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Dr Ali Soltani

Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Email: asoltani@une.edu.au

Biography

Dr Ali Soltani (PhD, MURP, BEng, GD) with diverse background education in surveying and spatial engineering, urban and regional planning, higher education, data science, and business administration, is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Urban/Regional researcher whose work spans city analytics, transportation, vulnerable road users, environmental systems, and urban/regional GIS applications. His research focuses on data-driven analytics and AI-enabled decision frameworks for sustainable mobility and resilient cities. He is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the City Futures Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, and a casual lecturer with Flinders University. A recipient of multiple international fellowships, such as European Marie Curie Senior Fellow and Australian Endeavour Fellow, he combines innovative methodologies with a commitment to sustainable development and real-world impact.

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