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Caroline Wanjiku Kihato is a Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand. She holds a BA, an MSc in Development Planning from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of South Africa. Her work centers on urbanization, migration, gender, and spatial justice, with a particular focus on the everyday lives of migrant women in Johannesburg.
Kihato previously served as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, as a Policy Analyst at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and as southern African program coordinator for Urban LandMark. She is the author of the book Migrant Women of Johannesburg: Everyday Life in an In-Between City, published by Wits University Press in 2013, and co-editor of Urban Diversity: Space, Culture and Inclusive Pluralism in Cities Worldwide, published in 2010. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Department of International Development.
Wits University's Atlas of Uncertainty project reveals how improvisation and social intelligence drive urban adaptation in African cities like Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Accra. ACMS leads innovative research shaping higher education and policy.
Wits University's Atlas of Uncertainty project explores urban migration in Johannesburg, Accra, and Nairobi, offering new insights into Africa's future cities via art, data, and stories.
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