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William Monteith

Lecturer in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. Formerly a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group in 2017

Full biography
Expertise
  • Inclusive urban development
  • Informal employment and 'decent work'
  • Ethnographic and participatory research
  • The social and cultural life of African cities
Before IIED
  • PhD in International Development at the University of East Anglia (UEA)
  • Research fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
  • Project manager at Pacific Dialogue in the Fiji Islands

Current work

  • Gender, work and welfare in the urban informal sector
  • Refugee and IDP participation in urban markets in Africa
  • Urban poverty reduction in South Asia 
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Twitter: @WillMonteith
Languages: English, English, French and Luganda

William Monteith's blog posts

Congolese refugees proudly display the cup they won in a football tournament for youths from refugee communities in Kampala (Photo: Stephen Luke, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees

Blog, Nov 2017
A Congolese vendor sells handkerchiefs on the pavement in central Kampala. Congolese refugees dispersed throughout the city often lack the social and economic support networks necessary to find work or to start a business (Photo: William Monteith/IIED)

Refugee livelihoods in Ugandan cities: mind the gap between policy and practice

Blog, Mar 2017
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