Rachida El-Bouayady
Postdoctoral Researcher: AMALI Urban Governance Research Lab
r.el-bouayady@uct.ac.zaProjects
Bio
Rachida El-Bouayady is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the AMALI Urban Governance Research Lab. Her work focuses on urbanisation, infrastructure, sustainable urban development, territorial planning, and data-driven approaches to understanding urban and spatial transformation in African cities.
As part of AMALI’s Urban Governance Research Lab, she contributes to the development of city profiles and the compilation and analysis of urban-relevant data to support city leaders in understanding local development conditions and informing urban transformation strategies. Her current research interests also include urban mobility, transport network structure, and the relationship between urban growth and infrastructure development, particularly in rapidly urbanising African cities.
Rachida holds a PhD in Sustainable Urban and Territorial Planning from the School of Architecture, Planning and Design at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) Morocco, where her research examined the links between urbanisation and infrastructure development across multiple spatial scales in Africa and Morocco. Her methodological expertise includes spatial and econometric modelling, geospatial analysis, network science, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and data-driven indicator development.
Rachida has contributed to research and professional initiatives on territorial performance, digital inclusion, sustainable human settlements, and post-earthquake reconstruction, and has supported academic and professional events including the Smart City Casablanca Symposium and Africa Smart City Forum.
