Charlotte Lemanski

Professor Charlotte Lemanski is a Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Cambridge's Department of Geography. Her research focuses on urban inequality in the global South, particularly through infrastructure, governance, and citizenship frameworks. She holds affiliations with the University of the Western Cape (Extraordinary Professor) and the University of Johannesburg (Senior Research Fellow).

• Education: BA Politics (Durham), MSc Development Management (LSE), DPhil Geography (Oxford)
• PG Cert in Learning and Teaching (UCL)

Research interests include off-grid infrastructure transitions, infrastructural citizenship, and interdisciplinary urban studies. Her work emphasizes Southern voices in knowledge production, evidenced by her British Academy-funded initiatives mentoring early-career researchers.

Notable projects include studies on energy innovation for low-income housing, governance of just urban transitions, and hybrid infrastructure configurations in African cities. She has supervised numerous postgraduate students and collaborates with NGOs, architects, and engineers globally.