Maame Boatemaa

Maame Boatemaa is a scholar-practitioner whose interest in cities emerged at the juncture of her studies in urban political ecology, climate resiliency, and inequality in cities. As an Albert Gallatin Scholar at New York University, she critically interrogated how urban spaces transform in diverse social, economic, and political settings. She won several grants for research in Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal. She completed her graduate studies at the London School of Economics before moving to Seoul as a Henry Luce scholar. In South Korea, she spent the first half of her Luce year working at the University of Seoul and with a team of planners hired by the Paraguayan government to draw up a master plan for the flood-prone area of Bañado Sur. Following this project, Boatemaa joined the editing team at the JoongAng Daily, a New York Times-affiliated newspaper in Seoul. Currently, Boatemaa is interested in examining African cities’ political ecology as a doctoral student in the CRP department.