Arindam Jana
Arindam Jana is a Postdoctoral Fellow at ACEIR and is based at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. He works predominantly on understanding the determinants of urban and spatial inequalities. His research looks at how varied sources of city-level data can be used to assess the spatiality of different forms of inequalities within the city. In his doctoral research, he approached this problem from the lens of urban planning practices and place-making, asking how space itself contributes to the experiences of inequalities within cities. His current research areas are broadly under two streams: first, in extending his doctoral research towards studying intra-city inequalities in labour market access and outcomes; and second, on the mechanics of wealth accumulation and its welfare implications, with a particular focus on the urban. He has a background in economics and mathematics.