The team

Based out of the University of Sheffield’s Urban Institute

Sheffield

Jonathan Silver
GlobalCorridor project lead
Urban Institute
Vicky Simpson
Research Manager
Urban Institute
Yannis Kallianos
Zhengli Huang
Fatima Tassadiq
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Urban Institute

Partners

We have worked with our partners through a set of comparative and collaborative activities across several case study regions (South Asia, the Mediterranean and East Africa) to develop the GlobalCORRIDOR project.

In South Asia

Karachi Urban Lab, Institute of Business Administration focused on work in Pakistan.

Muhammed Toheed
Associate Director
Karachi Urban Lab
  • Co-Ordinator: Toheed Mohammed, Associate Director of KUL
  • Researchers: Amna Shoaib, Atoofa Hafeez, Sana Rizwan
  • Filmmaker: Zainab Farid
  • Collaborator: Sobie Ahmed Kaker

In the Mediterranean

Department of Sociology, Crete University focused on work in Greece

  • Co-Ordinator: Hara Kouki, Assistant Prof, Dept of Sociology
  • Researchers: Giannis Vasilakis, Pafsanias Karathanasis
  • Filmmaker and Researcher: Sypros Gerousis
  • Collaborator: Seth Schindler

American University Cairo focused on work in Egypt

  • Co-Ordinator: Noura Wahby, Assistant Professor, American University Cairo
  • Researchers: Rana Hetta, Ashaba Junior

Politecnico di Torino focused on work in Italy

  • Co-Ordinator: Francesca Governa, Professor
  • Researcher: Alberto Valz Gris

In East Africa

The British Institute in East Africa focused on work in Kenya and Uganda

  • Co-Ordinator: Catherine Gateri, Senior Researcher BIEA
  • Researchers: Vincent Mthiani, Wairimu Gathimba
  • Filmmaker: Joel Ongwec

Further collaboration with the Urban Action Lab, Makerere University and Haki Defenders Foundation (HDF).

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