Academic Staff

June 27, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Basheer Ahmed Mohammed Saeed (PhD)
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Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

Spatial Planning
College of City and Regional Planning
University of Duhok

  • 2018 PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and Design, University of Maryland College Park, USA
  • 2008 MSc in Spatial Planning (Joint degree), TU Dortmund University, Germany and the University of the Philippines Diliman, The Philippines.
  • 2002 BSc in Surveying Engineering, Technical College Baghdad, Iraq

Taught BSc courses on the following topics:

  • Transportation Planning
  • Urban and Regional Economics
  • Urban Design Studio
  • Research Methods
  • Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Academic Debate.

Taught MSc course on the following topics:

  • Mobility and Infrastructure Planning
  • Quantitative Research Methods

  • Sustainable Reconstruction and Development in Northern Iraq. Technical University of Dortmund, Germany & Al-Balqa Applied University. Amman, Jordan. Jan to Feb 2006.

Research

Saeed, B., & Iseki, H. (2023). Does rail transit access affect firm dynamics? Analysis of firm births and closures in Maryland, USA . Journal of Transport and Land Use, 16(1), 389–408. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2023.2343

DIOP, L. E. N., Kessler, C., & Saeed, B. (2023). IRAQ: Drivers and Trajectories of Migration to Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8189420

Saeed, B. (2025). Exploring the travel behavior of refugees, IDPs, and host community residents: Empirical findings from Domiz urban area, Iraq (Working Paper).

Transportation and Land-use interaction, Land Use planning, Public Participation in Planning and Development, Urban and Regional Economics, Infrastructure Planning