Mr Shahab Gorjimahlabani (he/him)

School of Architecture and Landscape

PhD Research Student

Shahab Gorjimahlabani
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sgorjimahlabani1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Mr Shahab Gorjimahlabani
School of Architecture and Landscape
Arts Tower
Western Bank
91Ö±²¥
S10 2TN
Profile

I have a background in Architecture and my research involves investigating the role of road lighting on pedestrians’ feeling of safety. I completed my bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering, and have two masters’ degrees in Project Management and Sustainable Architecture Design from the University of 91Ö±²¥. One of my main interests is how lighting affects our perception of space in the built and urban environments. I am also interested in research methods and understanding the different approaches and techniques used to collect and analyse data. I am passionate about open research and endeavour to make my research more transparent, accessible and collaborative by upholding open science practices. I am a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and have been supporting student teaching as a Teaching Associate in the School of Architecture and School of Urban Planning since 2020 at undergraduate and postgraduate level. My involvement with student teaching includes delivering lectures and workshops, supporting students in one-to-one and group tutorials, marking student coursework, and mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.
 

Research interests

Project Title

Road Lighting and Pedestrian Reassurance

Project outline:

My research, supervised by Professor Steve Fotios and Dr Jim Uttley, is an investigation of lighting in the urban environment and how this supports pedestrian reassurance (perception of safety) at night. Using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods I aim to establish whether higher light levels are necessary. This research will contribute to the balance between higher light levels, which support for example a reduction in the male-female disparity in perceived safety, vs lower light levels which reduce energy consumption and light pollution. My work, conducted within the Lighting Research Group, will help shape new national and international guidance for lighting design.

Primary Supervisor

Professor Steve Fotios

Co-supervisors

Dr Jim Uttley

Date Started

01/03/2021

Publications

Journal articles

  • Uttley J, Gorjimahlabani S & Fotios S (2024) . Lighting Research & Technology, 56(5), 469-480. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fotios S, Uttley J & Gorjimahlabani S (2024) . Lighting Research and Technology, 56(3), 274-282. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gorjimahlabani S, Uttley A & Fotios S (2023) Measuring pedestrian reassurance. Lighting Journal, 88(9), 12-16. RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Mao Y, Fotios S, Uttley A & Gorjimahlabani S (2023) . Proceedings of the 30th Session of the CIE (pp 616-623). Ljubljana, Slovenia, 15 September 2023 - 15 September 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gorjimahlabani S, Mao Y, Fotios S & Uttley A () . 30th Session of the CIE (pp 1768-1774). Ljubljana, Slovenia, 15 September 2023 - 15 September 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Architectural and Urban Science