Are you passionate about the intersection of human mobility and the rapid evolution of African cities and societies? The Mobility Governance Lab—a joint initiative of Wits and Oxford universities—seeks a data-driven scholar to join our multidisciplinary team for a two-year appointment focused on mapping and modelling the socio-political and economic dynamics of migration and urbanization across the African continent.

This position offers a unique opportunity to leverage cutting-edge spatial analytics to address some of the most pressing developmental and political questions of our time. You will work with bespoke and large-scale datasets to uncover patterns in how people move, interact, and build futures within and beyond Africa. The position will be central in developing a data observatory producing African centred, empirically based narratives to produce novel accounts of the continent’s changing human landscape.

– Job title: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Data Management, Migration & Spatial Analysis
– Application deadline: 18 May 2026
– Start date: 1 September (negotiable)
– Duration: 2-Year Fixed Term with the possibility of extension, dependent on funding
– More details: 2026StatsAdvertMGLFinal