Professor Karim Hadjri

Professor Karim Hadjri is an architect with a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in housing studies completed at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.

Karim’s research is concerned with inclusive and sustainable design of the built environment, housing and health. His current research is concerned with the challenges of designing age-friendly environments, as well as enabling environments particularly for people with dementia. He has led and participated in 35 research projects worldwide, secured over £2m in competitive research grants, published over 100 outputs, have 15 PhD completions since 2012, and examined 30 PhD candidates worldwide. He has contributed to architecture design theory in relation to dementia-friendly care and nursing home settings, and his research has informed new guidelines on the design of dementia-friendly environments in the UK, namely the new building standard on Neurodiversity and the built environment (BSI PAS 6463:2022).

He is a member of the UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council peer review college, a member of the Newton Fund Social Sciences Review Panel under the British Council, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) validation board, and a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He is also a reviewer for various UK and European funding agencies, and a referee for academic promotion to various universities worldwide.

He has led large academic units and research groups and managed a self-funded research centre. He was the Head of School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield from 2017 to 2022.