Leanne Munyori is an environmental psychologist, writer, and design strategist exploring how human experience, behaviour, and regeneration intersect in the built environment. Her work examines how design influences the quality of life—whether through fostering ecological balance, enhancing user experience, or creating spaces that promote a sense of safety and belonging.

As a multiplier of knowledge, she brings interdisciplinary insights into urban resilience, sensory experience, and life-centred design. Her focus on UX in the built environment delves into how environmental stressors shape cognitive, behavioural, and emotional well-being, shedding light on the often-overlooked aspects of everyday spaces. She has contributed to the Olfactory Journal, exploring smell, the city, and the sense of self, and uses platforms like Our Rude Empath and Tomorrow by Design to challenge conventional urban practices and foster meaningful dialogue on urban futures.

With a background in psychology and environmental design, she is particularly interested in how cities can be designed to be effective, for emotional and social resilience. Whether through research, writing, or collaborations, she aims to bridge psychology, design, and policy, ensuring that built environments support both individuals and communities.

As a Fellow of the Centre for Conscious Design’s Nairobi Chapter, she engages in projects and discussions that rethink urbanism and co-creates with like-minded practitioners and researchers to develop forward-thinking strategies that shape cities as places of care, belonging and delight.