The City Re-Shaped Conference

24/12/2023

An opportunity to join the Leeds Architecture and Urbanism Research.
I am searchibg to appoint a Research Fellow in Architectural Heritage with extensive experience in documenting endangered architectural structures using Terrestrial 3D laser scanning. You will also have experience processing data and generating large, sophisticated photogrammetry and drone images. You will also deliver capacity-building training workshops in abroad (fieldwork travel is required).
This is a full-time position for 18 months.
Closing date: 14 January 2024 👇

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in Architecture and Heritage research? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities? Do you want to work...

02/02/2023

CfA: send an abstract to join our upcoming online seminar on ‘Culture and Diversity: the Meaning of Home’ organised by the ‘Architecture and Urbanism Research Group - AURG’ at the University of Leeds.

Send your abstracts and short bio to [email protected] (max 500 words) by 1st March 2023.
To attend this event, please register here 👇

Re-interpreting the meaning of "home" through dynamic projects, single or multiple cases, situations, experiences, and memories.

22/12/2021

CfA: upcoming seminar on '' management, movement & user during mass & temporary '.

This interdisciplinary seminar intends to examine the connection between urban management, crowd movement and user experience in mass gatherings and temporary events. It aims to bring together doctoral candidates, scholars, and early career researchers from different disciplines, as well as non-academic practitioners to share their research, skills and knowledge.

Topics could include, but are not limited to:
- The impact of urban management on crowd's movement and user experience during mega-events.
- Operation and stakeholder management, including regulations, operation practices and governance systems.
- Case studies on mega-events, whether it is permanent or temporary.

Send abstracts (500 words) & short bio to [email protected] by 7th Jan 22.
Register here 👇

This interdisciplinary seminar will examine the connection between urban management, crowd movement, and user experience in mass gatherings.

17/12/2020

08/05/2020

Upcoming Seminar, Wed 13 May 2020.
"Understanding local challenges and opportunities
towards co designing heritage narratives"
The seminar is delivered in conjunction with the funded project by Research England GCRF - University of Leeds, UK
Please email us on [email protected] to join via Zoom

14/01/2020

We are delighted to be co-leading a new fantastic project funded by the British Academy looking at preserving the cultural heritage of Mosul in Iraq.

Read more here ⬇️⬇️

Researchers from Leeds are partners in a pioneering international collaboration looking at preserving the cultural heritage of Mosul in Iraq.

22/10/2019

The Guest Edited Special Issue ‘The City (Re)shaped: Exploring the Nexus Between Politics, Memory and Urbanism in the Built Environment’ is published and available via this link. The issue includes 15 peer reviewed papers by a wide range of international scholars. Many thanks to everyone who supported this work.

The purpose of this paper is to explain how abstract space of the State – universally and specifically within the context of Middle Eastern cities – aims to homogenise the…

22/10/2019

In pursuit of self-reliance – perspectives of refugees in Jordan
By: Muna Shalan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the employment experiences of refugees, who have benefited from job opportunities in Jordan. It investigates the impact of employment on their livelihoods and the related challenges that they face.,The research presented in this paper is of exploratory nature....

22/10/2019

Re-imaging Rosetta historic core through Space Syntax
By: Yasmine Sabry Hegazi, Mohanad Fouda

The purpose of this paper is to develop strategies of re-imaging the Rosetta historic district through choosing the suitable uses and their specific locations in compliance with the urban design fabric of the historic core. These strategies are to be fulfilled using Space Syntax as an urban analysis...

21/10/2019

Barriers vs potentials: A descriptive study on the integration of female Syrian refugees in Alexandria
By: Iman El-Sayed Hossam Hegazy, Ossama El-Sayed Hossam Hegazy

In 2017, 50 percent of Syrian refugee applications in Egypt were submitted by females. However, a suitable integration strategy for this target group remains obscure since the available approaches focus mainly on male integration. That is due to the assumption that women refugees are mere followers....

06/10/2019

Power practices around infrastructures in Glòries, Barcelona
By: María Cecilia Chiappini, Kris Scheerlinck, Yves Schoonjans

The purpose of this paper is to investigate ways of practicing political power in public space in the interaction between central and marginal users in Glòries, an area under transformation in Barcelona. Originally conceived as the core of its extension, Glòries is now a battle field where conflic...