Tooran Alizadeh in an Associate Professor of Urbanism and Infrastructure Planning in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney. She is the co-convener of Smart Urbanism (Research) Lab at the University of Sydney, the lead investigator on the Infrastructure Governance Incubator funded by the Henry Halloran Trust, and the Associate Editor of Telematics and Informatics - an interdisciplinary high impact journal (IF: 6.182) on the social impacts of new technologies. She was a recipient of the prestigious Research Accelerator Fellowship (SOAR) at the University of Sydney (2019 and 2020). A/Prof Alizadeh has recently been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship to explore the complex socio-spatial implications of smart city development in India (2022-2026).