Taibat Lawanson

Taibat Lawanson
Born
Taibat Olaitan Danmole

(1976-08-21) 21 August 1976
Lagos, Nigeria
CitizenshipNigeria
Occupations
  • Academic
  • urban planner
SpouseLadi Lawanson
Children2
Academic background
Education
ThesisAssessment of Home Based Enterprises in Residential Areas of the Lagos Metropolis (2010)
Academic work
DisciplineUrban Planning
Sub-discipline
Urban Management and Governance
Institutions

Taibat Olaitan Lawanson (born 21 August 1976) is a Nigerian academic who is a Leverhulme Professor of Planning and Heritage at University of Liverpool and professor of urban management and governance at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, where she led the Pro-Poor Development Research Cluster.[1] She was 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] At the University of Liverpool, her work focuses on establishing the Global Urbanism and Heritage lab at the Architecture Heritage and Urbanism of West Africa Research Centre

Career

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 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 was a member of the board of directors of the Lagos Studies Association and is a member of the International Advisory committee of the UN-HABITAT flagship World 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, Global Research Fellow of the Peace Research Institute and an alumna of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Taibat Lawanson". Urban Design TU Berlin. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Taibat Lawanson". The Conversation. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Taibat Lawanson". URBANET. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Dr Taibat Lawanson TL - The Global Academy". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Taibat Lawanson". IGC. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Taibat Lawanson". TUKN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Lawanson, Taibat; Agunbiade, Muyiwa (27 November 2017). "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 (14 June 2021). "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 (17 February 2022). "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 (19 August 2020). "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. (4 June 2020), "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 6 August 2022
  12. ↑ Lawanson, Taibat; Udoma-Ejorh, Olamide (27 March 2020), "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 6 August 2022
  13. ↑ "An Evening With The Bellagio Center". The Rockefeller Foundation. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Taibat Lawanson". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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