Ravi Jayaweera is a Research Associate in the Build4People Project (Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation”). Ravi holds a MA in Urban Geography from the Humboldt University Berlin and a BA in Human Geography from the Goethe University Frankfurt. Prior to this position, Ravi worked at a German policy think tank (F+B GmbH) and consulted German cities and states on urban and spatial policies. During his studies, Ravi has supported the work of a number of international development initiatives in cities of the Global South (GIZ, KfW, UN-Habitat).