TWO YEAR POST DOCTORAL POSITIONS AT THE CENTRE FOR HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

Background

The Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (chsd.unilag.edu.ng) at the University of Lagos was established in 2013 to provide learning and research support for evidence-based policy and practice for the housing and urbanisation sector in Africa.

The centre is interested in recruiting two Post-Doctoral Researchers (at 50% time) for the research project - & …

Thursday 4th of February and Friday 5th of February, 2021 by 10:00AM

CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO RESEARCHING INFORMALITY AND INEQUALITY IN URBAN AFRICA

This workshop is designed to improve the knowledge of participants on the concepts of informality and inequality from an African urban context, to examine extant theories that can be used to guide research on informality and inequality and also to introduce comparative research and its methodologies to …

COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN RESEARCH NETWORK FOR URBANIZATION AND HABITABLE CITIES VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, 27-29 OCTOBER 2020, HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

This conference provided a platform for the presentation of findings on the scoping studies titled "State of Urban Infrastructure in Africa: Focus on Transit Oriented Development" commissioned by the African Research Network for Urbanization and Habitable Cities. The Conference was structured into four sessions over …

WORLD CITIES DAY

 Theme:

ENHANCING THE VALUE OF NIGERIAN CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

 Organized by

United Nations Information Centre Lagos, Nigeria

& UN Habitat UN Habitat Nairobi, Kenya

 In collaboration with

Institute of Nigeria-China Development Studies, University of Lagos & Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos

10.00 AM (WAT)                 …

FIRST ANNUAL AFRICAN RESEARCH NETWORK FOR URBANIZATION AND HABITABLE CITIES CONFERENCE

27-29 October 2020 (11:00-14:00 WCAT/GMT+1)

Context

Urban   infrastructure was identified at the inception workshop of the Network in   September 2019 as a critical concern for most African cities. Furthermore, a   major outcome of the Network's thematic workshop in November 2019 was that   transportation challenges constitute a critical infrastructure gap …

ARUA CoE for Urbanization and Habitable Cities

Report of the Capacity Building Workshop on Transdisciplinary Research: Rethinking Research in COVID-19 times

The Potential of Transdisciplinary Research to face the Covid-19 Crisis:

Professor Ulli Vilsmaier, Methodology Center and Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science. Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Professor Ulli Vilsmaier talked about the Transdisciplinary research, looking …

STATEMENT ON WORLD HABITAT DAY 2020

HOUSING FOR ALL: A BETTER URBAN FUTURE

We recognise the pivotal role of housing to the attainment of all the Sustainable Development Goals. The urgency required to achieve these goals are amplified by the recent coronavirus pandemic and endemic threats of poverty and inequality across African cities and regions.

We foreground the following as critical for the achievement of housing and urban development priorities: urban planning policies …

Hi there! This Week on the COVID-19 and African Cities Webinar Series.

Topic: Managing Urbanization Dynamics in Response to COVID-19 in Africa  with focus on: Dakar, Ouagadougou, Legon, Ile.ife and Lagos.              

When: Thursday Sep 24, 2020 12:00 PM West Central Africa 

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2qkGAbC7RNedbOhg7w-XKA

Webinar ID: 898 0860 6196

Passcode: 834950

Please …