Dr AHMED SHAMS | MARKET RESEARCH & SPATIAL PLANNING
Research Officer, Henley Business School
Sessional Lecturer, Durham University
Research Consultant, Oxford University

Email:
ahmed.shams@alumni.imtlucca.it; a.shams@henley.ac.uk

LinkedIn:
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ahmed-shams/37/2b6/5a5

Links:
https://eamena.org/people/dr-ahmed-shams
https://www.arl-international.com/users/dr-ahmed-shams
http://durham.academia.edu/ahmedshams/
http://ahmedshams.wixsite.com/sinai-peninsula


RESEARCH INTEREST

Mapping, mapmaking & geographical knowledge-making Cartographic theory and GIS
Connectivity clusters
Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES)
Landscape and land use and landscape consumption
Spatial planning
Spatio-market analysis & marketisation
Protected areas
Mountain/high-altitude areas
Desert & mountain frontiers and borderlands


EDUCATION

Apr. 2023
Executive Education, Strategy - Oxford Scenarios Programme
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Dec. 2019
Executive Education, Leadership - Influence and Impact
Henley Business School, Henley, United Kingdom

Mar. 2010 – Mar. 2013
PhD in MDCH - Management and Development of Cultural Heritage
IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy, EURAC research AlpEnv Institute for Alpine Environment, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

Sep. 2000 – Sep. 2005
BSc Engineering Management
Excellent/Honors; Senior Graduation Project (Grade A)
Department of Industrial and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, MUST Misr University for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt


EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH & TEACHING

Dec. 2018 – Nov. 2023
Research Consultant, SinaiArcheoWater (EAMENA Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa), School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Nov. 2018
Career Coaching (sessions), IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy

May 2015 – current
Research Officer & Member of the School’s Strategy Project, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading, UK

Feb. 2014 – current
MA Sessional Lecturer, MA-ICHM International Cultural Heritage Management, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK

Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2014
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK

Oct. 2011 – Jan. 2013
Researcher, EURAC research AlpEnv Institute for Alpine Environment, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

Feb. 2009 – Mar. 2010
Research Analyst & Assistant to Editor in Chief, EU European Commission & CULTNAT Centre for Documentation of Natural and Cultural Heritage, Cairo/Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

Sep. 2007 – Jun. 2008
Researcher, Sinai Peninsula Research, Cairo/Sinai, Egypt

May – Sep.2007
Environmental Management Specialist, EcoConServ Environmental Consultant, Cairo, Egypt

Sep. 2005 – Jun. 2007
Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial and System Engineering, MUST Misr University for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt


REVIEWING

Apr. 2020 – current
Peer-reviewer – Sustainability, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland

Apr. 2024 – current
Peer-reviewer – Historical Geography, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands


MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Jan. 2025 – current
FAO-MP – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mountain Partnership, Science and Knowledge Advisory Committee (SKAC), Rome, Italy

Jan. 2023 – current
MRI-MGWG – Mountain Research Initiative, Mountain Governance Working Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Jun. 2022 – current
AlpPlan (Alpine Spatial Planning Network & Observer of the AlpCon – Alpine Convention), ARL-EWG – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association, European Working Group, Hannover, Germany

May 2022 – current
Hist-ME – The Historical Middle East Data Alliance (in collaboration with WHG –World Historical Gazetteer, Pittsburgh, US), Frankfurt, Germany

Dec. 2020 – current
EES – The Egypt Exploration Society (BA-BIRI – British Academy, British International Research Institutes), Research Committee, London, UK

Jan. 2019 – current
FRGS – Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, London, UK

Jun. 2015 – current
MRS – Market Research Society, London, UK

Jan. 2014 – current
UNESCO-ICOM − UK International Council of Museums, Paris/Edinburgh, UK

Jan. 2014 – current
PEF – Palestine Exploration Fund, London, UK


SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS

Aug. 2024 2024
Henley Awards – outstanding contribution, Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom

Dec. 2018 – Jun. 2019 (Feb. 2019)
Travel Grant for Archive (Perthesforum) Research, EAMENA - Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) & Arcadia Fund, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mar. 2010 – Mar. 2013
PhD Fellowship of the Government of the Republic of Italy, IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy (2nd rank out of 6 awarded PhD students, out of 270 applicants ‘open international call’)

Sep. 2011 – Sep. 2012
Research Collaboration Grant, EURAC research, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy (AlpEnv Institute for Alpine Environment)

Mar. 2013 – Jun.2013
Cultural Engagement Fund, AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council, London, United Kingdom (Department of Archaeology/Institute of Advanced Studies, Durham University)

Jun. 2014 – Jun. 2016
Leverhulme Research Grants, BA British Academy − Humanities and Social Sciences, London, United Kingdom (SRG 2013-14 round ‘joint with Queen Mary University of London’)


FIELDWORK & SCIENTIFIC VISITS

FIELDWORK (high-elevation areas)

Middle East
Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

United Kingdom & Europe
Alto Adige-Südtirol, Italy; Mont Blanc de Cheilon-Monte Rosa ridge, Italy/Switzerland

SCIENTIFIC VISITS
Hundreds of historic & archaeological sites, and natural & cultural landscapes in 20 different countries, including 70 plus UNESCO World Heritage Sites ‘WHS’

Middle East
Egypt

United Kingdom & Europe
Austria, Czech, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland


EXHIBITIONS & CATALOGUING PROJECTS

Jan. 2018 – Jan. 2019
Library of the Congress – Photograph collections of Eric & Edith Matson (Photograph Department of the American Colony of Jerusalem), Francis Frith, Bernhard Moritz, and Underwood & Underwood, Washington, United States (provide the attributions, history and geography description/notes, for Sinai’s 19th and 20th centuries photographic entries on the Prints & Photographs Catalogue)

Nov. 2-30, 2017
Royal Geographical Society & Saint Catherine Foundation − Boissonnas in Egypt, London, United Kingdom (provided and contributed to the attribution and description of the exhibitions entries)

Nov. 2015 - Apr. 2016
Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) – Maps of the “Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai” and “Jennings Bramley”, London, United Kingdom (catalogued and attributed the 19th and 20th centuries maps of the British Royal Engineers and the Frontier Districts Administration (FDA))


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Shams, A. August 2011e. Eight years wandering in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: A tale of two maps. Cairo, Sinai Peninsula Research (SPR) (ISBN: 9781447812838)

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Shams, A. November 2017b. A Swiss photographic journey: Egypt’s landscapes from Alexander’s desert temple to Mount Sinai, and beyond. In Boissonnas and Egypt, ed. O. Baddeley, London: Saint Catherine Foundation & Royal Geographical Society

THE SINAI’S MAPS TRILOGY (JOURNAL PAPERS)

Shams, A. September 2021c. Time for a new Sinai map? J. Cartographica (The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization) 56(3):208-225 (DOI: 10.3138/cart-2020-0018)

Shams, A. August 2022b. Sinai’s imaginary boundary line in twenty-first century. J. Borderlands Studies 37(1): 209-218 (DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2021.1968930)

Shams, A. 2016g. Mapping and mapmaking in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: A review and the revival of the 19th century practices. Q. Palestine Exploration 148(3):188-210 (DOI: 10.1080/00310328.2016.1201738)

OTHER JOURNAL PAPERS

Shams, A. June 2025c. Tourism flow and the consumption of aesthetic landscape values in high-elevation mountain areas in the Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market methodology. J. Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jort.2025.100911)

Tews, S., Harkel, L. T. and A. Shams. September 2022c. From the Coast to the High Mountains: A remote sensing survey of disturbances and threats to the archaeology and heritage of South Sinai. J. Maritime Archaeology. (DOI: 10.1007/s11457-022-09335-2)

Shams, A. and U. Tappeiner. January 2015a. Semi-arid watershed management: The experimental farm and representative catchment of the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. Int. J. of Water 9(1):1-27 (DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2015.067443)

Shams, A. November 2014f. A rediscovered-new ‘Qanat’ system in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula, with Levantine reflections. J. Aid Environments 110: 69-74. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.06.006)

Shams, A. December 2012c. Towards a quantification model: The accountability of the for-profit and nonprofit organizations in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. Int. J. Tourism Anthropology 2(3):185-212 (DOI: 10.1504/IJTA.2012.050758)

SHORT ARTICLES

Shams, A. May 17, 2023. Reframing a global multifaceted mountain governance. Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) ― University of Bern.

Shams, A. September 2021a. Sinai in Ten maps. ASOR / The Ancient Near East Today 9 (1)

Shams, A. September 2019b. Sinai’s century: Sinai’s century: The photographs of the library of congress. ASOR / The Ancient Near East Today 7 (9)

Shams, A. July 2018a. Sinai’s unfinished 150-year survey. ASOR / The Ancient Near East Today 6 (7)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Shams, A. July 2014d. Trans-border impacts on governance decentralisation and landscape in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: Review and alternatives. In Heritage 2014: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Heritage & Governance for Sustainability)

Shams, A. B. Stoinschek and U. Tappeiner. June 2012b. Heritage-based land use patterns in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula and the Alps: A neo socio-ecological perspective. In Heritage 2012: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Heritage & Environment)

Shams, A. July 2011d. The treasures of the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai: From the treasury of 6th century CE to the museum of 21st century CE. J. Predella 29: Online (Section: Museums)

Shams, A. June 2011c. Themes of traditional-modernized daily life of the Gebaliya tribe in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Sharing Cultures 2011: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intangible Heritage, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, 585-594, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Social Practices)

Shams, A. April 2011b. Towards a quantification model: The impact of eco-cultural heritage-based mass tourism in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Proceedings of Tourism in an Era of Uncertainty (ICOT 2011), ed. K. Andriotis and A. Theocharous, 672-683, Cyprus: International Association for Tourism Policy (Theme: Sustainability & Environment in Tourism)

Shams, A. June 2010b. Integrated cluster of centralized heritage-based nano-economies in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Heritage 2010: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, ed. R. Amoêda, S. Lira and C. Pinheiro, 421-430, Barcelos: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Theme: Heritage & Economics)

REVIEWS

Shams, A. 2024a. Rabineau, S. Walking the land: A history of Israeli hiking trails, 2023. Pp. 290. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. International Journal of Heritage Studies 30(7): 854–856 (DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2024.2334238)

Shams, A. June 2016e. Chambon, A. eds. Gaza from sand and sea: Art and history in the Jawdat al-Khoudary collection, 2012. Pp. 204. Jerusalem: Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Française de Jerusalem. Q. Palestine Exploration 148(2):148-150 (DOI : 10.1080/00310328.2016.1159420)

ABSTRACTS

Shams, A. June 2024b. Monitoring tourism flow to high-altitude mountain and protected areas in The Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market planning methodology. In Alpine Biodiversity Conference AND ForumAlpinum 2024, ed., Kranjska Gora: Alpine Convention (AlpCon), International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR) and Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

Shams, A. October 2022d. Mount Sinai, a mountain? The governance of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In 2nd Global Mountain Sustainability Forum (GMS) Conference, ed., Sesto/Sexten: Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS): Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research and Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS)

Harkel, L. T. and A. Shams. January 2022a. Sinai’s climate challenge: How the past can inform the future. In Climate, Culture, Peace ICCROM Conference, ed., The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund (CPF), in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Shams, A. February 2020b. Mapping post-colonial development in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Imaginaries of Development in the Highlands: The constitution of mountain areas as spaces for international development cooperation since 1945, ed., Bern: Center for Global Studies (CGS), University of Bern (Swiss National Science Foundation)

Harkel, L. T. and A. Shams. January 2020a. The SinaiArchaeoWater project: Remote and field-based survey of recent heritage sites in a landscape context. In British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA) Conference 2020, Critical Debates in the Archaeology of the Middle East, ed., 36-37, Oxford: School of Archaeology, University of Oxford & Ashmolean Museum

Shams, A. September 2019c. On-and-off the maps: Geographical names in Sinai Peninsula and the Middle East. In Changing Geographical Names as a Challenge for Research and Gazetteer Management. Expectations and Perspectives for Future Development, ed., Marburg: Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe

Shams, A. July 2015c. Mapping the vicinity of Mount Sinai: The representation of a sacred landscape (whilst) on the move. In Portable Landscapes: Environments on the Move, ed., Durham: Centre for Visual Arts and Culture

Shams, A. October 2014e. Ancient agriculture in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula in the light of the new-rediscovered 'Qanat' system. In The Qanāt: Archaeology and Environment, ed., Durham: Department of Archaeology

Shams, A. August 2011f. Dynamics of rural mobility in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. In Programme Book: Royal Geographical Society ‘with IBG’ Annual International Conference (AC2011), ed., sections: 132 and 171, London: Royal Geographical Society (Themes: Rural Mobilities - Engaging with Rurality (Whilst) On the Move & Urban, Suburban and Rural Development)

PRESS ARTICLES

Shams, A. May 11, 2017a. From St. Catherine's to the Nile. Al-Ahram Weekly (1344)

Shams, A. June 30, 2016f. Sinai governance: Lines and boundaries. Al-Ahram Weekly (1302)

Shams, A. April 21, 2016d. Sinai economy: Timely questions. Al-Ahram Weekly (1292)

Shams, A. March 17, 2016c. Sinai society: The Bedouin epicenter. Al-Ahram Weekly (1287)

Shams, A. February 18, 2016b. Sinai water: Towards a sustainable strategy. Al-Ahram Weekly (1283)

Shams, A. January 14, 2016a. Sinai development: From 1980s to 2000s. Al-Ahram Weekly (1278)

Shams, A. July 9, 2015b. The Sinai development syndrome. Al-Ahram Weekly (1254)

Shams, A. March 1, 2014c. Rugum: Rescue plan for the Sinai Mountains. DailyNewsEgypt

Shams, A. February 19, 2014b. The nature of trekking in the Sinai Mountains. DailyNewsEgypt

Shams, A. January 2012a. Twinned peaks: The ‘SinaiAlps project’. M. Academia (57):24-25

Shams, A. January 2010a. El Freish retreat. Eternal Egypt (1):48-75

ATLASES & MAPS

Shams. A. July 2013a. Pocket atlas of the Sinai Peninsula: Discovering a historical landscape. Berlin, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group - epubli GmbH

Shams, A. January 2011a. Serabit el-Khadim regional map. Tur, South Sinai Regional Development Program, European Commission Fund

BLOG POSTS

Shams. A. and L. T. Harkel. December 2021e. Which Visitor or town? The ‘Great Transfiguration’ of Sinai’s endangered cultural mountain landscape. Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA), School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

Harkel, L. T. and A. Shams. November 2021d. Declassified satellite imagery (KH-9): Analysing the impact of mass tourism on the St Catherine region, South Sinai. Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA), School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

Shams. A. April 2020c. Keeping the sense of time. Henley Business School.

Shams. A. and L. T. Harkel. May 2019a. The SinaiArchaeoWater Project (SAW). Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA), School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

POSTERS

Shams. A. January 2014a. Tales of the Frontier (TotF) ‘In the light of the inscription of the UNESCO transnational Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site (FREWHS)’. Liverpool, Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool - Cultural Engagement Fund Showcase


SELECTED CONFERENCES, SEMINARS & TALKS

Aug. 29 – Nov. 21, 2010
Venice Biennale Architecture − 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy

Apr. 27 – 30, 2011
International Conference on Tourism (ICOT 2011), Rhodes, Greece (Presenter)

Aug. 31 – Sep. 2, 2011
Royal Geographical Society ‘with IBG’ − Annual International Conference (AC2011), London, United Kingdom (Presenter)

Sep. 28, 2012
EURAC research AlpEnv Institute for Alpine Environment − Long Research Night, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

Nov. 9, 2012
International Biennial of Cultural and Landscape Heritage (Florens 2012), Florence, Italy

Jan. 23, 2013
World Citation and Collaboration Networks: Uncovering the Role of Geography in Science, Lucca, Italy

Mar. 7, 2013
Museum Finances: Challenges beyond Economic Crises, Lucca, Italy

Jun. 5, 2013
Durham University − Archaeology Research Seminar 2012-2013 Comparative, Landscape dynamics at the perimeter of the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula: Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age new sites revealed, Durham, United Kingdom (Presenter)

Jun. 7, 2013
Great North Museum Workshops − Users, Fans and Followers: Engaging with Museums, Galleries and Heritage via Social Media, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Oct. 17 − 19, 2014
Durham University − The Qanāt: Archaeology and Environment, Ancient agriculture in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula in the light of the new-rediscovered 'Qanat' system, Durham, United Kingdom (Presenter)

Nov. 2014 – and the following years/events E
xCel London − World Tourism Market London 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 London, United Kingdom

Apr. 14, 2015
Victoria & Albert − Culture in Crisis, London, United Kingdom

Jun. 3, 2015
EURAC research AlpEnv Institute for Alpine Environment − The traditional irrigation channels and local water reservoirs in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula and the Alps: A low cost water supply system? Bolzano/Bozen, Italy (Presenter)

Jun. 6, 2016
British Museum − The Destruction of Memory, London, United Kingdom

Feb. 1, 2017
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology & Heritage Lottery Fund − The 150 Years Gap in mapping and mapmaking in Sinai Peninsula and the Middle East, London, United Kingdom (Speaker)

Oct. 26, 2017
School of Oriental and African Study (SOAS), Centre for Palestine Studies − The Balfour Declaration, One Century After, London, United Kingdom

Nov. 2, 2017
Royal Geographical Society & Saint Catherine Foundation (Ondaatje Theatre) – (On) Geographical knowledge and mapmaking in Sinai Peninsula, London, United Kingdom (Speaker)

Dec. 12, 2017
School of Oriental and African Study (SOAS), London Middle East Institute (LMEI) (Khalili Theatre) − Lines or no Lines: The reality of maps in Sinai Peninsula and the Middle East, London, United Kingdom (Speaker)

Jun. 7, 2018
University of Oxford, School of Archaeology, Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) – Sinai Peninsula: Landscape, knowledge-making, and remote sensing archaeology, Oxford, United Kingdom (Speaker)

Jun. 26-27, 2018
Durham University, Department of Archaeology, UNESCO Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage & British Council (Newton-Moshrafa Fund & UK-India Education Research Initiative) – Politics, Heritage and Identity in Cultural Heritage Workshop & Benchmarking the Social and Economic Impacts of the Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Middle Egypt Workshop, Durham, United Kingdom (Presenter)

Nov. 5, 2018
ExCel London − World Tourism Market London 2018, London, United Kingdom

Feb. 19, 2019
University of Erfurt (Universität Erfurt), Gotha Research Centre (Forschungszentrum Gotha), Perthesforum AND University of Oxford, School of Archaeology, Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) & SinaiArchaeoWater Project – “150-year in the Making”: Historic geography and cartographic archaeology in Sinai Peninsula, Gotha, Germany (Speaker)

Sep. 9-11, 2019
Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe Project – On-and-off the Maps: Geographical names in Sinai Peninsula and the Middle East, Marburg, Germany (Presenter)

Nov. 14, 2019
Kelso Museum of Near Eastern Archaeology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PTS) – “In Each Others' Steps”: Visualizing Biblical Mount Sinai, Pittsburgh, United States (Speaker)

Feb. 27-28, 2020
Center for Global Studies (CGS), University of Bern AND Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) – Mapping post-colonial development in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula, Bern, Switzerland (Presenter)

Jul. 10, 2021
The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) and The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) – Mount Sinai: Knowledge-making in “Biblical South” and across the Peninsula, London (online), United Kingdom (Speaker)

Aug. 30, 2021
Near Eastern Seminar Series (NESS), School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI), The University of Sydney – On and off the maps: The "Cartographic" Peninsula of Mount Sinai, Sydney (online), Australia (Speaker)

Jan. 24, 2022
The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund (CPF), in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – Sinai’s climate challenge: How the past can inform the future, Rome (online), Italy (Presenter)

Apr. 28, 2022
Almaty Management University and BRID program, UN Department Office for Global Communications, UN information office – Sustainability education: Trade, business, local development, Almaty (online), Kazakhstan (Presenter)

Oct. 3-4, 2022
Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS): Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research and Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS) − Mount Sinai, a mountain? The governance of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula, Sesto/Sexten (online), Italy (Presenter)

Oct. 27, 2022
EURAC research AlpEnv Institute for Alpine Environment – The cartographic theory and Cultural Ecosystem Services in the nature parks of Alto Adige/Südtirol: Naturpark Rieserferner-Ahrn / Parco Naturale Vedrette di Ries-Aurina, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy (Speaker)

Nov. 7-8, 2022
Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL), European Working Group (EWG) AlpPlan – Advancing Green Infrastructure Planning in the Alpine region & AlpPlan General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (Participant & Member)

Nov. 27-28, 2023
Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL), European Working Group (EWG) AlpPlan – AlpPlan/PlanToConnect Expert Platform on Green Infrastructure, Ecological Connectivity and Spatial Planning: “Ecological Connectivity and Spatial Planning: From Concepts to Implementation” & AlpPlan General Assembly, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Participant & Member)

Jun. 11-14, 2024
Alpine Convention (AlpCon), International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR) and Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Slovenia – Alpine Biodiversity Conference & ForumAlpinum and Triglav National Park Excursion, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia (Presenter)

Jul 5, 2024
IMT School for Advanced Studies – Graduation Ceremony, Student and Alumni Association, Lucca, Italy (Vice President & Speaker)

Aug. 27-29, 2024
Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) – Governing Body Retreat, Eggberge, Switzerland (Working Group Lead & Presenter)

Oct. 4-5, 2024
Oxford Saïd Online Programme – Oxford Scenario Planning Conference (OSP20), Oxford, United Kingdom (Alumni & Participant)

Nov. 25-28, 2024
Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL), European Working Group (EWG) AlpPlan – AlpPlan/PlanToConnect Expert Platform on Green Infrastructure, Ecological Connectivity and Spatial Planning: “Alpine Ecological Networks: Integrating Connectivity into Spatial Planning” & AlpPlan General Assembly, Obergurgl, Ötztal, Austria (Presenter & Member)

Jan. 01, 2025
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mountain Partnership – MRI Global Mountain Governance Survey, Rome, Italy (Online Presenter)

May 06, 2025
Adapting to Scarcity or Abundance? The conservation and re-use of ancient water systems in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula, The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) and Durham University – Adapting to scarcity or abundance? The conservation and re-use of ancient water systems in the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula, London (online), United Kingdom (Online Presenter)

May 17, 2025
Sinai mountains – An unchanging world? North East Ancient Egypt Society and Durham University – Sinai mountains – An unchanging world? Durham, United Kingdom (Presenter)

LANGUAGES
English (fluent); Arabic (fluent); French (basic); Italian (basic)