INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Recently Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town responsible for academic planning, internationalisation and external relations. Jo Beall was formerly Director of the Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research expertise lies in urban development and local governance in low and middle income countries where she has worked extensively in East and Southern Africa and South and West Asia. Her most recent research has been on the role of cities in conflict situations and in fragile states.

EDUCATION

1981    BA (Economic History) (Distinction) Natal University, South Africa

1982    BA (Hons) (Econ History) (Distinction) Natal University, South Africa

1983    MA (Economic History) (Cum Laude) Natal University, South Africa

1997    PhD (Geography) LSE, Thesis Title: 'Households, Livelihoods and the Urban Environment: Social Development Perspectives on Solid Waste Management in Faisalabad, Pakistan'

RESEARCH

2008 2009    Department for International Development, AusAid and the World Bank Leadership and Elite Coalitions Research Programme LECRP)

2000 2010    Social and Economic Research, Department for International Development (DFID) Crisis States Research Centre, DESTIN, LSE Principal researcher responsible for

theCities and Fragile States Programme and Acting Director 2008-2009

1997 2000    Economic and Social Council for Overseas Research (ESCOR) Joint commissioned research consortium together with the Institute of Local Government, University of Birmingham, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on Urban Development: Governance, Partnership and Poverty

1996 1997    DFID Technical Development and Research (TDR) Grant

Research design, initiation and analysis of results for research On Micro-enterprise Development for Primary Collection of Solid Waste in South Asia, undertaken jointly with the Water and Engineering Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University of Technology

1994 1996    Economic and Social Council for Overseas Research (ESCOR) Joint research project with the Institute of Local Government, University of Birmingham and WEDC at Loughborough University of Technology on Understanding Solid Waste Management Systems in South Asia                        

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) (2010) Beyond the Tipping Point: Development in an Urban

World, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) (forthcoming) Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Beall, Jo, Ravi Kanbur and Dennis Rodgers (eds) (forthcoming) Latin American Urban Development, London: Palgrave.

Beall, Jo and Sean Fox (2009) Cities and Development, London: Routledge.

Beall, Jo (2005) Funding Local Governance: Small Grants for Democracy and Development, London: IT Publications.

Beall, Jo, Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell (2002) Uniting a Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg, London: Earthscan Publications.

Beall, Jo, Ben Crow, Sandrine Simon and Gordon Wilson (2002) Sustainability, Milton Keynes: Open University.

Beall, Jo (ed.) (1997) A City for All: Valuing Difference and Working with Diversity, Zed Books: London.

Devas, Nick, Philip Amis, Jo Beall, Ursula Grant, Diana Mitlin, Fiona Nunan, Carole Rakodi, David Satterthwaite (2004) Urban Governance, Voice and Poverty in the Developing World, London: Earthscan Publications.

DFID (1998) Guidance Manual on Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes, Loughborough: Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough (co-author)

OECD (1995) Women in the City: Housing, Services, and the Urban Environment, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author).

Edited Special Issues of Journals

Beall, Jo Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) (2010) African Development in an Urban World: Beyond the Tipping Point. Special Issue Urban Forum.

Beall, Jo, Thomas Goodfellow and James Putzel (eds) (2006) Policy Arena on the Discourse of Terrorism, Security and Development, Policy Arena of Journal of International Development, 18(1).

Beall, Jo, Stephen Gelb and Shireen Hassim (eds) (2005) Fragile Democracy: State and Society in Democratic South Africa, Journal of Southern African Studies 31(4) December.

Beall, Jo, William Beinart, Joanne McGregor, Deborah Potts and David Simon (eds) (2000) Special Issue on African Environments, Journal of Southern African Studies 26(4) December.

Lester, Alan and Jo Beall (eds) (2003) Special Issue on Historical Geographies, Journal of Southern African Studies 29(3) March.

Sapire, Hilary and Jo Beall (eds) (1995) Journal of Southern African Studies, Special Issue on Urban Studies and Urban Change in Southern Africa, Vol. 21, No.

1,March.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Beall, Jo, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (2010) 'Introduction. African Development

in anUrban World: Beyond the Tipping Point' in Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur (eds) African Development in an Urban World: Beyond the Tipping Point. Special Issue Urban Forum.

Beall, Jo, Thomas Goodfellow and Jo Putzel (2006) 'Introductory Article: On the Discourse of Terrorism, Security and Development', Journal of International Development, 18(1), pp. 51-67.Beall, Jo (2006) 'Cities, Terrorism and Development', Journal of International Development, 18(1), pp. 105-120.

Beall, Jo (2006) 'Dealing with Dirt and the Disorder of Development: Managing Rubbish in Urban Pakistan', Oxford Development Studies, 34(1) March,

pp. 81-97.Beall, Jo (2006) 'Cultural Weapons: Traditions, Inventions and the Transition to Democratic Governance in Metropolitan Durban', Urban Studies, 43(2) February, pp. 457-473.

Beall, Jo, Shireen Hassim and Stephen Gelb (2005) 'State and Society in Democratic South Africa', Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(4) December,

pp. 681-700.Beall, Jo, Sibongiseni Mkhize and Shaheed Vawda (2005) 'Emergent Democracy and "Resurgent" Tradition: Institutions, Chieftaincy and Transitions in KwaZulu-Natal', Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(4) December, pp. 755-771.

Beall, Jo (2005) 'Decentralizing Government and De-centering Gender: Lessons from Local Government Reform in South Africa', Politics and Society, 33(2) June, pp. 253-276.

Beall, Jo, Sibongiseni Mkhize and Shaheed Vawda (2004) 'Navigating Tradition, Traditional Authorities and Governance in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa', International Development Planning Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 457-476.

Beall, Jo and Alison Todes (2004) 'Headlines and Head-space: Challenging Gender Planning Orthodoxy in Area-based Urban Development' IDS Bulletin,

Special Issue on Repositioning Genderin Development, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Beall, Jo and Aliston Todes (2004) 'Gender and integrated area development projects: lessons from Cato Manor, Durban' Cities, Vol.

21,No. 4, pp. 301-310.

Beall, Jo (2002) 'Globalization and Social Exclusion in Cities: Framing the Debate with Lessons from Africa and Asia', Environment and Urbanization, 14(1) April, pp. 41-52.

Beall, Jo (2001) 'Valuing Social Resources or Capitalising on Them? The Limits to Pro-poor Urb