My new article co-authored with taibat lawanson explores the contradictions of urban development in Lagos. Our key theoretical contribution challenges the often oversimplified notion of the hollowing-out of the state in the neoliberal development agenda.

Today the world watches the trial of Jaime Palomera + others for having defended the #right2housing. The Shift is calling on the Govt of Spain to intervene + have all charges dropped - in keeping w/ interntnl law. Reprisal must not be allowed. make-the-shift.org/wp-content/upl…

Join us on 13 July by 2pm (WAT) for the Lunch of WITS-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab Postgraduate Programmes - Masters in Urban Management & MPhil/PhD Sustainable Urbanization.

InfUr: Informal Urbanism Research Hub The Paradox of Informal Urbanism - seminar series Watch here our AbdouMaliq Simone in the first of the series on 'The Urban Extensions: Volatile simultaneities of spatial production' infur.org/paradox

My Department is creating maps for #Frontex, the EU border control agency, which is involved in the violent pushbacks of refugees. I wrote Altreconomia to dissociate myself & fight this deal. Universities are complicit in bordering & racial violence: it needs to stop! Links 👇

Our lab director AbdouMaliq Simone and core team member Oluwafemi Olajide presenting @ #RC21Athens roundtable “it was never ‘normal’: the disruptive powers of urban African everyday to urban development thinking”

Oluwafemi Olajide speaking at #RC21Athens about claiming the right to the city through a discussion of social movements, contestations, and relationships in the context of Lagos.

I have the privilege of working with scholars who are going to mark #urban & #housing studies Thumbs up for the work of my postdocs Daniela Morpurgo rodrigo castriota Chiara Cacciotti Oluwafemi Olajide Ana Vilenica Dr. Dev & brother AbdouMaliq Simone at #RC21Athens Beyond Inhabitation

Happy to visit Newcastle and attend #RGS2022 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) from tomorrow! We have an extensive presence with our Beyond Inhabitation 👇 Please come and say hi at our launch on Aug 30 @ 9am GMT, where we will discuss our lab’s mission and current work. virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public…

An incredible research venture of fascinating conundrum from South-East connections to decenter the regular polarities of knowledge production with AbdouMaliq Simone, Ana Vilenica Rayna (they/them), Chiara Cacciotti, rodrigo castriota Daniela Morpurgo, Oluwafemi Olajide Dr. Dev Dr. Syeda Jenifa Zahan 🍉

Next week, Tuesday 20th at 4pm CET, join us for a new seminar co-organized by Camillo Boano, Francesco Chiodelli & me. We are joined by Chris Harker on "Ecologies of debt and gendered subjectivity" In-person in Turin, and online at didattica.polito.it/pls/portal30/s…

Please share this opportunity. Fully funded Commonwealth postgraduate scholarship to study the MSc Urban Planning programme at Newcastle University, UK (tuition fee, living expenses and return air fare) for September 2023 entry. Deadline 13/12/2022 tinyurl.com/2s4a4yx4

📢📢 Come join us at the Beyond Inhabitation Lab! 24-month postdoc available in Turin, working on housing, financialisation, and Eastern Europe. See information below for application instructions, Deadline Dec. 7!

Today we are launching our Beyond Inhabitation 2023 online Seminar series! Three wonderful speakers: - 26 Jan 2023 with Tanzil Shafique - 23 Feb 2023 with Melissa García Lamarca (mel) - 16 March 2023 with Joanna Kusiak For info and registration links: beyondinhabitation.org/beyond-inhabit…

In #Turin we are launching a new #Urban and #Political #Geography pathway within our Master in Geography and Territorial Sciences. All in English | With leading scholars | Beautiful City | Low tuition fees. From Sept 2023. Check the full brochure: geography.unito.it/documents/2023… 👇

I am really glad that this is finally published. In this chapter, taibat lawanson and I reflect on actions and impact or the lack thereof when contending for the right to the city in Lagos. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

University Assistant postdoctoral  53 Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy  Job vacancy starting: 01/01/2024  | Working hours: 40,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)  Limited contract until: 12/31/2029 Job ID: 1509 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University…

The NAI African Scholar Programme invites applications for: Senior Researcher The Nordic Africa Institute’s African Scholar Program employs an established scholar for a period of one year from an African university or research institution.  nai.uu.se/about-us/work-…

Dialogues in Human Geography is a brilliant journal committed to pluralistic debate, and Elia Apostolopoulou is a great and attentive editor. Thanks for the engagement on the work Patrick Brandful Cobbinah Oluwafemi Olajide Deborah Potts @WilmaNchito Gideon Abagna Azunre

Hello, I am looking for critical early career scholars interested in the interlinkages between smart urbanism and structural violence in the Global South - for a workshop. DM me or comment here if you know anyone or you are one.