EMAIL: deensharp AT gmail dot com

Deen Sharp, PhD (CUNY), is a Visiting Fellow in Human Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), based in the Department of Geography and Environment. He was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-director of Terreform, Center for Advanced Urban Research.

He is the co-editor of Beyond the Square: Urbanism and the Arab Uprisings (Urban Research, 2016) and Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope (AUC Press and Terreform, 2022). His forthcoming book, Reconstruction as Violence in Assad’s Syria, will be published by the American University in Cairo Press in August 2025. He is also guest editing a special issue on the urbanization of conflict for the Urban Studies journal.

Sharp’s academic work has appeared in leading journals, including Progress in Human Geography and Urban Studies, and he has contributed to numerous edited volumes. He also writes regularly for public platforms such as Jadaliyya, MERIP, Portal 9, Arab Studies Journal, and The Guardian. He has advised governments and international NGOs on issues related to urban development, conflict, and reconstruction.