Dr. Elmond Bandauko is a Postdoctoral Associate in Just and Equitable Cities at the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, USA. He is also an affiliate of the Informal Sustainability Lab. Dr. Bandauko completed his PhD in Geography and Environment at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) in 2024. He is an interdisciplinary urban scholar whose research revolves around three themes: (i) urban informality, (ii) urban inclusion and exclusion and (iii) built environment and quality of life (including issues such as sense of place, sense of community etc.). His work is published in different journals such as Geoforum, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, Cities, Housing Studies, International Journal of Qualitive Methods, Urban Research and Practice, Land use Policy, Journal of Urban Affairs, Gender, Place and Culture among others. Dr. Bandauko’s research has been funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) Foundation.

Recent Research Outputs

Bandauko, E & Arku, G (2024). ‘They want to get rid of us by all means’: A critical analysis of policy and governance responses and their implications to street traders’ access to urban space in Harare, Zimbabwe. Environment and Planning C: Politics &  Space.
https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241298414

Dipura, R, Bandauko, E & Arku, RN (2024). ‘Precarious Power’: Implicit Infrastructures and Electricity Access in Witsand, Cape Town (South Africa). Habitat International.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103228

Bandauko, E & Arku, G (2024). “It is No Longer the Sunshine City, it is now a Dump Site City”: Discursive construction of urban space and street trading in Harare, Zimbabwe. Cities.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105488

Makanadar, A & Bandauko, E (2024). Poverty Porn or Poverty Planning? Slum Photography and the Politics of Spatial Representation. Geoforum.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104143

Mudapakati, C, Bandauko, E, Chaeruka, J & Arku, G (2024). Peri-urbanisation and Land Conflicts in Domboshava, Zimbabwe. Land Use Policy. 144, 10722.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107222

Finn, B, M & Bandauko, E (2024). Dwindling funds and increased responsibilities: Decentralization, unfunded mandates, and Harare’s infrastructure crisis. Habitat International, 148, 103087.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103087

Bandauko, E, Baiden, P, Arku, G, Nyantakyi Frimpong, H, Kutor, S, K & Akyea, T (2024). Sense of Community (SOC) in gated urban neighbourhoods: Empirical insights from Accra, Ghana. Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2341901