Emerging Urban

International and domestic mobility contribute to the remaking of cities across the world while urban spaces increasingly shape archipelagic and diasporic connections globally. These configurations produce novel forms of circulation, margins, and strategies for personal and collective action.

Projects

Mobility and Africa’s Emerging Urban Subjectivities.

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Mobility, Temporality, and Africa’s Future Politics:

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Welcoming Cities: addressing inclusion, discrimination, and social cohesion:

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Research

‘Visibilising Suffering or Stealth Humanitarianism: The Perils of Promoting Durable Protection in Cities of the South’ - 2020

W. Kihato and L.B. Landau, ‘Visibilising Suffering or Stealth Humanitarianism: The Perils of Promoting Durable Protection in Cities of the South,’ 2020. In S. Pasquetti and R. Sanyal (Editors), Displacement: Global Conversations on Refuge. Manchester: Manchester University Press: 193-209.

‘A Drop in the Ocean: Labour Market Effects of South Africa’s Special Dispensation for Southern African Migrants’ - 2020

Bule and L.B. Landau. 2020. A Drop in the Ocean: Labour Market Effects of South Africa’s Special Dispensation for Southern African Migrants. Report for the International Labour Organisation and the South African Department of Labour.

‘The Informalisation of Migration Governance across Africa’s Urban Archipelagos’ - 2020

B. Landau and C.W. Kihato. ‘The Informalisation of Migration Governance across Africa’s Urban Archipelagos,’ 2020. In T. Bastia and R. Skeldon (Editors), Routledge Handbook on Migration & Development. London: Routledge.

‘The Future of Mobility and Migration Within and From Sub-Saharan Africa' - 2019

B. Landau and C.W. Kihato. 2019. The Future of Mobility and Migration Within and From Sub-Saharan Africa,’ Foresight Reflection Paper. Brussels: European Policy Analysis and Strategy System.