Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai, M.Sc.

Academic education:

• Since 2020: Doctoral candidate, Working title: “Urban Mobility and Spatial Justice: Prospects of non-motorized transport in Nairobi”, Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund, Germany
• 2014 – 2015: Study of urban management and development, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, M.Sc.
• 2013 – 2014: Certificate in “Development Project Management”, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, USA
• 2008 – 2012: B.Sc. Environment and Urban Planning, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Work experience:

• Since 2020: Research assistant, IPS, Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund
• 2019 – 2020: Researcher on urban residential land markets and spatial justice, Development Planning Unit, UCL
• 2017 – 2018: Research consultant for urban development and land markets in Uganda and Somaliland, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University Rotterdam.
• 2015 – 2017: Academic research assistant, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 2012 – 2014: Assistant project coordinator, Nippon Koei/JICA, Nairobi, Kenya
• 2011 – 2012: Graduate environmental planner, GIBB International Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya
• 2012: Associate management trainer, Van Horn Consulting, Nairobi, Kenya and Kigali, Rwanda
• 2012: Project assistant, Edge Associates, Nairobi, Kenya
• 2009 – 2010: Volunteer at Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi National Park, Kenya
• 2009: Associate consultant, KAT Systems Consultants, Nairobi, Kenya

Language skills:

• Swahili: Mother tongue
• English: Business fluent
• German: Competent language use
• French: Basic knowledge

Research areas:

• Infrastructure-led development in rapidly urbanizing cities
• Mobility and Accessibility
• Active mobility
• Social, Spatial and Mobility Justice
• Urban Land Markets

Research projects (at IPS):

• Sibce 2022: ICOLMA, BMBF
• Since 2020: “Urban Mobility and Spatial Justice: Prospects of non-motorized Transport in Nairobi” (PhD project)

Publications:

• Nyamai, D. und Schramm, S. (2022) ‘Accessibility, mobility and spatial justice in Nairobi, Kenya‘, in Journal of Urban Affairs. doi: 10.1080/07352166.2022.2071284.
• Jachnow, A., Keunen, E. und Nyamai, D. (Hrsg.) (2022) ‘Just Cities’, in Trialog Journal, 139.
• Nyamai, D. (2020) ‘Urban mobility and spatial justice: Prospects of non-motorized transport in Nairobi,’ in Transport Planning and Mobility in Urban East Africa. Routledge, pp. 31-42.
• Nyamai, D.N. and Jachnow, A. (2020) ‘A long walk to socio-spatial inclusion’, in Transport Planning and Mobility in Urban East Africa, Routledge, p 3.
• Nyamai, D. (2018) ‘Inclusive Transport and Spatial Justice in Nairobi,’ Myliveablecity. Available at: www.myliveablecity.com/magazine_detail.html?str=1&id=119.
• Wall, R., Nyamai, D. and McAweeny, C. (2018) ‘Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment into Africa’s Knowledge-based Industries’, in State of African Cities: The geography of African investment. UN Habitat, Part B, Chapter 4, pp 162 – 171.
• Wall, R., Nyamai, D. and Asubonteng, A. (2018) ‘FDI and the African Food Security Paradox’, in State of African Cities: The geography of African investment. UN Habitat, Part B, Chapter 7, pp 192-201.
• Wall, R., Nyamai, D. and Malegaonkar, M. (2018) ‘The Effect of Green Competitiveness on FDI. State of African Cities’, in State of African Cities: The geography of African investment. UN Habitat, Part B, Chapter 10, pp 222-231
• Nyamai, D. (2015) ‘The Competitiveness of Port cities and Non-Port cities-Published’, ISOCARP.
• AfDB, OECD, and UNDP (2016) ‘How sustainable cities can contribute to Africa’s development’, in Africa Economic Outlook. AfDB; OECD; UNDP, Chapter 7, pp 207-209.

Thesis supervision:

– supervision in English only –

Topics:

• Urban Mobility and Accessibility
• Urban Development and Resilience
• Social, Spatial and Mobility [in]justices
• Urban Land Use and Management

Currently taught courses (WiSe 2022/23):

• B.Sc. Spatial Planning: F02 "My Way or the Highway? Urban Mobility in Namibia"

Selected past courses:

• B.Sc. Spatial Planning: F03 “Displaced, Misplaced or Replaced? Spaces of Urban Regeneration and Inclusivity” (2021/2022)
• B.Sc. Spatial Planning: F 06 “Beyond Cities: Unveiling the Hinterlands of Today and Tomorrow”(2021/2022)
• B.Sc. Spatial Planning: F 02 “There is an app for that: Intelligent urban mobility, its impact and future” (2020/21)