Naomi C. Hanakata is an assistant professor for Urban Planning at the College for Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore. She is also Co-Founder and consultant of HANAKATA, a research and planning practice based in Singapore. Her work focuses on the research and development of adaptive planning strategies to deal with uncertainties and dynamic urban futures in urban development and planning. Addressing challenges of planetary urbanisation, decarbonisation, decentralisation of resources and digitalisation in planning practice are central in her work towards sustainable and equitable urban futures. She has practiced in Zurich, Tokyo, New York and Singapore as planner and consultant. She has taught at Rice University and ETH Zurich and was educated at ETH, Tokyo University and LSE, and holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich. Naomi is a Salzburg Global fellow.