Ilda Lindell
Researcher Ilda Lindell. Photo by Susanne Linderos.
Research Project
Collective Organisations among Informal Workers in African Cities
Nordic researcher (Sweden) at NAI since 2004.
Academic background
Ilda Lindell completed her doctorate at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, in 2002. In her doctoral work, she has been interested in processes of informalization of livelihoods in urban Africa in a global context; in informal regulation; in the social networks and strategies of the urban poor in the context of structural adjustment; and in the consequences of social change in urban context for informal safety nets.
Subject areas
African cities, informal economy, livelihoods, social networks, collective organising, civil society, global movements, urban governance, urban livelihoods.
Contact
ilda.lindell@nai.uu.se
Tel: +46 18 56 22 02 (direct)