Nilda Cosco
Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC State University Research Associate Professor
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Nilda Cosco, PhD, Research Associate Professor and Director of Programs, Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC State University. Dr. Cosco holds a degree in Educational Psychology, Universidad del Salvador, Argentina and a Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture, Heriot-Watt University / Edinburgh University, Scotland. In 2000, she cofounded the Natural Learning Initiative with Professor Robin Moore. She developed the statewide Preventing Obesity by Design (POD) project that she has co-directed since 2007. Cosco’s research focuses on the impact of the physical environment on children’s play, learning, health, and well-being. Findings are used to support evidence-based design assistance, training, and dissemination of information.