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Professor Jennifer Robinson FBA

Postcolonial critique of urban studies; comparative urbanism and global urban studies; rethinking urban development politics from South African, UK and African contexts; transnational and state actors in urban development.
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Anthropology and Geography
Website
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/jennifer-robinson

Current post

University College London Professor of Human Geography

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