Tiana Hayden

Tiana Hayden is a professor and researcher in the department of Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) at El Colegio de México. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from New York University and an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on various dimensions of urban food systems in Mexico City, including the governance of street food vending, transformations in public markets in the 21st century, and the relationship between mobilities (migration and everyday mobility), household organization and food security.

The Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) is an international network of cities and city-based partner organizations which focuses on the relationships between rapid urbanization, informality, migration and urban food systems in the Global South. The HCP aims to provide solutions to the challenge of building sustainable cities, policies and programs that promote food security in cities. The HCP currently operates in Jamaica, Mexico, Ecuador, Qatar, China, India, Singapore, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa.

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The Hungry Cities Partnership is supported with a partnership grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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