The 'brown bag sessions' provide a regular space for scholars and practitioners to discuss the latest developments and reports that are of relevance to urban policy and practice.
Typically the 'brown bags' are:
May 24, 2012 — Cape Town
J-PAL Africa is a new research programme within the UCT School of Economics that specializes in identifying the impact of social programmes. In this presentation we will discuss the motivation for rig ...
Apr 25, 2012 — Cape Town
Bruce Good speaks about his interactive, public campaign to unearth creative and significant neighbourhood names in South Africa. The campaign was launched in Cape Town in 2011, hoping to ignite commu ...
Apr 12, 2012 — Cape Town
In the City of Abuja, the 30 year old Capital City of Nigeria, an interesting disparity exists. The majority of people who are able to live in the city are wealthy, while the poor live in slums at the ...
Mar 15, 2012 — Cape Town
The Humanitarian Policy Group is undertaking a multi-year research and public affairs project on urbanisation and humanitarian action, exploring the vulnerabilities of affected populations and h ...
Jun 30, 2011 — Cape Town
In this brownbag session, Jonathan Silver will focus on the James Town/Ga Mashie neighborhood in Accra and explore the political ecologies of climate change and energy networks at a community level.Th ...
Oct 13, 2010 — Cape Town
There are substantial developments taking place in Cape Town's public transport environment. These include the new MyCiti bus rapid transit project, portions of which will begin operating early i ...
