Nicholas Lyon

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2021 - 2022 Academic Year

Varieties of Urbanism: Within-City and Across-City Variation in Urban Experiences in Uganda

Urban growth in many African countries is especially rapid in secondary cities and towns, yet most scholarship on urbanization focuses on the largest cities in the region. The demographics of these secondary cities vary from the largest metropolises in important ways‚ such as the degree of local ethnic diversity, with implications for residents and attitudes towards inter-ethnic relations. This exploratory award will support original survey-data collection in Uganda. Lyon will leverage surveys conducted in three Ugandan cities to deepen our understanding of how urban experiences differ across cities and the implications of these divergent experiences for inter-ethnic relations.

Nic Lyon, Department of Political Science

Nicholas Lyon is a PhD candidate in political science at Stanford University. He holds BA degrees in political science and economics from Columbia University and an MSc in African development from the London School of Economics. Prior to coming to Stanford, Lyon worked as an associate at IDinsight in Nairobi, Kenya. Lyon's current work focuses on political geography, social change, and the management of diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has conducted fieldwork in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia.

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