- Postdoctoral fellow, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
I am an economic and political anthropologist whose research focuses on the transformations of land and kinship on the urban frontier of Nairobi. The mainstay of my research has focused on the predicament of Africa's 'surplus people' - unemployed and underemployed youth caught up in worlds of destitution - and the struggles for adulthood, reputation and upstanding morality that characterise their predicament. Through the lens of youth, I also write about African politics, especially elections in Kenya.
Experience
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2022–presentHallsworth Research Fellow in Political Economy, University of Manchester
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2026–presentPostdoctoral fellow, University of Goettingen
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2021–2022Postdoctoral research fellow, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
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2020–2021Teaching Associate and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge
Education
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2021University of Cambridge, PhD Social Anthropology
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- Location: London, UK
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