Salma Elrouby

Research Interests:

Digital Geography, Digital Urbanism. Spatial Analysis. Resilience Planning. Spatial Theory. Disaster Management

Supervisors: Jon Coaffee and Cagatay Turkay

Research Topic:

Building on the interdisciplinary studies of Digital Geography, Digital Urbanism, Spatial Analysis, and Spatial Theory, my research capitalizes on spatial representation in spatial analysis for resilience planning. As a case study of data analytics through crisis, I am examining the extensive use of spatial analyses through the pandemic. My research develops a framework for capturing spatial implication of policies, along with urban socio-economic, political, health, and demographic, indicators to mobilize strategic reaction to crisis.

PhD Working title:

It Speaks Volumes; towards a framework for spatial understanding of urban crisis, a case of post-pandemic cities

Background:

I am a final year Leverhulme Trust funded PhD researcher. My project is located within the TRANSFORM grant at Global Sustainable Development. I hold a BSc in Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning from the American University in Cairo, and a MSs in Urban Management from TU Delft. In my masters thesis, using mixed methods of data harvesting, analytics and spatial correlation analysis, I worked on urban strategies under the title: ‘Potential Economies; urban competitiveness of metropolitan regions in emerging economies.' I am a trained architect and urban manager, with experience in urban policy research, and real estate portfolio management; combining both public and private outlooks into urban environments.

Grants:

2021-2026 TRANSFORM- Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship

Conferences:

Elrouby, S. (2025, June 23- 26) Data Governance & Ethics; the Spatial Triad in the age of Open Data. [Paper Presentation].19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM, 2025) UCL East, London, United Kingdom.

Elrouby, S. (2025, August 26- 29) Statistics of Volume: Spatial Analysis & Flattening Urban Form. [Paper Presentation]. The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) with the Institute of British Geographers (IBG), RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Contact

Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL