Asmaa is a Lecturer at the Department of International Development. She holds a PhD in International Development and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prior to joining King's, Asmaa was a postdoctoral fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.

Asmaa's work draws on conflict studies, urban planning, and critical histories of development to explore how imperial and national security regimes shape the institutions of spatial and land planning. Her current book project explores the interactions between empire, security, and knowledge production within land planning agencies in colonial Morocco, as well as their impact on the institutional infrastructure and contemporary practices of the post-independence state.

Research

• Sociology of development
• Urban planning and land governance
• Conflict and peace-building
• Militarism and securitization
• Colonialism and empire
• Political economy of the Middle East and North Africa
• The politics of knowledge production
• Environmental history

Teaching

Postgraduate

• 7YYDN028 Advanced Qualitative Methods
• 7YYDN005/7YYDN007/7YYDN048 PGT Dissertation and Writing

PhD supervision

Asmaa is interested in supervising students focused on topics related to her research interests

Further details

See Asmaa's research profile here