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Elmond Bandauko is an Assistant Professor of Human Geography in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship on Equitable Cities at the Mui Ho Center for Cities, Cornell University, USA. Bandauko earned his PhD in Geography from the University of Western Ontario, where he received the Governor General’s Gold Medal for outstanding academic performance and research contributions during his doctoral studies. His research primarily focuses on urban informality and everyday urbanism in Global South cities, exploring themes like urban inclusion/exclusion, urban transformation, and the quality of life in the built environment. He has published extensively in leading journals such as Urban Geography and Political Geography, and his work is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the International Development Research Center. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Informal Sustainability Lab at the University of Michigan, USA. His teaching emphasizes the interactions between the built environment and socio-economic change, with a keen focus on urban geography and planning.
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta • Edmonton, AB
Teaching and conducting research in urban geography and informality.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management