The ACC aims to produce credible new knowledge on the drivers of urban crisis in African cities with an eye on systemic solutions
Ray Pahl Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship is open to any scholar of recent postdoctoral standing who is a citizen of an African country (excluding the Republic of South Africa) and who would find the ACC a congenial work environment for intellectual reflection, scholarly engagement and debate, and writing
“The African Centre for Cities recently launched a new CityLab on “Urban Violence, Safety and Governance”. Led by Dr Mercy Luthango-Brown, this CityLab will look at the effectiveness of upgrading informal settlements as a response to violence and the improvement of safety within settlements.
‘Climate compatible development’ is gaining ground in international policy circles. What does this mean for African and other developing world cities?
Socio-institutional prerequisites for climate adaptation at the local scale: a comparison of three South African municipalities
New Imaginaries is a 2012 trilogy of art projects by Goethe-Institut that variously explored public space in Johannesburg
The Density Syndicate, a think-tank initiative by the ACC and International New Town Institute kicks off with its first studio on 12 May 2014 in Langa, Cape Town.
SUPE’s 5 day Urban Political Ecology in African Cities Workshop aims to discuss critical approaches to urban environmental research. The workshop is aimed to support new ideas, research collaborations and grant applications and provide an opportunity for discussion and in-depth engagement around these issues.
Since 2012, ACC has entered into a partnership with SJC to co-host the Grootboom Lecture Series, as well as to co-produce a ‘manual’ on design thinking.
The Public Culture Research Group engages critically with issues around public art, public space, design and culture-led urban regeneration. It is an epistemic community that offers an intellectual home for a number of ACC researchers involved in diverse projects, each with extensive networks with external researchers and institutions. The key participants in the group are: Shari Daya, Kim Gurney, Jenny Mbaye, Edgar Pieterse, Rike Sitas and Tau Tavengwa.
One of WIEGO’s strategies within the Inclusive Cities project is working on the reform of planning curricula on the urban informal economy
Within the Inclusive Cities project, WIEGO aims to establish the best possible statistical picture of size and contribution of the informal economy in urban areas.
