Akram Ahmed Elkhalifa

Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Khartoum
Dr. Akram is an associate professor of architecture and a licenced architect who has acquired over 23 years of extensive experience on architecture in Sudan and the linkage between education, research and practice in the field of architecture with specific focus on construction management and economics, technologies, and building materials. Dr. Akram is very active and interested in research and projects focusing on attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs), the field in which he conducted several studies and researches from different perspectives. He is a registered as a “Specialized Engineer” at the Sudanese Engineering Council and received recently the fellowship of the Sudanese Institute of Architects (SIA) of which has been been a member since 2001, this fellowship allows him to be registered as consultant engineer at the Engineering Council. Dr. Akram accumulated extensive experience in professional practice through his involvement in design and consultancy services, feasibility studies, real estate appraisal and investment, market analysis, etc. Through this extensive experience nationally and internationally, he managed to hold leading positions both in the academy as well as in the professional practice, as he was the former dean of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Khartoum (2019 – 2022) and he is also the co-founder and the General Manager of a consultancy firm “OPTIMA for Consultancy, Real Estate Valuation, and Management”. As a way of linking education, research, and practice he delivered and coordinated multiple CPDs courses in different fields within the scope of architecture and construction management. He has many publications in international journals and international conferences proceedings.

Academic Qualifications:
- 2000 BSc. Architecture; Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, UofK.
- 2004 MSc. Real Estate Management; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- 2012 Ph.D. Architecture; University of Camerino, Italy.
Research interest:
- sustainable development, climate change resilience, construction technology & innovative materials, construction economics, and low-cost housing