Education:
BA, Cairo University
MLA, University of Georgia
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Professional Registration:
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects- 1976-1984
Nova Scotia Association of Architects- 1967-1984
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada- 1976-1984

Publications, Projects and/or Reports:
EDI Training Manual on Environmental Impact Assessments (32 Chapters), Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank, 1996.

Environmental Training Program (12 Modules), for Near East & North Africa Management Training in Agriculture (NENAMTA), 1996.

EA Update series on methods and techniques, modeling, and public involvement, 1997.

Challenges of Managing the EA Process ,Environmental Assessment Sourcebook Update, No. 16, (Washington, DC: Environment Department: The World Bank).

Information:
Dr. Safei-Eldin Hamed is a scholar of environmental and international development. As an educator, he taught at the University of Guelph and the University of Nova Scotia in Canada, King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia, Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland in the United States. Currently, he is on the faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Texas Tech University. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as an "Environmental Assessment Training Specialist" at the Economic Development Institute, and the Environment Department of the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Interests:
My scholarly work encompasses two complementary research agendas. In brief, the scope of my research agenda is quite diverse. It bridges theory and practice, architecture and landscape architecture, development and conservation, North America and the Middle East, and science and culture.