WORK
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Research
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (USA)
2023
x Postdoctoral Research Associate on Rental Markets, Affordability and Sustainability
CIRAD Developing Economies Lab (Costa Rica)
& Centre Pompidou Architecture Department (France)
2012
x Engaged in fieldwork with local economic stakeholders
x Collaborated to the planning of several exhibitions
Consulting
APUR Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme (France)
2022 - 2023
x Partners in the project: Council of Paris, Paris Mayor's Office, Métropole du Grand Paris
x Comprehensive evaluation of innovative environmental initiatives and public health amenities [Grand Paris Aménagement, Société du Grand Paris, Paris Habitat...]
x Identification, design, implementation and dissemination of research + evaluation projects
x Zooms on other cities' strategies to curb inequities across France and around the globe [comparisons with North-American, European, and Asian cities]
x Relationship building + management with government officials, policymakers, practitioners and researchers [WHO, Public Design Commission, NYC EDC, Urban Design Forum, Baltimore and Chicago Public Health...]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2021 - 2024
External Expert Consultant
Comprehensive evaluation of Morocco’s national urban policy reform efforts in planning, public-private partnerships, and citizen participation
Relationship building + management with local government officials, policymakers, practitioners and researchers
[Mayor’s Offices and Planning agencies in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangiers, Marrakech and Agadir]
SPUR San Francisco think tank (USA) & Urban Act agency (France)
2014 - 2016
x Facilitated research during fieldwork and report writing for
a European grant on how local governments can implement a successful energy transition
x Engaged in the initial steps for the launch of SPUR's third office in Oakland and participated in the drafting of its first downtown strategic plan
Nonprofit work & Grant writing
Ateliers d'Alger
2017 - Present
Co-Founder and Treasurer-Accountant
Collective focusing on urban planning solutions for the city of Algiers,
based on local participatory workshops, civic engagement
and the curation of expertise from local and transnational professionals.
Grant writing:
x Mapped all grants so that the team can understand the totality of investments
x Analyzed and created periodic reports that summarize common themes
across the portfolio of grants, for the purpose of strategy refinement
x Reviewed grant proposals and prepared analysis that reflected
grant outcomes and their contribution to the team's strategic goals
x Identified and anticipated emerging trends in grantmaking
Citizen participatory workshop coordination:
x With groups of residents in several neighborhoods of Algiers,
in order to implement solutions & new infrastructure
co-designed with partner nonprofit organizations and public sector agents
x Partnered with architecture and planning agencies in other cities: eg. SOL architecture NPNRU Edouard Vaillant-Abreuvoir