Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Position, Title Regional and Urban Planner; Full Professor Employer University of (since 2007) Name of Expert: Professor Innocent Chirisa Country of Citizenship/Residence: Zimbabwe Sex Male Married Status Married Province of Birth Mashonaland East District of Birth Chikomba National ID No 18-069068-Q-18 Driver’s Licence No 84938JZ Passport No DN314635

Education: DPhil (, 2009-2013), Postgraduate Diploma in Land Management and Informal Settlement Regularisation (Institute of Urban Development and Housing Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, the Netherlands, 1-30 August 2009, MSc (Rural and Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, 2003-2005); BSc Honours (Rural and Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, 1999-2003).

Employment: Full Professor, 2017 to date, University of Zimbabwe, Dean, Faculty of and Behavioural Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, 2016-2019 (www.uz.ac.zw), Lecturer University of Zimbabwe 2007-2011 (www.uz.ac.zw), Acting Chair for the Department of Rural and Urban Planning University of Zimbabwe 2014/15 and 2011-12, Lecturer, Polytechnic.

Related Themes and Activities: Supervisor and Examiner of Higher Degree Theses and Dissertations, Coordinator and Facilitator of Workshops and Conferences, Researcher and author of more than 100 edited book chapters and refereed journal articles in a space of 9 years (2007 to date).

Selected Publications:

7 Co-Edited Books: (2016). Peri-Urban Developments and Processes in Africa with Special Reference to Zimbabwe, Springer International Publishers: Amsterdam; (2013). Contemporary Rural and Urban Issues in Zimbabwe: Implications for Policy and Planning, Academica Press: London; (2013). Navigating the Contours of African Childhood Experiences: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Academica Press: London; Urbanization in Zimbabwe: Selected Cities. Carolivia Herron and EpicCenter Stories: Washington DC.

30 Edited Book Chapters: on Limits of City Branding in Harare, Population Growth and Urban Management in Zimbabwe; Science Communication as a Tool for Advancing the Environmental Education on Climate Change; Civil society advocacy and environmental migration in Zimbabwe; Urban Land Development in Africa; Agro-forestry Resources Management, Transformation and Challenges in Africa; Urban Governance in Harare; Collaborative Community Library Planning and Economic Crisis; Social Protection amid Increasing Instability in Zimbabwe; and, Social Capital Dynamics in Post-colonial Harare Urbanscape.

100 Refereed Journal Articles on Urban Poverty in Africa; Decentralized domestic wastewater systems in developing countries; Building Resilient Infrastructure in the Face of Climate Change in African Cities; Local government and governance in Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, the systems approach in solving the complexity of the environmental problematique of cities in Africa, Master Planning in Zimbabwe; Post-Harvest Issues; Transport and the environment; Housing Cooperatives in Harare, Zimbabwe; Distributive Politics at Play in Harare, The 2008/2009 Cholera Outbreak in Harare; Infrastructure, Indigenisation and the Black Economic Empowerment Policy in Zimbabwe; Inconsistencies between Constitutional Provisions on Decentralisation and Citizen Participation Realities in Zimbabwe; Housing Cooperatives and the Politics of Local Organization and Representation in Peri-Urban Harare; Ecological Planning as an Inner-City Revitalisation Agenda for Harare; Land and Space Utilisation in Cities, and many more.

2 Occasional/Working Papers on Inner-City Revitalization and the Poor in Harare

Language Skills: English and Shona

Reference: ● Prof VN Muzvidziwa, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Midlands State University, P Bag 9051, Gweru. My DPhil Supervisor and Mentor: Email: [email protected] ● Prof. CG Mararike, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Zimbabwe, Email: [email protected] ● Prof. Charity Manyeruke, former Dean of Faculty of Social Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Email: [email protected] ● Mr. Joel Chaeruka, Former Chairman, Dept of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, Box Mp167, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe: [email protected] ● Mr. George Matovu, Regional Director, Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDPESA), 7th Floor Hurudza House, 14-16 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Harare: [email protected]; [email protected]