Current

Assistant professor, University of Groningen.

Editing special issue PotC: Cities by Night.

Recently published: Cities for Talent (2022, UGP), co-edited with Willem van Winden.

Founding editor for Philosophy of the City Journal.

Member of advisory committee for Noorderzon & Society. 

Member of supervisory board (raad van toezicht) for OOST. 

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 

Previously

Moved to Groningen.  Developed interest in the role of urban context in shaping identity and agency.  Started combining academic work with social entrepreneurship.  Founded City Central.  

MSc (Logic), PhD in Philosophy at University of Amsterdam.  Developed interest in the role of cultural context for determining meaning. 

Moved to Amsterdam, became a migrant. 

BSc (cum laude) (Mathematics) with minor in philosophy from University of the Witwatersrand. Experienced the rebirth of South Africa post-apartheid. 

Born and raised in Johannesburg.