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