The Real Cost of Urban Innovation in Lagos, Nigeria
| Dates: | 16 March 2026 |
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| Times: | 11:30 - 13:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Global Development Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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Speaker: Taibat Lawanson, University of Liverpool
African cities are leveraging opportunities inherent in globalisation and the digital turn to adopt new ways of city-making. Recently, the ‘smart city’ concept and the platform economy have been prominent in Lagos, Nigeria’s primate city. Lagos’ ambition for world- class status has driven state-endorsed implementation of ‘urban innovation’, but with unintended consequences on everyday people. In this talk, I will focus on how the smart city and platform economy models are disrupting housing and transportation sectors in Lagos, as well as upturning citizen-led social safety mechanisms.
Taibat Lawanson is Leverhulme Professor of Planning & Heritage at University of Liverpool
She leads the Urbanism and Coastal Heritage Lab at the Architecture Heritage and Urbanism in Western Africa Research Centre (AHUWA) at University of Liverpool.
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