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Mirham Mohamed Hosni Anwar Qalaj

Biography

Merham holds an MSc degree from Ain Shams University and works as a lecturer assistant at Urban Design and planning Department at the same university. She had been a PhD fellow at Oxford Brookes University for two years (2018 & 2019), as part of her PhD study looking into the potentials of Placemaking and Green Infrastructure in Cairo, Egypt. Merham has several publications focusing on the relation between the urban settings and people’s perceptions in Cairo, Egypt. She had been an assistant editor for a special issue in the Journal of Public Spaces. Merham believes in the importance of the teaching atmosphere as a crucial cornerstone for successful delivery of the scientific materials. Hence, she strives to provide an interactive and engaging experience for the students as a means for better educational quality. Merham was elected as a trustee at Landscape Research Group (LRG) since November 2021 till now. She pursued this position for her passion about propagating and promoting Landscape Research in Egypt and the Arab Region generally. In addition, she has been advocating for the importance of public spaces and is now among the Public Space Advisory Board (Early Career) - City Space Architecture. Merham, also believes in the importance of volunteer work and she is part of the academic team in ‘Shagret Betna’ initiative incubated by the British Council Think Tank.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Department: Department of Urban Design and Urban Planning
General Specialization : Architectural engineering
Specialization: Urban planning and the environment
Degree: Assistant Lecturer
Current Status: In Working
Official Email: merhamkeleg@eng.asu.edu.eg
Google Scholar: Google Scholar Link
Research Gate: Research Gate Link

Scopus: Scopus Link
H-index: 1
Orcid: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-5505-6106
Research Fields: Landscape Urbanism - Placemaking - Urban Design - Sustainable Development

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Education

- Bachelor
- 2011
- Master
- 2015
- Accessibility as a main factor for liveability of public spaces. Cairo Districts as a case study

Career Progression

- Assistant Lecturer
- Year : 2016
- Teaching Assistant
- Year : 2012

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Scientifc Research Portal (11)

Research Title	Year	Citations
A critical review for Cairo’s green open spaces dynamics as a prospect to act as placemaking anchors	2022
The Path to Resilience: Change, Landscape Aesthetics, and Socio-Cultural Identity in Rapidly Urbanising Contexts. The Case of Cairo, Egypt	2021	2
2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020	1
Public Perception of Environmental Change in Rapidly Growing Cities: the Case of Cairo, Egypt	2020	1
Prospects of Placemaking Progression in Arab cities	2020
Understanding people’s needs for a vivid public realm as a key towards enhancing modern neighbourhoods’ liveability	2019
Review of green spaces provision approaches in Cairo, Egypt	2018	2
TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF LIVABILITY OF PUBLIC SPACES IN MIDDLE INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS	2017
LIVABLE PUBLIC SPACES AS A MEANS FOR LIVABLE CITIES	2015	2
Understanding people’s needs for vivid public realm as a key towards enhancing modern Arab cities’ identity.	2015	2
What to Take and What To Leave? Balancing Between Experimentation and Responsibility in Live Projects	2014

Journal Name	Published Date	Sector	Journal Website	ISSN
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	2021-09-27	Environmental And Agriculture	Journal Website	1618-8667
URBAN DESIGN International volume	2022-07-22	Arts And Humanities	Journal Website	1468-4519

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