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Teaching

Since 2016 ACC has been building a major postgraduate teaching agenda. This involves conducting rigorous research using both qualitative and quantitative methods, contributing high-quality, peer-reviewed academic literature, and ensuring the knowledge produced is relevant locally and globally. The ACC focuses on identifying key issues such as rapid urbanization, poverty, and inadequate infrastructure, understanding the complex interplay of socio-economic, political, and environmental factors, and developing holistic approaches to address these root causes. Their work translates into actionable policies and sustainable development practices tailored to the unique contexts of African cities, enhancing local capacity and fostering collaborative efforts among various stakeholders.

Our Masters Programmes

In 2018 ACC launched a new MPhil in Southern Urbanism designed to provide a rigorous theoretical as well as methodological foundation in interdisciplinary urban studies. It is intended as a bridgehead into PhD-level research, producing skilled researchers able to conduct compelling doctoral research.

In 2021 ACC launched a Professional Masters programme aimed at mid-career practitioners from civil society, business and the public sector on sustainable urban practice. This course will follow a modularised model to enable working people to complete it on a part-time basis.

Meet our Masters students

Akbar Allahbaksh

Lydia Muadinohamba

Monica Laganparsad

Nosi Mgaga

Phindiwe Silatsha

Thando Mhlanga

Rudewaan Arendse

Zami Mkhwanazi

Clain Kallanje

Diana Murigu

Gugu Mkhabela

Igeny Shone

Koena Marabe

Manfred Braune

Mpai Ts’eole

Pam Booth

Rainer Kasik

Rory Burke

Santiago Olmos

Aaron Hobongwana

Andile Tumana

Daphne Randall

Gamza Meyer

Jesse Box
Kaylin Harrison

Liteboho Makhele

Raeesa Ghoor

Refiloe Sello
Sarah Watson

Siyanda Mbasa
Sedzani Sebatha

Thembelihle Ngcuka

Will Bradley

Aaliyah Hendricks 

Delphine Atwine

Emmanuel Bowan

Filomena Aloo

Jealous Machikiche

Luzuko Matiso

Medhanit Ayele

Olivia Court

Priyanka Naik

Raeesa Noor-Mohamed

Ruth Dick Rebaone

Titiksha Pandit

Amber Williams 
Dagnachew Amberbir Ketema
Dylan Kesler

Jehad Elmamoon
Lea Chisholm

Mashego Molemane
Nikhil Naik
Pavneet Kaur
Shantell Gavhure
Siana Garrido-Mirapeix

Julia Hope

Owami Lerumo

Russel Hlongwane

Samuel Ndungu

Thuthuzelekani Mvimbi

Tshepo Mokholo

Eric Hubbard

Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi

Lateefah Joseph-Rajab 
Mcdonald Galimoto
Moreblessing Chipangura
Mukundwa Makabane
Shakira Qwabe

Dineo Mogotsi

Gina Hendrickse
Kea Mosienyane

Mawethu Pepu

Lena Phillips

Saratu Mshelia

Tareq Khalaf

Tsepiso Mbali

Bronwin Rhoda
Hend El Ghazaly

Jinty Jackson
Joseph Quarcoo

Mildred Nakkungu

Romeo Dipura
Sinazo Funde
Tommaso Cosentino

Deidre Prins-Solani

Kagiso Tshukudu
Malte Stein

Oduetse Londoh Montsho

Patrick Schuster
Razaz Hassan Basheir Hassan

Ruth Brain
Wilfred jana

Abdullahi Ali Hassan

Goabamang Lethugile
Geetika Anand
Israel Ogundare
Joseph Ngben
Majaha Muziwandile Dlamini

Oliver Manjengwa
Rosca Warries
Sayak Roy

Other ACC Exchange Programmes

ACC has also established a partnership with Basel University’s Masters in Critical Urbanism. The students from the programme complete a semester in Cape Town at ACC. 

The NISA project is a transnational partnership between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi (SPA), India and the ACC. The aim of the partnership is knowledge exchange on localising SDGs in urban development. The project also has a student mobility component. 

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