David Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies, Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by the Center For African Studies and Weatherhead Center For International Affairs
“Research Matters!“, Brown University
Writing
2023
“How Brazil Can Prevent an Authoritarian Resurgence.” with Mohammad Ali Kadivar. Foreign Affairs. [link]
2022
“The party question: politics in South Africa’s urban informal settlements.” Africa Is A Country. [link]
“Letter: South Africa’s leaders should learn from Tutu’s Apartheid Struggle.” Financial Times. [link]
2021
“How Johannesburg’s Suburban Elites Maintain Apartheid Inequities.” The Conversation [link]
“Why funding America’s local governments could have a global impact.” Atlantic Council [link]
2020
“Brazilians firmly rejected many local candidates their president had backed.” The Monkey Cage (Washington Post) [link]
“Subsidies for South Africa’s minibus taxis must prioritise needs of passengers – and cities.” The Conversation. With Herrie Schalekamp. [link]
“Why operational subsidies are key to reforming South Africa’s minibus taxi sector.” The Conversation. [link]
2019
“One Way to Make the Green New Deal Actually Happen: a Super-Ministry.” CityLab (Bloomberg). [link]
2018
“Bolsonaro’s anger won over working-class Brazilians, but his presidency may betray them.” 21 December. The Conversation. [link]
“Self-styled defender of the Paris agreement is facing blowback.” 6 December. Financial Times. [link]
“Trickle-Down Authoritarianism.” 5 November. Boston Review. [link]
“Letter: Evidence against Lula was inadequate.” 9 April. Financial Times. [link]
“South Africa’s ruling party recalled President Zuma. But the ANC faces 3 big challenges.” 14 February. The Monkey Cage (Washington Post). [link]
“‘Let them occupy!’ The struggle for housing in Brazil and South Africa.” 12 February. Africa Is A Country. [link]
2017
“Somerville’s turn to ‘sewer socialism’” CommonWealth. [link]
“Letter: Public sector must protect communities.” Financial Times. [link]
“Letter: Danger of new localism driving urban inequality.” Financial Times. [link]
“The threat to South Africa’s Democracy Goes Deeper than State Capture”. The Conversation [link]
2016
“Letter: Growth and equality can be promoted together”. Financial Times [link]
Media interviews
2022
Quoted in Pilling, David. “Africa’s looming urban population explosion.” Financial Times. [link]
2021
Podcast interview on Future Cities Africa [link]
Radio interview on PowerFM (South Africa)
2020
Radio interview on PowerFM (Johannesburg, South Africa) [link]
2019
Quoted in Logan, Tim. “Neighborhood group, developers close to agreement on 15-acre Union Square project.” The Boston Globe. [link]
Quoted in Scanlon, Jessie. “Success is killing San Francisco. Is Boston next?” The Boston Globe [link]
2018
Radio interview on Radio Open Source (WBUR-Boston) [link]
Podcast interview on Aufhebunga Bunga: The Global Politics Podcast at the End of the End of History (UK/Brazil) [link]
TV interview on CGTN America (CCTV — China) [link]
2017
Radio interview on PowerFM (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Radio interview on CapeTalk/Radio702 (Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa) [link]
2016
Quoted in Adler, David. “Story of Cities #19: Johannesburg’s apartheid purge of vibrant Sophiatown”. The Guardian (UK) [link]