Present and Visible: Napier Settlement and its Stories
This new co-produced book seeks to render visible the often overlooked stories of people’s everyday lives in an informal settlement…
LAUNCH | New Masters programme
From siloed practitioner to urban integrator for sustainable African city futures – this new Masters programme, convened by the African…
New brief unpacks KTP lessons
If we acknowledge that urban theory thrives on practice and urban practice is blind without theory, then creating spaces where…
Complex Cities, Compelling Stories
A new Cityscapes Magazine podcast series featuring stories that explore the complexities of life and the impact of dynamic change in contemporary…
News
Why do we need urban-system integrators?
The African continent is undergoing a series of exciting, and daunting transitions. Changes in technological primacy, climate patterns, work and…
Climate compatible urban development: building healthier relationships between people, water and carbon across Africa
What does it entail to make African cities climate compatible and climate resilient? Many African urban residents, businesses and public…
Incorporating cultural mapping, cultural planning and impact assessment into policy development for sustainable and just urban futures
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African and…
Holding government accountable for cultural sustainability and just urban development
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African and…
Cultural mapping, planning and impact assessment for sustainable urban development
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African and…
Strengthening urban policy to address cultural diversity: Good practice case studies from Europe and Africa
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African…
Research
Incorporating cultural mapping, cultural planning and impact assessment into policy development for sustainable and just urban futures
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African and…
Holding government accountable for cultural sustainability and just urban development
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African and…
Cultural mapping, planning and impact assessment for sustainable urban development
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African and…
Strengthening urban policy to address cultural diversity: Good practice case studies from Europe and Africa
Funded by the European Union, through the SA-EU Dialogue Facility Project, this dialogue brought together a variety of South African…
Geographical interventions into debates regarding ‘men who have sex with men’ (MSM)
Geographical interventions into debates regarding ‘men who have sex with men’ (MSM), authored by Andrew Tucker is published in Gender,…
Culture, Sustainability and Urban Innovation
Without culture, cities as vibrant life-spaces do not exist; they are merely concrete and steel constructions, prone to social degradation…
Events
Unpacking co-production in second AURI workshop
The second workshop, co-hosted by African Urban Research Initiative (AURI) and Mistra Urban Futures programme, focused on knowledge co-production, and…
From lifestyle disease to food systems disease
Obesity among children in South Africa has increased from approximately 1 in 20 children in 2005, to 1 in 8 children in…
New report on cities’ central role in meeting the challenges of our time
There is a new bullishness to the global narrative around cities and climate change. Buoyed by the explicit recognition given…
ACC partners with RISE Africa to host new urban action festival
The RISE Africa platform, together with its partners, will host its first annual event that brings together Africa’s urban thinkers,…
IN THE PRESS: EU sets out its stall in Africa
DAKAR, Senegal — The European Union’s top brass headed to Africa Thursday, aiming to cast relations between the two continents…
ACC hosts cultural dialogue in Cape Town
It is increasingly being recognised that culture plays an important role in urban development. The well-being of cities relies on…
Planning for Food Secure African Cities Podcast
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Pairing academia and policy for transdisciplinary research in Africa
Pairing academia and policy for transdisciplinary research in Africa
Join the International Society for Urban Health Africa Working Group for the first discussion in the Urban Health in Africa Webinar Series entitled Pairing academia and policy for transdisciplinary research...