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

Recent publications

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CBA11 conference proceedings: harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation

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Upholding the rights of urban refugees in Uganda

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Developing city resilience strategies: lessons from ICLEI and ACCCRN

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Resilience planning in Asian cities: lessons from the ICLEI–ACCCRN process

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