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.
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.
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
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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