International Conference

Professor Ali Madanipour is an architect (MArch and PhD) with a diverse background, having practiced, researched, and taught architecture, urban design and planning. Throughout his career, he has earned recognition for his work through design and research awards, collaborating with academic and municipal partners globally.

Madanipour has held prestigious visiting positions at renowned institutions worldwide. Notably, he served as the City of Vienna Senior Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Vienna in 2010, the Wits-Claude Leon Distinguished Scholar at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 2011, and as a Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic of Milan in 2015.

His research interests center around the design, development, and management of cities, particularly focusing on understanding urban spaces, their social and psychological significance, the influential processes shaping them, the agents responsible for urban change, and the implications of such transformations for marginalized social groups and the environment.

Among his numerous published works, some notable books include “Cities in Time: Temporary Urbanism and the Future of Cities” (2017, Bloomsbury), co-editing the “Handbook of Planning Theory” (2017, Routledge), co-editing “Reconsidering Localism” (2015, Routledge), “Urban Design, Space, and Society” (2014, Palgrave-Macmillan), and co-editing “Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe” (2014, Routledge). His work has been translated into multiple languages, including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Persian, and Spanish.