Syeda Jenifa Zahan is a feminist and postcolonial urban studies scholar whose work focuses on intersectional relations of power, practices and politics of urban dwelling and structural violence of urbanisation in the Global South. Since the award of her PhD from the National University of Singapore in 2020, Jenifa has undertaken a unique intellectual practice that contributes to theory building, grassroots organizing and to the development of innovative research methodologies. Jenifa’s research draws on longitudinal, community engaged and creative ethnographies of urban processes and structures as well as everyday life and embodied knowledge, focusing mostly on Indian cities. Jenifa is currently a Researcher at DIST, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.