Mennatullah Hendawy

Technical University of Munich

Dr. Mennatullah Hendawy is an interdisciplinary urban planner working at the intersections of cities, media, and technology and sustainability. She is German and Egyptian. She is an assistant professor in Egypt and is currently affiliated with the Technical University of Munich, Impact Circles e.V., and the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Germany, as well as the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States of America. Hendawy received her Ph.D. in 2021 from the Faculty of Planning, Building Environment at TU Berlin in Germany, graded summa cum laude. In her dissertation, she explored the mediatization (and visualization) of urban development in Cairo as a local yet global case. In 2015, Hendawy completed an MSc in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design from Stuttgart University, focusing on urban policies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Department of Urban Planning and Design, class of 2012. Hendawy is one of the founding members of Cairo Urban AI, a project exploring the potential of using artificial intelligence to develop cities. She was the principal investigator of the Urban AI MOOC, which is part of the African Cities Lab initiative, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.