Newcastle University

Background

Ali Madanipour is Professor of Urban Design and the Director of Global Urban Research Unit at Newcastle University (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/guru/). He has studied (MArch, PhD), practised, researched, and taught architecture, urban design and planning, winning design and research awards, and working with academic and municipal partners from around the world. His work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Persian and Spanish. In 2010 he was the City of Vienna Senior Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Vienna and in 2011 the Wits-Claude Leon Distinguished Scholar at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Published books include: Knowledge Economy and the City (2011, Routledge); Whose Public Space? International Case Studies in Urban Design and Development (2010, ed, Routledge); Designing the City of Reason (2007, Routledge); Public and Private Spaces of the City (2003, Routledge); Social Exclusion in European Cities (2003, co-ed, Routledge,); Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux (2002; co-ed, Ashgate,); The Governance of Place (2001, co-ed, Ashgate,); Tehran: the making of a metropolis (1998, Wiley, 2000 Persian); Design of Urban Space: An inquiry into a socio-spatial process (1996, Wiley, 1999 Mandarin, 2000 Persian trans); Managing Cities (1995, co-ed, Wiley).

Forthcoming books include: Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe (2013, co-ed, Routledge); Shaping Places for People: Rethinking Urban Design (2014, Palgrave-Macmillan). 

Research Interests

Design, development and management of cities, in particular research into: the urban space, its social and psychological significance, processes that shape it, agencies of urban change, and implications of change for disadvantaged social groups and the environment.

Currently supervising doctoral candidates on public space, urban development and management.

Funding

- Territorial Approaches for New Governance, 2011-14 (ESPON)

- Territorial Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe, 2012-14 (ESPON)

- Urban Project’s Workshops And Responsible Design, 2012-13 (ERASMUS)

- Spatial innovation, planning, design and user involvement, 2010-14 (SBO-IWT)

- Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe, 2008-2011 (European Commission)(www.sume.at/)

- Public space vitality in the Northeast region, 2006 (Culture Northeast, One Northeast)(www.ignite-ne.com/ignite/Events0.nsf/0/96D2165A924F9D63802574640032BD42/$file/2007%20-%20Public%20Vitality%20Final%20Draft.pdf )

- The values of place, 2005 (Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment) (www.cabe.org.uk/data/pdfs/physical_capital.pdf)

- City and University, 2005 (Cambridge-MIT Institute & Newcastle University)
(www.cambridge-mit.org/object/download/1711/doc/Synergy_03.pdf)

- Neighbourhood Governance: Capacity for social integration, 2001-4 (EC) (www.infra.kth.se/SB/sp/forskning/index.html)

- Social Innovation, Governance and Community Building, 2001-4 (EC)
(users.skynet.be/bk368453/singocom/index2.html)

- Cities’ Actions to Combat Social Exclusion (CASE), 2001-3 (EC)
(www.dublinpact.ie/pdfs/CASE1.pdf)

- Understanding Social Exclusion as a Learning Process, 2001-2 (EC)

- Social Exclusion in European Cities, 1998-99 (EC)

- Institutional capacity, partnerships and city centre regeneration, 1998-99 (ESRC)

• Madanipour A. Crossroads in space and time. In: Gregory Smith and Jan Gadeyne, ed. Perspectives on Public Space in Rome: From antiquity to the present day. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2013, pp.xvii-xxxiii.
• Madanipour A. Diversidad inclusiva, diálogo e innovación. In: Manito, F, ed. Ciudades Creativas: Ciudadanía, cultura digital y emprendimiento social. Barcelona: Fundación Kreanta, 2012, pp.27-39.
• Madanipour A, Moya L. Espaces de connaissance: connexions-déconnexions. In: Ingallina, P, ed. Universités et Enjeux Territoriaux: Une comparison internationale de l’économie de la connaissance. Lille: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2012, pp.223-228.
• Madanipour A. Ghetto. In: Susan J. Smith, Marja Elsinga, Lorna Fox O'Mahony, Ong Seow Eng, Susan Wachter, Heather Lovell, ed. International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Oxford: Elsevier, 2012, pp.287-291.
• Madanipour A. Neighbourhood governance. In: Susan J. Smith, Marja Elsinga, Lorna Fox O'Mahony, Ong Seow Eng, Susan Wachter, Montserrat Pareja Eastaway, ed. International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Oxford: Elsevier, 2012, pp.61-66.
• Madanipour A. Reclaiming public space from rigid orders and narrow interests. In: Civil Society Reclaims Public Space. 2012, Brussels, Belgium: Human Cities.
• Madanipour A. Representation of space in contemporary Iranian cinema. Iran Nameh 2012, 27(1), 122-140.
• Davoudi S, Madanipour A. Two Charters of Athens and Two Visions of Utopia: Functional and Connected. Built Environment 2012, 38(4), 459-468.
• Madanipour A. Knowledge Economy and the City. London, UK: Routledge, 2011.
• Madanipour A. Living together or apart: exclusion, gentrification and displacement. In: Banerjee, T., Loukaitou-Sideris, A, ed. Companion to Urban Design. London: Routledge, 2011, pp.484-494.
• Madanipour A. Social exclusion and space. In: LeGates, RT; Stout, F, ed. The City Reader. London: Routledge, 2011, pp.186-194.
• Madanipour A. Sustainable development, urban form, and megacity governance and planning in Tehran. In: Sorensen, A., Okata, J, ed. Megacities: Urban form, governance, and sustainability. Tokyo: Springer, 2011, pp.67-92.
• Benneworth P, Charles D, Madanipour A. Building localised interactions between universities and cities through university spatial development. European Planning Studies 2010, 18(10), 1611-1629.
• Madanipour A. Connectivity and contingency in planning. Planning Theory 2010, 9(4), 351-368.
• Madanipour A. Introduction. In: Madanipour, A, ed. Whose Public Space? International case studies in urban design and development. London: Routledge, 2010, pp.1-15.
• Madanipour A. Marginal public spaces in Europe. In: Madanipour, A, ed. Whose Public Space? International case studies in urban design and development. London: Routledge, 2010, pp.111-130.
• Madanipour A. Newcastle upon Tyne: in search of a post-industrial direction. In: Punter, J, ed. Urban Design and the British Urban Renaissance. London: Routledge, 2010, pp.132-147.
• Madanipour A. The limits of scientific planning: Doxiadis and Tehran Action Plan. Planning Perspectives 2010, 25(4), 485-504.
• Madanipour A. Whose Public space?. In: Madanipour, A, ed. Whose Public Space? International case studies in urban design and development. London: Routledge, 2010, pp.237-242.
• Madanipour A, ed. Whose Public Space? International case studies in urban design and development. London: Routledge, 2010.
• Madanipour A. City identity and management of change. In: Vallat,C; Dufaux,F; Kehman-Frisch,S, ed. Pérennité urbaine, ou la ville par delà ses métamorphoses. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009, pp.217-234.
• Madanipour A. Urban design and urban renaissance. In: Karaman, A, ed. Towards a Charter of Urban Design. Istanbul: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, 2009, pp.115-120.
• Townshend TG, Madanipour A. Public space and local diversity: The case of north east England. Journal of Urban Design 2008, 13(3), 317-328.
• Madanipour A. Tehran. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc, 2008. Available at: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071550.
• Madanipour A. Urban design in the global age. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning 2008, 161(1), 29-30.
• Madanipour A. Urban life in public spaces: representation and reality. In: Pagh, C; Vesterdal, I, ed. Changing Metropolis. Copenhagen: Via Design, 2008, pp.40-43.
• Madanipour A. Urbanism and the articulation of the boundary. In: Haas, T, ed. New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future. New York: Rizzoli, 2008, pp.117-119.
• Madanipour A. Designing the City of Reason: Foundations and Frameworks. London: Routledge, 2007.
• Madanipour A. Social exclusion and space. In: LeGates, R; Stout, F, ed. The City Reader. London: Routledge, 2007, pp.158-165.
• Madanipour A. Ambiguities of urban design. In: Carmona, M; Tiesdell, S, ed. Urban Design Reader. London: Architectural Press, 2006, pp.12-23.
• Rostami Tabrizi L, Madanipour A. Crime and the city: Domestic burglary and the built environment in Tehran. Habitat International 2006, 30(4), 932-944.
• Madanipour A. Early modernization and the foundations of urban growth in Tehran. In: Nasseri, S; Ahgary, A, ed. Bauten im Laufe der Zeit. Berlin: VINI, TU-Berlin, 2006, pp.95-114.
• Madanipour A. Roles and challenges of urban design. Journal of Urban Design 2006, 11(2), 173-193.
• Madanipour A. Teheran: Ein Stadtprofil. In: Schafer, S; Becker, J; Bernstorff, M, ed. Kabul/Teheran 1979ff. Berlin: Metrozones 6/ b-books, 2006, pp.227-239.
• Madanipour A. Urban planning and development in Tehran. Cities 2006, 23(6), 433-438.
• Madanipour A. Public space and social integration. In: Kruger-Conrad, K, ed. Zuwanderer in der Stadt – Expertisen zum Projekt. Darmstadt: Schader Stiftung, 2005, pp.349-81.
• Madanipour A. Public spaces of European cities. Nordic Journal of Architectural Research 2005, 18(1), 7-16.
• Madanipour A. Social exclusion and space. In: Hai, Y, ed. Urban Theory. Shanghai: Fudan Press, 2005.
• Madanipour A. Value of place. In: CABE, ed. Physical Capital: How great places boost public value. London: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 2005, pp.48-71.
• Madanipour A. Land, development and design [book review]. Urban Studies 2004, 41(13), 2710-2711.
• Madanipour AR. Marginal public spaces in European cities. Journal of Urban Design 2004, 9(3), 267-286.
• Madanipour A, Merridew T. Neighbourhood governance, social exclusion and urban renaissance: a case study of Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. unpublished: Newcastle University, 2004. Research Working Paper.
• Madanipour A. Why urban design?. Town Planning Review 2004, 75(2), 1-4.
• Madanipour A. Design in the city: actors and contexts. In: Menin, S, ed. Constructing Place: Mind and the Matter of Place-making. London: Routledge, 2003, pp.121-128.
• Madanipour A. Governing from below: urban regions and the global economy. Progress in Human Geography 2003, 27(3), 395-396.
• Madanipour A. Marginale offentliche Raume in europaischen Stadten. DISP 2003, 155(4), 4-17.
• Madanipour A. Modernisation and everyday life: urban and rural change in Iran. In: Mohammadi, A, ed. Iran Encountering Globalization: Problems and Prospects. London: Routledge Curzon, 2003, pp.137-148.
• Madanipour A. New Towns movement. In: Sennott, RS, ed. Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture. Chicago & New York: Fitzroy Dearborn/Routledge, 2003, pp.920-921.
• Healey P, De Magalhaes C, Madanipour A, Pendlebury J. Place, identity and local politics: analysing partnership initiatives. In: Hajer, M; Wagenaar, H, ed. Deliberative Policy Analysis: Understanding Governance in the Network Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp.60-87.
• Madanipour A. Public and Private Spaces of the City. London: Routledge, 2003.
• Madanipour A. Public and private spaces of the city. In: Urban Regeneration and Urban Design: Proceedings of the 14th International Urban Design and Implementation Symposium. 2003, Istanbul: Mimar Sinan University.
• Madanipour A. Social exclusion and space. In: LeGates, R; Stout, F, ed. The City Reader. London: Routledge, 2003, pp.181-188.
• Madanipour A, Cars G, Allen J, ed. Social Exclusion in European Cities: Processes, Experiences and Responses. London: Routledge, 2003.
• Madanipour A. Why are the design and development of public spaces significant for cities?. In: Cuthbert, AR, ed. Designing Cities: Critical Readings in Urban Design. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, pp.139-151.
• de Magalhaes C, Healey P, Madanipour A. Assessing Institutional Capacity Building in a City Centre Regeneration Partnership: Newcastle’s Grainger Town. In: Cars, G; Healey, P; Madanipour, A; de Magalhaes, C, ed. Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, pp.45-62.
• Madanipour A. Collective Action and Social Milieux. In: Cars, G; Healey, P; Madanipour, A; de Magalhaes, C, ed. Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, pp.3-5.
• Healey P, Madanipour A, de Magalhaes C, Pendlebury J. Shaping City Centre Futures: Conservation, regeneration and institutional capacity. Newcastle upon Tyne: CREUE, 2002. CREUE Occasional Paper.
• Madanipour A. Tehran. In: Ember, M; Ember, C, ed. Encyclopedia of Urban Culture: Cities and cultures around the world. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, 2002, pp.299-305.
• Healey P, Cars G, Madanipour A, de Magalhaes C. Transforming Governance, Institutionalist Analysis and Institutional Capacity. In: Cars, G; Healey, P; Madanipour, A; de Magalhaes, C, ed. Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, pp.6-28.
• Healey P, Cars G, Madanipour A, de Magalhaes C. Urban Governance in Complex Societies: challenges of institutional adaptation. In: Cars, G; Healey, P; Madanipour, A; de Magalhaes, C, ed. Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, pp.204-25.
• Healey P, Cars G, Madanipour A, de Magalhaes C. Urban Governance, Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002.
• Madanipour A. Concepts of Space. In: Madanipour, A; Hull, A; Healey, P, ed. The Governance of Place: space and planning processes. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, pp.19-22.
• Madanipour A. How relevant is 'planning by neighbourhoods' today?. Town Planning Review 2001, 72(2), 171-192.
• Madanipour A, Healey P, Hull A. Introduction. In: Madanipour, A; Hull, A; Healey, P, ed. The Governance of Place: space and planning processes. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, pp.1-15.
• Madanipour A. Multiple meanings of space and the need for a dynamic perspective. In: Madanipour, A; Hull, A; Healey, P, ed. The Governance of Place: space and planning processes. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, pp.154-68.
• Madanipour A, Hull A, Healey P, ed. The Governance of Place: Space and planning processes. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
• Townshend T, Madanipour A. Urban design in the planning system. In: Greed, C; Roberts, M, ed. Approaching Urban Design: The Design Process. Harlow: Longman Pearson Education, 2001, pp.132-40.
• Madanipour A. Urban design downtown: poetics and politics of form (Book review). International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2000, 24(4), 943-944.
• Madanipour A. City profile - Tehran. Cities 1999, 16(1), 57-65.
• Madanipour A. City profile: Tehran. Cities 1999, 16(1), 57-65.
• Madanipour A. Planning for urban quality: urban design in towns and cities. Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design 1999, 26(1), 151-152.
• Madanipour A, Bevan M. Walker: a neighbourhood in transition. unpublished: Newcastle University, 1999. Social exclusion in European neighbourhoods: processes, experiences, responses.
• Madanipour A. Why are the design and development of public spaces significant for cities?. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 1999, 26(6), 879-891.
• Madanipour A. Tehran: The making of a metropolis. Chichester: John Wiley, 1998.
• Madanipour A. Design of Urban Space: An Inquiry into a Socio-spatial Process. Chichester: John Wiley, 1996.