Economic knowledge in the urban informal economy of Zaria, Nigeria
May 12Colin Marx, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London This research is framed within relational processes of...
Relational Poverty Research by RPN Members
Filter by: All | Economic Crisis | Poverty discourse | Inequality | Difference: | Places: N. America, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia
Viviendo del rebusque: studying how law affects the working poor in Bogotá-Colombia
May 6Laura Porras, University of Ottowa My doctoral dissertation focuses on describing, understanding, analyzing and evaluating how both State and...
Local social innovation, welfare state restructuring and anti-poverty policies
May 2Stijn Oosterlynck, Associate Professor, Research Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City (OASeS), Department of Sociology,...
Living the Dream: youth, unemployment, and the promise of a middle-class life in Cairo
May 1Harry Pettit, London School of Economics The rise of a Global Middle Class has been lauded by development institutions, the media, and academia...
Political infrastructure: community wireless mesh networks and urban politics
March 24Emma Slager, University of Washington In this project, I examine community-built Internet infrastructure as it relates to broader struggles for...
Governing the “Post-Conflict” City: Urban Futures in Bogotá
March 16Emma Shaw Crane, New York University The progressive urban planning projects of Bogotá, Colombia are celebrated globally as models of inclusion,...
The Politics of Cross Class Alliance-Building in a Mixed-Income Neighborhood
March 16Anisa Jackson, University of Washington This research project considers the politics of cross-class relationships in the Seattle mixed-income...
A Multi State Study of Monetary Sanctions
March 9Alexes Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology Recent media attention on the justice practices of imposing fiscal penalties highlights the need...
Planning for property? (Counter)performing property within and beyond “land use” planning
March 4Trevor Wideman, PhD student @ Simon Fraser University This project questions the concept of “land use” as it has been used in the discipline...