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RASHID MUSHKANI

AI & Urban Studies PhD Candidate

University of Montreal I Mila - Quebec AI Institute

Work

Co-Creating the City We See: Aligning AI to Reflect Diverse, Intersectional, and Place-Specific Visions of Inclusion

2025-08-10

Co-Creating the City We See: Aligning AI to Reflect Diverse, Intersectional, and Place-Specific Visions of Inclusion

AI as Societal Infrastructure

2025-08-01

AI as Societal Infrastructure

Build AI With People, Not For Them

2025-07-31

Build AI With People, Not For Them

From Aesthetics to Access: How Montr�éalers Rate Their Streets

2025-07-23

From Aesthetics to Access: How Montréalers Rate Their Streets

No Street Works for Everyone?

2025-06-01

No Street Works for Everyone?

Aligning Diverse Communities’ Needs to Inclusive Public Spaces

2024-12-15

Aligning Diverse Communities’ Needs to Inclusive Public Spaces

Knowledge in Intersectoral Research

2024-11-20

Knowledge in Intersectoral Research

Co-Producing AI for Evaluating Public Spaces

2024-11-11

Co-Producing AI for Evaluating Public Spaces

Using AI to Design Inclusive Public Spaces

2024-09-11

Using AI to Design Inclusive Public Spaces

Machine Khana Rehabilitation / Aga Khan Trust for Culture

2024-04-27

Machine Khana Rehabilitation / Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Understanding Public Spaces Through Citizen Perception: A Visual Exploration

2024-01-05

Understanding Public Spaces Through Citizen Perception: A Visual Exploration

Thesis Project: Street Review & Wedesign

2023-05-30

Thesis Project: Street Review & Wedesign

Chihilsitoon Garden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture

2021-02-17

Chihilsitoon Garden / Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Publications

Intersecting perspectives: A participatory street review framework for urban inclusivity

Intersecting perspectives: A participatory street review framework for urban inclusivity

Rashid Mushkani, Shin Koseki

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Co-Producing AI: Toward an Augmented, Participatory Lifecycle

Co-Producing AI: Toward an Augmented, Participatory Lifecycle

Rashid Mushkani, Hugo Berard, Toumadher Ammar, Cassandre Chatonnier, Shin Koseki

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Public perceptions of Montréal's streets: Implications for inclusive public space making and management

Public perceptions of Montréal's streets: Implications for inclusive public space making and management

Rashid Mushkani, Hugo Berard, Toumadher Ammar, Shin Koseki

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LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces

LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces

Rashid Mushkani, Shravan Nayak, Hugo Berard, Allison Cohen, Shin Koseki, Hadrien Bertrand

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The Right to AI

The Right to AI

Rashid Mushkani, Hugo Berard, Allison Cohen, Shin Koseki

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MID-Space: Aligning Diverse Communities' Needs to Inclusive Public Spaces

MID-Space: Aligning Diverse Communities' Needs to Inclusive Public Spaces

Shravan Nayak, Rashid Mushkani, Hugo Berard, Allison Cohen, Shin Koseki, Hadrien Bertrand

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SCAN’24 Evaluation algorithmique inclusive de la qualité des espaces publics / Inclusive Algorithmic Assessment of the Quality of Public Spaces

SCAN’24 Evaluation algorithmique inclusive de la qualité des espaces publics / Inclusive Algorithmic Assessment of the Quality of Public Spaces

Shin Koseki, Toumadher Ammar, Rashid Mushkani, Hugo Berard, Sarah Tannir

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AI-EDI-SPACE: A Co-designed Dataset for Evaluating the Quality of Public Spaces

AI-EDI-SPACE: A Co-designed Dataset for Evaluating the Quality of Public Spaces

Shreeyash Gowaikar, Hugo Berard, Rashid Mushkani, Emmanuel Beaudry Marchand, Toumadher Ammar, Shin Koseki

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From Efficiency to Equity: Measuring Fairness in Preference Learning

From Efficiency to Equity: Measuring Fairness in Preference Learning

Shreeyash Gowaikar, Hugo Berard, Rashid Mushkani, Shin Koseki

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Urban Planning, Political System, and Public Participation in a Century of Urbanization: Kabul, Afghanistan

Urban Planning, Political System, and Public Participation in a Century of Urbanization: Kabul, Afghanistan

Rashid Mushkani, Haruka Ono

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The Role of Land Use and Vitality in Fostering Gender Equality in Urban Public Parks: The Case of Kabul City, Afghanistan

The Role of Land Use and Vitality in Fostering Gender Equality in Urban Public Parks: The Case of Kabul City, Afghanistan

Rashid Mushkani, Haruka Ono

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Spatial Equity of Public Parks: A Case Study of Kabul City, Afghanistan

Spatial Equity of Public Parks: A Case Study of Kabul City, Afghanistan

Rashid Mushkani, Haruka Ono

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Public Spaces of Developing Countries Post COVID-19: A Reflection on Current Situation from Planning Perspective in Case of Kabul City, Afghanistan

Public Spaces of Developing Countries Post COVID-19: A Reflection on Current Situation from Planning Perspective in Case of Kabul City, Afghanistan

Rashid Mushkani, Haruka Ono

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Bio

I’m Rashid. I research urban planning and artificial intelligence through participatory design.

My work explores inclusive public space, socio-spatial justice, and pluralistic AI alignment, advocating a "Right to AI" grounded in power, inclusion, and community participation.

I hold a Master of Engineering from Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, where I studied socio-spatial equity in urban parks. Professionally, I've collaborated with the Aga Khan Development Network and taught foundational design and environmental design courses at Kabul University.

Currently, I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Montreal, leading projects like Street Review and Artificial Intelligence Alignment for Inclusion (AIAI).

I collaborate with academics, professionals, policymakers, and communities on AI ethics and spatial justice.

Email me for questions, collaboration opportunities, or anything else.

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Education

Honors & Awards

Talks

  • 2025: "Locked Out by Design" – Speed Science Grand Finale, Mila, Montreal, Canada. 3 mins Watch
  • 2025: "Designing Inclusive Cities with Participatory AI" – Guest talk at the AI4Good Lab (Mila), Montreal, Canada. Details
  • 2025: "Position: The Right to AI" – Forty-Second International Conference on Machine Learning 2025, Vancouver, Canada. 5 mins Watch - Details
  • 2025: "LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces" – Forty-Second International Conference on Machine Learning 2025, Vancouver, Canada. 5 mins Watch - Details
  • 2025: "Right to AI" – AI & Cities track at the AMLD – Applied Machine Learning Days, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Details
  • 2025: "The Right to AI: Rethinking Participatory Approaches in AI" – Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium, SciencesPo, Paris, France. Details
  • 2024: "Using AI to Design Inclusive Public Spaces" – Innovate for Cities 2024 in Montreal, Canada. 15 mins Watch - Details
  • 2024: "MID-Space: Aligning Diverse Communities' Needs to Inclusive Public Spaces" – Contributed Talk at the Pluralistic Alignment Workshop at NeurIPS, Vancouver, Canada. 15 mins Watch - Details
  • 2023: "Benchmarking Inclusion in Public Space: A Place—and Space—Based Assessment Method" – Spatial Justice in Practice Symposium – Benchmarking Spatial Justice in Policymaking, Planning & Design, TU Delft, Netherlands. Details
  • 2021: "Power and Political System in a Century of Urbanization" – Asian Studies Online Consortium: Challenge and Harmony in Asia, Kyushu University, University in Fukuoka, Japan (Online). Details
  • 2020: "Spatial Equity and Accessibility of Public Parks in Kabul City, Afghanistan" – 16th Conference of Asian and African City Planning (Online). Details
  • 2019: "A Social Study of Public Space" – The 15th Conference of International Development and Urban Planning, Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2018: "Urban Fabric of Kabul Old City" – Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.
  • 2016: "Heritage and Public Space in Kabul" – Aga Khan Development Network, Dehli, India.
  • 2016: "Urban Fabric of Kabul" – Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
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