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Nadine Tami Coetzee is a researcher and architect with over eleven years of experience delivering projects and research events focused on marginalized urban populations. Her commitment to addressing inequalities in housing, basic services, and gender issues related to land stems from her practical experience collaborating with civil society actors in urban Africa to tackle the challenges posed by extreme climate and social vulnerabilities. Nadine's core expertise and research focus engage the conditions that support urban dwellers in actively defining and producing the places they inhabit across various scales. As part of the CONFINED research project, she contributes her background in urban development and upgrading as part of a multidisciplinary team that investigates the intersection of urban marginalization, displacement, and incarceration, examining family networks across diverse locations. Her PhD research combines anthropological approaches with tools from urban development to analyze the intersection of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and London, UK. Nadine's work is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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