Working together for urban progress
African Cities Research Consortium is a collaborative approach to tackling complex problems in the continent’s rapidly changing cities.
About AFRICAN CITIES RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
Cities are complex, dynamic, political systems. We bring together the right people and an understanding of the political economy of individual cities to identify and address the critical challenges they are facing.
Our aim is to generate insights and evidence that will help improve the living conditions, services and life chances of all city residents, particularly for disadvantaged communities.
THE LATEST ACRC NEWS
Valuing water in the Global South
To mark World Water Day 2021, Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism at The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute, discusses the issues the Global South face when it comes to accessing clean water.
Webinar: an introduction to the African Cities Research Consortium
Catch up on our webinar introducing the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) and outlining how the Consortium and its international partners are planning to tackle complex, political and systemic problems in some of Africa’s fastest-growing urban areas.
Participatory urban planning in action
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, local SDI groups have played a critical role in making participatory planning a reality.
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LATEST TWEETS FROM ACRC
Could improving the walking experience in #AfricanCities help make them more equitable and sustainable?
@TC_Africa 👇
https://theconversation.com/people-living-in-african-urban-settings-do-a-lot-of-walking-but-their-cities-arent-walkable-156895
With #Covid19 increasing justice needs, our new research sets out a route for scaling up access to people-centred justice in low-income countries 📗 https://buff.ly/3gcKnUI
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If you're keen to get stuck into running the operations of our international research consortium, then apply before the 26th April deadline!
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"Without unprecedented measures to support livelihoods in the informal sector, large numbers of vulnerable households will be driven further into poverty."
Key insights into long-term impacts of #Covid19 on livelihoods, health and wellbeing in Nairobi 👇
http://bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/idsbo/article/view/3115/3118
On #transdisciplinary research – incorporating ‘ways of knowing beyond academia’.
1. Does not reduce value of disciplinary research
2. Essential for policy impact
3. Enablers: *strategic* comms, supportive internal dialogues, adaptive management, effective leadership https://twitter.com/IIED/status/1382964181238964225
BLOG: Talking transdisciplinarity --> https://www.iied.org/talking-transdisciplinarity
Guest bloggers Alexandre Chausson and Lydia Cole discuss achieving research impact through co-producing knowledge in transdisciplinary teams.