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Professor Ashraf M. Salama is academic, scholar, and Chair in Architecture at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK , Director of the Cluster for Research in Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South since 2014, and Former Head of the School of Architecture (2014-2020). He holds B.Sc. MSc. and PhD in architecture and has received his education at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. He has published over 170 outputs in the international refereed press; authored and co-edited 14 books. He is the chief editor of the Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research and honorary editor of Open House international. Professor Salama is the UIA 2017 Recipient of Jean Tschumi Prize for Excellence in Architectural Education and Criticism. He has chaired and led three schools of architecture over the past 25 years in Egypt (1996-2001), Qatar (2009-2014), and the United Kingdom (2014-2020). He is a licensed architect in Egypt since 1987, practiced in Egypt (1987-92). He has been a consultant to a number of authorities and development agencies in the Middle East since 2004 and, from 2001 to 04, the Director of Research and Consulting at Adams Group Architects, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Research Expertise / Thematic Outlines
Professor Salama's research interests and experience cross the boundaries of disciplines and involve theories and methodologies of design studio teaching in architecture and urban design; EBS - human environment interactions; typological transformations in traditional architecture/urban spaces; sustainable design processes; environmentally sustainable tourism development; sustainable schools; workplace environmental quality; assessing designed environments from socio-cultural and users' perspectives; the spatial practice of cultural groups within cities; livability and diversity in urban environments; and investigating architecture and urbanism in emerging cities in the global south.
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Harriet Harriss, Ashraf M. Salama, and Ane Gonzalez Lara, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, November 2022, ISBN: 9780367893705.
Marwa El-Ashmouni and Ashraf M. Salama, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, July 2022, ISBN: 9780367703622.
Panel organized by Epidemic Urbanism Initiative (EUI), Online, 7 May 2022.
Architectural Education and Design Pedagogies: Global Perspectives and Challenges of Inclusivity, Health, and Resilience, Ashraf M. Salama (moderation), with --Kivanç Kilinç; Hermie Delport; Lindy Osborne Burton; Alice Ismail; Christina Malathouni; Hassan Radoine; David Gloster; and Marilys Nepomitchie.
Ashraf M. Salama, Evolving Urbanity on the Arabian Peninsula: Questions on the Production of Diverse Hubs and the Emerging Place Typologies.
The Bibliotheca Orientalis Attilio Petruccioli, SECA Foundation, the Polo Museale of Trani. Trani, Italy, 23 April 2022.
Ashraf M. Salama, Invited Talk: Contemporary Perspectives on Decolonizing Architectural Knowledge: Implications for Education, Research, and Practice.
PhD Seminar, DIARC, Architecture,
University of Naples Federico II, Napoli Italy, 21 April 2022.
Ashraf M. Salama, Keynote Talk: Questions Persist: On the Future of Urban Environments Beyond the Pandemic.
1st International Conference on Pandemics and the Changing Built Environment: Learning from History - Planning for Tomorrow. Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey/Online, 28-30 April 2022.
Ashraf M. Salama, Invited Keynote: Transdisciplinary for Future Post-Pandemic Built Environment.
International Symposium: Reimagining Public Spaces and Built Environments in the Post Pandemic World, ai4 Society, University of Alberta.
Edmonton, AB, Canada/Online, 9-12 December, 2021.
Ashraf M. Salama, Invited Workshop: Knowledge Dissemination in Architecture and Design Research.
Workshop for faculty and students of schools of architecture, College of Architecture, Texas Tech University.
Lubbock, Texas, USA, Online, 23 November 2021.
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Ashraf M. Salama, Invited Speaker: Transdisciplinary Research for Affordable and Sustainable Housing. Roundtable #1: As part of Lisbon Workshop Programme, RE DWELL MCSA-ITN 1st (Chair F. Samuel, with D. Clapham, G. Debizet, D. Petrescu, and A. Salama).
RE DWELL, Lisbon Portugal/Online, 23 Sept 2022.
Ashraf M. Salama, Invited Speaker: A Century of Evolution in Architecture and Urbanism in the Arabian Peninsula.
Lecture Series, Urban Design Group, with Husam AlWaer and Attilio Petruccioli.
UDG, London, UK, Online, 16 Sept 2022.
Ashraf M. Salama, The implications of covid-19 and lockdown measures for the future of the built environment.
Impact Engagement Webinar, Design & Placemaking in a Post-Covid World.
Online/Glasgow - UK, 13 January 2021.
Ashraf M. Salama, Reproducing architecture and urbanism in the midst of a pandemic condition.
International Conference on Architecture and urbanism in the Age of Planetary Crisis.
Ecodemia, Online/London - UK, 23 October 2020.
Ashraf M. Salama & Michael J. Crosbie, Educating Architects in a Post Pandemic World: What opportunities does the “loss of the stable state” offer the future of education?
Common\Edge, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14 October 2020.
Architectural Education in the Post-COVID Era, Mohammad Gharipour and Caitlin DeClercq interview Ashraf Salama on Envisioning New Opportunities and Implications.
EPI, Epidemic Urbanism Initiative, 11 September 2020.
Ashraf M. Salama & Florian Wiedmann, the speakers for Podcast Series 2: Architecture+ City, episode 3.
Sharjah Architecture Triennial, 4 Sept 2020.
Bibliotheca Orientalis, Bari - Italy and Glasgow - UK, 28 August 2020.
Florian Wiedmann and Ashraf M. Salama, I.B. Tauris / Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom, July 2019, ISBN: 9781788310680
Ashraf M. Salama and Marwa El-Ashmouni, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, August 2020, ISBN: 9781138482555
Attilio Petruccioli Interviews Ashraf Salama on the Impact Coronavirus on Middle Eastern Cities.
Bibliotheca Orientalis, Bari - Italy and Glasgow - UK, 20 May 2020.
Common\Edge, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 7 May 2020.
Gemma Hemming, Ashraf Salama, Tony Roche, How Emerald Open Research can help you rapidly share your research findings across the globe.
Emerald Publishing, Leeds, UK. 27 May 2020.
Salama, A. M. (2019), Methodological research in architecture and allied disciplines: Philosophical positions, frames of reference, and spheres of inquiry, Archnet-IJAR, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 8-24.
Salama A. M. (2020), Coronavirus questions that will not go away: interrogating urban and socio-spatial implications of COVID-19 measures.
Sustainable Cities Gateway, Emerald Open Research 2020, 2:14.