Academic Research

The ACC aims to produce credible new knowledge on the drivers of urban crisis in African cities with an eye on systemic solutions

Programmes
  • African Urbanism Initiative

    This project seeks to address the continued absence of theoretical work on the nature and dynamics of urbanism in African cities characterised by large swathes of informality. Many scholars have been ...

  • Food Security

    In partnership with Queens University, ACC supports a research project that explores urban food security in eleven Southern African cities. The project seeks to uncover new data and develop appropriat ...

News
ACC Postgraduate Bursaries 2012

The African Centre for Cities awards a few new and roll-over masters and doctoral bursaries each year. The awards are for UCT students whose dissertations are on urban-related issues in Africa. The bu ...

Mar 12, 2012
Changing socio-spatial configurations of inclusion and exclusion: planning and counter-planning in the African city
ACC Welcomes AFSUN Research Fellow
Papers
Urban Food Security Series No. 6: Urban Food Insecurity and the Advent of Food Banking in Southern Africa
AFSUN
Urban Food Security Series No. 5: The HIV and Urban Food Security Nexus
AFSUN
Urban Food Security Series No. 4: Urban Food Production and Household Food Security in Southern African Cities
AFSUN