Jo Beall – publications

Books

2012
Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2012
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City, Rodgers, Dennis, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur (eds). Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan; UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU WIDER) series, Studies in Development Economics and Policy, Finn Tarp, series editor.
2010
Urbanization and Development: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2009
Cities and Development, Beall, J. and S. Fox. London: Routledge.
2005
Funding Local Governance: Small Grants for Democracy and Development, Beall, J. London: IT Publications.
2004
Urban Governance, Voice and Poverty in the Developing World, Devas, N., P. Amis, J. Beall, U. Grant, D. Mitlin, F. Nunan, C. Rakodi, D. Satterthwaite. London: Earthscan Publications.
2002
Uniting a Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell. London: Earthscan Publications.
Sustainability, Beall, J., B. Crow, S. Simon and G. Wilson. Milton Keynes: Open University.
1998
Guidance Manual on Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes, DFID (co-author). Loughborough: Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough.
1997
A City for All: Valuing Difference and Working with Diversity, Beall, J (ed). Zed Books: London.
1995
Women in the City: Housing, Services, and the Urban Environment, (author). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Journals

Special Issues

2013
‘Cities and Conflict in Fragile States’, Tom Goodfellow, Jo Beall and Dennis Rodgers (eds). Special issue of Urban Studies, 50(15), November.
2010
African Development in an Urban World: Beyond the Tipping Point. Beall, Jo Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds). Special Issue Urban Forum.
2006
Policy Arena on the Discourse of Terrorism, Security and Development, Beall, J., T. Goodfellow and J. Putzel (eds). Policy Arena of Journal of International Development 18(1).
2005
Fragile Democracy: State and Society in Democratic South Africa, Beall, J., S. Gelb and S. Hassim (eds). Journal of Southern African Studies 31(4) December.
2003
Special Issue on Historical Geographies, Lester, A. and J. Beall (eds). Journal of Southern African Studies 29(3) March.
2000
Special Issue on African Environments, Beall, J., W. Beinart, J. McGregor, D. Potts and D. Simon (eds). Journal of Southern African Studies 26(4) December.
1995
Special Issue on Urban Studies and Urban Change in Southern Africa, Sapire, H. and J. Beall (eds). Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 21, No. 1, March.
Articles

2023
‘Urbanising Futures and Sustainability’, Beall, Jo. Oxford Development Studies, published online, February
2021
‘The governance of infrastructure interfaces: Decentralised Sanitation in Addis Ababa’, Liza Cirolia, Tesfaye Hailu, Julia King, Nuno da Cruz and Jo Beall. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 39 (7), 1606-1624.
2019
‘Understanding Infrastructure Interfaces: Common ground for interdisciplinary urban research?’, Beall, Jo, Zegeye Cherenet, Liza Cirolia, Nuno da Cruz, Susan Parnell and Philipp Rode. Journal of the British Academy, 7(s2): 11-43.
2015
‘Elite compacts in urban Africa: the role of area based management in the new governmentality of the Durban city region’, Albertyn, Chris, Jo Beall and Susan Parnell. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 39(2) March
2013
‘Cities and Conflict in Fragile States’, Beall, Jo, Tom Goodfellow and Dennis Rodgers. Urban Studies, 50(15), pp. 3065-3083.
2012
‘Mitigating Conflict and Violence in African Cities’, Fox, Sean and Jo Beall. Environment and Planning, 30(6), pp. 968-981.
2011
‘We are all Radical Feminists now: Reflections on “A Bit on the Side”, Beall, Jo, Shireen Hassim and Alison Todes. Transformation; Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa, No. 75, pp. 95-106.
‘Latin American Urban Development in the 21st Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City’, Rodgers, Dennis, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur. European Journal of Development Research, Vol 23, pp. 550-568.
2010
‘Introduction. African Development in an Urban World: Beyond the Tipping Point’ in Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds). African Development in an Urban World: Beyond the Tipping Point. Urban Forum, August, 21, 187-204.
2006
‘Introductory Article: On the Discourse of Terrorism, Security and Development’, Beall, J., T. Goodfellow and J. Putzel. Journal of International Development, 18(1), pp. 51-67.
‘Cities, Terrorism and Development’, Beall, J. Journal of International Development, 18(1), pp. 105-120.
‘Dealing with Dirt and the Disorder of Development: Managing Rubbish in Urban Pakistan’, Beall, J. Oxford Development Studies, 34(1) March, pp. 81-97.
‘Cultural Weapons: Traditions, Inventions and the Transition to Democratic Governance in Metropolitan Durban’, Beall, J. Urban Studies, 43(2) February, pp. 457-473.
2005
‘State and Society in Democratic South Africa’, Beall, J., S. Hassim and S. Gelb. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(4) December, pp. 681-700.
‘Emergent Democracy and “Resurgent” Tradition: Institutions, Chieftaincy and Transitions in KwaZulu-Natal’, Beall, J., S. Mkhize and S. Vawda. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(4) December, pp.755-771.
‘Decentralizing Government and De-centering Gender: Lessons from Local Government Reform in South Africa’, Beall, J. Politics and Society, 33(2) June, pp. 253-276.
2004
‘Navigating Tradition, Traditional Authorities and Governance in Thekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa’, Beall, J., S. Mkhize and S. Vawda. International Development Planning Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 457-476.
‘Gender and integrated area development projects: lessons from Cato Manor, Durban’, Beall, J. and A. Todes. Cities, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 301-310.
2002
‘Globalization and Social Exclusion in Cities: Framing the Debate with Lessons from Africa and Asia’, Beall, J. Environment and Urbanization, 14(1) April, pp. 41-52.
2001
‘Valuing Social Resources or Capitalising on Them? The Limits to Pro-poor Urban Governance in Nine Cities of the South’, Beall, J. International Planning Studies, 6(4) pp. 357-375.
‘From Social Networks to Public Action in Urban Governance: Where Does Benefit Accrue?’, Beall, J.Journal of International Development, 13(7), pp. 1015-1021.
‘Doing Gender from Top to Bottom? The South African Case’, Beall, J. Women: A Cultural Review, 12(2), pp. 135-146.
2000
‘From the Culture of Poverty to Inclusive Cities: Reframing Urban Policy and Politics’, Beall, J. Journal of International Development, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 843-856.
‘Victims, Villains and Fixers: The Urban Environment and Johannesburg’s Poor’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell. Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol 26, No 4, pp. 803-855.
‘Local Government, Poverty Reduction and Inequality in Johannesburg’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell. Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 12, No. 1, April, pp. 107-122.
‘Economic Growth and the Livelihood Strategies of the Urban Poor in Johannesburg’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell. Journal of Economic and Social Geography, Vol. 91, No. 4, pp 379-396.
1999
‘The Role of Households and Livelihood Systems in the Management of Solid Waste in South Asia’, Beall, J. Waterlines, Vol. 17, No. 3, January, pp. 13-14.
1998
‘Trickle Down or Rising Tide? Lessons on Mainstreaming Gender Policy from Colombia and South Africa’, Beall, J. Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 32, No. 5, December, pp 513-534.
‘The Gender and Poverty Nexus in the DFID White Paper: Opportunity or Constraint?’ Beall, J. Journal of International Development, Vol. 10, No. 1, March – April, pp.235-246.
1997
‘Social Capital in Waste: A Solid Investment?’ Beall, J. Journal of International Development, Vol. 9, No. 7, November-December, pp. 951-961.
‘Thoughts on Poverty from a South Asian Rubbish Dump: Gender, Inequality and Waste’, Beall, J. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 3 July, pp. 73-90.
‘Assessing and Responding to Urban Poverty: Lessons from Pakistan’, Beall, J. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 2. April, pp.58-67.
‘Building a City for All: Notes After Habitat II’, Beall, J. City, No. 5-6, pp. 133-141.
1996
‘Participation in the City: where do women fit in?’ Beall, J. Gender and Development, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 9-16.
1995
‘Social Security and Social Networks Among the Urban Poor in Pakistan’, Beall, J. Habitat International, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 427-455.
‘In Sickness and in Health: Engendering Health Policy for Development’, Beall, J. Third World Planning Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 213-222.
‘Introduction’, Sapire, H. and J. Beall (eds). Journal of Southern African Studies, Special Issue on Urban Studies and Urban Change in Southern Africa, Vol. 21, No. 1, March, pp. 3-18.
1989
‘”A Bit on the Side?” Gender Struggles in the Politics of Transformation in South Africa’, Beall, J., S. Hassim & A. Todes. Feminist Review, No. 33, pp. 30-56.

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Chapters in Books

2021
‘The Urban Challenge and Life in the City’, Beall, Jo in T. Allen and A. Thomas (eds) Poverty and Development in the 21st Century Third Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 500-519.
‘Levelling up International Higher Education: Universities, Nations and Global Goals’, Beall, Jo in Hilligje van't Land, Andreas Corcoran, Diana Iancu (eds) The Promise of Higher Education, Essays in Honour of Seventy Years of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Springer open access.
2019
‘Social Policy and Urban Development’, Beall, Jo in James Midgley, Rebecca Surender and Laura Alfers (eds) Handbook of Social Policy and Development, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, pp 147-168.
2016
‘Political and Personal Settlements: Mandela’s Influence on Non-racialism in the South African Liberation Struggle’ Beall, Jo in Charles Quist-Adade and Wendy Royal (eds) Re-engaging the African Diasporas: Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
‘Universities and their importance to nations and cities’ Beall, Jo in Tim Gore and Mary Stiasny (eds) Going Global: Connecting Cultures and Forging Futures, London: UCL Institute of Education Press, pp. 219-232.
2015
‘Tertiary Education: The Unfinished Business of the Millennium Development Goals’ Beall, Jo in Tim Gore and Mary Stiasny (eds) Going Global: Inclusion, Innovation and Impact, London: Emerald Press, pp. 217-228.
2014
‘21st Century Nations: What Place for the Humanities?’ Beall, Jo in Tim Gore and Mary Stiasny (eds) Going Global: International Higher Education Landscapes, London: Emerald Press, pp. 53-62.
2013
‘Conflict and Post-War Transition in African Cities’ Beall, Jo and Tom Goodfellow in Edgar Pieterse and Susan Parnell (eds) Africa’s Urban Revolution, London: Zed Books, pp. 18-34.
‘Invention and Intervention in African Cities’ Beall, Jo in Brigit Obrist, Veit Arlt and Elisio Macamo (eds) Living the City in Africa: Processes of Invention and Intervention, Basel: Schweizerische Afrikastudien Études Africaines Suisses, pp. 23-44.
2012
‘Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration and Urbanization in Asia’ Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur in Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
‘Rethinking the Latin American City’ Rodgers, Dennis, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur in Dennis Roders, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur (eds) Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan; UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU WIDER) series, Studies in Development Economics and Policy, Finn Tarp, series editor.
2010
‘Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Poverty: Learning from India and South Africa’ Beall, Jo in Sylvia Chant (ed.) The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, Concepts, Research, Policy, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 633-637.
‘Beyond the Tipping Point: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Urbanization and Development’ Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur in Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) Development and Urbanization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp3-18.
‘Epilogue: Themes Emerging, Questions Outstanding and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach’ Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur in Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) Beyond the Tipping Point: Development in an Urban World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 305-313.
2009
‘Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Development: Lessons from India and South Africa’ Beall, Jo in Chandan Sengupta and Stuart Corbridge (eds) Democracy, Development and Decentralisation: Selected Essays on India, New Delhi: Routledge India, pp. 172-191.
‘Urban Governance and the Paradox of Conflict’ Beall, Jo in Kees Koonings and Kirk Kruijt (eds) Megacities: The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South, London: Zed Books, pp 107-119.
‘Decentralizing Government and De-centering Gender: Lessons from Local Government Reform in South Africa’, Beall, Jo in Anne Marie Goetz (ed.) Governing Women, Women’s Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 175-195.
2007
‘Urban Democracy Helps Diffuse Conflict in Durban, South Africa’, Beall, J. in Canadian Consortium on Human Security (eds) Human Security for an Urban Century. Local Challenges, Global Perspectives, Canada, pp. 68-69. Available at: http://humansecurity-cities.org/sites/hscities/files/Human_Security_for_an_Urban_Century.pdf
2005
‘A Matter of Timing: Migration and Housing Access in Metropolitan Johannesburg’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell in D. Bryceson and D. Potts (eds) African Urban Economies, Viability, Vitality or Vitiation? London: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 233-253.
‘Urban Livelihoods’, Beall, J. in C. Toumain and B. Wisner (eds) Towards A New Map of Africa, London: Earthscan Publications, pp. 97-112.
‘Richard Jolly’, Beall, J. in D. Simon (ed.) Fifty Key Development Thinkers, London: Routledge, pp. 132-138.
‘Assisting Local Governance: The Effectiveness of Small Funds’, Beall, J. in A.S. Huque and H. Zafarullah (eds) Handbook of International Development Governance, New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., pp. 445-469.
‘Stato e società nel Sudafrica democratico: Fratture, linee di tensione e aree di stabilità’, Beall, J. in I. Vivan (ed.) Corpi liberati in cerca di storia, di storie, il nuovo Sudafrica dieci anni dopo ‘apartheid, Milano: Baldini Catoldi dalai, pp. 63-90.
‘A Matter of Timing: Migration and Housing Access in Metropolitan Johannesburg’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell in D. Bryceson and D. Potts (eds) African Urban Economies, Viability, Vitality or Vitiation? London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-253.
2004
‘Victims,Villains and Fixers: the Urban Environment and Johannesburg’s Poor’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell in S. Sassen and P. Marcotullio (eds) Human Settlements and Sustainability, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Paris.
2002
‘”A New Branch Can be Strengthened by an Old Branch”: Livelihoods and Challenges to Inter-Generational Solidarity in South Africa’, Beall, J. in P. Townsend and D. Gordon (eds) World Poverty, New Policies to Defeat an Old Enemy, London: The Policy Press, pp. 325-348.
‘Living in the Present, Investing in the Future: Household Livelihoods Strategies of the Urban Poor’, Beall, J. in C. Rakodi and T. Lloyd-Jones (eds) Urban Livelihoods, Earthscan: London, pp 71-87.
‘Urban Water Supply, Sanitation and Social Policy: Lessons from Johannesburg, South Africa’, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell in P. Townsend and D. Gordon (eds) World Poverty, New Policies to Defeat an Old Enemy, London: The Policy Press, pp. 251-270.
2000
‘Life in the Cities’, Beall, J. in T. Allen and A. Thomas (eds) Poverty and Development (second edition), Oxford University Press in Association with the Open University: Oxford and Milton Keynes, pp. 425-442.
1999
'Trickle-down or Rising Tide? Lessons on Mainstreaming Gender Policy from Colombia and South Africa', Beall, J. in C. Jones-Finer (ed) Transnational Social Policy, Blackwells, Oxford, pp. 61-82.
'African Urban Livelihoods: Straddling the Rural-Urban Divide', Beall, J., N. Kanji and C. Tacoli in S. Jones and N. Nelson (eds) Urban Poverty in Africa, Intermediate Technology Publications, London, pp. 160-168.
1997
‘Gender Issues in Health Policy and their Implications for the 1990s’, Beall, J. in I. Baud and I. Smyth (eds) Insecurity in the 1990s: Gender and Social Policy in an International Perspective, Routledge: London, pp. 67-95.
1995
‘Genero, Desarrollo y Planeacion Social’, Beall, J. in A. L. Munoz and L. Wartenberg (eds) Planeacion Con Perspectiva de Genero, Universidad Externado de Colombia and Consjeria Presidencial para la Juventud, la Mujer y la Familia, Bogota, pp. 43-146.
1993
‘Indentured Labour and Indian Women’, Beall, J. in S. Bhana (ed.) Indian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1913, Peepal Tree Press, Leeds, pp. 86-116.
1992
Contributor to Jack Spence (ed.) Nations of the Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
1991
Contributor to John Harriss (ed.) The Family: A Social History of the Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
1990
‘Women Under Indenture in Colonial Natal, 1860-1911’, Beall, J. in C. Clarke, C. Peach and S. Vertovec (eds) South Asians Overseas, Migration and Ethnicity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 57-75.
‘Indian Women Under Indentured Labour in Natal’, Beall, J. in C. Walker (ed.) The Changing Position of Women and the Organisation of Gender in South Africa, 1800-1945, James Currey, London, pp. 146-167.

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Research Reports

Published and Unpublished

2016
‘Cities, Prosperity and Influence: The role of city diplomacy in shaping soft power in the 21st Century’, Beall, Jo and David Adam in paper for the British Council series on Cultural Relations and Soft Power, September.
2011
‘Mitigating Conflict and Violence in Africa’s Rapidly Growing Cities’ Beall, Jo and Sean Fox in UK Government’s Foresight Project, Global Environmental Migration, August.
2008
OECD Territorial Reviews, Cape Town, South Africa, Paris: OECD (contributor).
2007
‘Cities, Terrorism and Urban Wars of the 21st Century’, Beall, J. in Crisis States Programme Series Two, Working Paper No. 9, London: Crisis States Development Research Centre, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, February.
2006
Urban Poverty and Development in the 21st Century: Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable World, Beall, J. and S. Fox. Oxfam Research Report, July.
Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Beall, J. and S. Schűtte. Kabul: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, August, available at: http://www.areu.org.af/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=35
2005
‘Decentralizing Government and Centralizing Gender in Southern Africa: Lessons from the South African Experience’, Beall, J. in UNRISD Occasional Paper No. 8, Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, August.
‘Exit, Voice and Tradition: Loyalty to Chieftainship and Democracy in Metropolitan Durban, South Africa’, Beall, J. in Crisis States Programme Working Paper No. 59, London: Crisis States Development Research Centre, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, January.
Shaping Urban Futures: Challenges to Governing and Managing Afghan Cities, Beall, J. and D. Esser. Kabul: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, March.
Department for International Development Social Exclusion Review, Beall, J. and L.H. Piron. London School of Economics and Overseas Development Institute.
2004
‘Decentralisation and Engendering Democracy: Lessons from Local Government Reform in South Africa’, Beall, J. in Crisis States Programme Working Paper No. 54, London: Crisis States Development Research Centre, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, November.
‘Traditional Authority, Institutional Multiplicity and Political Transition in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa’, Beall, J, S. Mkhize and S Vawda in Crisis States Programme Working Paper No. 48, London: Crisis States Development Research Centre, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, July.
2002
Urban Poverty and Urban Governance, Devas, N., P. Amis, J. Beall, U. Grant, D. Mitlin, F. Nunan, C. Rakodi, D. Satterthwaite. Birmingham: International Development Department, University of Birmingham.
2001
Towards Inclusive Governance in Johannesburg, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell. City Case Study for Stage Two of the ESCOR Commissioned Research on Urban Development, International Development Department, University of Birmingham (ISBN: 0 7044 2222 0).
1999
Urban Governance, Partnership and Poverty in Johannesburg, Beall, J., O. Crankshaw and S. Parnell. City Case Study for Stage One of the ESCOR Commissioned Research on Urban Development, International Development Department, University of Birmingham.
1998
‘Households, Livelihoods and Urban Poverty’, Beall, J and N Kanji in Background Paper for the ESCOR Commissioned Research on Urban Development: Urban Governance, Partnership and Poverty, London School of Economics.
1996
'Urban Governance: Why Gender Matters', Beall, J. in UNDP Gender in Development Monograph Series, No. 1, New York: United Nations Development Programme, March.

Invited Lectures and Seminars

Keynotes and Invited Lectures

2017
‘Whose Intellectual Property? Rights, Realities and Rebellions in International Higher Education’, Drapers’ Lecture, Queen Mary University London, 25th January

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‘Soft Power and Cultural Relations, Past, Present and Future’, Introductory Keynote address at the launch of the Institute of International Cultural Relations (IICR), University of Edinburgh, 26th January

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2016
‘Prosperity and Influence: City Diplomacy in Post-Referendum Europe’ Presentation at University of Liverpool Conference on UK Cities, Universities and Businesses in Europe after the Referendum: Risks and Opportunities, Liverpool, 17th November.
‘Speaking Truth to Soft Power in a Post-Truth World’, invited lecture, Institute for Foreign Affairs, Stuttgart, Germany, 5th December.
Closing Keynote address on ‘Higher Education and Nation Building in Africa’ at Going Global Conference, Cape Town, 3rd May.
2015
‘Globalization, Higher Education and Social Justice’, Keynote address, Summit on the Globally Sustainable Self’, James Madison University, 26th March.
‘From the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Higher Education?’, Annual Conference of the African Network for Internationalisation of Higher Education (ANIE), 8th October.
2014
‘Mandela: Political and Personal Settlements’, Mandela Memorial Lecture, Tri-Institute Lecture, University of Manchester, 20th March.
2013
‘Education, Technology and Business: Can they work hand in hand?’ Opening Plenary, Conference on Education and Innovation in the 21st Century, Education organised by Economist Intelligence Unit and Microsoft, Athens Concert Hall, Athens, 28th February.
‘Cities against Poverty: Putting Technology in Context’, Opening plenary: Where Does Technology Fit in the Fight Against Urban Poverty? 8th Conference of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty, Dublin, 21-23rd February.
2012
‘Educating for Humanity’, Opening Keynote for the International Association of Universities 14th General Conference on Higher Education and the Global Agenda, Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, 27-30 November.
‘Internationalising Higher Education’, Opening plenary, Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education Conference (LACHEC) 21-23 November.
‘The Global Higher Education Sector to 2020’, 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, Port Louis, Mauritius, 27th -29th August.
‘The Changing Face of International Higher Education’, Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum, Nazabayev University, Kazakhstan, 20th August.
2010
‘Invention and Intervention in African Cities’ Keynote Address, AEGIS Conference (European Network of Excellence in African Studies), University of Basel, Switzerland, 7-8 October.

Panels and Seminar Presentations

2019
Panellist on ‘How cities can deal with the consequences of violent conflict and refugees’ Jo Beall (LSE Cities), Helen Clark (former PM, New Zealand), Julienne Kerr (Chicago Council on Global Affairs) and Latif Karadağ, Deputy Mayor, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Belgium at the War and Peace in the 21st Century Conference of CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) on Cities as Places of Refuge and Promoters of Peace, 9th January.
2018
Panellist/Chair at Urban Age Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29-30 November.
2016
Panellist at the Future of Cultural Relations Conference, University of Edinburgh, 21st January.
2015
Panellist on Governing Urban Transformation at the Financial Times/IFC Transformational Business Conference, London, 11th June.
2014
Panellist at Westminster Higher Education Keynote Forum on MOOCs and Technology-enhanced Learning in Higher Education: Next Steps and Future Challenges, 21st October.
Discussant with Lord May, former Chief Scientific Adviser to Government on the republishing of C.P. Snow’s Science and Government by Harvard University Press, Atlee Room, House of Lords, 11th February.
2013
Panellist on Higher Education Leadership Panel, Reinventing Higher Education, Fourth International Conference, IE Business School, Madrid 7th - 8th October.
Panellist on Diplomacy and Education Panel, European Association for International Education (EAIE) conference, Istanbul, 10 - 13th September.
Panellist at Policy Lab on Science and the Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals, Royal Society, 6th June.
2012
‘Educating Global Citizens’, St George’s Seminar on Developing Global Citizens: Is the UK Education System up to the Challenge? St George’s House, Windsor Castle, 19th – 20th March.
2008
‘Institutionalising Inclusive Urban Governance’, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Peking University, Beijing, 31 October.

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