Hooshmand Alizadeh
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning, University of KurdistanAbout Hooshmand Alizadeh
Hooshmand Alizadeh is a senior postdoc researcher at the ISR. In February 2019, he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship towards joining the ISR in Vienna. He holds an MA degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran, (1995-1998), and a PhD from Newcastle University, UK, on The design principles of traditional urban cores in Iran (2001-2006). He is also an Associate Professor of Urban Design at the University of Kurdistan, Iran. As an academic member of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, he headed this department during 2006-2016. Since 2015, he has been Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan. His research mainly focuses on public spaces, Kurdish/Iranian cities, urban form, and urban sustainability. His current project is titled A cross-cultural comparative study of women's interaction in public spaces in Iran and Iraq and a selection of European cities. The study examines women's spatiality, particularly the extent of their interactions in public spaces.