Taibat Lawanson

Taibat Lawanson is Professor of Urban Management and Governance at the University of Lagos, where she leads the Pro-Poor Development Research Cluster and serves as Co-Director at the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development.

She is an urban planning and development specialist and is well known for her inter-sectoral work which engages policy makers, international development actors, local communities and civil society actors. She led the technical support team for the drafting of the Lagos Resilience Strategy and has participated in the development of various policy documents leading to the New Urban Agenda, the Nigerian National Economic Development Plan (2021-2025) to mention a few. 

She is a pioneer World Social Science Fellow of the International (Social) Science Council, Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and a proud alumna of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre. She leads the Knowledge Creation pillar of the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec)