About Me#

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.