Loren B. Landau

Education: PhD and MA in Political Science (UC Berkeley); MSc in Development Studies (London School of Economics); BA in Political Science (University of Washington).

Experience: Senior Researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand (2002–present); Professor at the University of Oxford (2019–present).

Awards: Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

Loren B. Landau is a senior researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand and a professor at the University of Oxford. A political scientist by training, he specialises in migration, mobility, governance and socio-political change across the Global South. His research has been published in leading journals, and he is the author of Atlas of Uncertainty, which explores mobility, urbanisation and future-making in Africa.