Global South
MPhil in Urban Studies — Southern Urbanism
African Centre for Cities hosts a Masters in Southern Urbanism aimed at fostering the next generation of urban scholars from Africa rooted in Southern city perspectives.
ACC/ AFD Symposium on Informal Settlements, Slums and Precarious Neighbourhoods
The African Centre for Cities (ACC) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) host a one-day symposium on the AFD book Rethinking Precarious Neighbourhoods edited by Professor Agnès Deboulet, the work of ACC’s Urban Violence, Safety and Inclusion CityLab coordinated by Dr Mercy Bown-Luthango, and the work of the Sustainable Human Settlements CityLab coordinated by Liza Cirolia.
Call for submission: ACC International Urban Conference
To mark our tenth anniversary ,African Centre for Cities will convene an international academic conference in Cape Town to take stock of cutting-edge urban research and debate knowledge priorities in the aftermath of the new global development architecture
Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods
Caroline Skinner was the lead editor for the October 2016 Environment and Urbanization Special Issue on Urban Livelihoods. The launch of the issue coincided with the recent Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador.
Global Launch of the Gold IV Report: Co-creating the Urban Future
Global Launch of the Gold IV Report: Co-creating the Urban Future. The Agenda of Metropolises, Cities And Territories
Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
A United Nations conference seeks urban sustainability. But the agenda will fail without input from researchers, warn Timon McPherson Sue Parnell, Aromar Revi and colleagues.
Seminar: Emancipation in an Urban Century
Henrik Ernstson will present a PhD seminar titled: Emancipation in an Urban Century: From more-than-human political moments to the figure of the Anthropo-ob(S)scene on 12th and 13th October.