My research focuses on mobilities in Africa. I combine ethnographic approaches with spatial perspectives, reflecting my interdisciplinary approach which draws strongly on both Anthropology and Geography. Uneven power relationships and associated issues of exclusion are linking themes through my work. Associated with this is a long-standing focus on developing innovative participatory methodologies for effective field research (notably co-investigation with children, women, older people and – most recently – young men, through peer research; mobile methods; networked research). I have worked with academic collaborators and INGOs to help mainstream gender and transport in international aid programmes and to shaping this field in interdisciplinary research. Impact has always been central to my research practice.
Selected publications or texts
Recent publications below – many more open access papers/chapters on my Durham University Anthropology department website or by request.
Porter, G., Murphy, E., Adamu, F., Bitrus Dayil, P., Han, S., Dungey, C., Maskiti, B., de Lannoy, A., Clark, S., O’Connor, E., Ambrosini, S. 2023. The lived experiences of women workers in Africa’s transport sector: reflections from Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. Journal of Transport Geography 112, 103695.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103695
Porter, G., Dungey, C. with peer researchers Akoshi, M., Bullus, P.H., Houiji, R., Matomane, S., Mohammed, A.U., Musa, A.I., Nasser, W., Usman, U.N. 2023. Peer research, power and ethics: Navigating participatory research in an Africa-focused mobilities study before and during COVID-19. In Percy-Smith, B. et al. (eds) A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Conversations for Transformational Change. London: Routledge.
Porter, G., Dungey, C., Murphy, E., Adamu, F., Bitrus Dayil, P., & de Lannoy, A. 2022. Everyday mobility practices and the ethics of care: young women’s reflections on social responsibility in the time of COVID-19 in three African cities. Mobilities, 18(1), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2022.