Professor Marieme Lo, originally from Senegal, is the Director of the African Studies Centre and an Associate Professor in Women and Gender Studies and African Studies at the University of Toronto. She holds a Licence from Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, a MA from the University of Dakar (Senegal) and MSc and PhD from Cornell University. She has also received numerous awards and held fellowships at the University of Oxford and Georgetown University. Her research focuses on gender, development, political economy, female entrepreneurship and trade, African urban economies, migration, and climate change in the Sahel, emphasizing gender justice, social justice praxis and creative epistemologies.
Beyond academia, Prof. Lo has led and assessed large-scale interdisciplinary projects, collaborating with grassroots women’s organizations, civil society networks like West Africa Civil Society, and international organizations such as UN-Women, The United Nations Development Proramme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
She has also served as Associate Director of the School of Cities and on various boards, including the Université de l’Ontario français, and currently advises the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
