Abu Dhabi Public Spaces

Dr Apostolos Kyriazis is a Greek architect and is currently an assistant professor of architecture at Abu Dhabi University. He holds diplomas (BArch and MArch) in architecture, an MSc in Urban Planning and a PhD in Architecture from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has been a practitioner and scholar of architecture since 2000, with two participations at the Venice Biennale of Architecture and an expanding record of funded research. He is also an award-winning photographer.

Dr Clio Chaveneau is a French sociologist. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Paris Descartes-Sorbonne University and is currently an assistant professor at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, in charge of the Masters in Applied Sociological Research. With a specialisation in migration studies, her research is focused on privileged mobilities and contemporary social dynamics in the Middle East (Palestine and the UAE), a topic she covered in her 2018 book, Les Internationaux en Palestine.

Dr Hadrien Dubucs, PhD, is a French geographer heading the Geography and Planning Department at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. An associate professor at Sorbonne University Paris and a member of the Research Centre Médiations, his research focuses on migration and urban change in Europe and the UAE. He has led publicly funded interdisciplinary research programmes in Paris (COMET: Ethnic Food Shops in Paris) and in Abu Dhabi (Redefining Abu Dhabi’s Public Spaces: Urban Classification and Social Interaction, ADEK Award for Research Excellence 2017).