• Distance Education
• African Development
• Geography Education
• Urban Geography

• Distance Eductation
• ODeL

• Gunter, A. (2025). 17 Transitioning agricultural land to eco-estates in rural Gauteng. Agricultural Land Use: Structural Transformations, Environment Challenges, Planning and Policy, 263-274.
• Gunter, A., Breines, M.R., Cin, F.M. and Raghuram, P., (2024). Revisiting Access in Debates on Internationalisation: Transnational Rights?. In Internationalization in Higher Education and Research: Perspectives, Obstacles, Alternatives (pp. 161-180). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
• Tshabalala, S. and Gunter, A., 2021. Technologies of Government and Policy Implementation in Small Towns Economic Development Plans in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns, pp.361-372
• Massey R, and Gunter, A., (2020). Urban Geography in South Africa: Theory and Perspective. Springer: London
• Gunter, A., (2020). Pro-poor Local Economic Development and the demand for economic growth. In Jansky, J. (ed). Dilemmas of Regional and Local Development. Springer: London.
• Gunter, A., and Manuel, K., (2019). Urban Housing’s Role in Development and Transformation. In Massey, M., (2019). Urban Geography in South Africa. Springer.
• Massey, R. and Gunter, A., (2019). Housing and Shelter in South Africa. In Rogerson, C and Knight, J., (eds) The Geography of South Africa (pp. 179-185). Springer, Cham.
• Gunter, A., (2016): Monash South Africa: An international degree in a local setting, in Visser, G., Donaldson, R. and Seethal, C., (eds) A Documented History of a Century of Geography at Universities in South Africa, 1916-2015. Africa Sun Media

• Gunter, A. (2025). The geography of distance education: spatial disparities, accessibility, and impact across place. South African Geographical Journal, 1-19.
• Kappler, S., Gunter, A., & Truter, L. (2025). Resounding Resistance: Decolonising Memory Through Johannesburg's Sound Art Narratives. Memory Studies.
• Truter, L., Gunter, A., & du Toit, A. (2025). Analysis of the South African school curriculum for strengthening peace education. Journal of Peace Education, 1-20.
• Mittelmeier, J., Huang, D., & Gunter, A. (2025). ‘Internationalisation at a Distance’at the intersections of educational technologies and the internationalisation of higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology.
• Raghuram, P., Breines, M. and Gunter, A., 2023. Conceptualising place and non-place in internationalisation of higher education research. Globalisation, Societies and Education, pp.1-19.
• Dalu, M.T., Cuthbert, R.N., Ragimana, P., Gunter, A.W., Dondofema, F. and Dalu, T., 2022. Assessing human perceptions towards large wood in river ecosystems following flooding experiences. River Research and Applications, 38(7), pp.1296-1304.
• Steyn, C. and Gunter, A. 2022. When an international student stays at home: defining an international student in distance education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2021): 1-15.
• Mittelmeier, J., Gunter, A., Raghuram, P. and Rienties, B., 2021. Migration intentions of international distance education students studying from a South African institution: unpacking potential brain drain. Globalisation, Societies and Education, pp.1-19.
• Mittelmeier, J., Rienties, B., Gunter, A. and Raghuram, P., 2021. Conceptualizing internationalization at a distance: A “third category” of university internationalization. Journal of Studies in International Education, 25(3), pp.266-282.
• de Vries, L. and Gunter, A., 2021. ‘Event-tualising’Physical Leisure Activity: How Gauteng Parkrunners Brought the Parkrun Home during COVID-19.
• Dalu, M.T., Gunter, A.W., Makatu, M., Dowo, G.M., Dondofema, F. and Dalu, T., 2021. Contribution of Natural Forest Products to Rural Livelihoods at Mavunde and Sambandou Villages, Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa. Sustainability, 13(8), p.4252.
• Gunter, A., Prinsloo, P., Breines, M. and Raghuram, P., (2020). Distance education as sociomaterial assemblage: emerging space, times and practice, Population, Space and Place, On-line.
• Mittelmeier, J., Rienties, B., Gunter, A. and Raghuram, P., (2020). Conceptualizing Internationalization at a Distance: A “Third Category” of University Internationalization. Journal of Studies in International Education, On-line
• Raghuram, P., Breines, M.R. and Gunter, A., (2020). Beyond# FeesMustFall: International students, fees and everyday agency in the era of decolonisation. Geoforum, On-line.
• Lembani, R., Gunter, A., Breines, M. and Dalu, M.T.B., (2020). The same course, different access: the digital divide between urban and rural distance education students in South Africa. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, pp.1-15.
• Mittelmeier, J., Rogaten, J., Sachikonye, M., Gunter, A., Prinsloo, P. and Rienties, B., (2019). Understanding the adjustment of first-year distance education students in South Africa: Factors that impact students’ experiences. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, In-Press.
• Madge, C., Mittelmeier, J., Prinsloo, P., Dalu, M., Gunter, A. and Breines, M., (2019). Role of social media in the everyday learning experiences of IDE students in South Africa. Learning, Media and Technology, In-Press
• Rienties, B., Rogaten, J., Mittelmeier, J., Gunter, A., and Raghuram, P., (2019). Internationalisation at a Distance and at Home: Academic and Social Adjustment in a South African Distance Learning Context, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, In-press
• Madge, C., Mittelmeier, J., Prinsloo, P., Dalu, M., Gunter, A. and Breines, M., (2019). Role of social media in the everyday learning experiences of IDE students in South Africa, Learning Media and Technology, In-Press
• Gunter, A., and Raguham, P., (2018): Higher Education in the Global South: Internationalisation, localisation and the edu-scape of HE in South Africa , Globalisation, Societies and Education Education 16 (2), 192-207.
• MTB Dalu, AW Gunter, RJ Wasserman, T Dalu. (2018): Owning the lake, not just the rod: The continuing challenge of'the old boys' in knowledge production, South African Journal of Science, 114 (7-8), 11.
• B Kekana, T McKay, A Gunter. (2018): Repurposing transit zones to promote mixed used land development the case of the Sandton Gautrain station. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers, 2-12.
• Manuel, K., and Gunter, A., 2018. Privatisation of public space: security guards and policing by non-state authorities in City Improvement Districts. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers, 24-41.
• Schoeman, R., and Gunter, A., 2018. Greenwashing: Exploring the role of Green building rating agencies on the building industry, The case of Johannesburg, Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers, 328 - 343
• Mittelmeier, J., Long, D., Cin, F.M., Gunter, A., Raghuram, P., Rientes, B. and Reedy, K., (2018). Learning design in diverse institutional and cultural contexts: Suggestions from a participatory workshop with higher education professionals in Africa. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning (online)
• Gunter, A., and Massey, R., (2017): Renting Shacks: the informal rental market in Johannesburg, South Africa, Bulletin of Geography, 37(37), 25-34.
• Gunter, A., and Raguham, P., (2017): Internationalisation, localisation and the eduscape of Higher Education in the global South: the case of South Africa. In van Riemsdijk (ed) Rethinking International Skilled Migration. Routledge
• Sachikonye, M and Gunter, A, (2016): Sustainable livelihood principles and urban greening in informal settlements in practice:  A case of Zandspruit informal settlement, South Africa, Development Southern Africa,
• Gunter, A, and Manuel, K., (2016): A Role for Housing in Development: Using housing as a catalyst for development in South Africa. Journal of Local Economic Development,
• Gunter, A. (2014): Mega events as a pretext for infrastructural development: the case of the All African Games Athletes Village, Alexandra, Johannesburg. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 23(23), 39-52.
• Gunter, A. (2014). Renting shacks: Landlords and tenants in the informal. Urbani izziv, (25 (s), 96-107.
• Gunter, A., (2013): Creating Co-Sovereigns and Empowered Citizens using Social Housing in Johannesburg South Africa, Habitat International 39(1) 278-283.
• Gunter, A., (2012): “Crisylida Capital”: Hatching Informal Township Property Markets to Benefit Low-Income Residents in Johannesburg, South Africa, Urban Forum, 23(2), 165-180.
• Gunter, A., (2011): Stadium upgrades as Local Economic Development: The fallacy of FIFA 2010 stadium upgrade as LED within the Ellis Park Sports Precinct. South African Geographical Journal, 89(1), 79-89.
• Gunter, A., (2011), Review article “Sport, Culture and Leisure in the Postmodern City”, South African Geographical Journal, 89(1), 98-100.
• Gunter (2010): Human Development, In Brouard, J., (ed), Geography on the Go,   Heinemann: Johannesburg.
• Gunter, A., & Scheepers, L., (2010): Property Tenure and Local Economic Development: Community led LED in Johannesburg South Africa. International Journal of Social Science, 5(2), 245 - 263.

Conferences since 2009

• Gunter, A., (2025). Soundscapes as a Decolonial Methodology. Royal Geographical Society Conference. Birmingham.
• Gunter, A., (2021). Typologies of Education: Networks and Infrastructure for Mobility, Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers.
• Schoeman, R., and Gunter, A., (2018). Greenwashing: Exploring the role of Green building rating agencies on the building industry, The case of Johannesburg, Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers,
• Manuel, K., and Gunter, A., (2018). Privatisation of public space: security guards and policing by non-state authorities in City Improvement Districts. Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers.
• Raghuram, P. and Gunter, A., (2014): International study in the global South: linking student, staff and institutional mobility. Royal Geographical Society 25 – 29 August, London, UK.
• Gunter, A., (2014): Renting Shacks: the prevalence of tenancy in the informal housing sector in Gauteng Province, South Africa, South African Geographical Society, 22 – 27 June, East London, SA.
• Gunter, A., (2013): Mega events as a pretext for infrastructural development: The case of the All African Games Athletes Village, Alexandra, Johannesburg, Sports, Leisure and Society Conference, 19 – 20 September, Brighton, UK.
• Gunter, A., and Scheepers, L., (2011): Slum Housing as a Catalysis for Wealth Creation and Local Economic Development, IGU Regional Conference, 14-18 November, Santiago, Chile.
• Gunter, A., (2011): Creating co-sovereigns though social housing, RGS-IBC Conference, 3-6 August, London, England.
• Gunter, A., (2010): Selling Slums, reviewing De Soto’s tenure debate, UrbanLand Mark Conference, 1 – 2 November, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Gunter, A., (2010): Property Tenure and Local Economic Development, International Conference of Social Science, 2 – 5 August, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
• Gunter, A., (2010): Is this the end of Neoliberalism: The collapse of the housing market and the role of the state, School of Arts Seminar Series, Monash South Africa.
• Gunter, A., and Scheepers, L., (2009): Low Cost Housing: local wealth in property, IGU Local Economic Development colloquium, 7 – 14 September, Warsaw, Poland.
• Gunter, A., (2009): Using FOSS GIS to Map Squatter Settlements in Developing Countries. 8th Biannual Conference of the Southern African Geographical Society, 1-3 September, UNISA.
• Gunter, A., and Scheepers, L., (2009): Exploring poverty elevation through housing provision. 8th Biannual Conference of the Southern African Geographical Society, 1-3 September, UNISA.
• Gunter, A., (2009): Getting it for Free: Using FOSS GIS to estimate dwelling frames in Squatter Settlements. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium, 13 – 17 July, University of Cape Town.
• Gunter, A., (2009): Exploring Urban Africa: Field Excursions through Johannesburg Tshwane and Ekurhuleni Region, Geography and Environmental Science Seminar Series, Monash University, Clayton Campus.

• Acting Deputy Executive Dean: College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, UNISA January 2025 – present.
• Steering Committee Member: International Geographical Union: Local Economic Commission, 2020-2025
• South African Geographical Council Member 2014 - 2024
• Postgraduate Coordinator: Department of Geography, UNISA 2020 - 2024
• Chair of Department:  Geography, UNISA,  2015 – 2017
• Panel Member: of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Ethics Committee, UNISA 2013 - 2015
• Advisory Board Member: of the International Water Center, African Water Research Node 2009 - 2011.
• Fellow: of the Royal Geographical Society
• Corresponding member: The International Geographical Union’s Local Economic Commission, 2009-present

• Catalytic Niche Area Funding (SA) 2025 (R510 000)
• British Academy ODA Grant (UK) 2025-2026 (£29 000)
• Lancaster Rapid Response Grant (UK) 2025 (£18 000)
• AHRC Equitable Partnerships Funding (UK) 2024-2025 (£300 000)
• IMPACT Grant (UK) 2021-2023 (R860 000)
• AHRC Network + Grant (UK) 2020 – 2024 (R4 500 000)
• ERLI Grant (EU) 2020 – 2021 (€20 000)
• Arts and Humanities Council (AHRC) Network Grant (UK) 2018 – 2019 (£59 000)
• OU GCRO Network Grant (UK) 2019 (£7 900)
• Lancaster University Seed Funding 2019 (£1 000)
• Joint ESRC/NRF Newton Fund Grant (UK and SA) 2016-2019 (£500 000 + R2 000 000)
• VisionKeepers Research Grant 2014 (R354 000)
• South African Geographical Society Special Projects Award 2014 (R60 000)
• National Research Foundation Freestanding Postdoctoral Fellowship 2012 ($16 500)
• Monash Research Office Small Research Grants 2011 (R97 000)        
• International Strategic Initiatives Funding 2009 (A$8 000)

• Editor-in-Chief:  South African Geographical Journal (Impact Factor 1.45 T&F Journal)  2019 – 2024

Editorial Boards: 

• Discover Cities (Impact Factor 1.78 Springer Nature Journal)  2025 - present
• Global Society (Impact Factor 1.4 Springer Nature Journal)  2024 - present
• Global Networks Journal (Impact Factor 2.927; Wiley Journal)  2022 – present
• InterEspaço: Revista de Geografia e Interdisciplinaridade (Impact Factor 0.35 Federal University of Maranhão) 2016 – present

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION 
PhD Supervision Sehale, E. (2025): Homeownership in the Global South: An Analytical Assessment of Barriers, Benefits, and the Scale of Middle-income Homeownership in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. UNISA PhD

• Van Vuuren, L. (2023): Borrowing’ Parks: an analysis of organised events and attachment to urban parks, Johannesburg. UNISA PhD
• Tshabalala, S. (2023): Amalgamated municipalities: An investigation into spatial, economic and political transformation of amalgamated municipalities, focusing on Ekurhuleni, South Africa. UNISA PhD
• Sherriff, R. (2022): The Role of Open Distance Education in the Internationalization of Higher Education. UNISA PhD
• Ayele, E. (2021): Children and youth migration to Hawassa City of Ethiopia in the pursuit of livelihoods. UNISA PhD
• Dando, T. (2020): Urban Green Space Management and its Contributions to Urban Livelihoods. Unisa PhD
• Fekadu, K. (2016): Long Distance Bus Transport: Structure, Service Adequacy and its Roles in Linking Core and Periphery. UNISA PhD 

Masters Supervision 

• Ramakoko, D. (2023): Investigating the socio-economic impacts of undocumented Zimbabwean immigration in the informal sector in Matswale, Musina. UNISA MSc.
• Makhuba, A. (2023): An investigation of Vuwani Community Contestation Over Municipal Boundary Demarcation Board Decision. UNISA MSc
• Mlambo, M. (2021): The Economic Impact of Informal Rental Housing on Low-income Populations in Bloemfontein’s Informal Settlements. UNISA MSc
• Schoeman, R. (2021): Green Buildings: the influence of rating agencies and greenwashing in the green rating of buildings: the case of Johannesburg. UNISA MSc
• Khanye, B. (2020): Tenure in Informal Settlements: An investigation into formal property ownership. UNISA MSc
• Steyn, C. (2019): International Distance Education and African Students. UNISA MSc
• Manuel, K. (2018): City Improvement Districts as a Manifestation of Unjust City Spaces. UNISA MSc
• Msimango, L. (2018): A critical evaluation of urban water management: comparative case studies of meadowlands township, Soweto and Florida suburb, Roodepoort. UNISA MSc
• Fitzgerald, T. (2017): Gentrification and the forced removal of vulnerable people. UNISA MSc
• Tshabalala, S. (2017): Amalgamation of Municipalities: Transport planning in the amalgamation of Ekurhuleni. UNISA MSc
• Sherriff-Shupping, R. (2016): Green Washing in Eco Estates: The case of estates in Gauteng. UNISA MA