Dr Suzanne Hanson
BA (Hons) Planning and Local Economic Development, Coventry University
MSc Local Economic Development, London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham
PGCHE, Leeds Metropolitan University
Position
Suzanne is a Senior Lecturer and teaches courses in International Planning and Development, Development Geography, Globalisation and Economic Restructuring and 'City and Society'.
Biography
Suzanne has formerly worked as a Senior Research Fellow, Policy Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University and has experience as a Visiting Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Malawi, Africa.
Research interests
Suzanne's primary research interests are concerned with planning and development in the global South. Currently Suzanne is engaged in researching models of colonial urban planning and development discourses in Africa this research explores the role of planning in addressing the contemporary issues in African cities particularly informal settlements, urban development, land ownership and the attainment of related Millennium Development Goals. The nature of this research is wide ranging and encompasses issues of social justice, colonialism, urbanisation and post colonial theory.
Recent publications
Hanson, S. (under review) Colonial Urban Planning in Kenya and its Legacy, Planning Perspective
Chikhwenda, E & Hanson, S. (under review) Customary Planning, Informal Settlements and the Millennium Development Goals in Malawi, Habitat International
Hanson, S. (2010) Book Review: A History of Urban Planning in Two West African Colonial Capitals by Liora Bigon, Planning Perspectives
Hanson, S. (Forthcoming) Book Review: Religion in Development Rewriting the Secular Script by Severine Deneulin with Masooda Bano, Progress in Development Studies
Hanson, S. (In preparation) Developing British East Africa: colonial imaginations, development discourses and indigenous reflections in Hoedl, G. & Kopt, M (eds) Colonial Concepts of Development in Africa