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[New paper, Open Access] The making of urban informal settlements: Critical junctures and path dependency in governing Abuja, Nigeria

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We (Nuhu Ismail, Ana Aceska and myself) are delighted to share with you our co-authored paper that has just been published in the journal Cities. This is the second publication coming out of Nuhu's PhD project/thesis that was successfully defended in March 2023. In this paper, we argue against ahistorical explanations of contemporary urban informal … Continue reading [New paper, Open Access] The making of urban informal settlements: Critical junctures and path dependency in governing Abuja, Nigeria

What is the summary of your PhD thesis?

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As I edge ever closer to the submission date of my PhD thesis, I can now relax a bit. I can afford to look back on a bizarre incidence that happened to me on Thursday 29 September, 2016. I had a scheduled meeting with my supervisor in the late afternoon but I decided to go … Continue reading What is the summary of your PhD thesis?

Researcher Reflexivity in Planning Research: My view from Elmina, Ghana*

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As a Ghanaian keenly interested in the development of my country I feel very frustrated most times when I think of the considerable abuse of power coupled with the systemic and structural constraints to innovative thinking among planners and policy makers. Within this context of yearning for development in Ghana, the conduct of my fieldwork … Continue reading Researcher Reflexivity in Planning Research: My view from Elmina, Ghana*

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are dead! 100 key questions for the post-2015 development agenda

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be dead by the end of this year (2015). There are many ways to write the obituary of this global endeavour. Irrespective of how you write it, one thing remains true and that is, the MDGs were (over) ambitious but they brought global attention to a number of issues. There … Continue reading The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are dead! 100 key questions for the post-2015 development agenda

Why I am an unplanned PhD planner

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“Oh, so you are a planner” “Will you go and work as a planning officer when you complete?” “Hurry up and come help plan our country” These are some of the most common comments I tend to get when I inform people that am doing a PhD at the Department of Town and Regional Planning, … Continue reading Why I am an unplanned PhD planner