Reena Mahajan

Strategic Communications Consultant

Lab of Thought

Jul 2025 - Current (1 year)

I support the Lab of Thought on strategic communications and public narrative around mobility, urban systems and social change. My work focuses on translating research and emerging concepts into accessible formats that can reach wider audiences and influence public debate. This includes developing storytelling strategies, contributing to the design and production of field labs, producing visual, written, and video content, and helping frame key ideas from Lab of Thought’s work so they connect with practitioners, policymakers and the public.

Media And Communications Manager

Lab of Thought

Jul 2025 - Current (1 year)

Strategic Communications Consultant

Lab of Thought

Jul 2025 - Current (1 year)

I support the Lab of Thought on strategic communications and public narrative around mobility, urban systems and social change. My work focuses on translating research and emerging concepts into accessible formats that can reach wider audiences and influence public debate. This includes developing storytelling strategies, contributing to the design and production of field labs, producing visual, written, and video content, and helping frame key ideas from Lab of Thought’s work so they connect with practitioners, policymakers and the public.

Founder

StreetSmart

Jun 2025 - Current (1 year 1 month)

I founded StreetSmart in 2025 and lead its strategic direction, product vision and partnerships. StreetSmart is a civic-tech initiative that translates everyday experience of streets into qualitative insight cities can use. The platform enables people to document their streets through photographs and observations, generating structured data on walkability, safety, greenery and stormwater management. This information helps cities better understand how street design affects freedom of movement, safety and everyday urban life. StreetSmart brings together a multidisciplinary network spanning urban design, research, UX-UI and software development to build a practical tool that reconnect lived experience with planning decisions. Progress at a

Freelance Consultant

ATELIER IRIS CHERVET

Mar 2025 - Jul 2025 (5 months)

Climatebase Fellow

Climatebase

Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 (4 months)

Participating in Cohort 7 of the Climatebase Fellowship, the climate career accelerator for mission-driven professionals. The Climatebase Fellowship combines a 12-week industry-oriented educational program and ongoing community membership throughout the year. Each cohort hosts over 100 expert guest speakers, career support, project-based work, and a supportive network of highly talented peers, optimists, doers, creators, visionaries, disruptors, and explorers from a wide range of backgrounds and organisations.

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Founder

Streetsmart A digital platform to rate revolutionalise street design

Feb 2025 - Mar 2025 (2 months)

At the Soonami Venturethon, my project Streetsmart was selected as one of the top 25 from over 120 submissions. Streetsmart is a digital street rating and redesign platform empowering local governments and communities to make cities more liveable & climate resilient. Streetsmart is not just a platform — it’s the spark of a movement poised to reclaim our streets and transform our cities.

Ambassador

BIP Brilliant Ideas Planet SRL

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year 1 month)

Ambassador for BIP, an Ecosystem and a Marketplace of brilliant minds from across the globe, collaborating, creating new sustainable businesses, leveraging synergies, and supporting each other for a more sustainable future.

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Soonami Venturethon

Streetsmart A digital platform to rate revolutionalise street design

Jan 2025 - Feb 2025 (2 months)

This year I pivoted from consulting to entrepreneurship, pitching an urban-tech startup to revolutionise street design at a Venturethon and landing in the top 25 of 120 teams. Recognised for a heartfelt and compelling pitch, I demonstrated my ability to turn complex urban challenges into high-impact, actionable solutions.

Workshop Pilot [Water and Metropolitanisation Workshop in Hyderabad]

Les Ateliers de Cergy

Mar 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Consultant

Walk Foundation

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024 (4 months)

In Oct. 2023, I was invited to present my road culture campaign #MontevideoPacificada at the global summit WALK21 in Kigali, Rwanda. Following the event I worked part-time with the Walk21 Foundation and helped write and put together 2 policy briefs: "Integrating Walking and Public Transport" and "Transforming Unwalkable Cities".

Project Management Consultant

ATELIER LD

Jul 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 2 months)

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Educator

Cenur Litoral Norte

Mar 2023 - Apr 2023 (2 months)

Sustainable Urban Design Course with a multidisciplinary focus designed for graduate students of Integrated Design

Coordinator, Tactical Urbanism Project #SAUalaCalle

Sociedad de Arquitectos del Uruguay

Dec 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 2 months)

#SAUalaCalle is a tactical urbanism public participation initiative by the Architect's Association of Uruguay on one of Montevideo's main streets. The objective of the project is to improve walkability between the University and Parque Rodó Park through short-term, low-cost, scalable interventions with the involvement and support of multiple actors including the City Hall.

Educator

Sociedad de Arquitectos del Uruguay

Aug 2022 - Sep 2022 (2 months)

Sustainable Urban Design Course with a multidisciplinary focus designed for professionals and students

Workshop Pilot [Urban Planning Workshop in Tirana, Albania]

Les Ateliers de Cergy

Feb 2020 - Jul 2022 (2 years 6 months)

Founder - Studio Divercity

Studio DiverCity

Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 6 months)

Studio Divercity is an international platform that offers spatial and strategic design solutions for public and private bodies aiming to create urban environments that foster wellbeing. Mission: to help transform car-dominated urbanscapes to people-centred and nature-based PLACES, through projects, workshops & advocacy. Street transformations in particular bring me immense joy. I love contributing to public realm projects and also enjoy creating digital freehand illustrations for projects that I support.

Founder

Studio DiverCity

Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 6 months)

Studio DiverCity is my independent consultancy working at the intersection of urban design, strategy, and public narrative to help cities transition toward more people-centred, nature-positive urban systems. I work with cities, organisations and mission-driven initiatives on urban transformation, combining spatial design, systems thinking and communication to reconnect planning decisions with everyday urban life. My work spans multiple scales, from neighbourhood and public-realm projects to strategic urban studies, and includes: • Urban design and coordination of complex projects • Strategic advisory on urban transformation • Research and systems analysis on mobility, climate resilience and public space • Narrative and communication strat

Urban Planning Workshop in Burkina Faso

Les Ateliers de Cergy

Mar 2019

Urban Strategy for Ouaga 2050: Embracing the Everyday at the Scale of the Greater Territory

Urban Planning Workshop in CAR

Les Ateliers de Cergy

Jun 2018 - Jul 2018 (2 months)

Urban Strategy for Bangui's urban villages and its larger territory

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Chef de projets architecte-urbaniste

Atelier LD Paysage Urbanisme Techniques Environnementales

May 2012 - Jun 2018 (6 years 2 months)

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Chargée de projets architecte-urbaniste

AAUPC

Nov 2010 - Aug 2011 (10 months)

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Chargée de projets architecte-urbaniste

Ateliers Lion Architectes Urbanistes

Sep 2006 - May 2010 (3 years 9 months)

Architect

SPA Design Stéphane Paumier Architecture

Oct 2003 - Sep 2005 (2 years)

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