Publication
Gastrow, Claudia. 2020. Housing middle-classness: formality and the making of distinction in Luanda
Gastrow, Claudia. 2020. Housing middle-classness: formality and the making of distinction in Luanda. Africa, 90(3), 509–528. https://doi.org...
Project
Unsettled Futures: Precarity and the Project of Post-Apartheid in the Countryside
This research focuses on South Africa’s democratic period and in particular on the state ambition- which I call the post-apartheid project— to provide a better life for all its citizens.
Project
A Place to Call Home: A comparative study of the urban housing boom in Luanda and Nairobi
Despite their very different political and economic contexts, both Luanda and Nairobi have experienced housing booms and urban property bubbles over the last fifteen years.
Project
Health in All policies: Healthy housing policies to address the risk and burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases
Urbanization is restructuring the nature of cities, particularly in South Africa (SA) and Africa, where informality is on the rise.
