In this episode of The Migration Podcast, African Centre for Migration and Society’s (ACMS) doctoral researcher Silindile Mlilo interviews Professor Loren Landau about how migration patterns to cities in Africa are distinct from urbanisation in other parts of the world. Landau also speaks about how he sees the current state of migration studies, and the importance of keeping space for research that shifts perspectives away from donor priorities.
Landau is a professor at both the University of Oxford, and ACMS at the University of the Witwatersrand. His interdisciplinary research includes topics on representation, multi-scale governance, and the transformation of socio-political communities across the Global South. He is currently overseeing a multi-year initiative exploring mobility, temporality, and urban politics in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
Listen to the full interview below:
This podcast was originally broadcast on the International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE) website on 31 January 2024: https://www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blog/podcast/1975-reflects-on-how-we-conduct-and-communicate-about-migration-studies.
