case Study of Bogotá, Colombia

• SANTANA TOVAR, Daniela; TORABI MOGHADAM, Sara; Lombardi, Patrizia (2025)
  Shaping Sustainable Practices in Italy’s Construction Industry: An ESG Indicator Framework. In: SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 17. ISSN 2071-1050
  Contributo su Rivista
• Pellerey, Virginia; Torabi Moghadam, Sara (2025)
  A place-based framework for assessing the effectiveness of inclusive climate actions for nature-based solutions in cities. In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. ISSN 0959-6526
  Contributo su Rivista
• Pellerey, Virginia; Torabi Moghadam, Sara; Lombardi, Patrizia (2024)
  A systematic review of justice integration to climate resilience: Current trends and future directions. In: URBAN CLIMATE, vol. 59. ISSN 2212-0955
  Contributo su Rivista
• Giarma, Christina; Lombardi, Patrizia; Askar, Rand; Trubina, Nika; Santana Tovar, ... (2024)
  Implementation and Consideration of Circularity Within International Sustainability Assessment Methods. In: Circular Economy Design and Management in the Built Environment / Bragança L, Griffiths P, Askar R, Salles A, Ungureanu V, Tsikaloudaki K, Bajare D, Zsembinszki G, Cvetkovska M,, S.L., Springer, pp. 545-624. ISBN: 9783031734892
  Contributo in Volume
• Anselmo, Sebastiano; Safaeianpour, Ali; Moghadam, Sara Torabi; Ferrara, Maria (2024)
  GIS-based solar radiation modelling for photovoltaic potential in cities: A sensitivity analysis for the evaluation of output variability range. In: ENERGY REPORTS, vol. 12, pp. 4656-4669. ISSN 2352-4847
  Contributo su Rivista