Jennifer Robinson
Professor and Chair of Human Geography, University College, London
She has held academic positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science (1996–1998), The Open University (1998–2009), and the University of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in Durban, South Africa (1990–1996).
Her research focuses on postcolonial critiques of urban studies, comparative urbanism, and transnational urbanisation processes, with particular interest in apartheid cities, urban development politics, and African urbanisation. She has extensively studied urban transformations in London, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Accra, Dar es Salaam, and Lilongwe.
Her current research includes an ERC-funded project, Making Africa Urban, which explores transnational circuits shaping African urbanization. Her scholarly contributions span diverse themes including feminist theory, the politics of urban visioning, and the politics of large-scale urban developments.
Her main publications include Ordinary Cities (2006) and Comparative Urbanism: Tactics for Global Urban Studies (2022). She recently co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies (2024) with Patrick Le Galès.