Majd Al-shihabi
PHD Student at University of Toronto
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMajd Al-shihabi is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto with 12 years of experience bridging systems design, urban planning, and civic technology. His research focuses on municipal climate action plans and housing, using participatory methods to co-develop agent-based models that translate community knowledge into actionable policy insights. He brings a rare mix of hands-on software engineering (Django, Python, front-end) and project leadership from roles in academia, NGOs, and product teams, including managing civic data projects like the Beirut Evictions Monitor. Comfortable operating between research, design, and development, he cares about the public interest and builds tools that amplify community voice in planning processes.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography and planning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography and planning at University of TorontoMasters in Urban Planning and Policy, Urban planning, Masters in Urban Planning and Policy, Urban planning at American University of BeirutBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Systems design engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Systems design engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Arabic, Italian
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Github Skills (138)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
SocialMediaExchange/muhal-client
May 2020 - Sep 2021
The frontend for the muhal platform. For deployment options, see muhal-deployment
Contributions:9 PRs, 88 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
reactdeploymentoptionsfrontendnextjs
SocialMediaExchange/muhal-backend
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
A new backend to Muhal.org-style websites
Contributions:1 PR, 52 pushes, 3 branches in 10 months
backendnodejs
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