Annie Pedret is a researcher of the past and future. She is a scholar of the history and theory of mid-century modern architecture and a design futurist interested in tackling complex problems and exploring the role imagination plays in developing alternative possible futures. She is a highly sought after international lecturer whose research transcends disciplines, with publications across the academic spectrum.

She was the founder and creative director of the design research Spatial Strategies Lab at Seoul National University. Her studio work has been exhibited in the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (2017 & 2021), Vienna Biennale for Change (2021), and she is the author of Team 10: an Archival History (2013), and Pyongyang 2050: Spatial Futures (2018). Prior to joining academia, she practiced architecture at several major firms and holds a BSc from the University of Toronto, BArch from the University of British Columbia, and SMArchS and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.