Teaching
Since 2016 ACC has been building a major postgraduate teaching agenda.
MPHIL in Urban Studies — Southern Urbanism
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.
MA Sustainable Urban Practice
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.
Masters Exchange Programme
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.
Democratic Practices of Unequal Geographies
This annual seminar series emerges out of an interest to put into conversation political philosophy and global south urbanism. Importantly, our objective is not that of supplementing a theoretical abstraction (e.g. ‘the political’) with some kind of concrete spatiality.
Bachelor of City Planning degree + Masters of City and Regional Planning degree (linked)
These are two, full time, professional taught programmes with completion of the masters year allowing South African Council for Planning accreditation and accreditation from the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Short Course: Reflecting on the “Mainstreaming Urban Safety and Inclusion”
A short course for practitioners took place from the 13-16 April 2015 at the University of Cape Town. This course was jointly presented by the African Centre for Cities (ACC), the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) Non-Profit Company and the Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (VCP).
Call for proposals: SA City Studies Conference 2016
The SA Cities Conference brings together scholars who wish to expose their work to critical discussion and engage with ideas of those working in disciplines other than their own. This call for contributions seeks participation from scholars in all disciplines based or working in Southern Africa.
