Islam Bouzguenda is an accomplished professional with a solid background in research project management and development. Islam is an effective communicator with extensive experience in academia and industry engagement. Islam's academic journey includes graduate engineering credentials, a master's, and a doctorate specializing in smart cities technologies. With over 11 years as a dedicated researcher and project engineer/manager, she brings a strong foundation in science and technology. Islam's strengths lie in structured planning, organizational skills, and efficient communication.
Islam is currently a Research & Innovation Project Manager at the SBD department within the project management team. Before joining the UT as a lecturer and researcher Islam held technical, research, and advisory positions, in the GCC region, Spain, and the Netherlands. In these positions, she has served as a PI investigator in research projects, an engineering consultant within private companies, and a broad member of several associations. Her expertise has also been shown and translated into lectureships, and publications.
Islam is a member of the Global Urban Innovators network, a Community of Practice (CoP) Member on Urban Innovation at the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), a Certified Practitioner at the Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand, and worked as a consultant for the Arabian Research Bureau.
Organisations
- Strategic Business Development (SBD)
- Project Management (SBD-PM)
Research profiles
Courses academic year 2024/2025
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2023/2024
- 202000501 - Governing in a Tech-Based Society
- 202000517 - EU Governance and Policy: Shaping Europe
- 202000535 - Societal Challenges for Premaster
- 202100318 - Global Governance
- 202200059 - Societal Challenges
- 202200063 - Smart Interventions and Policy
- 202200328 - Behavioural Public Administration
- 202300159 - Governance and Sustainability
Address
University of Twente
Citadel (building no. 09), room H309
Hallenweg 15
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands
University of Twente
Citadel H309
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands
Organisations
- Strategic Business Development (SBD)
- Project Management (SBD-PM)
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