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
editLawanson 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, Technische Universität 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
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- ^ "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.