Mizan is a life-long learner and interdisciplinary researcher, currently interested in the field of Neuroaesthetics. As a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellow, she runs the EU-funded project, LIVE-LOVE, at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Focused on positive emotional encounters with atmospheric city spaces, Mizan specializes in psycho-spatial aesthetic experiences aimed at good mental health for human flourishing. She explores cross-cutting areas of architecture and urban placemaking, cognitive/psychological wellness and subjective wellbeing, and arts/creativity and culture. She has published, presented, and peer-reviewed scientific work on related topics.

Converging design, phenomenology, and qualitative methodologies (drawing on her background in Architecture and GeoHumanities) with quantitative scientific methods (learned from Empirical Psychology/Aesthetics and Psychological Aesthetics), Mizan cultivates her holistic approach to scholarship and practice through professional and personal development.

Most recently, Mizan was invited as guest speaker at Music and Mind with Renée Fleming (2023) by Salzburg Global Seminar (Culture, Arts, and Society) with the World Health Organisation (Arts and Health). She is a member of the Environmental Design Special Interest Group (EDSiG) | Dementia Alliance International (DAI) (2023).