Mennatullah Hendawy is an interdisciplinary urban planner working on the intersection of cities, ethics, communication, and technology toward equitable and sustainable urbanism. Hendawy is an Assistant Professor at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. She is also affiliated with Impact Circles e.V. and the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Germany. She received her Ph.D. in Planning Building Environment from TU Berlin in Germany with a summa cum laude. Before pursuing her doctorate studies, in 2015, Mennatullah completed an MSc. in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design with a focus on urban policies from Stuttgart University. Hendawy holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Department of Urban Planning and Design. Hendawy is a co-founder of Cairo Urban AI, a project working on exploring the potential of using artificial intelligence to develop just and sustainable cities. She is also a co-founder of Algorithms by all, a startup concerned with data ethics and data justice.
Form of contact: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhendawy/
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. There are three strategic priorities: promoting and spreading excellence, fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science and empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
Writing Urban Places proposes an innovative investigation and implementation of a process for developing human understanding of communities, their society, and their situatedness, by narrative methods. It particularly focuses on the potential of narrative methods for urban development in European medium-sized cities.