Abdul Shaban

Abdul Shaban is Professor at School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. He has been teaching and pursuing research in the field of human geography and urban studies for the last 24 years. He has authored several books, journal papers, and reports for various agencies. His current research interest relates to digital geographies and especially sub-fields of digitalization and urbanization, digital democracy, digital divide, and digitalization and economic...See more

Abdul Shaban is Professor at School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. He has been teaching and pursuing research in the field of human geography and urban studies for the last 24 years. He has authored several books, journal papers, and reports for various agencies. His current research interest relates to digital geographies and especially sub-fields of digitalization and urbanization, digital democracy, digital divide, and digitalization and economic geography, and digitalization and creative industries. He has also been visiting fellow and professor at several leading universities outside India, including LSE, Muenster University, Erasmus University, Masaryk University, and Paris Diderot University (University Paris Cite). He has also been associated with different journals as editor or as a member of the editorial boards. See less