Samuel Owuor is an Urban Geographer and Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Population and Environmental Studies of the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has also served as a visiting scholar in University of Jyvaskyla in Finland, University of Bordeaux in France and African Studies Centre Leiden in Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has, over the years, demonstrated an impressive track record in scientific and policy-directed research, publications, international collaborations and supervision of graduate students.