Graduate Fellows
Elmond Bandauko, Graduate Fellow
Elmond Bandauko is currently a PhD student in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Western Ontario His Doctoral research focuses on urban governance and the spatial politics of street traders in Harare, Zimbabwe. Elmond’s research interest also spans areas such as urban policy and governance, citizen participation in policy development, urban transformation in Global South cities (gated communities and new cities), urban informality, urban marginality, and gender responsive urban development among others. He holds a Master of Public Administration (Local Government) from the University of Western Ontario, where he studied as an African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholar and a BSc (Hons) in Rural and Urban Planning from the University of Zimbabwe, where he graduated as the best overall student. His research has been published in Urban Research and Practice, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, International Development Planning Review, among other journals. Elmond is also a co-editor of the book Peri-urban developments and processes in Africa, with special reference to Zimbabwe (Springer, 2016). Prior to starting his PhD, Elmond worked with Development Governance Institute (DEGI) in Harare, Zimbabwe where he supported municipalities, civil society organizations and development organizations on policy development, strategic planning, program development and evaluation.
Gabriel Barbosa, Graduate Fellow
Gabriel Barbosa is a Ph.D. student at the Western University in the Political Science Department. With an academic background in Geography and Urban and Regional Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, Gabriel has worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) on the Board of Study and State Policies, Institutions and Democracy (DIEST) developing studies on Federalism and Interlocal cooperation in Latin America. His research interests include regional governance, intergovernmental relations, institutions, and public policy. Currently, Gabriel has been working on a comparative analysis of the political economy of natural resources exploration, focusing on Latin America and Canada. Gabriel has expertise in Brazilian inter-municipal consortiums, publishing papers and one book in the Portuguese language. One of his primary motivations is to build a methodology to improve comparative studies linking Latin and North America.
Jesse Sutton, Graduate Fellow
Jesse Sutton is currently a PhD Student in the Department of Geography and Environment at Western University. His research interests include regional economic resilience, global economic integration, and public policy. Jesse has a Master’s in Public Policy from Simon Fraser University and has a keen interest in regional and local economic development policies. He is currently working on several papers that focus on resilience policies and the resilience of Canadian regions to the 2008 financial crisis.
