Hooshmand Alizadeh  Werdegang

Positions

  • Since 2023 → MSCA Proposal Reviewer, European Commission
  • Since 2023 → Editorial Board Member, Journal Sustainable City, Iranian Geography and Urban Planning Association, Sustainable city (jscity.ir)
  • Since 2021 → Editorial Board Member, Environment Identity, Approved by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Affairs, Iran, 

    https://www.ei-journal.ir/journal/editorial.board?lang=en

  • Since 2019 → Editorial Board Member, Journal of Urban Strategic Thought, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Imam Khomeini International University, 

    https://ut.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/

  • Since 2015 → Co-Chair, Knowledge and Research Working Group, Large Urban Parks Standing Committee, World Urban Parks
  • 2016-2019 → Deputy-Dean for Research, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan
  • 2010 → Member of Department of Kurdish Culture and History, Kurdistan Studies Institute, University of Kurdistan
  • 2006-2016 → Head of Urban Planning and Design Department, University of Kurdistan
  • 2013-2018 → Chairman of the Education Committee, Kurdistan Construction Engineering Organization
  • 2013-2015 → Secretary of the Education Commission, Iran Construction Engineering Organization
  • 2012-2013 → Member of Board of Directors, Kurdistan Construction Engineering Organization
  • 2009-2012 → Member of Board of Directors, Kurdistan Construction Engineering Organization
  • 2009-2012 → Head of Research and Educational Unit, Kurdistan Construction Engineering Organization
  • 2009-2012 → Editor of Zebia Journal, Kurdistan Construction Engineering Organization
  • Since 2011 → Director in Charge of MotaleateShahri (Urban Studies) Journal, University of Kurdistan 

    http://www.urbstudies.ir/journal/editorial.board

  • 2011-2019 → Member of Technical Committee of Kurdistan Traffic Council, Kurdistan General Governorship
  • 2008-2012 → Member of Kurdistan Urban Historical Textures, Kurdistan cultural heritage and tourism organization
  • 1992-2002 → Expert and head of Urban Planning Unit, Technical office of Kurdistan General Governorship

Memberships

  • IMISCOE: International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (

    https://www.imiscoe.org/

    )
  • LUP: Large Urban Parks Standing Committee (

    http://www.worldurbanparks.org/en/programs/large-urban-parks-committee

    )
  • ISOCARP: International Society of City and Regional Planners (membership ID: 4462) (

    https://isocarp.org/

    )
  • SIAP: Society of Iranian Architects & Planners (

    http://www.siap.org

    )
  • SAH: Society of Architectural Historians (

    https://www.sah.org

    )

Scholarship/Fellowship

  • Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, PhD Fellowship in Urban Design, March 2001
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences, incoming fellowship to apply for Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship, 2018
  • Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (Horizon 2020), Institute for Urban and Regional Research – ISR, Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), 2019

Professional Qualifications

  • Qualification in urban planning and design from the Construction Engineering Organisation, Kurdistan Province, Iran- since 2000
  • Qualification in Research Project management, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, since 2019

Degrees

  • 2006 → PhD in Social Sciences (Urban Design), Newcastle University, UK
  • 1998 → Master of Arts in Urban and regional planning, University of Tehran, Iran
  • 1991 → Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Geography and urban Planning, University of Tabriz, Iran

Awards & Achievements

2022 → Book Award: Gerd Albers Award (GAA) – Special Mention (Building a Traditional Kurdish City: The Urban Morphology of Sanandaj)

2020 → Book Excellence Award [The city profile: Kurdish cities (in Persian)]

Award for Research Excellence:

  • The Faculty of Art and Architecture, UOK, Iran (2018)
  • The Department of Urban Planning and Design, UOK, Iran (2017)
  • The Department of Urban Planning and Design, UOK, Iran (2016)
  • The Department of Urban Planning and Design, UOK, Iran (2014)
  • The Faculty of Art and Architecture (2013)
  • The Department of Urban Planning and Design (2011)
  • The Faculty of Art and Architecture (2009)
  • The Department of Urban Planning and Design (2007)