Vanessa Watson (1950-2021)
Vanessa Watson is professor of city planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town.
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Anna Taylor
Anna Taylor contributes to ACC’s climate change and urban sustainability theme / stream. She completed her PhD in 2017 as part of the Mistra Urban Futures programme and UCT’s African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), under the supervision of Professor Sue Parnell.
Warren Smit
Warren Smit manages the CityLab Programme, co-ordinates the Healthy Cities CityLab and is also involved in the Mistra Urban Futures programme. His research interests include: urban governance, strategic urban planning, urban health, housing and urban flooding
Rike Sitas
Rike Sitas is a senior researcher at the African Centre for Cities and also the co-founder of public art organisation dala.
Caroline Skinner
Caroline Skinner is a Senior Researcher at the African Centre for Cities and Urban Policies Programme Director for the global network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO).
Edgar Pieterse
Edgar Pieterse is the director of the African Centre for Cities and the South African Research Chair in Urban Policy .
Henrik Ernstson
Dr Henrik Ernstson is a lecturer in Human Geography at The University of Manchester. In 2018 he was appointed an Honorary Associate Professor of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town.
Anton Cartwright
Anton is an economist with Masters degrees in Development Economics and in Environmental Change & Management. His BSc is in Horticulture and Agricultural Economics.