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Claudia van der Laag (also known as Claudia Yamu) is an architect and urban planner working at the forefront of data-driven urbanism, bridging urban planning and urban design across multiple scales. Her work focuses on developing innovative analytical methods and tools that support better decision-making and inform policies for more sustainable cities and regions. With a long-standing international experience across academia, professional practice, and the public sector, she brings a unique, cross-disciplinary perspective to shaping the cities of tomorrow. As a full professor, she provides academic leadership, mentors the next generation of urban thinkers, and leads international research and education initiatives. She also promotes research as a form of soft diplomacy, fostering international collaboration and knowledge exchange, and contributes as an independent expert evaluator for the European Commission. Van der Laag serves among others on the editorial advisory boards of Springer’s The Urban Book Series and Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.
Expertise: urban informatics, space syntax, geometric fractal models, digital twins, mixed methods, transport land use planning, socio-economic processes, people's behaviour in cities, decision support, civic engagement.
Topics: sustainable cities, walkable cities, smart cities, fractal cities, urban morphogenesis, urban policies
Fagfelt
Bygeografi Mobilitet By og regionsplanlegging ATP FNs bærekraftsmål Bærekrafitg utvikling
Forskningsgrupper
Publikasjoner og forskningsresultater
Vitenskapelige publikasjoner
Laag, Claudia van der
; Tan, Wendy; Garau, Chiara; Murgante, Beniamino
(2026).
On Foot Through Town? The Conundrum of Pedestrian Accessibility in Niš, Serbia.
Stanković, Jelena J.; Luè, Alessandro; Laag, Claudia van der (Red.).
Regional and Urban Challenges and Opportunities for Data-Policy Interactions: The Western Balkans and Eastern European Countries | Springer Nature Link. s. 173-187.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08592-4_9
Stanković, Jelena J.; Luè, Alessandro;
Laag, Claudia van der
(2026).
Regional and Urban Challenges and Opportunities for Data-Policy Interactions: The Western Balkans and Eastern European Countries | Springer Nature Link.
ISBN: 9783032085924.
256 s.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08592-4
Östh, John
; Nørgaard, Nicoline Foulon;
Laag, Claudia van der
(2026).
The Role of Delineation for Decision Making and Urban Governance.
Dzunic, Marija; Östh, John; Muratori, Simona (Red.).
Advancing Urban and Local Governance in Western and Transition Europe. s. 141-154.
Springer.
https://doi.org/https://link.springer.com/book/10.
Sipulova, Marta Hustava;
Laag, Claudia van der
;
Östh, John
(2025).
The Conundrum of the Modified Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) for Urban Decision-Making Across Scales: A Critical Reflection.
Economic Themes.
Vol. 63.
https://doi.org/10.2478/ethemes-2025-0002
Silinto, Berino Francisco;
Yamu, Claudia van der Laag
; Zuidema, Christian; Faaij, Andre PC
(2025).
Hybrid renewable energy systems for rural electrification in developing countries: A review on energy system models and spatial explicit modelling tools.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
Vol. 207.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114916
Murgante, Beniamino; Mazzarelli, Giovanni;
Yamu, Claudia van der Laag
; Annunziata, Alfonso
(2024).
Mapping Emotional Landscapes: Understanding the interplay of emotions and the built environment in Potenza, Italy.
ISBN: 9783031652370.
15 s.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65238-7_14
Garau, Chiara; Annunziata, Alfonso;
Yamu, Claudia Hedwig
; D`Orlando, Dario; Giuman, Marco
(2023).
Investigating the socio-spatial logic of historic urban areas through space syntax A comparative analysis of the Roman towns Cosa, Nora, Timgad and Thuburbo Majus.
Tema. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.6093/1970-9870/9469
Mohamed, Abdelabaseer;
Yamu, Claudia van der Laag
(2023).
Space Syntax has Come of Age: A Bibliometric Review from 1976 to 2023.
Journal of planning literature.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122231208018
Quek, Hou Yee; Sielker, Franziska; Akroyd, Jethro; Bhave, Amit; Richthofen, Aurel von; Herthogs, Pieter;
Yamu, Claudia
; Wan, Lin; Nochta, Timea; Burgess, Gemma; Lim, Mei Qi; Mosbach, Sebastian; Kraft, Markus
(2023).
The conundrum in smart city governance: Interoperability and compatibility in an ever-growing ecosystem of digital twins.
Data & Policy.
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2023.1
Yamu, Claudia Hedwig
; Garau, Chiara
(2022).
The 15-min city: a configurational approach for understanding the spatial, economic, and congnitive context of walkability in Vienna.
Gervasi, Osvaldo; Murgante, Beniamino; Misra, Sanjay; Rocha, Ana Maria A.C.; Garau, Chiara (Red.).
Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Part 1. s. 387-404.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10536-4_26
