Mar 20, 2024 | Commentary, Research
“No textbook can tell you how to do this.” ACRC defines inclusive urban reform coalitions as partnerships between government, experts and civil society organisations – often directly involving communities and groups most directly affected by the issues at hand – to...
Mar 18, 2024 | Commentary
By Adewumi Badiora, ACRC Lagos safety and security domain lead Lagos is the most populous city in Africa and a regional economic giant, having west Africa’s busiest seaport. It is the centre of commercial and economic activities in Nigeria. The city’s population is...
Mar 15, 2024 | Commentary, Research
Guest blog by Felix Agyemang, lecturer in spatial data science at The University of Manchester, and Sean Fox, associate professor in global development at the University of Bristol According to UN estimates, the global urban population will increase by 2.5 billion...
Mar 12, 2024 | Commentary, Research
By Tom Goodfellow At a time when funding for urban infrastructure and the promotion of an overarching global goal – the hard-won SDG 11 – have catapulted cities up the international policy agenda, it’s hard to believe that urban issues could ever have been considered...
Feb 12, 2024 | Action research, Commentary, Research
Building a shared approach to action research This is the first in a series of blog posts exploring the practicalities and experiences of action research. Building on experiences from across the consortium, we hope that it provides a useful guide for both researchers...
Dec 6, 2023 | Commentary, Research
“From the design of the project, from the design of the tools, to implementation, to data collection and everything, the community should be at the lead, at the forefront, speaking about their issues” ACRC research in Nairobi has brought together communities,...
