Professor Karim Hadjri
DipArch MPhil PhD
School of Architecture and Landscape
Chair of Architecture
Karim is an architect with a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in housing studies completed at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. He has been teaching architecture and urban design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1993. He has led large academic units and research groups and managed a self-funded research centre at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogot谩, Colombia.
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School of Architecture and Landscape
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Western Bank
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- Profile
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Karim's research is concerned with inclusive and sustainable design of the built environment, housing and health. His current research is concerned with the challenges of designing age-friendly environments, as well as enabling environments particularly for people with dementia. He has led and participated in 28 research projects worldwide, secured over 拢1.5m in competitive research grants, and published over 90 outputs. He currently supervises several PhD projects on people-environment studies and sustainable design.
He is a member of the ESRC peer review college, a member of the Newton Fund Social Sciences Review Panel under the British Council, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) validation board, and a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He is also a reviewer for various UK and European funding agencies, and a referee for academic promotion to various universities worldwide.
- Research interests
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- Ageing and inclusive design of the built environment
- The influence of the built environment on cognitive health and cognitive ageing
- Housing studies
PhD students
- Esra Can
- Suyee Jung
- Aya Elghandour
- Mahmoud Alsaeed
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Other
- Research group
- Grants
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'Protecting the livelihood of vulnerable residents in Klong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand鈥. Arts and Humanities Research Council GCRF Urgency Grant. In collaboration with Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok. 01/06/2020-31/05/2021. 拢100,000. Principal Investigator (PI).
. Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme. Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020). 01/10/2020-30/09/2024. Total grant value: 鈧3,882,470. UoS share: 鈧606,345. PI for UoS and Work Package leader.
- Teaching interests
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- Architectural Humanities
- Architectural Design
- Research Methods
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Affiliate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA
- Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects - RIBA Validation Board