Tala Alaeddine is the Research Department Coordinator at Public Works Studio, a multidisciplinary research, design, and advocacy studio committed to the right to the city and spatial justice.
Her work focuses on the intersection of urbanism and law, property rights, shared spaces, and ensuring the right to the city for marginalized communities. She coordinates and contributes to projects that involve analyzing regional plans and urban data, monitoring planning practices, and advocating for people-centered approaches to post-war reconstruction and recovery and for policy changes to protect housing rights and democratize urban planning.
Tala holds an MA in Architecture from the Lebanese University, Faculty of Fine Arts II, and brings expertise in diverse research and analysis methods, including fieldwork, mapping, writing, and active engagement with communities and stakeholders through presentations, lectures, focus groups, workshops, and facilitation.
