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دكتورة عصمت زيدان

دكتور مشارك

البريد الإلكتروني

ezaidan@hbku.edu.qa

موقع المكتب

03-C30

دكتورة عصمت زيدان

دكتور مشارك

المؤهلات العلمية

PhD in Philosophy, Geography, and Environmental Management - Planning and Development

Master in Economic Development

الكيان

كلية السياسات العامة

السيرة الذاتية

Dr. Esmat Zaidan is an Associate Professor at the College of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She has 22 years of experience in academic institutions and international organizations like the World Bank, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She has spent 13 years in academia, holding senior roles in administration, teaching, and research.

Her experience includes strategic planning, academic accreditation, and ranking, curriculum design and restructuring, the conceptualization of new academic initiatives, scientific research and evaluation, partnerships with stakeholders, as well as team leadership and capacity building. She is a strong advocate for excellence in teaching and research, teamwork and collaborative approaches, and the faculty's role in societal progress. 

Her research primarily focuses on sustainable development policy and planning with an emphasis on sustainable urbanism and the complex interaction between humans and built environments. Her research portfolio extensively covers urban resilience and sustainability policies. 

Dr. Esmat Zaidan’s approach is interdisciplinary, addressing dynamic models of socioeconomic and environmental systems to create simulations and predictive models to enhance understanding and forecasting of the complex interplays between urban and natural environments. This includes the policy pathway for energy-efficient buildings, sustainable, resilient, smart, and people-centric urban areas, as well as impacts of technological change in urban life including smart cities and net-zero carbon communities.

PhD in Philosophy, Geography, and Environmental Management - Planning and Development

University of Waterloo, Canada

2011

Master in Economic Development

University of Waterloo, Canada

2008

Master in Urban Planning and Design

Birzeit University, Palestine

2006

  • Sustainable development strategies and policy planning
  • Resilient, people-centric, and smart cities
  • The dynamics of interaction between technological deployment and humans
  • Artificial intelligence and data-driven policy-making

Associate Professor

College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2024 - Present

Director of Honors Program

College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University 

2022

Academic Coordinator

College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University

2017 - 2021

Associate Professor in Policy, Planning, and Development

College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University

2015 - 2022

Assistant Professor in Urban Planning and Sustainability

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

2013 - 2015

Assistant Professor in Urban Planning

Faculty of Arts, Birzeit University, Palestine

2011 - 2013

  • World Top 2% of Scientists as Ranked by Elsevier and Stanford University
  • 2022, Research Excellence Award, Qatar University