Sanjoy Mazumdar

SANJOY MAZUMDAR is professor in the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, Department of Asian American Studies, and Program in Religious Studies, at the University of California, Irvine. His research examines the interrelationships between cultures and their physical environments, including ethnic and geographical cultures and subcultures and their vernacular environments; diversity and multiculturalism; social aspects of designed and built environments; culturally programmed environmental behaviors; religion and environments; organizational ecology, organizational cultures and their built environments; accessibility, inclusive design, technology and design; implications of design related interventions in social systems; and qualitative research methodology.

He has a B.Arch. (Hons.) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, a Master of Architecture in Advanced Studies (M.Arch.A.S.), a Master of City Planning (M.C.P.) and a Ph.D. in Organizational Studies and Environmental Design from M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, USA.

His professional practice in architectural design, urban design, and planning of over 15 years has included design, construction, and management experience and 5 design awards.

A past Chair and member of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), he is co-Chair of the Cultural Aspects of Design Network (CADN), and founding member of Culture and Space in the Built Environment network. He is on the Editorial Board of Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Design Research Quarterly, and has served as scientific advisor on several international environmental design conferences.

He has received Environmental Design Research Association’s Career Award (2006) for lifetime contributions; been conferred title of Fellow of Design Research Society (2007); the Academic Leadership Award from the Orange County American Planning Association (2007); an “Outstanding Planning Achievement Academic Award” from the California American Planning Association (2007); was selected by Swiss Design Network for Best of Design Research - Projects of Excellence through international competition (2006); the "Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research Award" (1994); the “Outstanding Faculty of the year” award (2003), is listed in several Who’s Who. He has received invitations to lecture from universities and professional associations in Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Estonia, Canada, Mexico, and Denmark, from the Mark Taper Forum and the Philoctetes Society, and from consulting design and planning firms.