Florence Muheirwe

Florence Muheirwe is a Postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Human Settlement Studies, Ardhi University, Tanzania. Her research interests include policy and governance issues, management of informality, and environment-related topics, particularly waste, sanitation, and climate change. She has a broad experience working in Tanzania, Uganda, and South Sudan.

Recent publications:

 McFarlane, C., Kombe, W., Muheirwe, F., & Nuhu, S. (in press). Density as threshold and resource: Urban life and futures in Dar-es-Salaam. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

Kombe, W., & Muheirwe, F. (2024). Dar es Salaam: City report. Available at SSRN 5112868.

Muheirwe F, Kihila JM, Kombe, WJ., and Campitelli A (2023) Solid waste management regulation in the informal settlements: Asocial-ecological context from Kampala city, Uganda. Front. Sustain. 4.

Muheirwe, F., Kombe, W., & Kihila, J. M Solid Waste Collection in the Informal Settlements of African Cities: a Regulatory Dilemma for Actor’s Participation and Collaboration in Kampala. Urban Forum.

Muheirwe, F., Kombe, W., & Kihila, J. M. (2022). The paradox of solid waste management: A regulatory discourse from Sub-Saharan Africa. Habitat International, 119, 102491.