Taibat Lawanson
Taibat Olaitan Lawanson is a professor of urban management and governance at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, where she leads the Pro-Poor Development Research Cluster.[1] She is also co-director at the University of Lagos Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development.[2] Her research focuses on the interface of social complexities, urban poverty and the quest for spatial justice in urban planning in Africa.[3]
Career[edit]
Lawanson holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.[4][5] She was head of Department or Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos between 2013 and 2015, [6] She was a 2017 DAAD visiting professor to the Habitat Unit, Technical University of Berlin.
Lawanson has published singly or jointly with other scholars on issues relating to urban informality, environmental justice and pro-poor development in peer-reviewed academic journals and publications including Urban Studies, Area Development and Policy, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Cities & Health, among others.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Lawanson is a member of the board of directors of the Lagos Studies Association and a member of the International Advisory committee of the UN-HABITAT flagship State of the World’s Cities Report.[4] She is a pioneer World Social Science Fellow of the International Social Science Council, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, and an alumna of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre.[13][14]
References[edit]
- ^ "Taibat Lawanson". Urban Design TU Berlin. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Taibat Lawanson". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Taibat Lawanson". URBANET. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ a b "Dr Taibat Lawanson TL - The Global Academy". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Taibat Lawanson". IGC. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Taibat Lawanson". TUKN. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ Lawanson, Taibat; Agunbiade, Muyiwa (2017-11-27). "Land governance and megacity projects in Lagos, Nigeria: the case of Lekki Free Trade Zone". Area Development and Policy. 3 (1): 114–131. doi:10.1080/23792949.2017.1399804. ISSN 2379-2949. S2CID 168963646.
- ^ Olajide, Oluwafemi; Lawanson, Taibat (2021-06-14). "Urban paradox and the rise of the neoliberal city: Case study of Lagos, Nigeria". Urban Studies. 59 (9): 1763–1781. doi:10.1177/00420980211014461. ISSN 0042-0980. S2CID 236317028.
- ^ Mogo, Ebele R. I.; Lawanson, Taibat; Foley, Louise; Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Assah, Felix; Ogunro, Toluwalope; Onifade, Victor; Odekunle, Damilola; Unuigboje, Richard; Blanche, Nfondoh; Alani, Rose (2022-02-17). "A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (4): 2285. doi:10.3390/ijerph19042285. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 8872183. PMID 35206471.
- ^ Lawanson, Taibat; Foley, Louise; Assah, Felix; Mogo, Ebele; Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse; Ogunro, Toluwalope; Onifade, Victor; Oni, Tolu (2020-08-19). "The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos". Cities & Health. 5 (sup1): S204–S207. doi:10.1080/23748834.2020.1806459. ISSN 2374-8834. S2CID 225368087.
- ^ Abubakar, Ismaila Rimi; Lawanson, Taibat O.; Usman, Abubakar S. (2020-06-04), "Urban Planning Practices in Lagos", The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South, Routledge, pp. 382–396, doi:10.4324/9781003038160-28, ISBN 978-1-003-03816-0, S2CID 219913016, retrieved 2022-08-06
- ^ Lawanson, Taibat; Udoma-Ejorh, Olamide (2020-03-27), "How smart is smart city Lagos?", The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities, New York: Routledge, pp. 123–143, doi:10.4324/9781315178387-10, ISBN 978-1-315-17838-7, S2CID 216499115, retrieved 2022-08-06
- ^ "An Evening With The Bellagio Center". The Rockefeller Foundation. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Taibat Lawanson". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-08-08.