Publications

At Impact Circles, research is a cornerstone of our mission to drive meaningful change in urban environments and beyond. This section showcases the diverse and groundbreaking work produced by our affiliated members, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our community.

Our research spans a wide array of fields, each crucial to understanding and shaping the future of cities and societies. These fields include:

Smart Cities and Technology: Exploring innovative solutions and digital infrastructures that make cities more efficient, sustainable, and livable.
Ethics, Policy, and Governance: Investigating the ethical implications of emerging technologies and the policies that govern their use, with a focus on fairness, accountability, and transparency.
National AI Strategies and Digital Participation: Analyzing how nations develop AI strategies and the role of public participation in shaping digital futures.
Urban Planning, Data Visualization and Visual Politics: Studying the design and organization of urban spaces to enhance the quality of life for all residents. also, Utilizing data visualization techniques to communicate complex ideas and influence public discourse.
Housing and Rental Policies: Addressing the challenges of affordable housing, rental markets, and the policies that impact them.
Environment and Sustainability: Promoting sustainable practices and policies to ensure the long-term health of our environment.

Through our research, Impact Circles contributes to the global conversation on these vital topics, offering insights and solutions that inform policy, guide practice, and inspire innovation. We invite you to explore our publications and join us in our commitment to advancing knowledge and fostering impact.

Find the publications affiliated with Impact Circles as below:

Smart Cities and Technology

Hendawy, M., Hameed, I., Hameed, El Hayek, N. (in progress) 'Visualizing poli-technics: Correlations of smart governments, analyzing smart cities in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia', Journal of Urban Technology.
Hendawy, M., Teng, Z.,Pfau, J. and Seif el-Nasr, M. (in progress) 'Visualizing the Sociotechnics of Smart cities: Africa and Europe as case points'.
Hendawy, M., El Hayek, N., Kashani, A., Iyinolakan, O. and Seif El-Nasr, M. (in revision) 'Mapping Smart City Indexes overtime', Journal of Urban Technology.
Hendawy, M., Husar, M., da Silva, N.L.K. and Al Mansour, Z. (2024) 'Envisioning of smart cycling in seven cities: Discourse analysis of official city documents', Ain Shams Engineering Journal, p.102820.
Hamm, A., Shibuya, Y., Pargman, T.C., Bendor, R., Raetzsch, C., Hendawy, M., Rehak, R., Klerks, G., Schouten, B. and Hansen, N.B. (2024) 'What Does' Failure'Mean in Civic Tech? We Need Continued Conversations About Discontinuation', Interactions, 31(2), pp.34-38.
Hendawy, M. and da Silva, I.F.K. (2023) 'Hybrid Smartness: Seeking a Balance Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Smart City Approaches', in International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 9-27.

Ethics, Policy, and Governance

Hendawy, M. and Kumar, N.'It is two sides of the same coin: Hijab, Public Spaces, and Hegemony. Five case points: Egypt, Iran, France, Tunisia, India', Gender, Place and Culture.

National AI Strategies and Digital Participation

Hendawy, M., Wieland, J. and Koc, F. (in press) 'Digital Passivisation: The Framing of Citizens and Their Participation in the United Arab Emirates National AI Strategy', Weizenbaum Conference.
Hendawy, M. (submitted) 'Citizen Participation in the Age of AI', AI & Society journal.
Hendawy, M. and Kumar, N. (in press) 'How AI is Portrayed in National AI Strategies of the Arab region', Arab Reform Initiative.
Hendawy, M. and Ansari, Z. (2023) 'AI-Citizens’ relationship: Analyzing Egypt and Mauritius National AI strategies', Working paper series, Witz University.

Urban Planning, Data Visualization, Visual Politics

Hendawy, M., Hameed, I., Hameed, El Hayek, N. 'Visualizing poli-technics: Correlations of smart governments, analyzing smart cities in Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia', Journal of Urban Technology.
Hendawy, M., Riad, R. and Elgredly, S. H. (in press) 'Visual politics of a mediatized urban age: Tracing what the press news makes visible about urban planning — Case of the new administrative capital city in Egypt', Nature Cities.
Hendawy, M. (2024) 'Visualizing climate targets: mapping the 93 funded EU Erasmus+ projects versus SDGs and horizon missions targets: The case of the Knowledge Alliances program versus SDG13 and HM2 & HM5', Journal of Maps, 20(1), p.2309313.
Atia, A. and Hendawy, M. (2023) 'Informative cartographic communication: A framework to evaluate the effects of map types on users’ interpretation of COVID-19 geovisualizations', Cartography and Geographic Information Science Journal.
Varış Husar, S.C., Mehan, A., Erkan, R., Gall, T., Allkja, L., Husar, M. and Hendawy, M. (2023) 'What’s next? Some priorities for young planning scholars to tackle tomorrow’s complex challenges', European Planning Studies, pp.1-17.
Hendawy, M., Gonzales, M.C.V. and Elhawy, H.A. (2022) 'The Ladder of Emotional Mapping: Visualizing Emotions for Planning Inclusive Cities', Journal of Engineering Research, 6(4), pp.67-73.

Housing and Rental Policies

Hendawy, M. (in progress) 'Urban Data Visualisations: A facade for political economy - Case of Berlin’s Rental cap'.
Hendawy, M. (in progress) 'Housing as [in]visible Spouse: Divorced women between custody and law in Egypt'.
Hendawy, M., Rezk, A. (2024) 'Grey Legality: Negotiated Degrees of formality in Berlin’s rental cap', European Urban and Regional Studies.
Contributed to the CAHF report on Housing with a chapter on Egypt. Centre for Affordable Housing Finance (2023). Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook: 14th Edition – 2023.
Hendawy, M. and Lindbekk, M. (2022) 'With the Best of Intentions: Divorced Custodian Mothers Negotiating Access to Housing in Egypt', Journal of Legal Anthropology, 6(1), pp.49-72.

Environment and Sustainability

Çidik, M.S., Schiller, G., Zhang, N., Rizzo, A., Tambovceva, T., Bajare, D. and Hendawy, M. (2023) 'How Does ‘Locality’ Matter in Enabling a Circular Built Environment?: A Focus on Space, Knowledge, and Cities', in Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 251-261.

Planning Education

Hendawy, M., Junaid, M. and Amin, A. (2024) 'Integrating sustainable development goals into the architecture curriculum: Experiences and perspectives', City and Environment Interactions, 21, p.100138.
Kayed, S., Ghoz, L., Elbehairy, F., Ghonim, A. and Hendawy, M. (2022) 'Setting an Agenda for Urban AI Adaptivity in Urban Planning and Architecture E-learning', Journal of Engineering Research, 6(4), pp.88-96.