The African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town invite applications for three full time Research Officers or Senior Research Officers for a two-year period (1 June 2023 – 31 May 2025).
ACC PhD candidate and research fellow Alicia Fortuin was awarded a Zeit Stiftung Fellowship.
An action research compass for strengthening the informal sector’s role in achieving the right to food.
Andrew Tucker has authored a new paper entitled Geographies of gender and sexuality I: Engaging the shift towards Southern urbanism, published in Progress in Human Geography.
The African Centre for Cities, through Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) are calling for scholarship applications for 2024.
The African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town and Urban Studies at the University of Basel invite applications for a full time Associate Professor or Professor in Urban Studies.
African Centre for Cities is delighted to publish theoriSE: debating the southeastern turn in urban studies, edited by Oren Yiftachel and Nisa Mammon.
The African Centre for Cities invites applications for a two-year Junior Research Fellow position to join Young and Online in African Cities: Tech-based Activations for Just and Sustainable Urban Development, an applied and action-oriented research project aiming to tackle inequality through exploring the relationship between youth, technology, work, citizenship, and sustainable and just placemaking.
The African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI) unveiled its plans to catalyse the transformation of cities across the continent. The initiative will provide exclusive, tailored support to African city leaders, drawing on the insights and experience of a distinguished group of coaches including former heads of state, government ministers, and mayors with a legacy of transformation.
African Centre for Cities has partnered with Big Win Philanthropy on a ground-breaking initiative to catalyse the transformation of cities in Africa: the African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI).
Calling all early-career academics, researchers, activists, and artists interested in urban theory in Africa! Apply now to be a part of the second UTA-DO African Cities Workshop in 2023.
Call for T7 Policy Brief Abstracts to Promote Global Action During G7 Japan 2023
African Centre for Cities Director and South African Research Chair in Urban Policy, Prof Edgar Pieterse, is taking up the co-chair of the Science and Digitalisation for A Better Future task force as part of Think7.
As part of the African Infrastructure Futures Conference, the African Centre for Cities (University of Cape Town) and the Urban Futures Studio (Utrecht University), have mounted an exhibition of 10 case studies showcasing inspiring examples of infrastructure innovation from across the continent.
The African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town and its partners are convening an African Infrastructure Futures Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, from 21 to 23 November 2022.
