Professor Salama has collaborated with over 70 academics, researchers, and doctoral scholars across more than 20 countries, building an extensive international network that spans Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australasia, and the Americas. These partnerships have addressed a broad range of themes in architecture, urban design, and the built environment, including urban quality, housing typologies, migrant cities, socio-spatial practice, architectural pedagogy, and sustainable development. Collaborations have resulted in co-authored books, peer-reviewed journal articles, edited volumes, and funded research projects, reflecting a sustained commitment to advancing knowledge in architecture and urbanism through cross-cultural and international, interdisciplinary scholarly exchange.

SUSTAINED AND SUBSTANTIAL COLLABORATION

The following colleagues have maintained an exceptional and enduring academic partnership over an extended period of time, contributing to a shared body of work that has evolved and deepened across multiple research endeavours, publications, and scholarly exchanges.

• Dr Madhavi P. Patil, University of Northumbria, United Kingdom 

• Dr Florian Wiedmann, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

AWARDING ORGANISATIONS OF FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC AND CONSULTING-BASED RESEARCH

Professor Ashraf M. Salama has secured research funding from a diverse portfolio of organisations spanning four continents, reflecting the international reach and impact of his scholarly and consulting work. His funding record encompasses competitively awarded grants from major national and international bodies alongside commissioned research from leading public, private, and intergovernmental organisations. Together, these awards and commissions have supported a broad range of investigations in architecture, urbanism, sustainable development, and the built environment.

• Adams Group Architects & Consultants, Charlotte, NC, United States (Employment)

• Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland (Commissioned)

• Architecture and Design Commission, Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia (Commissioned)

• Archnet, Aga Khan Documentation Centre, MIT, Cambridge, United States (Commissioned)

• British Council/Newton Funds, London, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• British Council — Going Global Partnership Research Fund, London, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• Centre for Inquiry-Based Learning, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• Environmental Quality International, Cairo, Egypt and Virginia, United States (Commissioned)

• ESRC — Economic and Social Research Council — UKRI, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (Competitively Awarded)

• Hagler Bailley Services, Arlington, Virginia, United States (Commissioned)

• Ministry of Higher Education Egypt, Cairo, Egypt (Competitively Awarded)

• Msheireb Properties Chair in Architecture, Doha, Qatar (Competitively Awarded)

• Qatar National Research Fund, Doha, Qatar (Competitively Awarded)

• Qatari Diar, Doha, Qatar (Commissioned)

• Saedan Chair for Affordable Housing, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia (Competitively Awarded)

• Scottish Funding Council, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• Tourism Development Authority, Cairo, Egypt (Commissioned)

• United States Agency for International Development, Washington DC, United States (Commissioned)

• University of Strathclyde Studentship Scheme, Glasgow, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• University of Northumbria Studentship Scheme, Newcastle, United Kingdom (Competitively Awarded)

• WHO — World Health Organisation, Europe Office, Bonn, Germany (Competitively Awarded)

• Winrock International Environmental Alliance, Virginia, United States (Commissioned)

• Various Private Agencies and University Institutional Competitive Schemes

RECENT PHD SUPERVISION TO SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

Professor Salama has built a sustained record of doctoral supervision across more than two decades and multiple institutions. As primary supervisor or Chair of Supervision Committee, he has successfully guided 22 PhD researchers to completion, and has contributed as second supervisor to a further 9 completed doctoral theses. In addition, he has provided external supervision to doctoral researchers at other institutions, offering specialist expertise and independent scholarly guidance. The PhD scholars he has supervised have pursued original and substantive research spanning urban design and quality of life, housing typologies, social and cultural sustainability, spatial justice, urban fragmentation, emerging cities, and post-war urban development, producing a body of knowledge that resonates across the Global North and the Global South. 

What is presented here is a representative selection of these doctoral completions, reflecting the breadth, depth, and international reach of his supervisory contribution.

Primary Supervision @University of Northumbria 

• Examining the Quality of Urban Life in Post-Industrial Cities: The Case of Newcastle upon Tyne, Eda Seyok (Due Completion, mid 2026)

• Inclusivity Index for Urban Public Open Space: Tool for Assessing and Assisting Design, Dr Preeti Pansare (2025)

Primary Supervision @University of Strathclyde - Selected

• Inclusive Public Space: Young People's Use and Perception of the Public Realm in Accra, Ghana, Dr Kristijn van Riel (2021)

• Controlling and Integrating the Growth of Informal Settlements into the Formal Planning Process: The Case of Greater Cairo, Egypt, Dr Asser Bakhaty (2022)

• Urban Fragmentation and Integration of Saudi Cities: The Case of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dr Mohammad Almahdi (2022)

• Social Sustainability in Residential Urban Environments: Single-Family House Neighbourhoods in Basra, Iraq, Dr Noor Almansor (2021)

• An Examination of the Quality of Urban Life of Residential Neighbourhoods in Lilongwe, Malawi, Dr Laura MacLean (2021)

• A Multi-Layered Mechanism to Evaluate the Quality of Transformed Public Spaces in Mediterranean Waterfronts: The Case of Alexandria's Waterfront Dr Amira Elsemellawy (2019)

Also completed as Primary Supervisor at the University of Strathclyde: Dr Huyam Abudib (2019), Dr Zhanar Omarova (2024), Dr Saleh Almogrbe (2024).

Secondary Supervision @University of Strathclyde - Selected

• Other Modernism: Underpinning the Case of the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr Selma Harrington (2020)

• Examining Culture and Space Transformation in Botswana's Endogenous Towns: A Decolonial Option Dr Seabo Morobolo (2025)

• Improving the Quality of Public Spaces in Old Chinese Neighbourhoods for Supporting Socio-Cultural Activities: A Case Study in Chengdu, China Dr Yaozhong Zhang (2025)

• Children's Experiences of Nature in Primary School Architecture: Case Studies in Glasgow, Scotland, UK and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Dr Pei To (2022)

• The Sensibility of Material Culture and Structural Performance of Building Skin Dr Runda Aduldejcharas (2022)

Also completed as Secondary Supervisor at the University of Strathclyde: Dr Aisha Abu Bakar (2019), Dr Krishnokoli Dutta (2024), Dr Monthian Nguitragool (2025)

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