© H. Alizadeh

PhD

Hooshmand Alizadeh

Former Researcher

Biography

Hooshmand Alizadeh was 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). Before joining the ISR, he was 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 recent 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. Click here for more information on his publications.

Research Areas

  • Public spaces

  • women’s public space

  • sustainable urban development

  • urban form

  • behavior and space

  • Kurdish/Iranian cities

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Recent Publications

Alizadeh, H., & Kohlbacher, J. (2024). Visibility and interactions of immigrant Kurdish women in urban public spaces: a comparison of Vienna and Cologne. In M. Mokre & M. Six-Hohenbalken (Eds.), (In)visibility of Flight (Vol. 3). Bielefeld: Forced Migration Series.

Alizadeh, H., Kohlbacher, J., Mehan, A., & Yousefi, Z. (In review). Kurdish women’s interactions in European urban public space and the extent of their social integration. European Planning Studies.

Alizadeh, H., Doostvandi, M., & Zandsalimi, M. (In review). Redefining Sustainable Urban Development: A Critical Analysis in the Wake of COVID-19. Sustainable Development.

Qhorbani, R., Alizadeh, H., & Karami, S. (2023). Survey the factors affecting the future situation of housing in the Tabriz metropolis. Geographical Planning of Space, 12(4), 1-17. doi:10.30488/gps.2021.252181.3318

Abdi, Z., Alizadeh, H., Mohammadi, S., & Sabouri, S. (2023). Analysis of Urban Form Typology Using Urban Heat Island Indicators: Case Study of Ferdous Neighborhood of Tabriz. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1065538

Alizadeh, H., Bork-Hüffer, T., Kohlbacher, J. & Mohammed-Amin, R. K. & Naimi, K. (2022) The Contribution of Urban Public Space to the Social Interactions and Empowerment of Women, Journal of Urban Affairs, Doi: 10.1080/07352166.2022.2095915

H. Alizadeh, J. Kohlbacher & S. Qadir Mohammed (2022): The status of women in Kurdish society and the extent of their presence in public domains, SAGE Open, doi: 10.1177/21582440221096441

Irandoost, K., Alizadeh, H., Yousefi, Z., & Shahmoradi, B. (2022). Spatial analysis of population density and its effects during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sanandaj, Iran.Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, doi:10.1080/13467581.2022.2047983

Alizadeh, H. (2021): Building a traditional Kurdish City. The Urban Morphology of Sanandaj.https://www.waterstones.com/book/building-a-traditional-kurdish-city/hooshmand-alizadeh/9789811636332

Ghorbani, R., Alizadeh, H., Karami, S. (2021). An Analysis of the Reasons for the Decline of the Position of Tabriz Metropolis in the Urban System of Iran and the Prediction of its Population and Position by 2031. Town and Country Planning, 13(1), 83-114. doi: 10.22059/jtcp.2020.309809.670153