Marlene Joubert
Marlene Joubert is the Finance and Administrative Officer at the African Centre for Cities.
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Sylvia Croese
Sylvia Croese is an urban sociologist and the PEAK Urban Research Officer at the African Centre for Cities. Her current research focuses on the governance, localisation and implementation of global urban development policy, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals, and its interface with urban research.
Ithra Najaar
Ithra Najaar is the Senior Research Finance and Operations Manager of the African Centre for Cities.
Ian Palmer
Ian Palmer is a founding partner of Palmer Development Group (PDG) of which he was previously managing director. PDG is a leading consultancy in South Africa in the field of municipal services policy, research, strategy and management.
Andrew Boraine
Mr. Andrew Boraine is the Chief Executive of the Cape Town Partnership a multi stakeholder agency Established to develop, manage and promote the Cape Town Central City.
Stephen Berrisford
Stephen Berrisford is an independent consultant working in the field of urban planning law and policy in Southern Africa.
Tau Tavengwa
Tau Tavengwa is editor and co-publisher of Cityscapes Magazine. He is Curator-At-Large at the African Centre for Cities and a Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute (MPI-MMG) and an Associate at the London School of Economics.
Susan Parnell
Susan Parnell is a Global Challenges Research Professor in the School of Geography at the University of Bristol and Emeritus Professor at the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town.
James Duminy
James is a researcher in the African Centre for Cities, and acts as General Secretary of the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS). He holds an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Microbiology (Rhodes University), a Masters in Town and Regional Planning (University of KwaZulu-Natal), as well as an MA in Urban History (University of Leicester, UK).
AbdouMaliq Simone
AbdouMaliq Simone is an urbanist in the broad sense that his work focuses on various powers, cultural expressions, governance and planning discourses, spaces and times in cities across the world.
Liza Rose Cirolia
Liza Rose Cirolia is a senior researcher at the African Centre for Cities. Her work is largely focused on the social, political, technical and institutional dimensions of urban infrastructure, decentralization, and human settlements in African cities.
Mercy Brown-Luthango
Mercy Luthango-Brown has a background in Sociology of Work. She works on a diverse range of research topics.
Jane Battersby
Jane Battersby is an Associate Professor with an interest in all things food related.
Gina Ziervogel
Gina Ziervogel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town.