Research group membership
Land, Design and Development (Leader)
Healthy Aging and Care Network
Sustainable and Resilient Futures Network
Research grants and awards
2021–2022 || PI || €12,000 ||Radical Urban Alternative: The limits and promises of the alternative urbanism in neoliberal era, Oxford Brookes’ Research Excellence & Impact Award Scheme 2020-21
2018–2021 || PI || €270,000 || (Un)Just Neighbourhoods; Socio-Spatial Justice in Urban Neighbourhooods; Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, H2020, European Commission. Hosted jointly by: Institute of Urban and Regional Planning (IURD), UC Berkeley, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University
2014–2016 || PI || € 309,000 || Contribution of Compact Neighbourhoods to the Social Sustainability; Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (IEF), FP7 Framework, European Commission. Hosted by: School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University
2014–2016 || PI || €300,000 || International PhD Programme: Mahalle meets Stadtquartier; Berlin-Rabat-Tehran-Istanbul, DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service. Hosted by: Department of Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
2013 || PI || €15,000 || Space-In-Between: A Phenomenological Reading; Gerda Henkel Foundation, Germany. Hosted by: Department of Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
2013–2014 || CO-I || €200,000 || Participatory Urban Regeneration in Deteriorated Areas; Berlin-Cairo-Istanbul-Tehran; DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service. Hosted by: Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft (ZTG), Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
2009–2011 || PI || €85,400 || Sustainable Critical Regionalism in MENA Countries; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Hosted by: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin