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Sarita Pillay

Lecturer in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand

Lecturer in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand Dr Sarita Pillay Gonzalez is a lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies (GAES) at Wits. Sarita was awarded her PhD through the School of Architecture & Planning (SoAP) at Wits in 2022, undertaking fieldwork in Johannesburg and Bangalore. Her research interests in real estate development and the multifarity of the state in the built environment were inspired by her time as a researcher, community organiser and popular educator in affordable housing campaigns in Cape Town from 2016 to 2018. Prior to this, as a Fulbright scholar, Sarita received her Masters in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota focused on Spatial Justice & Political Economy.