Tanzil Shafique
Tanzil Shafique teaches at the University of Sheffield, UK, and is an Associate of the Urban Institute there. He is the Convenor of the the Southern Theorising Group (STingG) as well as co-lead of the Sheffield Design Lab. Tanzil's research looks at informal cities and their adaptation to climate change, participatory spatial practices and decolonial/pluriversal thought. He recently won significant funding from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for a wetland revitalisation...See more
Tanzil Shafique teaches at the University of Sheffield, UK, and is an Associate of the Urban Institute there. He is the Convenor of the the Southern Theorising Group (STingG) as well as co-lead of the Sheffield Design Lab. Tanzil's research looks at informal cities and their adaptation to climate change, participatory spatial practices and decolonial/pluriversal thought. He recently won significant funding from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for a wetland revitalisation project. He also runs the Platform for Housing Justice, a grassroots activism infrastructure. He is co-author of Off-Grid Toilets (Altrim, 2022) and Atlas of Informal Settlements (Bloomsbury, 2023). See less
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