Feb 4, 2026 | Nairobi, News, Research
In a new open access book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, Peter Lockwood – former Hallsworth Fellow at The University of Manchester and now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Goettingen – tells the human stories behind...
Dec 17, 2025 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Lagos, Lilongwe, Nairobi, Research
The housing challenge in African cities is far from consistent. With differing historical, sociopolitical and economic contexts, cities are seeing urbanisation play out along differing trajectories – impacting issues around housing demand, supply and justice. ACRC’s...
Nov 25, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Jerry Okal and Jack Makau The Evidence Fund Early Market Engagement (EME) event, organised by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), gathered a diverse group of policymakers, researchers, academics and...
Oct 10, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Molly Adawo, member of the Nairobi waste co-research team From 7-8 August 2025, the Mathare solid waste co-researchers – consisting of waste workers from Mathare subcounty in Nairobi – travelled to Naivasha, approximately 100 kilometres away, for a two-day learning...
Oct 3, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Evans Otibine, Kelvin Mbatia, Maureen Musya, Michelle Koyaro, Veronica Mwangi, Susan Mwanzia, Patrick Njoroge, Jane Weru, Jack Makau and Amollo Ambole What does research in informal settlements in Nairobi look like? This was the guiding question for a recent...
Aug 11, 2025 | Nairobi, News, Research
The International Development Research Centre, Canada, and the Grassroots Justice Network are excited to announce a new open access volume: Legal Empowerment in Informal Settlements: Grassroots Experiences in the Global South. One chapter is co-authored by ACRC’s...
