Participants in this PhD programme conduct research in various thematic areas within the Urban Development and Governance field. Below you can find an overview of the ongoing and completed PhD research as well as the visiting researchers per geographic area.
Ongoing & Completed PhD Research
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Innovation Adaptation in Urban Light-rail Transport: Adapting Pricing and Infrastructural Innovations using Frugal Approach in Ethiopia and Nigeria. A case study of Addis-Ababa, Abuja and Lagos Cities" | Taslim Alade | Nigeria | Completed |
| "Public-private partnership led housing delivery in urban Nigeria: institutional determinants of stakeholder inclusiveness" | Daniel Adamu | Nigeria | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
| “Determinants of Microenterprise Success in the Urban Informal Sector of Addis Ababa: A Multidimensional Analysis” (2012) | B.F. Garoma | Ethiopia | Completed PhD research |
| “Microfinance in Ethiopia. Elixir or Poison?” (2009) | D.D. Obo | Ethiopia | Completed PhD research |
| “The Addis Ababa real estate market: managing the transition and implications for reform” | F. Mengistu | Ethiopia | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
“Central – local relations in urban water supply and sanitation” (2006) | G.Q.M. Laryea-Adjei | Ghana | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"The politics and governance of implementing urban expansion policies in Greater Cairo Region" | Mohamed Nada | Egypt | Ongoing research |
Ongoing & Completed PhD Research
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Learning between cities through peer-to-peer (or city-to-city) methods, including its modalities, processes, outcomes, and impacts, and how these can bring about energy transitions" | Elena Marie Ensanado | Philippines | On-going PhD research |
| "Collective Engagement: From disaster prone city to green and resilient city" | Theresa Audrey Esteban | Philippines | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Infrastructure development thorough PPP" | Endo Kei | Japan | On-going PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
| "The city of the future: Towards an inclusive and smart city" | Jialong Zhu | China | On-going PhD research |
| "Urban Heritage Renewal in China from the Perspective of Local Government Policy Innovation" | Xuelei Zhang | China | On-going PhD research |
| "Managing the climate-related food-water-energy nexus for achieving sustainable development in China: a leadership perspective" | Min Cai | China | On-going PhD research |
| “Measuring urban sustainability in China” (2002) | M. Zhang Mingshun | China | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
| "Visible Cities: Place Branding Role For A Sustainable Development In Saudi Cities" | Abdulrhman Alsayel | Saudi Arabia | On-going PhD research |
| "An appraisal, on the impact of rising mega shopping malls on the sustainable urban planning and development of Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia" | Yasser Asim Qaffas | Saudi Arabia | On-going PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Urban Revitalization: Community Garden as A Place Making Initiative" | Poeti Akbar | Indonesia | Completed PhD research |
"Governance and Urban Sustainability in Indonesia" | Natalia Ginting | Indonesia | On-going PhD research |
"Concept of Spatial Engineering for Urban Waterfront Development in coastal line of Semarang City" | Muhammad Irfani | Indonesia | On-going PhD research |
"Government Communication 2.0: Enhancing Public-Government Collaboration through Social Media in Improving The Quality of Public Policy in Indonesia" | Muhammad Akram Mansyur | Indonesia | On-going PhD research |
"Developing Indonesia's Sustainable Corridor through regional Development Approach" | Gitasanti Djais | Indonesia | On-going PhD research |
"Living in a volcanic river basin: advancing the potential use of cultural ecological knowledge in managing the nexus of water-lahar in a volcanic region, case study: Opak Sub-Basin, Yogyakarta, Indonesia" | Vicky Ariyanti | Indonesia | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Connecting Alternative Housing Finance and Residential Environment Quality of Low and Low-Middle-income households in Sri Lanka" | Susantha Amarawickrama Liyanage | Sri Lanka | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Climate Change and Population Dynamics Nexus: Understanding Climate Induced Migration in Coastal Bangladesh" | Md. Shemul Sheikh | Bangladesh | On-going PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"S.I.T.E. Valuation of Drinking Water" | U. Naga Anil Kumar Palakodeti | India | Completed PhD research |
"Role of small cities in shaping youth migration pathways in India" | Mukta Naik | India | On-going PhD research |
“Institutional dimensions of program planning and implementation: three cases of slum upgrading programs in Mumbai, India” (2002) | P.A. Desai | India | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"The results of smart city development in South Korea" | Yirang Lim | South Korea | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Optimal Spatial Environmental Planning Pattern of Green City (case study: Tehran)" (2015) | Morteza Shabani | Iran | Completed Sandwich PhD and Postdoc research |
| "The impact of Urban Morphology on social and spatial segregation in ancient cities of Netherlands" | Sahar Abdollahi | Iran | On-going PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Factors affecting security concerns of high rise residents in Bangkok, Thailand" | Siriwan Rujibhong | Thailand | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Government capacity & community participation in urban housing and infrastructure upgrading projects in cities of Vietnam" (2016) | Viet Hung Ngo | Vietnam | Completed PhD research |
Visiting Researchers
Name | Country | Affiliation | Category |
Weiwei Hu | China | Chongqing Technology and Business University | Visiting researchers |
Hailun Zhu | China | University of Science and Technology of China | Visiting researchers |
Ongoing & Completed PhD Research
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"The digital urban energy businness ecosystem: the advent of smart markets in the power sector" | Stefano Zambotti | Italy | On-going PhD research |
"Sharing economy and local regulation" | Genea Canelles | Italy | Completed PhD reserach |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Entrepreneurialism in city-regions in developing countries" (2017) | Jean Cyril Fegue | Germany | Completed PhD research |
Title | Name | Country | Category |
"Urbanization, health and inequality in the developing world" (2012) | E. van de Poel | The Netherlands | Completed PhD research |
Visiting Researchers
Name | Country | Affiliation | Category |
Denada Veizaj (2016) | Albania | Polytechnic University of Tirana | Visiting researchers |
Joana Dhiamandi (2016) | Albania | POLIS University | Visiting researchers |
Dorina Papa (2016) | Albania | POLIS University | Visiting researchers |
Saimir Kristo (2016) | Albania | POLIS University | Visiting researchers |
Name | Country | Affiliation | Category |
Jessica Smeralda Oliva (2016) | Italy | Universita degli Studi di Palermo | Visiting researchers |
Ongoing & Completed PhD Research
Title | Name | Country | Category | |
"Inter-Municipal Cooperation in solid waste management" | Mario Emmanuel Villalba Ferreira | Paraguay | On- going PhD research | |
Title | Name | Country | Category | |
"Natural Based Solutions (NBS) for urban environmental sustainability in Andean Ecuadorian cities. Case of study: Quito" | Tannya Pico | Ecuador | On- going PhD research | |
Title | Name | Country | Category | |
"Increasing women’s access for well-being after resettlement: The Belo Monte hydropower dam project" | Satya Maia Patchineelam | Brazil | On- going PhD research | |
"Integrated water resources management in urban areas in Brazil" (Postdoctoral research) (2015) | A. Juca | Brazil | Completed Sandwich PhD and Postdoc research | |
"The Metropolitan Governance Challenge in Brazil" (PhD Sandwich programme) (2015) | Wagner Rufino | Brazil | Completed Sandwich PhD and Postdoc research | |
“Multi-sectoral partnerships for low income land development in Brazil” (2002) | M. Correa de Oliviera | Brazil | Completed PhD research | |
Title | Name | Country | Category | |
"Effective governance, management and public water policy in Mexico: a focused model on the ability of government steering" (PhD Sandwich programme) (2015) | Antonio Cáñez Cota | Mexico | Completed Sandwich PhD and Postdoc research | |
Title | Name | Country | Category | |
“Urban Land Management in Cuba” (2012) | R. Nunez | Cuba | Completed PhD research | |
Title | Name | Country | Category | |
“Relevance of metropolitan government in Latin American cities: Inter-institutional coordination in Caracas, Venezuela and Monterrey, Mexico” (2003) | A. Paiva Aranda | Venezuela | Completed PhD research | |