Jane Battersby is lecturer in Urban Geography at the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University and is associated with the African Centre for Cities. As an urban social and cultural geographer her main area of interest is the linkages between spatial and identity transformations in post-apartheid urban areas and has approached this theme through the lenses of youth popular culture, education and land restitution.
As the Cape Town coordinator for the African Food Security Urban Network, she has an interest in food insecurity in urban areas and the role of urban governance in enhancing food security. A final area of interest the extent to which Southern research experiences and practices can inform Northern research, conceptually and politically.
Author of the following papers featured on interdisciplines.org:
· Inclusion, exclusion and transformation - connecting technologies and the urban in South Africa
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