Education:

08/2016 – 08/2020      BA: Urmia University: Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Art

                                       Urbanism

                                       GPA: 3.47

08/2021 – 07/2024      MSc: Izmir Institution of Technology: Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban and                                                  

                                    Regional Planning

                                    Urban Planning

Thesis: The Patterns and Motivations of Counterurbanization During COVID-19 in Urmia 

GPA: 3.62

PUBLICATIONS:

Niknam Khajepasha, A., Gkartzios, M. 2024. “Spatial analysis of regional income inequality in EU countries.” Journal of International Planning Studies: 1-19.

Niknam Khajepasha, A., Gkartzios, M. “The patterns and motivations pf counterurbanization in Urmia during COVID-19.” In progress.

Niknam Khajepasha, A., Duvarci, Y., Yamamoto, T. “The short-cut method for estimating mode split for urban areas: A case study for the new hypothetical PRT mode.” In progress.

Niknam Khajepasha, A. “Feasibility assessment and organization of the Extension of Sardaran St. 2 to Bakri St. with the approach of reducing urban traffic.” Archive of Urmia University. Funded by: Urmia University.

PROJECTS

"Through collaborative urban design and planning, Re-Value makes the urban transition to climate neutrality irresistible." Project coordinator: Prof Koray Velibeyoglu. https://re-value-cities.eu/cities/%C4%B0zmir 

WORK EXPERIENCE   

Academic teaching contributions

0.1/2023 – 07/ 2023 Module: Housing Matters, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

0.1/2022 – 07 / 2022 Module: Planning Theory, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

0.1/2018 _ 07/2018 Module: Research Methodology in Urbanism, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

0.1/2017 _ 07/2017 Module: Urban Economics, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Professional training contributions

06/2019 - 10/2020      Arc GIS, Iran’s Organization for Technical Skills Training, Iran 

03/ 2016 – 03/ 2016     Workshop on Ethnic and Nowrouz at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran

08/2017- 08/2017         Workshop on Handmade Dolls Exhibition & to conduct a specialized seminar at El-Goli

09/2014-09/2014          Holding grasp festival at Urmia’s Chichest

CERTIFICATES

· Certificate of attendance in Smart Moving Cities Seminar (run by Mobility) & certificate of successful completion of workshop on planning the new tourism region in Tehran, held in 2017, Tarbiat Modares University.

· Certificate of successful completion of SDG workshop in 2017 in the United Nations embassy in Tehran, on how these goals affect the Iranian government policies.

· Certificate of successful completion of “Photography Techniques: Light, Content, and Sharing” in 2022, Coursera, Michigan State University. https://coursera.org/share/1a87c2aab94b876f6e4190bf55d6caca

· Certificate of successful completion of “Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)” in 2021, Coursera, University of Michigan. https://coursera.org/share/d8305b71c7a04a521b2d09a50f2c49d6