My background is in sustainable development with a focus on stormwater management. My research explores concepts of sustainability, Nature-based Solution (blue and green infrastructures), and decision-support frameworks to help better understand and plan stormwater management. My Ph.D. will be focusing on holistic and multi-functional of stormwater system planning and management in Sweden.
I am currently involved in the Formas project:
Achieving multifunctional, holistic, and sustainable stormwater management in existing development
Sun, Z., Deak Sjöman, J., Blecken, G.-T., and Randrup, T. B. (2024). Decision support tools of sustainability assessment for urban stormwater management – A review of their roles in governance and management. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 447, 141646.https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141646
Randall, M., Jensen, M. B., van de Ven, F., Zevenbergen, C., Körber, J. H., Sun, Z., ... & Zhang, S. (2025). The three points approach (3PA) applied to two Chinese and four European cities for knowledge exchange on stormwater challenges and strategies. Urban Water Journal, 1-11.
Utkina, K., Ashley, R. M., Sun, Z., Adhikari, U., Kali, S. E., Deak Sjöman, J., ... & Blecken, G. T. (2025). Valuing structured alternatives for retrofitting blue-green infrastructure at a catchment scale using the Benefit Estimation Tool (B£ ST). Blue-Green Systems, 7(1), 139-155.
Adhikari, U., Broekhuizen, I., Pons, V., Sun, Z., Sjöman, J. D., Randrup, T. B., ... & Blecken, G. T. (2024). Comparing the hydrological performance of blue green infrastructure design strategies in urban/semi-urban catchments for stormwater management. Water Science & Technology, wst2024346.https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.346