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Project

The Dynamics of Urbanization and Ethnic Contestation in Peri-Urban Areas of Ethiopia: Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa Cities in Focus
Code
01CD07224
Duration
01 December 2024 → 30 November 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Political inequality
    • Democratisation
    • Development studies
    • Security, peace and conflict
Keywords
Ethiopia Urbanization Peri-urbanity Ethnic Contestation
 
Project description
 (Peri)-urbanization of Ethiopian ethnically contested cities and their resultant protests are transforming the spatial, political, and social landscape of the country in general and urban areas in particular. Using an ethnographic approach, this research explores how authoritarian urban policies work, the production of protests, and how the claim of land- and city ownership contributes to urban transformation by focusing on the cities of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.