Develop a comparative framework for the study of emerging cities across the world;
Explain the variation in governance across and within emerging cities, and;
Distinguish what is "urban" about emerging cities.
Currently the three teams (Ghana, Tunisia, Brazil) are processing focus group transcripts and preparing for an upcoming household survey. We are also working on the first paper for the project which will provide a review of political change in smaller cities.
Researcher at the Governance and Local Development Institute at the University of Gothenburg and Associate Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco.
Travers Family Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair of Political Science and Associate Professor of Global Metropolitan Studies at UC-Berkeley
Founding Director of the Governance and Local Development Institute at Yale University (est. 2013), and then at the University of Gothenburg (est. 2015), and a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law at Southern Mediterranean University.
Associate Professor at Insper Institute of Education and Research, São Paulo.
This project is supported by the Political Change and Local Governance in Emerging Cities (Swedish Research Council – 2022-02023). PI: Erica Ann Metheney.
The researchers would like to thank Rose Shaber-Twedt for administrative support, and Samuel Wakuma for data collection support.