Christina Culwick Fatti

Christina is a Senior researcher in the Politics and Urban Governance Research Group at the University of the Western Cape.

Christina's research extends across a range of disciplines, including environmental sustainability, urban form and development, social justice, and quality of life. She has a particular interest in collaborative knowledge creation and the role of research in informing policy and governance practices and previously worked for the Gauteng City-Region Observatory.

Christina has an MSc in Geography. She completed both undergraduate (BSc Geography & Maths) and postgraduate studies (BScHons & MSc Geography) at Wits University, and she is currently a PhD candidate in Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Cape Town. Christina’s PhD project focuses on the boundary between environmental sustainability and social justice in low-income housing developments in Gauteng.

Beyond her academic research, Christina holds a postgraduate teaching diploma from UNISA and she worked as an SABC broadcasting meteorologist for 6 years. Her climbing and travelling help to sustain her love for Joburg, where she grew up and now lives with her husband.