May East

Edinburgh

May East is an international urbanist specialised in nature-positive and gender-sensitive cities. A UNITAR Fellow, she works with intergovernmental agencies, private sector and regional governments in the creation of policy guidelines and systems interventions for accelerating the SDGs implementation. Based at the Findhorn Ecovillage for two decades, her expertise spans the development of 20-minute neighbourhoods and eco-communities as well as working regeneratively with mining cities, and informal settlements. She holds a Master of Science in Spatial Planning with specialization in the rehabilitation of abandoned villages and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning on the topic What if Women Designed the City? May was awarded Women of the Decade in Sustainability and Leadership by Women Economic Forum in 2019.