Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Prof. Alraouf is an architect, urban designer and planner interested in research within the domain of theory, criticism and creativity in architecture and urbanism. He was a Visiting Scholar at University of California at Berkeley-USA. Alraouf has held permanent and visiting teaching and research positions at regional and international universities. His teaching portfolio includes courses in graduate and undergraduate levels for Architectural History and Theory, Urban Design, and Design Studios. Alraouf is a registered architect and urban planner in Egypt, Bahrain and Qatar. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects, Middle East and Gulf Chapter. He provides consultancy in numerous projects regionally and internationally and act as a consultant for international organizations include UN-Habitat, UNESCOW, ESCOWA, ICOMOS among others. Alraouf published more than 150 journal refereed papers, critical reviews, essays, in addition to books and book chapters. Alraouf’s current research interests are Knowledge-based Urban Development, Post-Carbon Contemporary Gulf Cities, Museums in the Gulf, Urban vitalization of historical districts, Knowledge, and Creative cities. He serves in editorial boards and acts as a reviewer for international journals and conferences. He has been invited to present his research work at international institutions such as University of Oregon, Illinois Institute of Technology, Drury University, Cambridge University, University of Seoul, Malaysia International University, University of Belgrade, and American Universities in Beirut, Sharjah, Kuwait, and Cairo. Alraouf is the recipient of number of awards including the innovation award in environmental and sustainable planning from Ministry of scientific research in Egypt 2000, Modern Science and Arts University (MSA) Teaching Excellence Award 2004, Best Research Paper in Sharjah International Conference for Urban Planning 2008, and Research Publication Achievement Award from University of Bahrain 2009. Alraouf was selected as member of 2012 Excel campaign at Qatar University and the distinguished speaker of the Arab Future Cities Summit 2016. His book “Knowledge-based Urban Development in the Middle East was awarded by ISOCARP in 2018. Alraouf’s research paper was also awarded best research paper by a scholar at the UC- Berkeley biannual conference in 2018. In addition to teaching at HBK University in Qatar Education City, Alraouf is currently acts as Head of capacity building, training, research and development unit at Ministry of Municipality in Qatar.
Prof. Ali A. Alraouf ISOCARP Board Member, Director for Awards and Publications