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Umar is an LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning based at the Department of Geography and Environment. He is an urban geographer interested in the geopolitical ecology of extended urbanisation and the green transition in Indonesia and the Global South more broadly, situating his work within critical urban studies and development geography.
His research focuses on the politics of urban theory, development, planning, and te spatialities of capitalism. He has over four years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience, incorporating research and experiential learning techniques for an engaging and productive learning experience. He is an experienced field-based qualitative researcher proficient in questionnaire and sampling design, in-depth interviews, critical discourse analysis, and documentary and archival analysis.
Umar holds a PhD in Urban Geography from King’s College London. His doctoral research, titled Nusantara in the Interregnum: Infrastructure-led Development and Technopolitics in the Production of Indonesia’s New Capital City, interrogated the emergence of Indonesia’s greenfield capital city Nusantara in the multiple histories of capitalist development and urbanisation. He was a recipient of the London Arts & Humanities Partnership Doctoral Training Partnership (LAHP DTP) studentship, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Research Interests:
- Urbanisation
- Development
- Urban political ecology
- Green transition
- Indonesia
- Southeast Asia