Sep 1, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
By Nansozi K Muwanga, action research project lead Uganda is one of the youngest countries in the world, with over 70% of its population under the age of 30. In the lead-up to the 2021 elections, it was estimated that two-thirds of registered voters were below 30,...
Aug 11, 2025 | 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...
Aug 5, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
By Amollo Ambole, ACRC Nairobi in-city urban development research lead The ACRC Nairobi team had the privilege of joining residents, government officials, engineers, public health experts and other stakeholders at the Water and Sanitation Policy workshop for...
Jun 13, 2024 | Commentary
By Smith Ouma, postdoctoral research fellow at the Global Development Institute (GDI) Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds...
May 13, 2021 | Commentary, Covid Collective
By Professor Diana Mitlin, CEO of the African Cities Research Consortium This case study – originally published as part of the Covid Collective Research for Policy and Practice series – shows how an urban social movement was able to produce the knowledge that state...
