Development frontiers in crime, livelihoods and urban poverty in Nigeria (FCLP)

这种混合方法的研究旨在汇集与可持续生计、社会脆弱性和贫困相关的关键发展问题，以建立一种关于非洲城市“不安全和犯罪”的替代解释，在这些城市中，合法与非法、正式与非正式、合法与非法工作之间的界限在实践中往往模糊不清。我们认为，对非洲城市不安全和犯罪的研究需要对非洲城市化模式和不平衡发展的历史遗产有更细致的了解。该项目位于人口模型、犯罪学、非洲研究和城市地理学的交汇处，旨在通过一种创新的混合方法研究，挑战流行的以欧洲为中心的犯罪和受害叙事。结合统计建模、地理可视化和人种学见解，该研究旨在开发适合位置的方法来调查西非城市的犯罪和受害者的看法和季节性趋势，将研究置于非洲城市化、环境引起的季节性移民、青年失业和非正规经济的更广泛背景下。

This mixed-methods research aims to bring together key development concerns related to sustainable livelihoods, social vulnerability, and poverty to build an alternative account of 'insecurity and crime' in African cities where the lines between legality and illegality, formality and informality, licit and illicit work, are often blurred in practice. We argue that the study of insecurity and crime in African cities requires a more nuanced understanding of African urbanisation patterns and historical legacies of uneven development. Situated at the nexus of population modelling, criminology, African studies, and urban geography, this project aims to challenge prevailing Euro-centric narratives of crime and victimisation through an innovative mixed-methods study. Combining statistical modelling, geovisualisation and ethnographic insights, the research aims to develop location appropriate approaches to investigate perceptions and seasonal trends of crime and victimisations in a West African city, situating the research within the broader context of African urbanisation, environment-induced seasonal migration, youth un-employment and informal economies.