31.05.17
Thinking about the GCRF – Some reflections on decolonising research practice and knowledge
Highlighting dilemmas which might be worth considering when doing research in the Global South.
16.03.17
How Women and Men Experience the City. Gender in an Informal Urban Context
What does it mean to be male or female in society? How do gender relations shift?
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09.02.17
The contested terrain of urban citizenship
In 2009 more than 50% of the world’s population lived in urban areas
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01.11.16
Urban land and conflict in the global South
As part of #SIIDspotlight, Melanie Lombard discusses urban land conflict.
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04.03.16
Nutrition transition in South African cities
In the context of South Africa’s “triple burden” of disease, urban anthropometric patterns are not changing in the same way for everyone.
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24.02.16
Property taxes, public services and wealth: Placing property taxation, redistribution and social justice in an ethical context
Tom Goodfellow discusses social justice and the ethics of property taxation in developing countries.
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