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Dr. D. Nthoki Nyamai

CV

Academic education:

  • 2020-2024 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

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. N., Dietrich, C., Dietsch, L. C., Motitschke, L. M., & Wienand, L. (2024). 'Mapping mobility in Namibia’s secondary cities informal settlements: a case study of Rehoboth' in African Geographical Review, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2403610
  • Schnittfinke, T., Greiving, S., Nyamai, D.N., Scholz, W., Schramm, S., Behrens, R., Zuidgeest, M., Rink, B., Momm, S., Travassos, L., Brauer, B., Fischer, L. (2024) 'Criticality assessment and cascading effects: impacts of COVID-19 disruptions in public transport on marginalized groups in Dortmund, Germany, São Paulo, Brazil, and Cape Town, South Africa.' Journal of Surveillance, Security and Safety. 2024, 5(3), pp. 140-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/jsss.2024.11
  • Nyamai, D. (2023) 'Invoking spatial justice in urban mobility in Nairobi: A commuter’s perspective' in European Journal of Spatial Development.  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10185316
  • 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.

Teaching

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 2024/25):

  • There will be no courses taught by Dr. D. Nthoki Nyamai this semester

Selected past courses:

  • B.Sc. Spatial Planning: F02 "My Way or the Highway: Sustainable Urban Mobility in Namibia" (2022/2023)
  • 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)
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