Jo BEALL
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JB 2023
Awards and fellowships
2018 Distinguished Service Award from the Institute of International Education (IIE) ‘in recognition of a career of extraordinary service in international education’
2015 Sustainable Visions and Values Award, International Beliefs and Values Institute, James Madison University, USA
2014-present Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, UK
2011-present Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Specialisation
- Cities in situations of war and conflict; decentralisation, local governance and service delivery; and urban poverty, social exclusion and gender.
- Country experience
- South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Colombia.
- Languages
- English
- Educational and professional qualifications
- 2022
- MA Creative Writing and Publishing
- 1997
- PhD Geography, London School of Economics
- 1982
- MA Economic History
- 1981
- BA Economic History
- 2011-present
- Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow (LSE Cities), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- 2011-19
- Global Director of Education and Cultural Engagement and member of the Executive Board, British Council
- 2009-11
- Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Town (UCT)
- 2001-11
- Professor of International Development, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), LSE
- 2004-07
- Director, DESTIN, LSE
- 1994-2001
- Lecturer, then Reader in Department of Social Policy, LSE
- 1991-94
- Co-director of the Gender Policy and Planning Programme and Lecturer in Urban Social Policy, Development Planning Unit, University College London (UCL)
- 1990-92
- Part-time Lecturer in Social Policy, LSE
- 1989
- Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University
- 1984-88
- Lecturer in Comparative African Government, Department of African Studies, University of Natal, Durban
- 2022-23
- Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) Research Report on The Value Add by the SDC in Urbanising Contexts with LSE Cities and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL).
- 2005-06
- Afghanistan. Academic advisor and overview paper writer for study of Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (European Union and AREU).
- 2004
- Afghanistan. Urban Issues Paper (World Bank AREU).
- 2004
- UK. Department for International Development (DFID) Corporate Strategy Paper on Social Exclusion.
- 2002-04
- Bangladesh. Department for International Development (DFID) external Advisor to the Human Rights and Governance Programme (HUGO)/ Manusher Jonno.
- 2001-02
- Uganda and Zambia. Department for International Development (DFID) Head of external evaluation of IUDD City Community Challenge Fund Pilot Programmes.
- 2001
- Brussels.Gender Impact Assessment of International Role of Community Research for the Council of the European Union.
- 2000
- South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho. Department for International Development (DFID) Mapping of Social Development Capacity in Southern Africa.
- Kenya and UK. UN – Habitat Policy Paper on Gender and Urban Governance.
- UK and Washington DC. Report on Globalisation and Social Exclusion: Implications for Urban Policy (World Bank).
- 1999
- UK. Operations Evaluation Department: Review of Use of Sociological and Anthropological Methods and Perspectives in World Bank Poverty Assessments (World Bank).
- 1997
- Australia. Gender and Sustainability paper for UNEP.
- 1997-99
- Brussels, South Africa, Botswana. European Commission (EC) (DGVIII) Various in role of Regional Gender Expert on Southern Africa.
- 1995–97
- Kenya and UK. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Gender Policy Paper and Action Plan.
- 1996
- Japan. Participation and urban empowerment paper (UNEP).
- Dubai and Istanbul. Background paper on gender for Habitat II conference.
- 1994
- Paris and UK. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Various, Urban Affairs Division.
- 1993
- Pakistan. Study of informal social safety nets as background to the World Bank Pakistan Poverty Assessment (DFID).
- 1991
- Kenya. Evaluation of micro-credit programme for women (SIDA).
- 1990-94
- Sweden and Tanzania. Gender training for Swedish International Development Agency, partner governments and consultants (SIDA).
- 1991-94
- Malaysia, Kenya and Egypt. Urban poverty training inputs for Urban Management Programme (DFID, UNCHS, UNDP, World Bank)
- Research Projects
- 2019-22
- Principle Investigator (P.I.) on Rubbish, Resources and Residues: Solid Waste Management in Pakistan and Ethiopia, British Academy and Global Challenges Research Fund (£300,000)
- 2018-19
- Co-P.I. on Governance of Infrastructure Interfaces, British Academy and Global Challenges Research Fund (£300,000)
- 2008-10
- Senior Researcher on Leadership and Elite Coalitions Research Programme (LECRP) Funded by AusAid and World Bank
- 2000-10
- Principal Researcher on Cities component of Crisis States Research Centre, and Acting Director of the Centre (2008-2009), funded by Department for International Development (DFID) (£10 million)
- 2021-present
- Co-Deputy Chair, Board of Trustees, School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS
- 2018-21
- Deputy Chair, Anthropology and Development Panel for the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)
- 2016-21
- Co-Chair, Advisory Board on Global Challenge Research Fund for the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI
- 2015-21
- Chair, Board of Trustees of INASP, an Oxford based charity that puts ‘Research at the Heart of Development’
- 2021-present
- Board Firoj Lalji Africa Centre, LSE
- 2019-present
- Executive Group, LSE Cities
- 2016-present
- Advisory Board of United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- 2015-present
- Strategic Directions Committee for the establishment and consolidation of Universite Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) as a research university for Paris
- 2018-21
- HMG Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research (SCOR) Board (Independent Member)
- 2018-21
- Advisory Board, Queen Mary Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University London
- 2017-22
- International Advisory Board, RELIEF Centre, University College London, American University in Beirut and University of Lebanon
- 2016-18
- ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Strategy Group, University of Oxford
- 2015-17
- Advisory Council, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford
- 2015-17
- Commonwealth Secretariat Advisory Board for the Common Education Knowledge Hub
- 2013-14
- Anthropology and Development Studies Sub-Panel for HEFCE’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework
- 2010-15
- South Asia Panel, British Academy
- 2007-08
- Development Studies Sub-Panel for the Research Assessment Exercise of the Higher Education Funding Council of England
- 2002-
- Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, Member of Council.
- 1997-2002
- ActionAid, Board of Trustees.
- 2008-15
- Editorial Advisory Board, European Journal of Development Research.
- 2004-11
- Editorial Board, Journal of Development Studies.
- 2000-
- Editorial Advisory Board, Development Southern Africa.
- 1999-2004
- Editor, Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS).
- 1998-
- Editorial Board, Gender and Development.
- 1993-2013
- Editorial Board, Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS).
- 2015
- Honorary Doctorate, Open University, UK
- 2002-05
- Honorary Research Fellow, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
- 1992-96
- Profesora Invitada, Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Dinamica Social, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
- 1989-90
- Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
EMPLOYMENT
CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Chairing- External Associations (Committee and Advisory Board Membership)
- Journal Board Membership
- Visiting Appointments