
ComplexSouth
Research Network for Complexity and Urbanism of Global Southern Cities
What we do
We critically engage with North-South research and researcher dynamics in the context of decolonial scholarship in urban transformations across the Global South.
Integrating research on Southern urbanism with Complexity Theories of Cities. Our consciously interdisciplinary network will research sustainable, context-sensitive societal transitions that acknowledge urban plurality and socio-political conflict in parallel with technology driven change.
By bridging digital, decolonial, and sustainability perspectives, and engaging with emerging research methodologies, we aim to foster collaborative research and advance a deeper understanding of the unique complexities in contemporary urban transformations through North-South research partnerships
Who we are

Aditi Dora
Principal Architect and Urbanist, Bandhaan

Chuck Wolfe
Author & Former Fulbright Specialist, USA”

Daksh Jain
Architecture, Urban Design, Heritage Conservation

Dr. Binti Singh
Founder, ComplexSouth

Dr. Dwiparna Chatterjee
Urban Sociologist

Gaurav Tyagi
Project Engineer, National Highways Authority of India

Kedarnath Ghorpade
Former Chief Planner, MMRDA

Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong
Senior Research & Teaching Associate, University of Cambridge

Madhavi Patil
Research Associate, Northumbria University

Mandhar Athawale
Architect & Social Entrepreneur

Manoj Parmar
Director, KRVIA, India & Principal, Manoj Parmar Architects

Manu Sasidharan
Assistant Professor, Infrastructure Asset Management at University College London

Nidhi Tandon
Data Science & Public Policy, USA

Parul Agarwal
UN Habitat, India

Prof. Ashraf M. Salama
Head of Architecture, University of Northumbria

Prof. Biswapriya Sanyal
Former Head, MIT Architecture and Regional Planning

Prof. Deljana Iossifova
Chair in Architecture and Urban Studies, Architecture – University of Manchester

Prof. Monika Kuffer
Chair of Sustainability of Rural-Urban Systems, Netherlands

Prof. Peter Gotsch
Chair, Sustainability of Rural-Urban Systems, Norway

Prof. Priam Pillai
Pillai College of Engineering, India

Prof. Rahul Mehrotra
Founder & Principal, RMA Architects & Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

Prof. Ulysses Sengupta
[CPU]lab, Manchester School of Architecture

Richa Vuppuluri
Urban Environmental Planner

Robert Mikac
Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Sameer Unhale
Commissioner, city government/CEO, smart city/ Mission Director Urban, India

Sandeep B. Menon
Lecturer, Manchester School of Architecture

Sanhita Joshi
Urbanism, Urban/ Environmental Design, India

Seema Redkar
Community Development Officer, India

Shalinee Dutt Prakash
Urban and Architectural Designer

Siddhi Joshi
Assistant Professor, SRM University of Andhra Pradesh

Soni Wadhwa
Assistant Professor, University of Mumbai

Surbhi Agrawal
Urban Technologist and Planner, Sasaki

Tania Berger
Head of Cluster, Department Bauen & Umwelt bei Donau-Universität Krems, Austria

Tigren Haas
Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Vandana Baweja
Associate Professor, School of Architecture – University of Florida Gainesville

Vikas Chandra
Team Leader, National Team of Smart Cities Mission India