Autor: Hooshmand Alizadeh

Hooshmand Alizadeh (Ph D in urban design, Newcastle University/UK, 2006), is associate professor at the Kurdistan Studies Institute, the University of Kurdistan and senior postdoc researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has more than fifteen years’ teaching and research experience in Urban Studies, particularly regarding aspects of urbanism and public space. His primary scholarly achievement is the development of the concept of the Kurdish city and women’s spatial interactions and empowerment, based on a comparative study in different urban contexts.