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Prof. Dr. Johannes Schubert is a Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel, affiliated with the Urban Studies division within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He leads the SNF-funded research project PRECURBICA—Precarious Urbanisms in Coastal Africa—and is actively engaged in teaching and supervision. His office is located at Hebelstrasse 3/Petersplatz 14, Basel, Switzerland.
Research Interests: Schubert is a political and economic anthropologist with extensive ethnographic experience in urban Angola and Mozambique. His work explores the social life of infrastructures, the impact of extractive industries on African polities, authoritarian politics, middle-class urbanism in the Global South, and sustainable urban development amid the climate crisis. His research re-centers African actors in global urban and climate debates, challenging dominant narratives of vulnerability and dependency.
Recent Publications: His recent articles (2023–2024) focus on climate adaptation in Beira, the coloniality of political risk forecasting, and extractive development in Angola. These works reflect a strong interdisciplinary engagement with anthropology, political science, urban studies, and postcolonial theory, emphasizing lived urban experiences and infrastructural politics in Africa.
Scientific Awards:
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Advising and Grants: Schubert supervises graduate students working on themes related to African urbanism, politics, and development. He has secured competitive funding, including the SNF PRECURBICA project and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. His academic trajectory reflects a strong commitment to field-based, critical social research with policy relevance.
Labs and Teams: He leads the PRECURBICA research team at the University of Basel, focusing on urban resilience and climate adaptation in African coastal cities. He is also a co-editor of the ‘African Arguments’ book series (IAI/Hurst) and a member of the editorial collective at Allegralab, contributing to broader academic discourse in African studies.
