Dr Hesam Kamalipour
Lecturer in Urban Design
School of Geography and Planning
- kamalipourh@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4463
- Room 2.98, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
I am a Lecturer in Urban Design at the School of Geography and Planning. My research and teaching activities have focused on the challenge of understanding the dynamics of informal urbanism and the ways in which different forms of informality work in a global context. I have previously served as Research Fellow at Monash University, Research Assistant and Guest Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Melbourne and Doctoral Academy Member at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. My current research interests include informal urbanism, forms of urban informality and adaptation, typology, urban morphology and morphogenesis, tactical and temporary urbanism, public space and streetlife, place identity and urban mapping.
NEWS
International Award for Excellence
I have been recently invited to receive the prestigious Spaces and Flows International Award for Excellence - 2018 at Heidelberg University for one of my papers, Mapping Urban Interfaces: A Typology of Public/Private Interfaces in Informal Settlements, which was published in the Journal of Spaces and Flows in 2017.
International Invited Presentations
I have been invited to present at the University of Tokyo in December 2018 as well as the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and Centre for Spatial Justice (MAD) in March 2019.
- Rethinking Urban Informality in the Global South and Beyond (2019) An invited guest lecture presented at the Centre for Spatial Justice, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Mapping Urban Informalities (2019) An invited guest lecture presented at the Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Mapping Urbanities (2018) An invited guest lecture presented at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Enriching Student Life Award Nomination
I have been recently nominated for the Enriching Student Life Award - 2019 in the Most Innovative Member of Staff Category at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
I have previously served as Research Fellow at Monash University, Research Assistant and Guest Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Melbourne and Doctoral Academy Member at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. I have a background in Architecture and hold a PhD in Urban Design from the University of Melbourne as well as the Melbourne Teaching Certificate from the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
Research and Teaching Experiences
- Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK (2018 - Present)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Australia (2017 - 2018)
- Research Assistant in Urban Design, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Australia (2015 - 2017)
- Guest Lecturer in Urban Design, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Australia (2015 - 2018)
- Academic Tutor in Urban Design, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Australia (2014 - 2017)
Professional Development
- Co-founder of the Public Space Observatory, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2019 - Present)
- Member of the Public Spaces and Urban Cultures Group, Association of European Schools of Planning (2019 - Present)
- Member of the Planning and Complexity Group, Association of European Schools of Planning (2019 - Present)
- Member of the Informal Economy Research Observatory, Cardiff University (2019 - Present)
- Member of the Cities Research Centre, Cardiff University (2019 - Present)
- Member of the SPACE Research Group at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2018 - Present)
- Doctoral Academy Member at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne (2016)
- Member of the University of Melbourne Delegation in the Habitat III Conference in Quito (2016)
2020
- Kamalipour, H. and Dovey, K. 2020. Incremental production of urban space: a typology of informal design. Habitat International 98, article number: 102133. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102133)
- Kamalipour, H. 2020. Improvising places: the fluidity of space in informal settlements. Sustainability 12(6), article number: 2293. (10.3390/su12062293)
2019
- Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2019. Negotiating space and visibility: Forms of informality in public space. Sustainability 11(17), article number: 4807. (10.3390/su11174807)
- Kamalipour, H. and Dovey, K. 2019. Mapping the visibility of informal settlements. Habitat International 85, pp. 63-75. (10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.01.002)
- Kamalipour, H. 2019. Rethinking urban informality in the Global South and beyond. Presented at: Centre for Spatial Justice, Istanbul, Turkey, 9 March 2019.
- Kamalipour, H. 2019. Mapping urban informalities. Presented at: Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 4 March 2019.
- Kamalipour, H. 2019. Emergent morphologies: The spatial structures of informal settlements. Presented at: ISUF 2019 - XXVI International Seminar on Urban Form: Cities as Assemblages, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2-6 July 2019.
- Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2019. Towards an informal turn in the built environment education: Informality and urban design pedagogy. Sustainability 11(15), article number: 4163. (10.3390/su11154163)
- Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2019. Informal street trading and the emergent urban intensity. Presented at: CUI '19 VII. International Contemporary Urban Issues Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 13 December 2019.
2018
- Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2018. Lessons from urban transport in less formal cities: Isochrone mapping, mode choice and informality. Presented at: Spaces and Flows: Ninth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, 25-26 October 2018.
- Lowe, M.et al. 2018. This is why health has to be at the heart of the New Urban Agenda. The Conversation 2018(14 Feb)
- Kamalipour, H. 2018. Mapping urbanities. Presented at: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 3 December 2018.
- Dovey, K. and Kamalipour, H. 2018. Informal/formal morphologies. In: Dovey, K., Pafka, E. and Ristic, M. eds. Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities. Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Kamalipour, H. and Dovey, K. 2018. Incremental urbanisms. In: Dovey, K., Pafka, E. and Ristic, M. eds. Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 249-267.
2017
- Kamalipour, H. 2017. Mapping urban interfaces: a typology of public/private interfaces in informal settlements. Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies 8(2), pp. 1-12. (10.18848/2154-8676/CGP/v08i02/1-12)
2016
- Kamalipour, H.et al. 2016. When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements. The Conversation
- Stephan, A.et al. 2016. Our cities need to go on a resource diet. The Conversation 2016(30 Nov)
- Kamalipour, H. 2016. Forms of informality and adaptations in informal settlements. International Journal of Architectural Research (ArchNet-IJAR) 10(3), pp. 60-75. (10.26687/archnet-ijar.v10i3.1094)
- Trundle, A.et al. 2016. Habitat III is over, but will its New Urban Agenda transform the world’s cities?. The Conversation 2016(25 Oct)
- Kamalipour, H. 2016. Urban morphologies in informal settlements: a case study. Contour Journal 1(2), article number: 61. (10.6666/contour.v1i2.61)
- Peimani, N. and Kamalipour, H. 2016. Where gender comes to the fore: Mapping gender mix in urban public spaces. Spaces & Flows: An International Journal of Urban & Extra Urban Studies 8(1), pp. 19-30. (10.18848/2154-8676/CGP/v08i01/19-30)
2015
- Kamalipour, H. and Peimani, N. 2015. Assemblage thinking and the city: Implications for urban studies. Current Urban Studies 3(4), pp. 402-408. (10.4236/cus.2015.34031)
- Kamalipour, H. 2015. Emerging urbanity: Learning from informal settlements as assemblages of permanent temporality. Presented at: Agency/Agents of Urbanity: International PhD Colloquium, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1-2 June 2015.
I teach in both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Urban Design and Planning. My teaching modules include:
- Urban Design Foundation (Postgraduate)
- Planning Theory and Practice (Undergraduate)
- Space and Place: International Planning Practice (Postgraduate)
- Autumn Studio (Postgraduate)
- Spring Studio (Postgraduate)
- Development Management (Postgraduate)
- Research Methods and Techniques (Postgraduate)
- Research Based Design Project (Postgraduate)
I am interested in exploring the dynamics of informal urbanism in a global context with a particular focus on mapping the morphologies and incremental transformations of informal settlements as well as the relations between informal and formal across different scales and multiple case studies. Investigating the processes of morphogenesis in relation to the dynamics of place identity is then a key part of my research to explore the space of possibilities for harnessing the productive capacities of urban informality in the processes of upgrading and formalisation.
My current research interest lies at the intersections of:
- Informal Urbanism, Forms of Urban Informality and Adaptation
- Typology, Urban Morphology and Morphogenesis
- Public Space, Streetlife and Urban Mapping
- Place Identity, Visibility and Image
My supervision interest lies at the intersections of:
- Informal Urbanism, Forms of Urban Informality and Adaptation
- Typology, Urban Morphology and Morphogenesis
- Public Space, Streetlife and Urban Mapping
- Place Identity, Visibility and Image