Cecilia Fåhraeus

Cecilia Fåhraeus is a senior lecturer and PhD in human geography. Her research interests revolve around slums and urban transformation in the global South, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, and the geography of livelihood activities among low-income communities. She uses both quantitative and qualitative methods as well as GIS in her research.

She primarily teaches on the bachelor's programme in spatial planning at Campus Gotland.

On leave until 31-01-2026.

Ongoing projects

Communal green spaces for well-being? Using participatory action research for inclusive green space design for slum dwellers in Zambia (2024-2028).

GOAT Power! Can top-down intensification of goat production for climate resilience strengthen women's empowerment in Zambia? (2024-2027). https://www.slu.se/en/departments/urban-rural-development/research/rural-development/ongoing-projects/goat-power/

JÄMBO: Handlingsutrymme för jämlik tillgång till boende och livsmiljöer. (2023-2026). Post-doctoral project at the Department of Urban Studies, Malmö University. https://mau.se/forskning/projekt/jambo--handlingsutrymme-for-jamlik-tillgang-till-boende-och-livsmiljoer/

Finished projects

Developing rights-based housing in Southern Africa. (2022-2023). This project is a research and collaboration project with Swedish NGO Weeffect, funded by UU Innovation Office. It entails formulating a rights-based, evidence-based and socially sustainable housing programme for Weeffects Southern Africa Office (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

Dealing with double disaster: The impact of natural disaster and Covid-19 on livelihoods and livelihood geographies in Palu, Indonesia. (2023). This project evaluates how the 2018 earthquake and subsequent tsunami and liquefaction in Palu have affected the livelihood strategies of low-income households in the affected region, with a particular focus on the spatial design of livelihood strategeis. Funded by SSAG and Helge Ax:on Jonssons stiftelse.