DECID - Key Persons
Aisha is a research fellow on the DeCID project and is researching the impacts of choosing local building materials in design-build projects with a focus on the health and socio-economic well-being of communities affected by mass displacement.
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- Communications Coordinator
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- Researcher
- Chilean Architect
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- Principal Investigator
- Associate Professor at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit
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- Professor of Architecture
Howayda Al-Harithy is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture and Design (ArD) at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Her research focuses on urban heritage and contemporary interventions in historic cities, which is advanced through her role as the director of the urban recovery platform at the AUB Urban Lab and as a collaborator on the RELIEF project with the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London. Al-Harithy is widely published with over 50 articles, book chapters, and reports in leading journals and refereed books.
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- Architect
- Co - Investigator
Laia is an architect and PhD Candidate at Università degli Studi di Ferrara. The main topic of her research relates to innovation in building materials, with a special focus on the balance between tradition and innovation, while promoting adaptation to climate change through the use of local materials.
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- Architect
- Co - Investigator
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- Research Consultant
- Researcher