Urban Governance and Development
PhD programme
PhD research
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On-going PhD research
Title | Name | Country |
| "Public-private partnership led housing delivery in urban Nigeria: institutional determinants of stakeholder inclusiveness" | Daniel Adamu | Nigeria |
| "Urban Revitalization: Community Garden as A Place Making Initiative" | Poeti Akbar | Indonesia |
| "Adapting Innovations for Sustainable Application of Service Delivery in the Urban light-Rail Transport System. A case study of Lagos, Addis-Ababa and Abuja, as innovation receiving cities from China in the light-rail transport system" | Taslim Alade | Nigeria |
| "Connecting Alternative Housing Finance and Residential Environment Quality of Low and Low-Middle-income households in Sri Lanka" | Susantha Amarawickrama Liyanage | Sri Lanka |
| "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 |
| "Sharing economy and local regulation" | Genea Canelles | Italy |
| "Metropolitan governance for eco-friendly cities in Indonesia" | Natalia Ginting | Indonesia |
| "People’s risks perception of Climate change and its influence on urban livelihoods adaptation strategies in Tanzania. The case study of Dar es Salaam city" | Masumbuko. S. Idd | Tanzania |
| "Concept of Spatial Engineering for Urban Waterfront Development in coastal line of Semarang City" | Muhammad Irfani | Indonesia |
| "Deep emission reductions in the Dutch chemical industry" | Zahra Janipur Eskolaki | Iran |
| "Social-Economic Analysis of Domestic Water Pollution Problems of Urban poor population in India" | Anil Kumar Palakodeti | India |
| " Increasing women’s access for well-being after resettlement: The Belo Monte hydropower dam project" | Satya Maia Patchineelam | Brazil |
| "The politics and governance of implementing urban expansion policies in Greater Cairo Region" | Mohamed Nada | Egypt |
| "Empowerment of urban community in collaborative community planning" | Kai Wang | China |
| "Pro-poor as an adaptation strategy towards climate change" | Andie Wicaksono | Indonesia |
| "S.I.T.E. Valuation of Drinking Water" | U. Naga Anil Kumar Palakodeti | India |
| "Collective Engagement: From disaster prone city to green and resilient city" | Theresa Audrey Esteban | Philippines |
| "Impacts of smart city development" | Yirang Lim | South Korea |
| "Integrative approaches in sustainable urban resources management: stimulating sustainable innovations in the water-energy-food nexus in China" | Min Cai | China |
| "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 |
| "Government Communication 2.0: Enhancing Public-Government Collaboration through Social Media in Improving The Quality of Public Policy in Indonesia" | Muhammad Akram Mansyur | Indonesia |
| "The role of small cities in shaping youth migration in India" | Mukta Naik | India |
| "Structuring Indonesia’s Economic Corridors Through Strategic Development Region" | Gitasanti Djais | Indonesia |
Visiting researchers
Name | Country | Affiliation |
| Weiwei Hu | China | Chongqing Technology and Business University |
| Hailun Zhu | China | University of Science and Technology of China |
| Denada Veizaj (2016) | Albania | Polytechnic University of Tirana |
| Jessica Smeralda Oliva (2016) | Italy | Universita degli Studi di Palermo |
| Joana Dhiamandi (2016) | Albania | POLIS University |
| Dorina Papa (2016) | Albania | POLIS University |
| Saimir Kristo (2016) | Albania | POLIS University |
Completed Sandwich PhD and Postdoc research
Title | Name | Country | Affiliation |
| "Optimal Spatial Environmental Planning Pattern of Green City (case study: Tehran)" (2015) | Morteza Shabani | Iran | |
| "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 | Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey |
| "Integrated water resources management in urban areas in Brazil" (Postdoctoral research) (2015) | A. Juca | Brazil | |
| "The Metropolitan Governance Challenge in Brazil" (PhD Sandwich programme) (2015) | Wagner Rufino | Brazil |
Completed PhD research
Title | Name | Country | Affiliation |
| "Factors affecting security concerns of high rise residents in Bangkok, Thailand" | Siriwan Rujibhong | Thailand | |
| "Entrepreneurialism in city-regions in developing countries" (2017) | Jean Cyril Fegue | Germany | |
| "Government capacity & community participation in urban housing and infrastructure upgrading projects in cities of Vietnam" (2016) | Viet Hung Ngo | Vietnam | IHS |
| "Urbanization, health and inequality in the developing world" (2012) | E. van de Poel | The Netherlands | Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| “Urban Land Management in Cuba” (2012) | R. Nunez | Cuba | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| “Determinants of Microenterprise Success in the Urban Informal Sector of Addis Ababa: A Multidimensional Analysis” (2012) | B.F. Garoma | Ethiopia | Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| “Microfinance in Ethiopia. Elixir or Poison?” (2009) | D.D. Obo | Ethiopia | Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| “Central – local relations in urban water supply and sanitation” (2006) | G.Q.M. Laryea-Adjei | Ghana | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| “Relevance of metropolitan government in Latin American cities: Inter-institutional coordination in Caracas, Venezuela and Monterrey, Mexico” (2003) | A. Paiva Aranda | Venezuela | Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht, University of Utrecht |
| “Multi-sectoral partnerships for low income land development in Brazil” (2002) | M. Correa de Oliviera | Brazil | University of Utrecht |
| “Measuring urban sustainability in China” (2002) | M. Zhang Mingshun | China | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| “Institutional dimensions of program planning and implementation: three cases of slum upgrading programs in Mumbai, India” (2002) | P.A. Desai | India | Free University of Amsterdam |
| “The Addis Ababa real estate market: managing the transition and implications for reform” | F. Mengistu | Ethiopia |