Affiliates

The Institute maintains an ongoing relationship with Research Affiliates in various countries. They participate in its research and capacity building activities and provide information on emerging development trends.

Senior Affiliates

• Maria Luisa F. Mansfield, Preservation Expert, Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Universidad Simón Bolivar in Caracas
  
  Maria Luisa F. Mansfield has been primarily involved with cultural heritage activities at the Institute. She is presently coordinating the documentation of the historical monuments in the Old City of Jerusalem Website Project. She also has extensive experience in the documentation of case studies on informal micro- enterprises and home-based activities, as part of the self- improvement strategies of Urban Lower Income families in Latin America. From 1991 to 2002 she was professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the Department of Design and Architecture at the Simon Bolívar University, Venezuela. She has consulted with international firms involved in the design and construction of mosques in Venezuela, and Morocco.
• Samir Abdulac, Director of CAUE, France
• Ricardo Puerta, Development Sociologist, Honduras

Affiliates

• Ian Chodikoff, Architect, Editor of Canadian Architect magazine, Toronto, Canada
• Liviu Ianasi, Secretary, Romanian Professional Association of Urban Planners, Bucharest, Romania
• Ali Kural, Architect and Urban Planner, Istanbul, Turkey
• Andrei Luncan, Vice President, Romanian Professional Association of Chief Architects of the Municipalities (Former Chief Architect, City of Oradea, Romania)
• Januz Szewczuk, Vice President, Association of Local Economic Development Professionals, Szczecin, Poland
• Luis Valenzuela, Professor, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile