Universität KonstanzExzellenzcluster: Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration

Dr. Thulisile N. Mphambukeli

Vita

Thulisile N. Mphambukeli

2017 Senior Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

2017 South African Delegate and Presenter for the BRICS Political Parties, Think-Tanks and Civil Society Organisations Forum, Fuzhou China

Since 2017 Member of the South African BRICS Think Tank Academic Forum

June 2015-June 2017 Programme Director at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

July 2014-September 2017 Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Research concentrations

  • Social Justice in Planning
  • Situated Urban Political Ecology
  • Human Security and Humanitarian Response
  • Community and Development Studies
  • the right to the city and power relationships
  • Integration of Human Settlements and Transport Planning
  • Informality
  • Urban Renewal
  • Land Use Management in Urban and Regional Areas
  • Accessing Basic Services in Human Settlements

Function within the Center

Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz (December 2017–January 2018)

Research project “Inclusive social justice in planning and peace-building: Negotiating violence in South African post-apartheid urbanscape”

Selected Publications

Mphambukeli, T.N. (Forthcoming, 2018). Apartheid. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies.

Denoon-Stevens, S. Nel, V and Mphambukeli, T.N. (Forthcoming, 2018). Spatial planning for Postmasburg, in Marais, L., Burger, P., and van Rooyen, D., (eds), 2017. Community and Mining in South Africa: from Small Town to Iron Town. London: Routledge.

Mphambukeli, T.N. and Nel, V.J. 2017. Migration, Marginalisation and Oppression in Mangaung. In Dr. H.H, Magidimisha, Dr. N.E. Khalema, Mr. T. Chirimabmowa, and Mr. T. Chimedza (Eds.) Contested Belonging: The Political Economy of Crisis, Identity, and Migration in Postcolonial Southern African. Springer. DOI 978-3-319-59235-0_9

Campbell, M.M., Nel, V.J. and Mphambukeli, T.N. 2017. A thriving coal mining city in crisis? The governance and spatial planning challenges at Witbank, South Africa. Land Use Policy. Vol.62:223-231. 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.12.027

Nel, V.J., Campbell, M.M. and Mphambukeli, T.N. 2016. Emalahleni. In Marias, L., Nel, E. & Donaldson, R. (Eds.), Secondary Cities and Development. Routledge, pp. 63-82.

Mdleleni, M. and Mphambukeli, T.N. 2016. Exploring the underlying factors behind the resurgence of new informal settlements post in-situ upgrading in South Africa: A Case Study of Phelindaba Informal Settlement, Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Free State. Planning Africa Conference: ‘Making Sense of the Future: Disruption and Reinvention’ proceeding. 4-6 July 2016. Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. ISBN: 978-0-620-69628-9. pp. 218-232.

Kohima, J. and Mphambukeli, T. N. 2016. Barriers experienced by the City of Windhoek in facilitating land development applications under the Windhoek Town Planning Scheme of 1976 in Klein Windhoek and Katutura suburbs. Planning Africa Conference: ‘Making Sense of the Future: Disruption and Reinvention’ proceeding. 4-6 July 2016. Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. ISBN: 978-0-620-69628-9. pp. 376-391.

Mphambukeli, T.N. and Oke, S. 2015. Towards sustainability: Practical options for irrigation water conservation at the University of the Free State. 8th Quantity Surveying Research Conference: Cementing the Future. ISBN: 978-0-86886-834-9. pp. 249-265.

Mphambukeli, T.N. 2014. Citizenship and access to housing in emerging communities in Mangaung. South African Planning Institute, Planning Africa conference proceeding. ISBN: 978-0-86970-781-4. pp. 108-120.

Nel, V.J., Campbell, M.M and Mphambukeli, T.N. 2013. Witbank: Dirty, but keeping South Africa’s lights on. In Marais, L. (ed.), Intermediate cities. Johannesburg: SA Cities Network, pp. 1-64.