Niyan Hussein Ibrahim is a PhD student in Sustainable Heritage at University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on urban heritage, transport planning, and heritage management and sustainable urban development in historic contexts. She is the first awardee of the UCL - Nahrein Network Graduate Studentship. She holds two master’s degrees; one in Urban Planning, and another in Heritage Management, which provide a multidisciplinary foundation for her research. Niyan is an Urban Planner at the Slemani Antiquities and Heritage Directorate and a co-founder of Cultural Heritage Organization for Developing Cultural Heritage in the Kurdistan region. She was formerly a research associate at Digital Cultural Heritage Centre (DCH), where she studied emerging technologies in cultural heritage.