About Me

Aubrey Mpungose

I am a social scientist and human geographer, currently completing a PhD thesis on geographies of youth in Durban. I lecture in the School of Education, University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg Campus. My research interests in:

• Development (political economy, geographies, Polanyi)

• Social Data Science

• Computational social science

• Neighbourhood contexts (education outcomes, health, deprivation)

• Youth studies

• Social theory (Foucault ❤️, Agamben, governance, markets)

• Political geography and political participation (protest, elections, behaviour)

I use data science tools, computational methods and statistical methods in my research. I enjoy programming in R and Python.