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'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-16 |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://www.urban-design.tu-berlin.de/taibat-lawanson |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Urban Design TU Berlin |language=en-US}}</ref> She is also co-director at the University of Lagos Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/taibat-lawanson-1007540 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref> Her research focuses on the interface of social complexities, urban poverty and the quest for [[spatial justice]] in [[urban planning]] in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://www.urbanet.info/author/taibat-lawanson/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=URBANET |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-16 |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://www.urban-design.tu-berlin.de/taibat-lawanson |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Urban Design TU Berlin |language=en-US}}</ref> She is also co-director at the University of Lagos Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/taibat-lawanson-1007540 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref> Her research focuses on the interface of social complexities, urban poverty and the quest for [[spatial justice]] in [[urban planning]] in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://www.urbanet.info/author/taibat-lawanson/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=URBANET |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Lawanson holds a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in Urban and Regional Planning from the [[Federal University of Technology Akure|Federal University of Technology, Akure]], [[Nigeria]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr Taibat Lawanson TL - The Global Academy |url=https://theglobalacademy.ac/university-of-lagos/dr-taibat-lawanson-tl/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://www.theigc.org/person/taibat-lawanson/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=IGC |language=en-GB}}</ref> She is the immediate past head of Department or Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos, where she currently serves as coordinator of the Lagos Urban Research Network, a platform for interdisciplinary urban research and discourse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=http://www.tukn.org/profile/taibat-lawanson/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=TUKN |language=en-US}}</ref> She was a 2017 [[DAAD scholarship|DAAD]] visiting professor to the Habitat Unit, [[Technical University of Berlin]].
Lawanson holds a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in Urban and Regional Planning from the [[Federal University of Technology Akure|Federal University of Technology, Akure]], [[Nigeria]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr Taibat Lawanson TL - The Global Academy |url=https://theglobalacademy.ac/university-of-lagos/dr-taibat-lawanson-tl/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://www.theigc.org/person/taibat-lawanson/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=IGC |language=en-GB}}</ref> She was head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos between 2013 and 2015, <ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=http://www.tukn.org/profile/taibat-lawanson/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=TUKN |language=en-US}}</ref> She was a 2017 [[DAAD scholarship|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 review|peer-reviewed]] academic journals and publications including ''[[Urban Studies (journal)|Urban Studies]], Area Development and Policy, [[International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health]], Cities & Health'', among others.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lawanson |first=Taibat |last2=Agunbiade |first2=Muyiwa |date=2017-11-27 |title=Land governance and megacity projects in Lagos, Nigeria: the case of Lekki Free Trade Zone |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2017.1399804 |journal=Area Development and Policy |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=114–131 |doi=10.1080/23792949.2017.1399804 |issn=2379-2949}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olajide |first=Oluwafemi |last2=Lawanson |first2=Taibat |date=2021-06-14 |title=Urban paradox and the rise of the neoliberal city: Case study of Lagos, Nigeria |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00420980211014461 |journal=Urban Studies |volume=59 |issue=9 |pages=1763–1781 |doi=10.1177/00420980211014461 |issn=0042-0980}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mogo |first=Ebele R. I. |last2=Lawanson |first2=Taibat |last3=Foley |first3=Louise |last4=Mapa-Tassou |first4=Clarisse |last5=Assah |first5=Felix |last6=Ogunro |first6=Toluwalope |last7=Onifade |first7=Victor |last8=Odekunle |first8=Damilola |last9=Unuigboje |first9=Richard |last10=Blanche |first10=Nfondoh |last11=Alani |first11=Rose |date=2022-02-17 |title=A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042285 |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=2285 |doi=10.3390/ijerph19042285 |issn=1660-4601}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lawanson |first=Taibat |last2=Foley |first2=Louise |last3=Assah |first3=Felix |last4=Mogo |first4=Ebele |last5=Mapa-Tassou |first5=Clarisse |last6=Ogunro |first6=Toluwalope |last7=Onifade |first7=Victor |last8=Oni |first8=Tolu |date=2020-08-19 |title=The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1806459 |journal=Cities &amp; Health |volume=5 |issue=sup1 |pages=S204–S207 |doi=10.1080/23748834.2020.1806459 |issn=2374-8834}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Abubakar |first=Ismaila Rimi |title=Urban Planning Practices in Lagos |date=2020-06-04 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003038160-28 |work=The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South |pages=382–396 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-03816-0 |access-date=2022-08-06 |last2=Lawanson |first2=Taibat O. |last3=Usman |first3=Abubakar S.}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Lawanson |first=Taibat |title=How smart is smart city Lagos? |date=2020-03-27 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315178387-10 |work=The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities |pages=123–143 |place=New York : Routledge, 2020. |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-17838-7 |access-date=2022-08-06 |last2=Udoma-Ejorh |first2=Olamide}}</ref>
Lawanson has published singly or jointly with other scholars on issues relating to urban informality, [[environmental justice]] and pro-poor development in [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] academic journals and publications including ''[[Urban Studies (journal)|Urban Studies]], Area Development and Policy, [[International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health]], Cities & Health'', among others.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lawanson |first1=Taibat |last2=Agunbiade |first2=Muyiwa |date=2017-11-27 |title=Land governance and megacity projects in Lagos, Nigeria: the case of Lekki Free Trade Zone |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2017.1399804 |journal=Area Development and Policy |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=114–131 |doi=10.1080/23792949.2017.1399804 |s2cid=168963646 |issn=2379-2949}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olajide |first1=Oluwafemi |last2=Lawanson |first2=Taibat |date=2021-06-14 |title=Urban paradox and the rise of the neoliberal city: Case study of Lagos, Nigeria |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00420980211014461 |journal=Urban Studies |volume=59 |issue=9 |pages=1763–1781 |doi=10.1177/00420980211014461 |s2cid=236317028 |issn=0042-0980|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mogo |first1=Ebele R. I. |last2=Lawanson |first2=Taibat |last3=Foley |first3=Louise |last4=Mapa-Tassou |first4=Clarisse |last5=Assah |first5=Felix |last6=Ogunro |first6=Toluwalope |last7=Onifade |first7=Victor |last8=Odekunle |first8=Damilola |last9=Unuigboje |first9=Richard |last10=Blanche |first10=Nfondoh |last11=Alani |first11=Rose |date=2022-02-17 |title=A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=2285 |doi=10.3390/ijerph19042285 |pmid=35206471 |pmc=8872183 |issn=1660-4601|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lawanson |first1=Taibat |last2=Foley |first2=Louise |last3=Assah |first3=Felix |last4=Mogo |first4=Ebele |last5=Mapa-Tassou |first5=Clarisse |last6=Ogunro |first6=Toluwalope |last7=Onifade |first7=Victor |last8=Oni |first8=Tolu |date=2020-08-19 |title=The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1806459 |journal=Cities & Health |volume=5 |issue=sup1 |pages=S204–S207 |doi=10.1080/23748834.2020.1806459 |s2cid=225368087 |issn=2374-8834|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Abubakar |first1=Ismaila Rimi |title=Urban Planning Practices in Lagos |date=2020-06-04 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003038160-28 |work=The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South |pages=382–396 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-03816-0 |access-date=2022-08-06 |last2=Lawanson |first2=Taibat O. |last3=Usman |first3=Abubakar S.|doi=10.4324/9781003038160-28 |s2cid=219913016 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Lawanson |first1=Taibat |title=How smart is smart city Lagos? |date=2020-03-27 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315178387-10 |work=The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities |pages=123–143 |place=New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-17838-7 |access-date=2022-08-06 |last2=Udoma-Ejorh |first2=Olamide|doi=10.4324/9781315178387-10 |s2cid=216499115 }}</ref>


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''.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-06 |title=An Evening With The Bellagio Center |url=https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/evening-bellagio-center/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Rockefeller Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/taibat-lawanson-1007540 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref>
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''.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-06 |title=An Evening With The Bellagio Center |url=https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/evening-bellagio-center/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Rockefeller Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Taibat Lawanson |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/taibat-lawanson-1007540 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 19 September 2024

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

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Lawanson holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.[4][5] She was head of Department of 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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  1. ^ "Taibat Lawanson". Urban Design TU Berlin. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. ^ "Taibat Lawanson". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. ^ "Taibat Lawanson". URBANET. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Taibat Lawanson TL - The Global Academy". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  5. ^ "Taibat Lawanson". IGC. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  6. ^ "Taibat Lawanson". TUKN. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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
  12. ^ 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
  13. ^ "An Evening With The Bellagio Center". The Rockefeller Foundation. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  14. ^ "Taibat Lawanson". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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