ISULabaNtu

Judith Ojo-Aromokudu attended the African Centre for Cities (ACC) conference hosted by the University of Cape Town, South Africa from the 1st to the 3rd of February 2018. The conference offered opportunities for practitioners, activist and scholars to show case ongoing-work and network in the multi-disciplinary field of urban studies. Under the panel discussion entitled "Informal settlements and upgrading in South African cities", Judith presented key findings from the ISULab

On 31 January 2018, Dr Claudia Loggia was invited as guest speaker at the Global Engagement Meeting (GEM) organised by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and the UK Research Councils in Nairobi, Kenya (January 30th-2nd February 2018). This GEM was organised by the Research Councils UK (RCUK) to showcase opportunities available through GCRF, bringing together developing countries and UK researchers to discuss opportunities for maximising the contribution of GCRF into p

On 9 February 2018, Dr Claudia Loggia and Mrs Judith Ojo-Aromokudu presented our preliminary project findings at a side event at the World Urban Forum conference in Kuala Lumpur. This 9th WUF event was the first to focus on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted in Habitat III in October 2016 (where ISULabaNtu was also present). The theme of WUF was “Cities 2030, Cities for All: Implementing the New Urban Agenda”, thus placing the Forum’s focus on the New Urban Ag