Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Development Planning Unit
Abstract
Urban equality refers to the possibility of attaining an even distribution of access to resources, services and opportunities, as well as recognition of social diversity and inclusion in decisions that affects urban citizens' lives. Increasing rates of urban inequality since the 1990s affect directly prosperity and resilience outcomes in urban areas. Increasing rates of urban inequality hold back economic, social and political progress and can contribute to conflicts and extreme poverty. In the age of urbanisation, with more than half of the World's population living in urban areas, achieving urban equality is a major global challenge. Three quarters of the World's urban areas are more unequal today than they were 20 years ago. Close to 1 billion people worldwide live in informal settlements, deprived of basic services and livelihood opportunities. The challenge of urban inequality has inspired a new global discourse on the future of cities and urban areas. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, the 'urban' goal, emphasise the need to deliver inclusive cities. The New Urban Agenda (NUA) adopted by national governments in Quito, October 2016, asks for urban policies for a city that leave 'no one behind'.
The project 'Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality' (henceforth KNOW) seeks to develop research capacities in developing countries and in UK institutions that deliver ODA research, to deliver on the SDG11 and the NUA. KNOW focuses on the major knowledge gap in global policy agendas: delivering urban equality for inclusive cities of opportunities for all. The work programme focuses on three key challenges: achieving prosperity; building resilience to disasters and a changing climate; and addressing the persistent problem of extreme poverty.
The work programme is divided in six work packages. Three work packages focus on learning-by-doing, that is, doing research as a means to build capacity. Work Package 1 will deliver city-relevant research in several countries including Perú, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leona, India, and Sri Lanka. In each case, KNOW will support the formation of a network of overseas and local academics, and stakeholders who will work together to identify the specific challenges associated with urban inequality that emerge in each city. Work Package 2 will use different case-based experiences to develop a comparative programme of research across cities, exploring the challenges of prosperity, resilience, and extreme poverty. Work Package 3 will focus on develop an 'Ethics of Practice' for urban research, within the framework of the Global Challenges Research Fund.
Three work packages will focus on delivering capacities to maximise the impact of research. Work Package 4 will focus on how to translate research into practice, working with key policy makers, intermediaries, and activists to explore the development of urban policy following the programme of research in each city. Work Package 5 will focus on how to maximise the impact of research in education, particularly focusing on the education of planners in the Global South. Finally, Work Package 6 will examine the UK-based capacities to deliver ODA-research for urban equality, seeking to strength current areas of work and develop a new transdisciplinary field of research practice.
KNOW will be coordinated by the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, a recognised institution with a track record of 60+ years of applied research to deliver socially and environmentally just cities in the global south. KNOW also build on a consolidated network of partners in urban areas, capable to deliver an ambitions, international, and interdisciplinary urban research. These partners constitute the locus for a worldwide network of Urban Hubs that, strengthen by the experience in KNOW, will deliver a long-term agenda of research for urban equality.
The project 'Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality' (henceforth KNOW) seeks to develop research capacities in developing countries and in UK institutions that deliver ODA research, to deliver on the SDG11 and the NUA. KNOW focuses on the major knowledge gap in global policy agendas: delivering urban equality for inclusive cities of opportunities for all. The work programme focuses on three key challenges: achieving prosperity; building resilience to disasters and a changing climate; and addressing the persistent problem of extreme poverty.
The work programme is divided in six work packages. Three work packages focus on learning-by-doing, that is, doing research as a means to build capacity. Work Package 1 will deliver city-relevant research in several countries including Perú, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leona, India, and Sri Lanka. In each case, KNOW will support the formation of a network of overseas and local academics, and stakeholders who will work together to identify the specific challenges associated with urban inequality that emerge in each city. Work Package 2 will use different case-based experiences to develop a comparative programme of research across cities, exploring the challenges of prosperity, resilience, and extreme poverty. Work Package 3 will focus on develop an 'Ethics of Practice' for urban research, within the framework of the Global Challenges Research Fund.
Three work packages will focus on delivering capacities to maximise the impact of research. Work Package 4 will focus on how to translate research into practice, working with key policy makers, intermediaries, and activists to explore the development of urban policy following the programme of research in each city. Work Package 5 will focus on how to maximise the impact of research in education, particularly focusing on the education of planners in the Global South. Finally, Work Package 6 will examine the UK-based capacities to deliver ODA-research for urban equality, seeking to strength current areas of work and develop a new transdisciplinary field of research practice.
KNOW will be coordinated by the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, a recognised institution with a track record of 60+ years of applied research to deliver socially and environmentally just cities in the global south. KNOW also build on a consolidated network of partners in urban areas, capable to deliver an ambitions, international, and interdisciplinary urban research. These partners constitute the locus for a worldwide network of Urban Hubs that, strengthen by the experience in KNOW, will deliver a long-term agenda of research for urban equality.
Planned Impact
The project focuses on delivering a multi-level programme of impact. The case studies will deliver impact at local and national levels. Within the city, the main benefits will be to local governments and communities. For local governments, the project will help to develop and assess policy and strategies to deliver urban equality. For communities, the project will support processes to improve recognition and participation in urban governance, and deliver context-specific projects whose outcomes will benefit directly. In the long term, the reduction of inequality in urban areas will have an overall impact on the prosperity and well-being of all citizens in each city. Beneficiaries in each city include:
Tanzania: Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI); Tanzanian Federation for the Urban Poor (TFUP)
Freetown: Freetown City Council; YMCA SL; Centre of Dialogue on Human Settlements and Poverty Alleviation
Kampala: Community Groups: KCCA, ACTogether, KALOCODE, TWESUNDA
Lima: CENCA, CIDAP and Foro Ciudades para la Vida
Havana: Neighbourhoods of Los Sitios; and the City Planning Office and the Municipality of Havana
Colombo: Women's Co-op; Sevanatha
The project will help to increase national government capacity to report on the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda, which will benefit in-country reporting offices. Partner organisations such as FLACSO, ACHR and the Indian Institute of Human Settlements have a track record of influencing national governments on urban-related matters.
At the international level the project will benefit international organisations with a focus on urban areas, and transnational civil society organisations which seek to deliver just transformations in urban areas.
UN-Habitat led the conference Habitat III and will play an important role in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Following previous engagement of this team with UN-Habitat, this project will contribute priorities for implementation of urban policies that leave no one behind. The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) represents local and regional leaders worldwide, and organised the influential World Summit of Local Leaders which shaped the World Mayors Assembly at Habitat III. UCLG has a strong interest in forms of local governance that improve urban prosperity, and have highlighted urban inequality as a priority. KNOW will similarly benefit organisations that led the campaign for the adoption of the 'urban SDG', including achieving urban equality goals. These include, for example, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the World Urban Campaign, the Cities Alliance, the World Association of the Major Metropolises, the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development, the Communitas Coalition, and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI).
Findings will benefit organisations that work directly with the urban poor, for which urban inequality is an obstacle both to win representation in local governments and to deliver outcomes that improve poor people's wellbeing and livelihood opportunities. Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI), for example, will benefit directly from initiatives putting into practice their principles. The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) will benefit from thinking on urban equality that contributes directly to their ongoing debate on the right to the city. The association WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing) will benefit from the delivery of gender-sensitive strategies to achieve urban resilience and prosperity.
Contributions to the three challenges of prosperity, resilience and extreme poverty will help delivering a research programme of direct relevance for ODA programmes in the UK. DFID, particularly, can play a key role through urban interventions. The project will also benefit ODA research and implementation agencies, such as the Overseas Development Institute, the International Institute for Environment and Development, and Practical Action.
Tanzania: Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI); Tanzanian Federation for the Urban Poor (TFUP)
Freetown: Freetown City Council; YMCA SL; Centre of Dialogue on Human Settlements and Poverty Alleviation
Kampala: Community Groups: KCCA, ACTogether, KALOCODE, TWESUNDA
Lima: CENCA, CIDAP and Foro Ciudades para la Vida
Havana: Neighbourhoods of Los Sitios; and the City Planning Office and the Municipality of Havana
Colombo: Women's Co-op; Sevanatha
The project will help to increase national government capacity to report on the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda, which will benefit in-country reporting offices. Partner organisations such as FLACSO, ACHR and the Indian Institute of Human Settlements have a track record of influencing national governments on urban-related matters.
At the international level the project will benefit international organisations with a focus on urban areas, and transnational civil society organisations which seek to deliver just transformations in urban areas.
UN-Habitat led the conference Habitat III and will play an important role in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Following previous engagement of this team with UN-Habitat, this project will contribute priorities for implementation of urban policies that leave no one behind. The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) represents local and regional leaders worldwide, and organised the influential World Summit of Local Leaders which shaped the World Mayors Assembly at Habitat III. UCLG has a strong interest in forms of local governance that improve urban prosperity, and have highlighted urban inequality as a priority. KNOW will similarly benefit organisations that led the campaign for the adoption of the 'urban SDG', including achieving urban equality goals. These include, for example, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the World Urban Campaign, the Cities Alliance, the World Association of the Major Metropolises, the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development, the Communitas Coalition, and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI).
Findings will benefit organisations that work directly with the urban poor, for which urban inequality is an obstacle both to win representation in local governments and to deliver outcomes that improve poor people's wellbeing and livelihood opportunities. Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI), for example, will benefit directly from initiatives putting into practice their principles. The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) will benefit from thinking on urban equality that contributes directly to their ongoing debate on the right to the city. The association WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing) will benefit from the delivery of gender-sensitive strategies to achieve urban resilience and prosperity.
Contributions to the three challenges of prosperity, resilience and extreme poverty will help delivering a research programme of direct relevance for ODA programmes in the UK. DFID, particularly, can play a key role through urban interventions. The project will also benefit ODA research and implementation agencies, such as the Overseas Development Institute, the International Institute for Environment and Development, and Practical Action.
Organisations
- University College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (Co-funder)
- Association of the Nam O Fish Sauce Village (Collaboration)
- Ly Son Marine Protected Area (MPA) (Collaboration)
- Havana Plaza Municipality (Collaboration)
- Plan Maestro para la Revitalización Integral de La Habana Vieja (Collaboration)
- Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) (Collaboration)
- Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University (Collaboration)
- Go Co Village Heritage Park (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development (Collaboration)
- ACTogether Uganda (Collaboration)
- Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network (Collaboration)
- Nakhon Sawan Municipality (Collaboration)
- Cham Islands Marine Protected Area Authority (Collaboration)
- Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (Project Partner)
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Project Partner)
- Asian coalition for housing rights (Project Partner)
- Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) (Project Partner)
- Polytechnic Uni Jose Antonio Echeverria (Project Partner)
- Makerere University (Project Partner)
Publications
Frediani A
(2019)
'Participation as Planning': Strategies from the South to Challenge the Limits of Planning
in Built Environment
Padan Y
(2020)
A 'MINIFESTA' AS THE PROMISE OF COLLECTIVE VOICE
in Axon: Creative Explorations
Da Nang City Partner
(2022)
Architectural Heritages of Da Nang fishing villages
Johnson C
(2022)
Co-producing knowledge to address disaster risks in informal settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: pathways toward urban equality?
in Environment and Urbanization
Moore H L
(2021)
Conceptualising and measuring prosperity
Cazanave Macías J
(2020)
Cuando la ciudad envejece y la ciudadanía responde
in Temas
Hanh V H B
(2021)
Da Nang City Brief: EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF AN URBANIZING CITY
| Title | 500 Years of Urban Diversity in Havana |
| Description | "500 Years of Urban Diversity in Havana", was an exhibition curated by Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) Havana City Partner, to celebrate the 500 anniversary of the city. It displays historic maps in high resolution, documents and imagery of the city through a chronological journey over 500 years of urban evolution. Historic maps and pictures are combined with analytical maps reflecting on the diversity of "the urban" and the dynamics that characterise it. The exhibition focuses in the interrelation between the built environment and the people that participated in its materialisation and has been using and thus shaping it for centuries. The richness brought by the diversity of interacting built forms and people becomes the main reason for celebration. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The purpose was to represent the 500 year history of Havana through an equality lens, aimed at university students, public officials and the general public. It is too early to comment on any impact. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/359482086 |
| Title | 500 Years of Urban Diversity in Havana |
| Description | To mark the 500 year anniversary of the city, this exhibition has been curated through a partnership between Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW), led by the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London (UCL) and "La Habana: Movilidad para la ciudad que queremos", led by Urban Research & Action Group, Faculty of Architecture, Universidad Tecnolólogica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverria (CUJAE). |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The purpose was to represent the 500 year history of Havana through an equality lens, aimed at university students, public officials and the general public. It is too early to comment on any impact. |
| Title | Becoming Bangalore: Maps, Stories |
| Description | Located in Southern India on the Deccan Plateau, Bangalore has been in existence for more than 450 years. In the 16th century, under the Vijayanagara Empire, Bangalore began to grow into a significant fortified settlement and market town, gaining regional dominance during the British Empire as a military or Cantonment town in the 1700s. While the older trading areas of Bangalore were under the control of the Mysore royal family, the northeastern parts were developed by the British. The patterns of urbanization that emerged under the British and the Mysore royal family continue to echo earlier economic activities as well as the older physical layout and design. Although Bangalore is now a global hub for information technology and biotechnology, it has a long history of manufacturing. Now the fifth largest urban agglomeration in India, its spatial footprint and population has more than doubled since the early 1990s. However, concerns remain about how sustainable or equitable this growth is. Rapid urbanisation, complex land markets, informalisation of work, a growing population, and consequent pressure on Bangalore's physical infrastructure and natural resources have led to serious socio-economic and environmental challenges. Unplanned utilisation of resources is making the city prone to severe water scarcity, as the city continues to grow out in areas where there are serious groundwater deficits. Drawing on research over the last two years, this exhibition charts the journey of a city, from a small trading settlement to contemporary Bangalore. It examines the city's multiple intersecting transitions over the past 150 years, illustrating the changes in its lakes and water bodies, its economic and industrial transition, and the expansion of transport infrastructure. These transitions are layered over Bangalore's physical and spatial features and the city's terrain. This exhibition was completed with support from the KNOW (Grant Ref: ES/P011055/1) and PEAK Urban (Grant Ref: ES/P011225/2) programmes, funded by UKRI's Global Challenge Research Fund. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The purpose was to represent the 450 year history of urbanisation in Bangalore through an equality lens, aimed at university students, public officials and the general public. It is too early to comment on any impact. |
| URL | http://iihs.co.in/research/conferences/urban-arc-2020/ |
| Title | CCI- Community voices- sakina |
| Description | CCI- Community voices- sakina |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | CCI- Community voices- sakina |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/667724308 |
| Title | CCI-Resilience Pathways |
| Description | CCI-Resilience Pathways |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | CCI-Resilience Pathways |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/667882793 |
| Title | Community Kitchen intervention at JCM 1: Lavatories and Restrooms |
| Description | Co-designed intervention provides better access and management of water and sanitation and integrates community kitchen in design |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | On-going implementation. Offers a novel dimension to community kitchens: water and sanitation. Technological innovation can be replicated elsewhere, including individual households. |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/pucpdars/videos/411872093339164 |
| Title | Community Kitchen intervention at JCM 2: Community Centre |
| Description | Co-designed an intervention in existing local market that seeks to revaluate its social functions as a place of encounter and to expand understanding of "resident" by including groups that spend most of their days in a particular neighbourhood (the vendors) |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | On-going implementation. Offers and opportunity to think beyond food provision by offering spaces that could serve for other caring activities |
| URL | https://futurearchitectureplatform.org/projects/6dbc85ec-fecb-4be9-b84b-edea6f7e8674/ |
| Title | Community Resilience in Pandemic : Community Action |
| Description | This creative product captures the voice of the community directly and combine it with survey data related to the impact of the pandemic for vulnerable communities who are beneficiaries of the KNOW project. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | This video can build people's enthusiasm to be able to rise from the downturn of the pandemic even though they don't get help from the government. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn-PjD5ezqY |
| Title | Community Resilience in Pandemic : Impact and How Government Act |
| Description | This creative product captures the voice of the community directly and combine it with survey data related to the impact of the pandemic for vulnerable communities who are beneficiaries of the KNOW project. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | This video was shown to the government and could encourage the government to pay more attention to equitable distribution |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQMUe8ZmyLM |
| Title | Community-led COVID-19 responses in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand |
| Description | In this short film, the Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network reflect on its collective actions to support the COVID-19 relief effort. Produced by Nimanong Jansooksri and Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network, Thailand with the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality programme (2021). Editor: Pisur Srimhok. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | In this short film, the Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network reflect on its collective actions to support the COVID-19 relief effort |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/510619262 |
| Title | Community-led COVID-19 responses in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand |
| Description | Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network and its collective actions to COVID-19 relief is presented trough interviews with the network members.- in Thai with English subtitle. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | This video link is shared among the KNOW platforms, and also on the ACHR website and on CoHabitat website |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/510619262 |
| Title | Informal Settlement Upgrading Flyer |
| Description | The Informal Settlement Upgrading Flyer has been developed by Freetown City Learning Platform that seeks to provide a safe space to learn and discuss informal settlement upgrading, with a strong focus on participatory and inclusive practices. It aims to feed into, and disseminate, the discussion taking place as part of the Transform Freetown framework |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | This initiative aims to play a role in the ongoing framework led by the Freetown City Council (FCC). In particular, it aims to feed into the process led by the Sector Working Group focused on 'Urban Planning' with inputs related specifically to the challenges of informal settlement upgrading. This initiative seeks to contribute to Target 1 (on low-cost housing) and Target 2 (on the Freetown Zonal Plan). |
| URL | https://45279888-944b-4def-99e5-22ea75128921.filesusr.com/ugd/623440_9f41534bc7a54ce0bd4bfa5613c7767... |
| Title | KNOW Connections Diagram |
| Description | The KNOW Connections Diagram is a depiction of the Research and Capacity building relationships based on the "matrix" structure of KNOW. It has been published in Issue #2 of the In The KNOW |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The KNOW Connections Diagram has enables us to visually represent the partnerships across the KNOW programme |
| URL | https://indd.adobe.com/view/f1eb3619-fe35-4594-a641-51830dfeb673 |
| Title | KNOW Lima City Partner Introduction | One Square Metre in Lima |
| Description | Produced by Centro de Investigacion de la Arquitectura y la Ciudad (CIAC) - PUCP, in association with CENCA and CIDAP, as part of the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) Programme. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | What makes a city unequal? Is it just a difference in how much is one square metre worth? How is the value of land determined? KNOW's Lima City Partners presents an introductory video on urban inequalities as experienced in everyday practices in the Peruvian capital. Find out more about life in different neighbourhoods within Lima and the methods the KNOW programme is envisioning to help coproduce pathways to urban equality. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/342297011 |
| Title | Kampala micro finance alternative waste economies. Briquette making process with Kamu Kamu Development Organisation |
| Description | Briqutte making process with Kamu Kamu Development Organisation Working with the KNOW Kampala City Partner - Urban Action Lab, Makerere University, hKampala, Uganda. The research programme has supported organisations like Kamu Kamu with briquette making machines to assist in the production process. Script by Mawejje Allan & Nsiimo Joan |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Briqutte making process with Kamu Kamu Development Organisation Working with the KNOW Kampala City Partner - Urban Action Lab, Makerere University, hKampala, Uganda. The research programme has supported organisations like Kamu Kamu with briquette making machines to assist in the production process. Script by Mawejje Allan & Nsiimo Joan |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/671098091?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=87232909 |
| Title | Knowledge Co-production in Enhancing Urban Equality: Goba Settlement, Dar es Salaam |
| Description | Low-income settlements find it difficult to improve or address their basic services and needs, such as water supply and control flooding problems without collective engagements. This short documentary highlights the use of co-prodcution processes in improving urban livelihoods in Goba Settlement in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Produced by Ardhi University, Tanzania, 2022 for Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality, KNOW. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Low-income settlements find it difficult to improve or address their basic services and needs, such as water supply and control flooding problems without collective engagements. This short documentary highlights the use of co-prodcution processes in improving urban livelihoods in Goba Settlement in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Produced by Ardhi University, Tanzania, 2022 for Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality, KNOW. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/685835662 |
| Title | Learning City-wide Baan Mankong Housing Program : Nakhon Sawan Thailand |
| Description | Learning City-wide Baan Mankong Housing Program : Nakhon Sawan Thailand |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Learning City-wide Baan Mankong Housing Program : Nakhon Sawan Thailand |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzDIFFfsf4Y |
| Title | Learning trajectories - Co-Learning for Action to Transform Freetown |
| Description | DPU MSc ESD/SLURC learning alliance. The way we learn how cities are made and by whom has significant consequences on how urban equality is pursued. Since 2017, the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) at Njala University and the practice-based module of the MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development (ESD MSc) at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) / University College London (UCL) have formed a learning alliance that aims to co-produce actionable knowledge to support transformative actions towards a socially and environmentally just Freetown. On the ground, our learning alliance works in collaboration with local collectives of the urban poor across the city, the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) and partnering organisations working under the "Pull Slum Pan Pipul" (PSPP) programme. Every year, we are joined by a group of local interns and community facilitators whose capacity and knowledge strengthens the work of the alliance. In 2018/19, the learning alliance brought together 105 people from 35 countries, including staff from SLURC and DPU, ESD MSc students, local interns and community facilitators. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) project supports the educational work of SLURC, of which this co-learning alliance is one component. Our work in KNOW aims to understand how urban practitioners and everyday city-makers learn in different contexts, and how their learning trajectories enable them to promote urban equality. Video and photography by MSc ESD students 2017-2019 and KNOW team, 2019. The interviews were conducted by KNOW RF Julia Wesely and KNOW Co-I Adriana Allen, April - May 2019. Produced by Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality 2019 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/342726040 |
| Title | Poster of Danang significant fishing villages' livelihood |
| Description | Each poster presents outstanding features of the culture, society and life of fishermen in a different fishing village. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | These posters were presented in fishing village workshops, study tours and exchange trip to introduce some of the significant fishing village culture of Danang to other localities. |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v_7QEO2dKtc_-Q2-ereI-tpCp2RU39yM |
| Title | Sketching the historic fishing villages of Da Nang (Thi ky´ ho?a) |
| Description | The fishing villages of Da Nang still have a lot of values in terms of culture, history, ancient structures, and cultural activities which create the unique beauty of fishermen. This short film documents a process undertaken by the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality Da Nang City Team to preserve this rich culture through a student competition, sketching the villages and exhibiting them widely to audiences in Da Nang and the fishing communities. The sketching of fishing villages is a means of preserving the property values of the fishing village community through the artistic ability of the students. This video is in Vietnamese with English subtitles. Produced in 2020, Da Nang Architecture University |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The contest received the participation of more than 100 entries and 40 selected works for the exhibition. This is an opportunity for students and lecturers to learn more about the cultural and historical values of the fishing village through images and stories shared by fishermen. The exhibition was held many times, receiving the attention of students, faculty, communities, researchers and city government and local press agency |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/519053281 |
| Title | Statistics and maps of Metropolitan Lima by districts according to the 2017 census |
| Description | This publication contains a selection of tables and thematic maps prepared from the results of the 2017 National Census for Metropolitan Lima, including the provinces of Lima and Callao and the fifty districts that make them up. Our goal is to make available to citizens, researchers and public officials, relevant data to understand the city and act from it. The thematic maps show the distribution in the metropolitan territory of the variables that we consider most relevant. Statistical data is never neutral. From the selection of the topics to be included in the census to the way in which the indicators are constructed and the units of analysis are defined, the data always responds to a way of seeing the world and a way of understanding public action. In our case, the information selected and the way in which it is presented responds to two main budgets that we believe are good to explain. In the first place, we believe that Metropolitan Lima must be understood and treated in an integral way, beyond the administrative limits between the provinces and districts that make up the urban continuum. The historical separation between the provinces of Lima and Callao favors a fragmented public action and the imbalance in the distribution of costs and benefits generated by metropolitan dynamics. The fragmented reading of the city also makes it difficult to consolidate social movements of metropolitan scope with the capacity to propose and demand the urgent changes that the metropolis needs. Secondly, we consider that one of the main problems for the development of Metropolitan Lima and for the well-being of those who live in it is inequality. To combat inequality it is necessary to make it visible, so in this publication we focus our attention on some of its expressions, trying to show how it manifests itself in the metropolitan space. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | We seek to facilitate the analysis of the data and give the possibility that each interested person can reprocess the information and make new tables, graphs or thematic maps. Therefore, for each variable we have included statistical information at the district level in both absolute and relative figures. |
| URL | https://downloads.ctfassets.net/pdodv24mspgs/6Av3qdjM5SnIQ42CFhiXse/e3fa8f8ba55f26a8cad45450ae63d91e... |
| Title | Stories from the Riverbank |
| Description | Temporary exhibition funded by Knowledge in Action in Urban Equality presenting first person testimonies of relocation from riverside dwellings to modern social housing, and impact on fishing livelihoods. The exhibition is jointly organised by the Da Nang Museum and Prof. Graeme Were (Bristol University). Prof. Graeme Were is an awardee of the KNOW Small Grants Fund. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Impact in terms of museum policy: the exhibition involved training staff in ethnographic methods and collecting personal testimonies and represent these in exhibition format |
| URL | https://www.baodanang.vn/english/culture-sport/201911/tales-from-the-river-bank-opens-in-the-city-32... |
| Title | Video of exchange trips and study tours to Ly Son and Cham island fishing villages, Da Nang |
| Description | Video clips documenting the exchange trip and study tour of Da Nang fishing villages to Ly Son and Cham island about community based tourism. This film is in Vietnamese, produced 2020 by Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW), ACHR regional city partners at Da Nang Architecture University |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Video shown in seminars on fishing village in Da Nang, introducing some exchanges and study tours activities of fishermen community in KNOW project |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/519065912 |
| Title | Voices from Havana: the Cuban experience of the COVID crisis |
| Description | The Cuban health system is internationally recognised because of its high performance, not only because of the excellent capacity of its professionals, but also for the ability it has shown to respond to complex scenarios throughout the last decades. Facing the COVID-19 pandemic has not been the exception. The response to this crisis, however, is much more than a response from the health system: it is also about how we organise ourselves as a society as a whole, and how we inhabit cities https://www.urban-know.com/post/voices-from-havana-the-cuban-experience-of-the-covid-crisis |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | In this conversation, KNOW city partners Jorge Peña Díaz and Joiselén Cazanave Macías from CUJAE, Havana, discuss with Camila Cociña, KNOW Research Fellow from Work Package 4, about their current lives and the organisation of Cuban society and cities in the light of the current pandemic. The audio, in Spanish, focusses first on understanding how they have lived the response to the sanitary crisis from their space at home, as well as the relationships and responses that have emerged within the neighbourhoods and how the city of a Havana is a whole is read in a different way. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/425086355 |
| Title | What Does Ethics Mean to You? Responses from the KNOW Team, February 2019 |
| Description | At an early stage in the research of KNOW Work Package 3 (The Ethics of Research Practice), during the second KNOW Workshop in Havana (February 2019), we asked all KNOW collaborators the question 'What does ethics mean to you?'. Their responses are combined in this short video. Edited by Ulrikke Andersen, 2019 |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The short video represented a collective view of the how the meaning of Ethics travels and it is interpreted across languages and cultures. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/507491602 |
| Title | What Does Ethics Mean to You? Responses from the KNOW Team, February 2019 |
| Description | At an early stage in the research of KNOW Work Package 3 (The Ethics of Research Practice), during the second KNOW Workshop in Havana (February 2019), we asked all KNOW collaborators the question 'What does ethics mean to you?'. Their responses are combined in this short video. Edited by Ulrikke Andersen, 2019 |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | At an early stage in the research of KNOW Work Package 3 (The Ethics of Research Practice), during the second KNOW Workshop in Havana (February 2019), we asked all KNOW collaborators the question 'What does ethics mean to you?'. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/507491602 |
| Description | The key findings of the KNOW Programme can be summarized under 7 themes, which structured the Final KNOW International Conference (7-10 February 2022). 1. Exercising the right to housing, water and sanitation While this key finding is not new, the research at city level in KNOW highlights the critical importance of affordable access to housing, infrastructure, and basic goods and services in addressing deep urban inequalities and supporting a decent life for urban residents. Furthermore, only by localising global targets in this way, can governments meet SDG and NUA global agreements. While context specific in its manifestations, the theme also argues for co-produced methodologies between communities, the public sector, relevant private sector actors, and academia/research organisations related to research, policy and planning action that will contribute to more equal living conditions in urban areas. 2. Re-imagining urban livelihoods This theme demonstrated how urban livelihoods re-imagined through community-led research and capacity building on prosperity and collective enterprise development, are at odds with mainstream government-led approaches to improving urban livelihoods. The findings point to the urgency for a shift in the traditional economic focus in three ways: first by arguing for a shift from traditional economic definitions to a broader notion of prosperity as flourishing; second, by exploring the collective development and potential of social enterprises, linked to emerging urban sectors and/or addressing pressing urban problems like recycling; and finally, by proposing alternative methodologies for co-producing knowledge and practice. 3. Reframing multi-hazard risk and local capacities for action This theme makes the argument that without reframing understandings of risk and resilience, based on knowledge co-produced methodologies, socio-economic and political vulnerabilities and inequalities will increase in urban areas, and the challenge of climate adaptation will not be addressed. The findings in this theme talk not only to learning across KNOW cities and regions, but also to global targets such as in the SDG, NUA, COP and the Sendai Framework 4. Strengthening transformative urban governance This key findings under this theme argue for the strengthening urban governance through the co-construction of urban networks and urban 'platforms' to strengthen active community engagement in governance processes and to expand institutional capabilities to formulate and implement policy and planning that can address urban equality. The findings in this theme talk not only to learning across KNOW cities and regions, but also to global targets such as the SDGs, the NUA, the UCLG Pact for the Future and other global agendas. 5. Practicing ethics and critical pedagogies for epistemic justice The findings under this theme maintain that addressing epistemic justice is fundamental for strengthening emancipatory capacities for strategic urban practice. They contend that epistemic justice can be advanced through situated ethics of care and reflexivity, and critical urban pedagogies, that is, through the practice of situated ethics approach that supports knowledge co-production, along with the recognition and strengthening of diverse urban practitioners and their knowledges through the myriad formal and informal learning processes that mark the trajectories of city-makers. 6. Developing knowledge co-production methodologies for urban equality The findings in this theme maintain that applying co-production methodologies create opportunities to widen the room for manoeuvre for shaping pathways to urban equality. The findings reflect on the diversity of co-production methodologies deployed during KNOW and their adaptability to different contexts of action. The diverse experiences of co-production methodologies in KNOW suggest that there are significant barriers to challenge the structural drivers of urban inequality, including the divergent agendas between communities and the public sector and the impact of political economy processes on urban life. The potential of co-production methodologies lies in the extent to which they challenge existing processes of urban governance, and foreground communities' interests and points of view. In doing so, co-production methodologies challenge the deficit of credibility faced by disadvantaged communities, what philosopher Miranda Fricker has called 'epistemic injustice.' 7. Pathways to urban equality Drawing on the collective construction of actions across KNOW cities, the findings in this theme demonstrates that shaping pathways to urban equality requires the galvanising of institutional capacities to re-construct policy, planning and design processes. In this, the co-production of knowledge is an important approach to ensuring the translation of knowledge into practices that strengthen pathways to urban equality. For example, the creation of a 'steering group' of key actors from the community, NGOs, local government, academia and where appropriate, the private sector, to engage with the planning, data collection and sharing of research findings, expands the room for manoeuvre for knowledge translation into policy, planning and programme practice that better meets the needs of low-income urban residents. In this process, KNOW research highlights the importance of creating and maintaining the operating principle of 'partnerships with equivalence' in the relationship between the different actors involved. Where this has been scaled up, it contributes to shaping pathways to urban equality and has the potential to strengthen urban governance. |
| Exploitation Route | Knowledge co-production, the central methodology applied in KNOW, is a methodology for producing actionable knowledge, which can/is being applied by others, including organised communities, NGOs, government and academia. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/ |
| Description | Over the last 41/2 years, the KNOW Programme has generated 5 areas of impact: 1. Establishing learning platforms with implications for city governance The basis for 'urban learning hubs' was established thorough the practice of knowledge co-production methods, which required the development of relationships with communities, local government and other government stakeholders. Consolidated over time, these have emerging as 'platforms' with different compositions, purposes, and degrees of formality in KNOW cities. They have strengthened communication and decision making between communities and local governments, and in this sense, have contributed to strengthening local governance. Examples include the establishment of the following: a City Learning Platform and Community Learning Platforms in Freetown; a reporting 'cluster' of NGOs, CBOs, local government officers and utility entity, DAWASA in Dar es Salaam; community representation through the Community Development Committee of the municipality in Nakhon Sawan; and a developing platform between PUCP, partner CBOs and the Municipality in response to food insecurity in Lima following COVID-19. Many platforms have been important in the response to COVID-19 by facilitating communication and action with local authorities. 2. Strengthening community networks Building on their relationships with communities prior to the KNOW programme, the knowledge co-production methodologies developed and implemented by KNOW Co-Is and City Partners (CPs) have also strengthened community networks in their own right. The capacities to plan and undertake research and capacity building, to process data and to translate research into practice are among the collective competences developed in community networks. Examples include: capacity building of Federation members in Dar es Salaam in selected settlement to develop a community-led Prosperity Index, including the collection and analysis of data; capacity building of Federation members in Freetown to undertake self-enumeration and develop Community Area Action Plans (CAAP); expanded capacity to run briquette making enterprises through peer-to-peer learning in selected settlements in Kampala; seminars to build knowledge co-production and documentation capacity based on NGO experience in two sites in Lima; and capacity building of city-wide community organisation in Nakon Sawan through training of 100 community members and students to conduct structured interviews and on-site visits. 3. Changing policy, planning, design and management Based on the knowledge co-production methodologies, actual and potential impacts on policy, planning, design and management in KNOW cities have emerged. The following are examples. In Dar es Salaam this includes the extension of simplified sewerage network in the Vingunguti Ward and the setting of fair tariffs was agreed with DAWASA; inputs into the National Housing Plan; and sharing of a policy brief on institutionalizing lessons from research on settlement upgrading across all Ministries undertaking construction, with engineers and planners from all over Tanzania in a government briefing in Dodoma. In Kampala, the CP is liaising with the KCCA to officially recognise both the waste reduction and enterprise/employment creation potential of briquette making and support further upscaling. In Lima the CP is liaising with CBOs and the Municipality in upgrading community kitchens and related water and sanitation services. In Cuba, in addition to collaborating with the National Institute of Physical planning, the lead agency on the New Urban Agenda (NAU-C) at national level, the CP and their local team received high level support after a presentation to the Cuban President and Prime Minister for their proposal for a Municipal Development Strategy for Centro Habana, which piloted a new set of laws strengthening the role of municipalities in development. These laws were approved by the Municipal People´s Power Assembly in August 2021. 4. Influencing urban equality in the global agenda KNOW is working in partnership with United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) on the production of the next GOLD VI Report focusing entitled "Pathways to urban and territorial equality: Addressing inequalities through local transformation strategies". The first draft of the report was ratified in the UCLG Retreat in Barcelona (21-25 January 2022). UCLG's Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD) report comes out every 2/3 years, with, amongst other aims, to promote dialogue and partnership between local authorities and national governments, international institutions, academia, the private sector and local stakeholders. 5. Strengthening built environment education and research KNOW has produced 5 types of learning outputs related to education and research on urban equality in the built environment disciplines. First is the establishment of practice-based education & curriculum development, e.g. new module on co-production (Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam); undergraduate and postgraduate research programmes (CUJAE, Havana, and PUCP, Lima), and support to the development of a new MSc Development and Planning in African Cities (SLURC, Freetown). Second are two new short courses (each has been piloted with students), an MSc short module on COVID-19 and post-Pandemic responses, and a Doctoral Training Course on "Co-producing Doctoral Urban Research in the Global South." Third are Practicing Ethics guidelines developed with the UCL Bartlett's Ethics Commission, accessible on a microsite, and awarded the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2021, with the submission Will I cause harm?. Fourth is the development with the Housing International Coalition (HIC) General Secretariat of 4 'schools' or co-learning spaces in collaboration with, and for, community member organisations. Fifth is a cadre of highly competent ECRs who are ready to move into research and teaching roles and make valuable contributions in the academic institutions in the future. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | KNOW Doctoral Training Course |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The KNOW Doctoral Training Course "Co-producing Doctoral Urban Research in the Global South" is an online short course which aims to: - Mobilise urban equality and epistemic justice as critical lenses for engaging with urban development challenges for a diversity of students from universities across the UK; - Provide the space for a critical discussion about the theory and practice of knowledge co-production; - Generate a supportive co-learning environment for students to reflect on the current or potential contributions of knowledge co-production to their doctoral research; - Contribute to the development of a UK Urban Learning Hub which brings together urban researchers who engage with issues of knowledge co-production and urban equality |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/resources-dtc |
| Description | Association of the Nam O Fish Sauce Village |
| Organisation | Association of the Nam O Fish Sauce Village |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Connect with other communities to exchange the knowledge and experience and building capacity in promoting traditional products. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Act as a case study for the project to study about the potentials of the fishing communities to improve their livelihoods. |
| Impact | Case study about the Nam O Fish Sauce Village |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | CAN Thailand |
| Organisation | Nakhon Sawan Community Development Network |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Intellectual input and Knowledge sharing |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge management, Video documentation and Data-based development |
| Impact | Documentary, video outputs and online data base. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | CODI |
| Organisation | Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of Data & Community surveys |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data input, CODI Staff, Sharing of resources |
| Impact | Community surveys, and tentative Housing development plan for City-wide Baan Mankong program |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Cham Island Marine Protected Area Authority |
| Organisation | Cham Islands Marine Protected Area Authority |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provide the cooperative with training and exchange activities together with other communities |
| Collaborator Contribution | - Act as a focal point to connect the fishing villages in Cham Island. - Provide intellectual inputs related to community-based tourism development |
| Impact | Materials used in trainings and exchanges |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Go Co Village Community Tourism Cooperative |
| Organisation | Go Co Village Heritage Park |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provide the cooperative with training and exchange activities together with other communities |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge exchange with other fishing communities. |
| Impact | Materials used in trainings and exchanges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Knowledge Co-production on the energy waste nexus (ACTogether Uganda) |
| Organisation | ACTogether Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Leading the co-created business plan development, training materials and facilitated the training workshops. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Introduced briquettes to the broader Slum dwellers Federation and trained them on how energy briquettes can be a livelihood opportunity. Trained trainers of trainers to reach to broader communities and provided expertise training on small business planning and book keeping and facilitated the training workshops |
| Impact | Delivery of training A participatory video on Inequality and Covid-19. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Ly Son Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
| Organisation | Ly Son Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provide the cooperative with training and exchange activities together with other communities |
| Collaborator Contribution | - Act as a focal point to connect the fishing villages in Cham Island - Knowledge exchange with other fishing communities |
| Impact | Materials used in trainings and exchanges |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Mainstreaming Project lessons and recommendations into policy formulation( Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development) |
| Organisation | Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development |
| Country | Uganda |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Created innovative platforms for multi-stakeholder engagements that bring together policy makers and the urban poor for transformative knowledge |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mainstreaming the lessons and recommendations from the research and feed them into policy policy development and implementation. The ministry is also using the results to review the urban policy and to include equality measures. |
| Impact | No relevant outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Nakhon Sawan Municipality |
| Organisation | Nakhon Sawan Municipality |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of Data & Community surveys |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, venue and facilities, Policy dialogues |
| Impact | The partnership will aim to see a City-wide housing plan for low-income resulted from the survey, and other data of the poor such as health condition, elderly and disability in the communities |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Nakhon Sawan Rajaphat University |
| Organisation | Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Access to Data |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge Training, voluntary participation of Students on survey |
| Impact | Community surveys, Trainings involving humanities, agriculture and various disciplines from the university |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Partnerships supporting Plaza´s Municipality Age-Friendly Community Program |
| Organisation | Havana Plaza Municipality |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Coordination of the Panel " A healthy environment for a healthy ageing for the Geriatrics Congress to be held in October 2020 . Includes the launching of the campaign for the Decade of Healthy Ageing (Framing of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Chapter) National Impact Organisation by KNOW-VIAS-PIES of the Workshop "Pathways to Urban Equality and Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: The integration of active local projects . Key Note at the workshop Elder Empowerment held by PIES. Advisory work for the visual identity development of PIES Support to the community oriented work of the Che Guevara Centre Capacity building; Training of young researchers and practitioners on the challenges of an ageing society regarding urban equality (Geronto Design courses and other actions) Support to Doctoral Formation (1 Doctoral Student linked to the case) Capacity building; Training of young researchers and practitioners on the challenges of an ageing society ( 9 students developed studio proposals and Diplomas associated to the case) Intellectual inputs on urban equality and demographic transition. Participation in the Workshop Ageing and Elders; A transdisciplinary outlook Capacity building; Training of young researchers and practitioners on the challenges of an ageing society regarding urban equality Support to community activists in the recognition and evaluation of problems and challenges. Survey co-production. Intellectual inputs on urban equality and demographic transition. Support to the framing and objectives definition of the VIAS program in relation to urban equality |
| Collaborator Contribution | Framing of the general challenges on society ageing from a Health Perspective PIES has brought into the partnership its strong connections with the local government, has made room for the participation of KNOW Havana in relevant spaces where the discussion on society-ageing is taking place. The project has been a champion for the commitment of the local government of Plaza with the paradigm of the Age-Friendy City and has made room for the inclusion of the topics on Urban Equality in this realm. Since the Centro de estudio Che Guevara centre is located in the community it has been instrumental in creating the space supporting the encounter of the partners. Its great flexible facilities have made it possible organising seminars, workshops, meetings, working meetings, juries and all kind of activities of KNOW Havana. His director Camilo Guevara has been an enthusiastic supporter of the ideals and ethos of KNOW Habana. Support for access to specialised data on the four cases including Plaza Design of the visual Identity of the KNOW HAVANA project Intellectual contributions from the psychology discipline (Lectures and Keynotes) Support to exchange with active initiatives linked to Local Development Strategies As part of the partnership CITED has contributed to the coproduction of surveys and has contrbuted with their long experience and work with old persons to frame the questions around this case |
| Impact | Report: Unbalances in the distribution of community services and the Age-Friendly Community Plan [Draft Policy Briefing on basic services in Plaza neighbourhood] Report: Plaza: Urban Equality, Public Space and the Age-Friendly Community Plan [Draft Policy Briefing on Public Space, Elders and Urban Equality] |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Partnerships supporting the drafting of the Havana´s Harbour Perspective Development Plan [PPD-BH] |
| Organisation | Plan Maestro para la Revitalización Integral de La Habana Vieja |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | KNOW HAV has promoted the creation of a partnership supporting the work of the Technical Commission drafting the PPD-BH. The aim of the partnership is focusing on the social dimension of the plan that was diagnosed as weakly covered in the early discussions of the partners. Two main objectives were identified: 1. - To insert the notion of urban equality at the core of the document; 2. - To co-produce a vision for the area that includes the notion of prosperity with equality. KNOW HAV has been supporting this dynamics through the organisation of workshops, technical meetings, the drafting of a policy briefing and linking the work of students and young researchers to the on-going process. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners has been part of the co-production process and have joined workshops, provided contacts and access to data, supported surveys, Their expertise has been instrumental for the analysis of the Political and delivery spheres associated in relation to the questions in this area. They have granted access to their facilities and data bases in order to organise events and obtain key information for the research. They have given access to an institutional level of recognition to the project that would otherwise had been impossible. The high profile of the partnership made it possible to receive coverage by the National and International Media. The work of KNOW HAV has been amplified nationally an internationally. |
| Impact | Multidisciplnary collaboration: Planning, Sociology, Environmental Studies. The outcomes of this partnership so far are related to the strenghtening of the robustness of the Policy and development tool (PPD-BH) through the improvement of the coverage of the socio-economic dimension: 1.- Better understanding of the challenges associated to the territorial unbalances and inequalities defining the baseline by key actors , 2.- Better reflection in the tool of these challenges 3.- Improvement in the coverage of the urban equality challenges in the PPD-BH V1; 4.- The existing gap regarding the existence of a comprehensive vision for the to-be-developed area has been partly filled in with a draft proposal for the area. Press Article: Extremera San Martín, Deny; "La Habana comienza a definir perfil urbano futuro con Plan Perspectivo de Desarrollo ede la bahía"; Cubadebate, La Habana 2020 http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2020/02/04/la-habana-comienza-a-definir-perfil-urbano-futuro-con-plan-perspectivo-de-desarrollo-de-la-bahia/ [Havana starts defining its urban profile with the Bay Perspective Development Plan]; February 4.2020. Report: Public Space and urban equality: The transformation of the Havana bay and the struggle for prosperity [Draft Policy briefing on public space and urbn equality; inputs for a robust urban space system ]. Peña Díaz, Jorge; Kiovet Sánchez, Daniela Friedman, Quoc, Karla Ramos. 2020 Report: The Tiscornia National Reserve within the Perspective Development Plan of the Havana Bay: Informal Housing, Nature Conservation and the challenges of Urban Equality [Draft Policy briefing ] Peña Díaz, Jorge; Joiselen Cazanave Macías, Kiovet Sánchez, Patricia Pulido, Lili Suárez, Angelo Fernández Report: Unbalances in the distribution of community services in the surroundings of the Havana bay. [Draft Policy briefing on basic service distribution for the PPD-BH ] Cazanave Macías, Joiselen; Jorge Peña Díaz, Kiovet Sánchez, Flavia Pérez Report: The potential of the creative industries for the fostering of a pathway of prosperity with equality in the Havana Bay. Peña Díaz, Jorge; Kiovet Sánchez, Susana Pérez |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality Website |
| Description | www.urban-know.com is the dedicated online platform developed to facilitate online external outreach of the KNOW project over its four years. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Since its launch (11 July, 2018) the platform has provided a space to: • Promote and extend the outreach of the program via an online platform • Give the programme a global accessible presence • Provide key information about KNOW's structure, team, ongoing projects, and social media links • Promote KNOW events including the recent Dialogues in Urban Equality 1, 2, and 3 • Provide a place to upload and share Know Resources such as the KNOW Programme brochure and Dialogues in Urban Equality media recordings • Begin a data base of global partners through the urban-know mailing list |
| URL | http://www.urban-know.com |
| Title | Practising Ethics |
| Description | This website, designed and produced by David Roberts, has been developed out of a collaboration between the Bartlett Ethics Commission and Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW). The Bartlett Ethics Commission is a Bartlett Faculty-funded project seeking to develop an understanding of the sensitivities of ethical issues in built environment research and professional practice. KNOW is an ESRC-funded research project based at the Bartlett's DPU, led by PI Caren Levy seeking to deliver transformative research and capacity for innovation in policy and planning that will promote and strengthen pathways to urban equality. It includes the research and writing of Professor Jane Rendell, (Director of the Bartlett's Ethics Commission 2015-20), Dr David Roberts (Bartlett Ethics Fellow 2015-20), Dr Yael Padan (Research Fellow for The Ethics of Research Practice for KNOW), Dr Ariana Markowitz and Dr Emmanuel Osuteye. The Bartlett Ethics Commission worked alongside the Bartlett Ethics Working Group, chaired by Rendell and Professor Mike Raco, from 2015-8, and so benefitted from the input of Martin Austwick, Claire Colomb, Helen Dougal, Helen Fisher, Efrosyni Konstaninou, Rowena Lamb, James O'Leary, Niamh Murtagh, Hedley Smyth, and Steve Ridge, but in particular Jens Kandt, Mike Raco, Michelle Shipworth, and Michael Walls. The project has been supported educationally and economically by the Bartlett Faculty, and its Deans, in particular, in its early phase, from the energy and vision of Alan Penn. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | An open access project for built environment researchers and practitioners bringing together a lexicon of ethical principles, guidelines on how to negotiate ethical issues in practice, reading lists of ethics publications, overviews of ethics protocols, and case studies including reflections on the hotspots, touchstones and blindspots of ethical processes. |
| URL | https://www.practisingethics.org/ |
| Title | Website for KNOW's Lima city partner |
| Description | Website available in Spanish that will help to disseminate Lima's project with Spanish speaking audiences. To be articulated and integrated with Lima's section in the official KNOW website. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Website available in Spanish that will help to disseminate Lima's project with Spanish speaking audiences. To be articulated and integrated with Lima's section in the official KNOW website. |
| URL | http://www.conocimientoenaccion.pe |
| Description | Ethics in Art, Design and Media Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Students in Arts, Design and Media encounter a diverse range of situations throughout their educational journey, which will invariably include ethical issues around or within their creative practices. During this event we will explore questions such as: How can we teach ethics better? How can we best prepare our students to make ethical decisions around their practice? What are the challenges and nuances for educators presented by diverse student journeys? How can we navigate ethical issues and find solutions to enable ourselves and our students to fully explore their interests and opportunities in the creative disciplines? How can ethical issues present sites for positive action and outcomes? Where is the student/personal/institutional line which cannot be crossed? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://events.arts.ac.uk/event/2018/12/12/UAL-Teaching-Platform-Ethics-in-Arts-Design-and-Media-Educ... |
| Description | Gender and generational gaps in urban mobility |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Accessible Design and the challenges of an aging society. organised by the Neomovilidad Project. Brechas para la equidad de género y generacional en la movilidad urbana en el marco del Proyecto Neomovilidad por un transporte de baja emisión en La Habana. KNOW CP in Havana, CUJAE, participated to the workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Roundtable with Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Executive Director, UN-Habitat) Screen reader support enabled. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Round table discussion to discuss the priorities of the new Executive Director of UN-Habitat and the development of a New Strategic Plan in the context of the SDGs. Additional presentation and discussion of current urban research work at University of Oxford. - Negotiating generic and science-based institutional ethics protocols as a performance researcher/practitioner - Transnational, intercultural and/or migratory research ethics - Addressing privilege and assymetries of power (for example resulting from institutional affiliation, financial capital, mobility, migratory status and others) - The problematics of 'theorising' beyond our 'case studies' - Difficulties and successes of interdisciplinary work - Ethical questions attached to receiving institutional funding - Negotiating 'performance' and 'ethnography' as distinct methods or disciplines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d3a808c5-ac36-4cb9-a5f5-63e36a948d16/ |
| Description | Seminar on the incidence of poverty, inequality, prosperity and disaster risk management policies in Latin American cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The academic event was organized within the framework of the KNOW WP2 project, with the objective of making political impact on the decision makers of the National Disaster Risk Management System (SINAGERD) on the research topics of the project. KNOW Partner Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) presented a paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | "Atención Psicosocial en Tiempos de Covid-19: Desafíos y Lecciones Aprendidas" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The event had as guests the professionals of the psychosocial team of the Office of Disaster Risk Management of the Mayor's Office of Barranquilla (Adis Diaz Granado, Leydis Niebles, Andrea Rosales). They presented the results of the measures implemented to guide the population during confinement and reduce the impact of isolation, anxiety associated with the pandemic, and prevention of domestic violence cases. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | "Espacios [Inter]activos" (International Forum: Our city, our space) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | An online international conference on the challenges of the contemporary city. The authors presented the paper Accessibility : Urban challenges for social inclusion "Accesibilidad: retos urbanos para la inclusión social" in Forum , La Habana, November 2020. (Evento internacional). KNOW CP in Havana, CUJAE, participated to the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27C2xYxn7wCEPgReh1VHjQ |
| Description | "Saberes que no sabemos: Movilizando conocimientos para la igualdad urbana", as part of Bif*19 series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the Bif*19 series, organised by the Chilean publisher and magazine Bifurcaciones, KNOW Research Fellow Camila Cociña presented a reflection entitled "Saberes que no sabemos: Movilizando conocimientos para la igualdad urbana" ('Knowledges that we don't know: mobilising knowledge for urban equality'). In her presentation, she reflected about the work of KNOW as part of the Work Package 4 team, and their collaboration with SLURC in Freetown. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.bifurcaciones.cl/2020/04/bif19/ |
| Description | 'Upskilling professional capacity for climate change and the recovery' - part of a programme, 'A Call to action on Sustainable Urbanisation in the Commonwealth' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The session focused on the findings of the 'Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth', and discussed the need for capacity and capability building to better respond to challenges brought on by climate change and urbanisation. Presentation by Geetika Anand on three ongoing initiatives at IIHS that are recognised as pathways to build capacities - the Sustainable Cities MOOC, designed and developed by IIHS in partnership with SDG Academy; the Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), an interdisciplinary fellowship that introduces learners to diverse forms of urban practice; and the Urban Practitioners Programme (UPP) that provides education and capacity building programmes for urban practitioners across sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://commonwealthsustainablecities.org/onlineprogramme/session-5/ |
| Description | 'Urban Law Day: Human Right in Cities' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "The Urban Law Day is a specialised forum aiming to bring together a multidisciplinary circle of academics and practitioners interested in urban legislation, including planners, architects, policy makers, economists, urbanises, and lawyers. The purpose of the Urban Law Day is to facilitate discussion, the exchange of views, networking, and the presentation of new research findings or emerging issues. The fifth Urban Law Day addressed specific legal issues linked to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/igh/igh-news/chwca-launch |
| Description | 5th AAPS-Conference Urban Africa in the 21st Century Current Issues and Future Prospects of Urban Governance and Planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Teams delivered several presentations, in the following sessions: Session 2.1: Innovating Planning Education - Innovative approaches to re-invent urban planning education in African cities Session 3.1: Participatory and Multi-Governance Approaches for Urban Resilience - Infrastructure Management Session 2.3: Challenges of Climate Change vs. the State of Planning Schools in Africa Session 3.4: Participatory and Multi-Governance Approaches for Urban Resilience - Co-production and Local Adaptive Capacity for Urban Resilience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/_files/ugd/623440_580c4c6c8f404d9fa0910a1bf1812d9f.pdf |
| Description | 5th International Climate Adaption Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Adaptation Futures 2018, the fifth in the Adaptation Futures international conference series on global adaptation to climate change. The conference aimed to facilitate dialogues for solutions between key actors from diverse perspectives and regions and attracted over 1300 scientists, practitioners, business leaders and policymakers from around the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://adaptationfutures2018.capetown/ |
| Description | 6th United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The 6th Congress of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders will take place on 11-15 November 2019 in Durban, South Africa. This gathering will see representatives from the world of local and regional governments come together over five days to define the global agenda of cities and regions for the coming years and to develop inputs for the upcoming international processes. This edtion will provide the opportunity to present progress in the implementation of the SDGs and their impacts at local level. It should also be the occasion to show the evolution of our World Organization within the framework of its 15th anniversary. The KNOW team convened a panel Chaired by Michele Acuto (WP4), with presentations from Caren Levy (PI), Yvonne Aki-Sawyer (Mayor of Freetown), and Dr. Anelis María Marichal González (Institute of Physical Planning, Havana). Working groups led by Braima Koroma (SLURC), Jorge Peña (CUJAE), Stephanie Butcher (WP4) and Camila Cociña (WP4). Discussants Alexandre Apsan Frediani (WP4), Ana Falu (HIC) and William Cobbett (Cities Alliance). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.uclg.org/en/media/events/uclg-world-congress-and-world-council |
| Description | A study on the fishing communities in Da Nang city with special focus on assessing local assets and resources to improve their livelihoods in response to rapid urbanization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This workshop formally introduce the studies on Danang fishing village of Danang Architecture University in the framework of the KNOW project with representatives of the Da Nang government. The aim of the workshop was to receive feedback from authorities and discuss the ability to integrate and coordinate this research into the development of Da Nang city. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | ACSP Annual conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 60th annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, which had a dedicated stream on planning education. The KNOW Team delivered three presentations. Neha and Gautam were panel organisers, Julia, Adriana and Shriya presented papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.acsp.org/page/ConfAllAbout2020 |
| Description | AESOP Annual Congress: Planning for Transition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Congress of the European planning education association. One track on "Teaching Planning for the Transition". KNOW Team participated as presenter in one of the panels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.aesop2019.eu |
| Description | ARDHI UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION DAY |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ardhi University Convocation Day event entitled "MANAGING UNCERTAINTY EMERGENCY SITUATION,THE STATE AND COMMNUNITY ACTION". During the event, KNOW Ardhi team presented a paper on COVID-19 that is part of the outputs of KNOW. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://blog.aruapps.ac.tz/?p=2783#more-2783 |
| Description | Aging in Havana and the challenges of urban equality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The workshop is a collaboration between KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), and project PIES (Integral Program for Healthy Aging in Plaza). PIES is a key member of the partnership established around the Plaza case-study dealing with the challenges of an aging society in which elders are a vulnerable group. The collaboration with PIES has reinforced the association created around the case where the local government is a key actor. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Innovation workshop discussing data visualisation tools and methods for mining, distilling, translating, and implementing effective visual outputs of complex data fields. Workshop led by Data Visualisation thought leader David McCandless (author of Information in Beautiful and sequal Knowledge is Beautiful) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://informationisbeautiful.net/workshops/ |
| Description | Annual Workshop of the Neomovilidad project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE),has been invited to participate in the events of a project whose topic is sustainable mobility and to present a paper. KNOW HAVANA promotes the understanding of mobility as a Pathway towards Urban equality |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Application of Community Engaged Learning in Vietnam higher education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The seminar included experience on linking academic work at university to community activities ACHR Partner in Da Nang, Vietnam, organised the event and delivered a presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Arquitectura Ciudadanía Abierta (ACA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW CP in Lima, PUCP, organised a series of webinars to discuss manifesto produced by KNOW-Lima and how it could be incorporated in different regions in Peru |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Asia-Pacific Urban Forum 7. Future of Asia and Pacific Cities: Transformative Pathways to Achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Seventh Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7) will be held from 15-17 October 2019 in Penang, Malaysia, to mobilize partners from across the region to focus on accelerating implementation to achieve a sustainable future for cities throughout Asia and the Pacific. APUF-7 will bring a diverse array of cities, expert speakers and thought leaders who are shaping the region's urban future. Held every 4-5 years since the first APUF was held in Bangkok in 1993, the Forum is the largest regional gathering of urban stakeholders, engaging policymakers from local and national governments, financial institutions, civil society, the academia, the urban training-research community and private sector to discuss innovative solutions, identify common actions and objectives and strengthen effective partnerships to achieve sustainable urban development. ? In 2019 APUF-7 will provide this unique platform to discuss and analyze the status, challenges and opportunities of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda in the region. APUF-7 will also be the venue to launch The Future of Asia-Pacific Cities 2019 report being developed by ESCAP and UN-Habitat in partnership with the European Union, Asian Development Bank, The Rockefeller Foundation, UNDP, Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities and many others. ? The Future Cities report will focus on the implementation of urban solutions across different typologies of cities against four critical development challenges - natural resource management, climate change, disaster risk, and rising inequalities - through enabling four means of implementation - urban/territorial planning, governance and capacity development, data and technologies for smart cities and urban financing- for the accelerated achievement of sustainable urbanization and sustainable development outcomes for Asia-Pacific cities. The KNOW project was represented at the APUF conference by Stephanie Butcher (WP4) in collaboration with Barbara Lipietz (WP1) and partners with the Asian Coalition of Housing Rights (ACHR). Internal meetings at the 'grassroots assembly', followed by ACHR representation on several panels, and a KNOW session entitled "Poor Communities Shaping Pathways to Urban Equality". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.apuf7.org/ |
| Description | Book launch of the Routledge Handbook of Urban Resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | About the Dialogue and book launch: "[I]f the concept of resilience were to disappear from use and discussion tomorrow, how much would change and where would it change in terms of advance on the problems that resilience is used to announce and searches to help comprehend and resolve?" (Allan Lavell, foreword to the 'Handbook of Urban Resilience', 2020). This joint Dialogue in Urban Equality and launch of the Handbook of Urban Resilience (Editors: Michael A. Burayidi, Adriana Allen, John Twigg, and Christine Wamsler) gives authors and editors space to reflect on the complexity, contradictions and optimisms of resilience as ubiquitous notion, concept, and principle, which has taken hold in urban research, policy and practice. Drawing on current debates and research findings, the speakers discuss particularly how disaster risk and resilience are, and could be, re-framed in efforts to address issues of urban equality. The book launch will encompass part of the dialogue and discussion. With speakers Prof Allan Lavell Founding member of the Network of Social Studies in the Prevention of Disasters in Latin America (LA RED); Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO) Prof John Twigg Former Senior Researcher at the Overseas Development Institute; Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, UCL and Co-editor of the Handbook of Urban Resilience Prof Adriana Allen The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL; Habitat International Coalition President and Co-editor of the Handbook of Urban Resilience Prof Mark Pelling GCRF Resilience Challenge Lead and Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC; Department of Geography, King's College London Chair: Prof Cassidy Johnson and Dr Julia Wesely KNOW Lead Co-Investigator and Research Fellow, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/events/2021/jan/book-launch-routledge-handbook-urban-resi... |
| Description | Brasilian National Civil Defense System conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A major national event organised by the Brailian National Civil Protection agency in collaboration with the regional organization covering numerous themes, including urban resilience. Opportunity to present ideas from KNOW and discuss with large section of Brasilian researchers and managers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | COP26: Urban informality & inequality - a call for global climate justice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The event, organised by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), in partnership with Cities Alliance and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will bring together international speakers and audience members from local and city governments; central governments; research communities; and civil society to discuss climate justice and the importance of taking account of the cumulative risks created by conditions of urban informality, inequality and climate vulnerability in developing effective responses to climate change. We will identify priorities for action and the role that researchers, civil society actors, city governments and policy makers can play in strengthening local action for sustainable climate justice. Contributors: • Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone • Joanes Atela, Convener Africa Research and Impact Network, Director Partnerships African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya • Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography, Durham University, UK. • Vanesa Castan Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, University of Sheffield, UK • Sonia Dias, Waste Specialist, WIEGO, Brazil • David Dodman, Director, Human Settlements, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK • Aníbal Gaviria, Governor of Antioquia, Colombia and President of Cities Alliance • Heike Henn, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany • Rubbina Karruna, Regional Cities & Infrastructure Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK • Rose Molokoane, Vice-President Slum Dwellers International, South Africa • Greg Munro, Director, Cities Alliance (Chair) • Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India • Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, UCLG on behalf of the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz5XiNVl-ig |
| Description | COVID-19 Serial Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Partner in Indonesia, Arkom Indonesia, organised a series of events to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on communities. This discussions aimed at bringing together community members and the public to see the positive sides of the pandemic. In one of the sessions, DPU students disseminated the findings of their online field trip to Jogjakarta. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CPP Inclusive Growth Summit - Days of Populism |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Work Package 2 (Prosperity Theme) Co-I participated in a panel discussion about prosperity and inclusive economies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.progressive-policy.net/events/cpp-inclusive-growth-conference |
| Description | Ciclos: Vivienda, ¿hacia dónde vamos?. Sesión 1: Integración |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | First session as part of a series focus on Housing debates organised by the Magister en Proyecto Urbana PUC. This first session was focused on "Integration". Presentations from Javier Ruiz Tagla, Yillian Muñoz and Camila Cociña |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://fb.watch/1-Ej5sezM8/ |
| Description | Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This event on Wednesday, 24 November reflected on the needs and challenges of citizen participation in the planning and development of informal settlements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_8eM9Be6bQ |
| Description | Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On Wednesday 24th November, KNOW Co-Investigators Vanessa Castán Broto and Catalina Ortiz presented in a panel discussion hosted by the Environment & Urbanization Journal. The panel debated the needs and challenges of citizen participation in the planning and development of informal settlements, considering the value of co-production, participatory planning and local planning processes. This event coincided with the latest issue of Environment & Urbanization (E&U) featured above. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_8eM9Be6bQ |
| Description | Citizen science workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) and KNOW Work Package 1 RF attended this workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the workshop was citizen science methods, with presentations form various community-led processes examining the meaning and metrics of prosperity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | City Learning Platform |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | City Learning Platform Meeting. KNOW CP in Freetown, SLURC, delivered a talk on "Urban Health: From Local Community Action to a Healthy Freetown". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Commemorating the 20th CODI- Community Organizations Development Institute- Anniversary and World Habitat Day 202 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An annual event for the World Habitat Day 2020 and special Commemorating the 20th CODI- Community Organizations Development Institute- Anniversary in Bangkok. The event took place as a national event gathering of all the low-income community development networks around Thailand with seminar, knowledge sharing, exhibition and meeting with the policy makers, national government agencies. The NSCDN presented its timeline development made in collaboration with CAN Thailand to demonstrate the story of KNOW Partner ACHR network in comparison with the CODI's timeline and other four cities in Thailand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://web.codi.or.th/20201026-19633/ |
| Description | Community outreach on Climate Action in Low and Medium countries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University attended this conference at the University of Edinburgh on the theme of Climate Action in Low and Medium countries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Community-led development as pathways to urban equality: Perspectives from the ACHR Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | SEAC hosted this talk by Marina Kolovou Kouri, Brenda Pérez-Castro, Phan Tran Kieu Trang and Dr. Supreeya Wungpatcharapon on Roundtable: Community-Led Development as Pathway to Urban Equality. This event was chaired by Prof. Hyun Bang Shin and Dr. Barbara Lipietz. Inequality has been, and continues to be a scourge, globally, and reducing inequalities, ensuring 'no one' and 'no space' is 'left behind' is famously a mantra of the UN SDGs (see SDG goals 10 and 11). In the Asia Pacific region, ESCAP (2018) identified inequality as one of the key challenges facing cities and urban areas, along with climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted - and exacerbated - this pressing policy and development planning challenge. In such context, the proposed roundtable explores the potential of community-led development approaches in tracing pathways to urban equality, presenting the result of action research in four cities connected through the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) network and the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) research programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/LSESEAC/videos/385081943430820/ |
| Description | Conflicted Narratives, Future Trajectories: Rewriting Critical Architectural and Urban Histories of Nationalism, Colonialism and Modernity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The 'Conflicted, Narratives, Future Trajectories' symposium seeks to bring together various established and emerging directions in research on cities, and to reconsider the notions of nationalism, imperialism, colonialism, and modernity towards new trajectories of research in architectural and urban history. Following the research framework of the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research (UCR), based in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, the symposium hopes to act as a platform for elaborating future directions for architectural research as a critical field of enquiry that can both bridge the contemporary crises facing architectural history & theory and redefine the role of architecture within urban studies. KNOW RF, Yael Padan, attended the symposium at the University of Cambridge as a participant and a presenter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ucrsymposium2019.com |
| Description | Congreso Nacional de Arquitectura |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) attended the biannual conference held by the National Architectural Guild. The congress included presentations by international architects working across the world on issues of sustainability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Creating Spaces: Inclusivity, Ethics and Participation in Art and Design Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | International Journal of Art and Design Education (iJADE) Conference Creating Spaces: Inclusivity, ethics and participation in art and design education The iJADE Conference, 'Creating Spaces' has moved to a new venue following the fire at The Glasgow School of Art. The International Journal of Art and Design Education (iJADE) conference, 'Creating Spaces: Inclusivity, ethics and participation in art and design education', will now be held on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 February 2019 at Goldsmiths, University of London, and hosted in partnership by the two institutions. The conference will aim to address inclusivity, ethics and participation in art and design education. These issues have returned to prominence in education at all levels, in response to the reactionary and authoritarian trends witnessed in the politics and policies of governments across the world in recent years. The discussion will focus on questions such as: to what extent are the arts representative of liberal democracies and what new ethical dilemmas does this present to educators, researchers and practitioners? What role can arts education play in the extended field of gender and disability identities? Can (or should) the arts in education offer sites of resistance to oppressive neoliberal practices? What are the ethical implications of digitally engaged teaching, learning and research, including the intersection of making with digital tools and hybrid spaces? The conference provides a platform for university, school and college level academic staff, students, and members of community and industrial organisations to critically explore creative spaces for discussion around inclusivity, ethics and participation in contemporary education. The iJADE conference is organised by a partnership between NSEAD (the National Society for Education in Art and Design); RECAP (Research into Education, Creativity and Arts through Practice) at the University of Chester; and Tate Liverpool. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/events/goldsmiths-university-of-london/ijade-conference-creating-spaces/288... |
| Description | Critical conversations in Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | KNOW PI delivered a presentation to the Reflections Seminar Programme at the Sheffield School of Architecture, University of Sheffield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cycle of conferences for the International Disaster Reduction Day UN: Advances and perpsectives for DRM in Peru. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop provided a critical look by ex heads of DRM Institutions as to the level of implementation of the national law for DRM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cycle of conferences for the International Disaster Reduction Day UN: Governance and Governability for DRM in Peru |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop discussed the needs regarding the governance structures for DRM in Peru with participation of private sector, government and civil society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cycle of conferences for the International Disaster Reduction Day of UN: Social Science and DRM in Latin AmericaLas Ciencias Sociales y la gestión del riesgo de desastres en América Latina |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The social sciences have made various contributions in theorizing and research on disasters, risk and their management during the last 100 years and with greater contributions since the 60s of the last century. Despite this, in recent decades the hegemonic paradigm of geoscience and administration still have a more prominent influence, contributing to the "physicalist" vision of risk and the naturalization of its causes and consequences. Today we continue with a wide dissemination of the use of the term "natural disasters" and with the issue of climate change a concentration on the issue of "extreme events" has been renewed, which tends to reduce the consideration and relevance given to issues of vulnerability and exposition. More than 27 years ago, Dr. Allan Lavell published the article entitled "Social Sciences and natural disasters in Latin America: an inconclusive encounter", where he takes stock at a regional level on the contribution of social scientists in understanding the disaster risks. That debate needs updating. This round table with renowned international social scientists aims to contribute to a debate on the same.The social sciences have made various contributions in theorizing and research on disasters, risk and their management during the last 100 years and with greater contributions since the 60s of the last century. Despite this, in recent decades the hegemonic paradigm of geoscience and administration still have a more prominent influence, contributing to the "physicalist" vision of risk and the naturalization of its causes and consequences. Today we continue with a wide dissemination of the use of the term "natural disasters" and with the issue of climate change a concentration on the issue of "extreme events" has been renewed, which tends to reduce the consideration and relevance given to issues of vulnerability and exposition. More than 27 years ago, Dr. Allan Lavell published the article entitled "Social Sciences and natural disasters in Latin America: an inconclusive encounter", where he takes stock at a regional level on the contribution of social scientists in understanding the disaster risks. That debate needs updating. This round table with renowned international social scientists aims to contribute to a debate on the same. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cycle of conferences: If we were first why are we amongst the last? Paradoxes from COVID 19. Mechanisms for social protection and inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lima CP PUCP organised a series of workshops to discuss the impact of Covid-19 in Peru. Workshop 1: Peru and the world have been affected by the SAR-COV-2 pandemic, known as Covid-19. The pandemic has exposed the great social gaps in the country's development model. The weakness of health systems and social protection are the expression of poverty, informality and exclusion of Peruvian society as a whole, which places Peruvian society in a situation of greater vulnerability to any destructive event. The event offered a discussion of this situation Workshop 2: The national emergency in the face of COVID19 highlights the accumulated vulnerabilities of the public health system, which for years was abandoned and the forgotten determinant of risk; With the passing of days, the economic situation, informality and urban inequalities show that we need urgent changes such as land use policies, social protection, social housing, among others. Likewise, we need to promote the use of sectorization methodologies to identify priority populations for rapid and quality care, as support for decision-making. Workshop 3: The COVID 19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed all social dynamics in Peru and the world. In our country, particularly, the health emergency, has exposed inequality to the raw, forcing the population of the most vulnerable social strata to expose themselves and go out to work, because they are more afraid of hunger, increasing the curve of irreversibly infected. In parallel to the pandemic, reports of complaints of violence against women have almost tripled through the 100 line of the Women's Emergency Center (CEM). These social gaps, product of the economic model and the capitalist system, have shown the need to rethink our horizon towards the future, but that will not be possible unless we thoroughly analyze these problems and find an inclusive way out for the common welfare. The event discussed these aspects Workshop 4: The pandemic generated by COVID-19 has an impact on global health and its effects on the global economic recession, which have generated a global crisis and exposed and aggravated the pre-existing conditions of poverty and inequality in which countries live. In this context, what is the role of Disaster Risk Management management? The need to discuss the relationship between COVID-19 and known as traditional disaster contexts, and the causal processes, actions and policies used to deal with them. Dr. Allan Lavell prepared the document "COVID-19: Relations with disaster risk, its concept and management" in which traditional disaster scenarios and COVID-19 are contrasted, focusing on the similarities and differences in the use, application and relevance of the different conceptual components used to analyse disaster risk and disasters. This analysis by Dr. Lavell is used as a basis for considering the relevance of DRM concepts, methods and intervention modalities to support the management of the pandemic or future cases of COVID-19 virus infection. The pandemic generated by COVID-19 has an impact on global health and its effects on the global economic recession, which have generated a global crisis and exposed and aggravated the pre-existing conditions of poverty and inequality in which countries live. In this context, what is the role of Disaster Risk Management management? The need to discuss the relationship between COVID-19 and known as traditional disaster contexts, and the causal processes, actions and policies used to deal with them. Dr. Allan Lavell prepared the document "COVID-19: Relations with disaster risk, its concept and management" in which traditional disaster scenarios and COVID-19 are contrasted, focusing on the similarities and differences in the use, application and relevance of the different conceptual components used to analyze disaster risk and disasters. This analysis by Dr. Lavell is used as a basis for considering the relevance of DRM concepts, methods and intervention modalities to support the management of the pandemic or future cases of COVID-19 virus infection. The event discussed these ideas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Dar es Salaam City Exhibition: Towards urban equality and prosperity in low income settlements: Knowledge and Partnerships for Policy and Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Ardhi University & Centre for Community Initiatives, Tanzania (CCI) Brining together and sharing with key stakeholders to share and reflect upon issues emanating from the two research components undertaken over the last four years by Dar es Salaam KNOW City Partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/dar?pgid=kylsnbdh-5ab79168-e678-4ce4-920f-d5f37c51bf60 |
| Description | Development Studies Association Australia (DSAA) Conference: Inaugural Conference - Development Studies: Research, Debates & Trajectories |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Development Studies Association of Australia (DSAA) was officially registered in March 2019, to represent Development Studies researchers, scholars and practitioners engaged in research, teaching and training across Australia. This inaugural conference seeks to re-examine debates in light of the contested nature of Development Studies, explore trajectories in the field in light of the formation of the association, and consider new research from around Australia and beyond. What is Development Studies? What are the emerging directions, trends, trajectories? What is its contemporary relevance in light ongoing decolonisation, funding cuts and the rise of the global south? Is Development Studies even still relevant, or should part of our purpose be to make ourselves, our courses and even our agencies redundant? How does Development Studies relate to Indigenous and community development? Where are the boundaries and relationships with anthropology, politics, economics, geography, and so on? Is there a unique contribution for Australia to make to Development Studies? This conference will explore these big questions about the field as a whole, as well as profiling the diverse work of individual researchers and teams doing new things across the field. Stephanie Butcher (WP4) presented the paper "Urban Equality and the SDGs: Three Provocations". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.developmentstudies.asn.au/event/dsaaconference/ |
| Description | Dialogue in Urban Equality 10 - Three stories of change and institutional learning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. In our tenth Dialogues in Urban Equality, we will bring together three KNOW partners from Bangalore, Kampala, and Havana, to share experiences of how different institutions are building pathways to urban equality. The session will focus on how institutions seek to bring about urban change; developing collective action that engages with institutional learning to confront challenges and seize opportunities. Reflecting on concrete experiences of diverse institutions - micro enterprises, educational and public institutions - the panel will explore the notions of institutional capabilities and the contributions of the different experiences to debates on urban equality. Discussants will include: Gautam Bhan (Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India), Shuaib Lwasa (Makerere University, Uganda), Jorge Peña Díaz (Technological University of Havana, CUJAE, Cuba) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogue in Urban Equality 11 - Trajectories of sanitation poverty in Dar es Salaam |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices.The eleventh in our series will present findings from collaborative research that interrogates urban sanitation poverty over time and across scales. Evidence from our KNOW research confirms that not all low-income residents in Dar es Salaam suffer from the same level of sanitation poverty. Their diverse practices and trajectories are shaped by a complex web of intersecting factors and relations across scales. Findings reveal socially differentiated (vulner-)abilities among women and men, providing valuable insights into the potentials and limitations found within existing practices. These learnings will be discussed with KNOW Tanzanian city partners to explore the development of more just and integrated sanitation solutions in cities like Dar es Salaam. Discussants will include: Dr Pascale Hofmann (Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL), Dr Tim Ndezi & Festo Dominic Makoba (Centre for Community Initiatives, Tanzania) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogue in Urban Equality 12 - International partnerships for a 'capable state' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. What is the role that international partnerships and engagements play in enhancing state capabilities to advance urban equality? Bringing together Prof Susan Parnell, co-author of the book 'Building The Capable State', and William Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance, the session will examine experiences related to the development and implementation of global urban agendas, discussing how international encounters, partnerships and collaboration shape institutional capabilities to advance urban equality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogue in Urban Equality 8 - Re-thinking prosperity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. The seventh in our series will focus on metrics as powerful forms of urban knowledge and the role they play in shaping how prosperity and inequality are conceptualised, measured and acted on in cities. We will ask our two guests - renowned scholars who have taken radically different approaches to developing new prosperity and inequality metrics - to offer critical reflections on metrics as a form of urban governance. Our speakers will explore scope for the co-production of metrics with city stakeholders - citizens, communities, governments, NGOs and business - and what new forms of knowledge can contribute to pathways to equality. Discussants will include: Prof. Henrietta Moore (The Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL), Dr. Jose Gabriel Palma (Faculty of Economy, University of Cambridge) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogue in Urban Equality 9 - Doing the Just City |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. In this Dialogue UCL Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Oren Yiftachel, explored recent attempts to translate in 'real time' theories of justice to urban planning. This thought provoking discussion addressed the redistribution of resources, the establishment of democratic practices, as well as the politics of recognition, ranging from positive affirmation to outright hostility. Prof. Yiftachel reflects on recent attempts to promote the practice of 'doing the just city' through targeted projects involving students and practitioners in several cities in Israel/Palestine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 1: Climate Resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. Cities across low-and middle-income countries are considered particularly susceptible to climate change and expect higher frequencies and intensities of hazard events. However, urban dwellers see these potential disasters not as their greatest threat, but rather an amplification of their daily struggles like inadequate infrastructure and tenure insecurity. This talk will explore the challenges and opportunities that an 'urban equality' lens can bring to the debate of making cities resilient to climate change. It will examine caveats of risk and relocation strategies and advocate anticipatory approaches to integrate current and future risk into urban development, land use and urban planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 2 - Co-Production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. The series is part of "Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality"(KNOW) programme. Funded by the ESRC under the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF), KNOW is a four-year programme led by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, at UCL, that seeks to create fairer cities for all. The second in our dialogues series will focus on co-producing the city: By who, and for whom? What knowledges, actors, and processes are required? And what is the role of co-production in making cities more equal? Urban inequalities can be a result of the ways that some forms of knowledge and experience are privileged, and others are marginalised, in the planning, design, and governance of cities. One response to this challenge is the idea of co-production. This event will bring together three scholars from different research traditions for a conversation on the significance of co-production in urban design, planning, and climate change governance. We discuss what does it mean to co-produce the city? Co-production by who, and for whom? What knowledges, actors, and processes are required? And what is the role of co-production in making cities more equal? Our discussants this month include: Prof Vanesa Castán Broto Dr Barbara Lipietz Dr Catalina Ortiz Urban inequalities can be a result of the ways that some forms of knowledge and experience are privileged, and others are marginalised, in the planning, design, and governance of cities. One response to this challenge is the idea of co-production. This event will bring together three scholars from different research traditions for a conversation on the significance of co-production in urban design, planning, and climate change governance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 3 - Planning Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. The series is part of "Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality"(KNOW) programme. Funded by the ESRC under the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF), KNOW is a four-year programme led by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, at UCL, that seeks to create fairer cities for all. The third in our dialogues series will focus on Planning Education. Re-framing urban planning pedagogies. Understanding planning as governance demands that planning education for urban equality engages with issues of re-distribution, parity of participation and the recognition of a wide range of often invisible actors. This dialogue will interrogate pedagogies that facilitate co-learning and the co-production of knowledge at different scales and with actors from the government, private sector, academia, and civil society. Our discussants will interrogate pedagogies that facilitate co-learning and the co-production of knowledge at different scales with multiple actors from the government, the private sector, academia, and civil society. Our discussants will include: Prof Adriana Allen (The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL) Prof Elaine Unterhalter (UCL Institute for Education) Lorena Zárate (President of Habitat International Coalition (HIC)) Gautam Bhan (IIHS) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 4 - The Ethics of Research Practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. The fourth in our series will focus on the Ethics of Research Practice Research involving the co-production of knowledge for urban equality raises ethical issues. This dialogue explores how the practice of research operates between institutionalised ethical codes and procedures, and the situated conditions on the ground. We will discuss the relevance of medical ethics for humanities research; the institutionalisation of ethics into systems and professional bodies; and the conflict between western notions of ethics based on individuality, compared to more collaborative practices of care for the other. Chaired presentations by: Prof Jane Rendell (The Bartlett School of Architecture) Dr Yael Padan (The Bartlett School of Architecture) Our discussants will include: Dr Ella Parry (Davies The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) Jennifer Roest (the Oxford University Ethox Centre) Dr David Roberts (Bartlett School of Architecture UCL) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 5 - Extreme Poverty |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. This month we ask three renowned scholars on the subject of urban poverty to reflect on the changeable and changing nature of urban extreme poverty: how does urban extreme poverty manifest for different groups in different cities across the global South; how does the nature of urban poverty shift with time, place, and context; and what do these changes mean for efforts to increase urban equality? The fourth in our series will focus on the Ethics of Research Practice In the struggle for fairer and more equal cities, urban extreme poverty remains a fundamental and intractable challenge. In the past thirty years, global poverty has decreased significantly. But global trends hide important variations within and between countries and regions; within and between urban and rural contexts. We ask three renowned scholars on the subject of urban poverty to reflect on the changeable and changing nature of urban extreme poverty: how does urban extreme poverty manifest for different groups in different cities across the global South; how does the nature of urban poverty shift with time, place, and context; and what do these changes mean for efforts to increase urban equality? Chaired by: KNOW Principal Investigator Caren Levy Our discussants will include: Prof David Satterthwaite (International Institute for Environment and Development) Emeritus Prof Caroline Moser, University of Manchester Prof Colin McFarlane (Durham University, KNOW Lead Co-Investigator on Extreme Poverty for Work Package 2) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 6 - The Role of Urban Land Markets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Dialogues in Urban Equality" series is a London-based monthly seminar that provides a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality through different perspectives, geographies, and voices. The sixth in our series will focus on the Role of Urban Land Markets Land markets are key drivers of urban inequality. In cities across the global South, the urban poor are forced to live on risky land, excluded from formal land markets, and displaced by market forces. Through urban land markets and unjust land use planning, social and economic inequalities become spatialised within the city. And yet, land markets also represent an important opportunity to leverage fairer and more equal cities. Thinking beyond binaries of formal-informal, planned-unplanned, we invite you to join us to discuss the significance of urban land for building pathways to urban equality. Presented by: Dr Colin Marx |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dialogues in Urban Equality 7 - The challange of irban equality and prosperity in Havana, Cuba |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The dialogue will shape part of the KNOW 2019 Annual Workshop and also the Havana 500 years celebrations. The first international "Dialogues in Urban Equality" provided a space of encounter to discuss the challenges of urban equality in Havana through different perspectives and voices. The issues of urban equality and prosperity are important to current discussions about the future of Havana and Cuba. Each of these terms are also encapsulated in wider global commitments like the New Urban Agenda and the SDGs, as well as in other national policy deliberations. The definition of urban equality and prosperity - and the relationship between them - are a central part of these debates. Our speakers are renowned scholars who are contributing innovatory work on the definition and operationalisation of these concepts. They will explore these debates in different national and international contexts. Chair Adriana Allen, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, KNOW Co-Investigator WP5 Discussants Dr Ricardo Núñez Fernández, Cuban Expert on the Urban Economy Prof Henrietta L. Moore, The Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), UCL, KNOW Lead Investigator Prof Jorge Peña Díaz, Faculty of Architecture, Universidad Tecnolólogica de La Habana, Joseé Antonio Echeverria (CUJAE) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/events |
| Description | Dignificando La Vivienda En Contextos De Emergencia. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Habit.us is a multi-criteria emerging housing solution that arises from the need to generate decent and quality housing for communities at risk that have suffered any type of natural disaster or social conflict. Under the parameters of a decent home, which in many cases does not respond adequately to such situations, due to the lack of privacy and basic sanitation in many shelters for affected people. Currently it is clear that one of the main global problems is the forced displacement of people by emergency situations caused by natural disasters and social conflicts, taking into account that over time climate change makes these disasters occur more frequently and a greater impact of damage which drag the affected people towards a temporary homelessness and in some cases permanent with the total loss of the home. On many occasions, the wait is not carried out in a dignified way, carrying out multiple relocations in schools, stadiums, refugee camps, etc. Based on this, Habit.us proposes, through bioclimatic design, a new concept of emergent housing that adapts to both the specific needs of people and the topographic characteristics where it is implanted; thus generating greater adaptability to the new environment where they live. Understanding that the emergency does not obey specific points on the planet, the Habit.us model seeks not to be linked to a defined territory, on the contrary, it aims to be able to be implemented anywhere where it may be required. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/handle/11323/7674 |
| Description | El Peru Como Proyecto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Lima organised this event to discuss the KNOW Project in Lima. Expositoras: Belén Desmaison Kelly Jaime Lia Alarcón Paola Córdova Panelistas: Karel Van Oordt (MVCS) Jonathan Ravines (Sub Gerencia de Turismo-MML) María Paz Ramos (MML) Carlos Escalante (Instituto de Desarrollo Cenca) Moderadora: Luciana Gallardo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/CIAC.PUCP/videos/264715732239498/ |
| Description | El Plan de Desarrollo de Barranquilla recibió las propuestas de expertos en gestión de riesgo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The focus groups were led by the head of the Risk Management Office, Ana Saltarín (a member of the KNOW Barranquilla Project), Universidad de la Costa, and the Secretary of Planning of Barranquilla. The purpose was to receive ideas raised by the experts, to build an equitable, connected, biodiverse, attractive and prosperous city. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.lametronoticias.com/el-plan-de-desarrollo-de-barranquilla-recibio-las-propuestas-de-expe... |
| Description | Energy initiatives in informal settlements across the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Region |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In this session, the Urban Action Lab (UAL) at Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) will discuss how biomass can certainly play an important part and represent commercial opportunities at multiple scales of operation in the domestic and institutional fuel markets for inclusive and sustainable urban development. The discussions will be informed by the collaborative work that UAL are engaged in with societal partners in informal settlements across the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Region (GKMA). Speakers Paul Mukwaya Coordinator UAL Teddy Kisembo Researcher UAL Judith Mbabazi Researcher UAL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.uu.nl/en/events/energy-initiatives-in-informal-settlements-across-the-greater-kampala-me... |
| Description | Environmental Risk City Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | KNOW workshop for risk and resilience which was done at Ilala Municipal council on 13th August 2020. This workshop engaged various stakeholders involved in the aspect of risk and resilience. OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP • Presenting results of research on creating coproduction pathways for building resilience to hazards in informal settlements. • Identifying the gaps from the findings presented and exploring room for discussion amongst various stakeholders. • Creating co-productive pathways for building resilience to hazards in informal settlements through thorough discussion among various stakeholders. RECOMMENDATIONS • Stakeholders' analysis is crucial in ensuring the sustainability of any project. This provide guidelines on various responsibilities in maintenance of the project • Financing preventive measures against risk should be given priority in all levels of the government, most especially at the local levels, who are main recipients and actors to the effects of disasters • Local governments should be given authority of undertaking various decision in accordance to their needs. Also their authority over some income collection to enable maintenance of the projects in their areas of jurisdiction. • Capacity building should be done to the local leaders/ local actors of resilience in their areas of jurisdiction. This will enable them understand their role in organizing and mobilizing to achieve resilience. • The government should consider improvement of infrastructure in the informal settlements in order to improve resilience capacities in those residences. • TMA should work closely with the local governments so as to ensure timely and effective early warnings to the residents in informal settlements which are vulnerable to the flood effects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Ethics Co-production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A joint Seminar organised by The King's College London Centre for Integrated Research on Risk and Resilience (KCIRRR) and the African Monsoon Multi-disciplinary Approach 2050 (AMMA-2050) project. Bringing together researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the forum promotes sharing approaches and learning from ongoing research in West Africa and considers significant ethical issues arising within consortium resilience-building initiatives, particularly related to differing knowledge and value systems and the need to meet the expectations of all. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ethics of co-production: the role of research in resilience-building |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A joint Seminar organised by The King's College London Centre for Integrated Research on Risk and Resilience (KCIRRR) and the African Monsoon Multi-disciplinary Approach 2050 (AMMA-2050) project. Bringing together researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the forum promotes sharing approaches and learning from ongoing research in West Africa and considers significant ethical issues arising within consortium resilience-building initiatives, particularly related to differing knowledge and value systems and the need to meet the expectations of all. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Experiences and good practices in disaster risk management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The seminar presented the results of the Analysis of the disaster risk sectorization report in the city of Lima Metropolitan and Callao - Peru.KNOW Partner Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) presented a paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expert working Group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Work Package 1 RF was invited to attend the Working Group on the the establishment of a Climate Resilence and Adaptation Centre for the African Union Development Agency (AUDA) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Foro Ciudades Resilientes: Planificación estratégica para la resiliencia territorial |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Partner Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) participated to this event that focused on the appropriation of the advances of the research developed in the city of Barranquilla, developed with community leaders and decision makers. It has been thought of as a meeting place for discussion about the city's challenges related to urban equity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Foro Nacional: Nueva visión urbana de nuestras ciudades post pandemia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Colegio de Arquitectos del Perú. KNOW CP in Lima, PUCP, delivered a presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Freetown's Urban Development Trajectory |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was a space to share reflections and critical analysis of the different factors that have shaped an 'inclusive' informal settlement upgrading agenda from the past to the present day. This allows us to collectively discussed the opportunities and strategies moving forward for working towards more equitable processes of urban planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Fórum Universitario Urbano #FU2N (The university as a forum) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The university as a catalyst for urban transformation: Prosperity with equity. Fórum Urbano Universitario (FU2N) is a space for exchange between different actors of the Cuban urban scene involved in research and/or action processes that, from different disciplinary fields and substantive processes will develop actions and especially research, around multiple challenges of current urban development in Havana. The suite of forums and workshops will provide space for intensive discussion around the tensions between prosperity and urban equality. Key topics will include housing, infrastructure, and energy. Academics, practitioners, and government stakeholders will sit together to produce recommendations to urban policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://fu2n.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/forum-urbano-universitario/ |
| Description | Global Agendas and Urban Equality: Exploring synthesis, connections and contestations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Join ACC on Friday, 8 November at 12:30 for a special seminar session entitled Global Agendas and Urban Equality: Exploring synthesis, connections and contestations. ACC Director Edgar Pieterse will be in conversation with Michele Acuto, Director of the Connected Cities Lab, The University of Melbourne, and Winnie Mitullah Director of Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. The discussion will be chaired by Stephanie Butcher, a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Connected Cities Lab. While great strides have been made in recent years to help place the urban more firmly on international development agendas, questions remain as to how, and in what ways, global policy can be operationalised at an urban scale. Bringing together leading thinkers on urbanisation this moderated discussion will explore the scalar connections between global processes and policy agendas and their material, political and social impacts across urban environments in the global South. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/event/global-agendas-and-urban-equality-exploring-synthesis-c... |
| Description | Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chairing the session Future cities: How do we create sustainable living places for 10 billion people?Increasing numbers of people creates increasing demand for appropriate housing, workplaces, and access to food, water, energy, and waste services. Will smarter technology in ever-bigger cities be the answer? Or is there an alternative future? This session will explore the central role engineers must play in meeting these challenges, and moving our cities towards a circular economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.raeng.org.uk/policy/partnerships/international-policy-and-development/ggcs/2019/welcome |
| Description | Guest Lecture: Kent Law School, University of Kent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Work Package 1 RF delivered a guest lecture on the value of co-production and community Knowledge in advancing the SDGs in Africa. Lecture was to the postgraduate student of environmental law and policy programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | HIC co-learning space on "Feminist approaches to Habitat" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The aim of the workshops was to build interregional social force amongst HIC Members, friends and allies. The sessions focused on: 1. Why feminist approaches to habitat? (Regional and global history, key concepts and debates), 2. Violence and inequalities, 3. Care and other works, 4. Feminist advocacy strategies. This space brought people together who approach feminism from perspectives of: reproductive health, circular economies, disability and inclusion, urban planning, social diversity, politics, sanitation, land and housing, There is currently an inter-regional working group on feminist approaches emerging, which is a direct result from these spaces. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Historical Timeline Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The workshop focused on the historical analysis of the agenda for slum upgrading in Freetown over time in the city. This provided space to share reflections and insights on Freetown's Urban Development Trajectory - from the past to the present day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Housing by/for People: Towards a knowledge sharing platform in Myanmar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The event offered an opportunity to exchange learnings and thoughts about housing practices and housing policy among different sectors and cities across the region. Delivery by WfW, KNOW Partner in Yangon, participants included community leaders, members from DPU, ACHR network, government officials, students from Yangon Technological University, representatives from INGOs and urban stakeholders in Myanmar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Human Development and Capability Association 2019 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel session organised by KNOW: "Institutional capabilities towards urban equality: Lessons from knowledge translations processes from the KNOW project", in the context of the Human Development and Capability Association 2019 Conference, September 9-11, London. Papers by Gautam Bhan (IIHS), Shuaib Lwasa (Makarere University), Jorge Peña (CUJAE). Chair and Discussants AAF (WP4), Caren Levy (PI) and CC (WP4). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://hd-ca.org/conferences/2019-hdca-conference-london-uk |
| Description | Human Development and Capability Association 2019 Conference - Connecting Capabilities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The 2019 HDCA Program Committee cordially invites scholars, government policy makers, practitioners and other interested parties from all over the world to participate in the 2019 HDCA conference. Original empirical research, theoretical issues, case-studies or reports of experiences, or findings from major research projects, and book panels relevant to conference theme or more broadly related to human development/capabilities approach will be presented. The KNOW team and KNOW City Partners presented and chaired several panels at the Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://hd-ca.org/conferences/2019-hdca-conference-london-uk |
| Description | IHSS DAY: RESEARCH FOR POLICY AND ACTION: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Public event at Ardhi University to showcase to the public the activities of the Institute for Human Settlements Studies (IHSS) which include training programmes offered, research undertaken as well as outreach services. Event included presentations and discussions on the theme of research for policy and action, critical reflections A paper on Knowledge Co-production and emerging challenges and opportunities for policy and action was presented |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ippmedia.com/en/business/ihss-introduces-new-doctorate-studies-targeting-climate-change |
| Description | III Encuentro Nacional de Investigación en Arquitectura, Urbanismo. Experiencia, Logros y Desafíos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Faculties of Architecture and Urbanism, NGOs and Research Centres from across Peru came together to discuss tendencies and findings in research related to architecture and urbanism. KNOW City Partner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) acted as a moderator. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IPCC Lead Author meeting for Assessment report 6. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University attended this conference at the University of Edinburgh. KNOW Lead in Uganda, Shuaib Lwasa, was an author on examining the link between consumption and behaviour and greenhouse gas emissions, and the role of innovation and technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IPCC Lead Author meeting on special report on Climate change and Land |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University attended the conference and made the final preparations for the special report on Climate Change and Land. The conference took place in Cali, Colombia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IPCC at UNFCC COP 25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be present at the Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid on 2-13 December 2019, with a broad programme of its own events as well as taking part in the official activities of the meeting. The IPCC Chair, Vice-Chairs and Co-Chairs will present the findings of the IPCC Special Reports launched in 2019 on "Climate Change and Land" and "The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate" at events held with the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). The IPCC will also hold a side event on "Science for Policymaking" KNOW City Partner in Uganda, Urban Action Innovations Lab, Department of Geography, was present as a panelist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ipcc.ch/event/ipcc-at-cop-25/ |
| Description | IV Foro Estatal de Educación Ambiental "Educación Ambiental para alcanzar los ODS." |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | the KNOW Resilience team in LATAM organised the forum to share knowledge and applied experiences of Environmental Education, as a tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://cgc.qroo.gob.mx/foro-estatal-de-educacion-ambiental-en-quintana-roo/ |
| Description | Inception Workshop of Neomovilidad Project (GEF Project) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), delivered a presentation in the synergies session focusing on the role of mobility for Urban Equality and the contribution of KNOW to this purpose. The paper "Co-producción de conocimiento en movilidad y accesibilidad para la Nueva Agenda Urbana de Cuba" (Co-producing knowledge on mobility and accessibility for the New Cuban Urban Agenda) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Inception Workshop of Technical Assistance for the local implementation of the Urban Agenda Project (PNUD Project) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), presented the paper "KNOW HAV and the implementation of the New Cuban Urban Agenda (NAU-C)" focused on the strategy of KNOW Havana to impact on the policy sphere both at the National and Local levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Interface to Place: Remaking divisive lines into shared spaces |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The conference brings together international scholars, practitioners and decision-makers to reignite debate on how contemporary cities could foster more communal modes of living. As such we wish to discuss how to engage with history and heritage to imagine the future; how post-conflict and peace processes can be supported by inclusive approaches to planning and urban stewardship; and how we can ensure that the knowledge produced by academics, practitioners and citizens can be shared to shape the future of our cities. The conference will give us the opportunity to reflect more closely on how such an understanding of cities as shared spaces could inform the process of removing all interface barriers in Belfast by 2023. We will ask how interface areas could become shared spaces and how these might look. KNOW RF Camila Cocina presented paper "Community and City Learning Platforms: Spaces of knowledge exchange for urban equality in Freetown, Sierra Leone" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/interface-to-place-conference-and-summer-school-tickets-63639317913 |
| Description | International Conference Gestión de Centros Históricos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), chaired a panel on learning process for planners in Cuba. The focus of the panel was the identification of Heritage as a resource to generate pathways to urban equality and the presence of co-production processes within the teaching-learning process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | International Conference of the Architectural Humanities Research Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW convened a panel at the International Conference of the Architectural Humanities Research Association, held in Dundee, Scotland. The conference theme was Architecture and Collective Life. Our session, entitled Practising Ethics as a Form of Collective Life, was chaired by KNOW Co-I Jane Rendell who also presented a paper. Three other papers were presented by KNOW RF Yael Padan of Work Package 3, Camillo Boano from the Bartlett Development Planning Unit and David Roberts from the Bartlett School of Architecture. The conference constituted a critical discourse with a broad interdisciplinary base in the liberal arts and sciences, with a programme of debates and round table discussions and exhibitions, public lectures, film screenings, and paper sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/architecturecollectivelife/wp-content/uploads/sites/114/2019/11/AHRA-Conf... |
| Description | Investing in Opportunity: Tackling Global Inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Work Package 2 (Prosperity Theme) Co-I participated in a panel discussion about prosperity and inequalities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | KAMPALA City Exhibition: National Urban KNOW Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Urban Action Lab, Makerere University, held a hybrid workshop to showcase and leverage their micro-finance briquette making community groups. The main workshop aims included: To create awareness and visibility of the four-year Urban-KNOW Kampala Project to key stakeholders in the academia, NGOs, Policy makers, community groups and members involved in regenerative waste economies; To exhibit the work, research and physical outputs from the various briquette-making community groups To leverage the event as entry point to deepen policy discussions with the different stakeholders on waste to energy; To foster effective and interdisciplinary interactions and partnerships among researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/post/seeding-community-briquette-groups |
| Description | KNOW HAVANA presentation at the monthly meeting of the Centro Habana Municipal Administration Council (CAM) (Centro Habana Government) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop is part of the dynamics of the partnership with equivalence in Los Sitios. The workshop allowed to identify common interests in the co-production and vision for the area and for developing Plan Destraba. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | KNOW Lima: COPRODUCTION TOWARDS A FAIRER LIMA ACTION AND KNOWLEDGE. Seminar 1: Food safety and pandemic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The KNOW Lima project will be sharing experiences of academics, professionals, policy formers, NGOs, activists and citizenship to contribute with a joint learning of lessons. Over three critical seminars, the team will disseminate strategies of urban intervention and public policy proposals to advance towards greater local equity and metropolitan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=468111098291713 |
| Description | KNOW Lima: COPRODUCTION TOWARDS A FAIRER LIMA ACTION AND KNOWLEDGE. Seminar 2: Social and Care Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The KNOW Lima project will be sharing experiences of academics, professionals, policy formers, NGOs, activists and citizenship to contribute with a joint learning of lessons. Over three critical seminars, the team will disseminate strategies of urban intervention and public policy proposals to advance towards greater local equity and metropolitan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=711739476879472 |
| Description | KNOW Lima: COPRODUCTION TOWARDS A FAIRER LIMA ACTION AND KNOWLEDGE. Seminar 3: Co-production to reduce inequalities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The KNOW Lima project will be sharing experiences of academics, professionals, policy formers, NGOs, activists and citizenship to contribute with a joint learning of lessons. Over three critical seminars, the team will disseminate strategies of urban intervention and public policy proposals to advance towards greater local equity and metropolitan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=354808772844463 |
| Description | KawsayPacha |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW CP Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) in Lima, organised a panel and presented the KNOW Reasearch at the national conference in Lima. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW): The challenges of translocal knowledge co-production |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Join ACC as we host Caren Levy, Camila Cocina and Alex Frediani from KNOW on Friday, 15 November, 12:30 to 14:00, in the Davies Reading Room, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building, Upper Campus, UCT. This talk, chaired by Vanessa Watson will introduce the KNOW programme, a 4-year research and capacity building programme funded by GCRF which works with 13 organisation across 12 cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The talk will reflect on its partnerships, operational principles and the interface between research and practice. It will draw on the KNOW work done so far as it approaches the end of its second year. We hope that this session will open up an opportunity to exchange experiences of collaborative initiatives addressing urban equality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/event/knowledge-in-action-for-urban-equality-know-the-challen... |
| Description | LASA 2019 - International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The 37th annual International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association! This year's theme is "Nuestra América: Justice and Inclusion." This theme signals the challenges of social, economic, racial, ethnic, gendered, sexuality-based, and other forms of inequality and the need to promote creative solutions for overcoming them. The theme will also explore the importance of scholarship and an inclusive definition of justice that relies on truth and facts and incorporates respect and dignity for all peoples. The 2019 LASA congress will be connected to the Latin American and Latino communities in Boston and the Northeast as well as to the rich mix of academic, creative, community, and policy institutions and organizations found there. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://lasaweb.org/en/lasa2019/ |
| Description | LAV - Laboratorio de Vivienda. Theme 4: Urban resilience and environmental sustainability. Territorial Planning and climate change. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of LAV is to continue and deepen the debate about informal settlements in Latin America and the programmes of integral improvement taking as main reference the Peruvian reality. LAV has as general objective to identify the possible paths of incidence in Peru with respect to the legal frameworks in planning that allow to develop the resilience of popular settlements; and share inspiring experiences in Peru and other countries in the region, expanding the understanding of the context and initiatives of regional key actors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | La mobilité urbaine résout-elle les inégalités en ville? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Depuis plus d'une décennie, l'apparition de monumentales infrastructures de mobilité urbaine se multiplie dans le paysage de plusieurs quartiers défavorisés en Amérique latine. Au nom de << l'intégration >> et de la << reconnaissance >> des plus pauvres, des programmes urbains sont créés dans cette région, en ayant comme fonction la transformation de l'espace, des pratiques et des normes. La conception et la mise en place de ce type de politiques urbaines s'inscrivent dans un double contexte. Ce dernier est caractérisé, d'une part, à l'échelle locale, par certaines zones des villes qui échappaient au pouvoir de l'État, en raison du contrôle territorial des différents acteurs en place, mais aussi par la ségrégation socio-spatiale affirmée. Et d'autre part, à l'échelle globale, par le changement de << paradigme >> d'intervention publique, portant sur le discours de << la lutte contre la pauvreté >> en ville et le développement des villes compétitives à l'ère globale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Limapolis 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar, Conference and Laboratory towards the co-production of preliminary strategies to challenge urban inequalities in Lima. 165 students. 20 professors/lecturers (national and international). The event it organised by KNOW City Partner in Lima, the Department of Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://arquitectura.pucp.edu.pe/actividades/eventos/workshop-internacional-limapolis-2020/ |
| Description | Local approaches to managing the risks, losses and damages from climate change (African Pavilion at COP26) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW Research Fellow Emmanuel Osuteye presented (via video link) at the UN Climate Conference COP26, in the Africa Pavilion, in a panel hosted by the African Union & partners. The panel discussed local approaches to addressing climate risk and the critical focus of a new continental climate adaptation centre, that will be hosted by the Republic of Egypt. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://live-streaming.pl/africa-cop26 |
| Description | Making Africa Urban: The transcalar politics of large-scale urban development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Making Africa Urban is a collaboration between Prof Jennifer Robinson (UCL Geography), Prof Phil Harrison (University of the Witwatersrand), Prof George Owusu (University of Ghana, Legon) and Dr Evance Mwathunga (Chancellor College, University of Malawi). Three cities are studied: Accra (Ghana); Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); and Lilongwe (Malawi). The transnational framework allows a new perspective on urban governance challenges, focused on large-scale projects, and will seek to treat African experiences as the basis for wider insights into global urban politics. Ardhi team delivered a presentation focussed on Planning education and knowledge generation issues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/urban-lab/research/research-projects/making-africa-urban-transcalar-politics-l... |
| Description | Mes de la Investigación - PUCP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) presented at the Annual Presentation of on-going research projects across the University. The event provided awareness and opportunities for exchange |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://educast.pucp.edu.pe/video/11816/seminario__arquitectura_pucp_investiga_ciudad_y_territorio |
| Description | Mesa de Diálogo sobre la Desigualdad Urbana en Lima |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW CP Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) in Lima, delivered a keynote address at the regional workshop in Lima. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Milestones achieved and obstacles to overcome towards inclusive development in Uganda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussions on Uganda's key development, the obstacles to transforming into an inclusive and socially just society, and reflections on recommendations on how to overcome these obstacles. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Mobility and the search for equality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), organised the workshop in alliance with the French Embassy, the local Transport authority and other local actors addressing urban equality and mobility connections |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Overlooked Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A collaborative book writing/editing workshop. The theme of the book is 'overlooked/overlooking cities', focusing on in-between, medium-sized cities that often gain less recognition and research than capital or mega cities. Day 1 of the workshop was dedicated to intense feedback and discussions about individual chapters, and Day 2 to collaborative writing of the introduction and conclusion. KNOW RF, Julia Wesely, and KNOW Co-I, Cassidy Johnson, prepared a book chapter comparing policy innovation and diffusion in Argentina and Colombia. Julia Wesely participated in the Workshop and is part of the collective group writing the introduction/conclusion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Participatory Cities with Full Rights: Participatory Democracy and Right to the City |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Congress organised by the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.oidp2019iztapalapa.org.mx/inicio.html |
| Description | Pathways to Resileince in the Karamoja Cluster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University presented at this regional conference on research and policy options |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | People, Plans and Places |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Following the publication of the special issue of the Built Environment journal on 'People Plans and Places' edited by Lucy Natarajan (which was published this year in two parts - 'Outlooks on Participating' & 'Realizing Participation'), this event seeks to 'launch' this issue through facilitated group debate of its themes. The event is a joint effort of The Bartlett School of Planning and the Development Planning Unit, and will be an active session to explore perspectives and experiences from across the global north and south, with the objective to have a collaborative, comparative as well as situated discussion around the connections between participation and planning. This new 'double special issue' is a collection of research articles and practitioner perspectives, from an international group of scholars examining diverse practices of public participation in planning and place-making, and theorising the directions of participation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/events/2019/oct/people-plans-and-places |
| Description | Performance Studies International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The 'After Dwight Conquergood' working group exists to support a critical praxis of socially engaged performance scholars. This praxis, to borrow Conquergood's words, "struggles to open the space between analysis and action" (2002: 145). The work of such scholars may be socially motivated, or take as its focus socially engaged theatre practices. However, it may also combine action and analysis through modes of ethnography, storytelling or performance practice that reflect a socially engaged methodology of negotiating the opportunities and difficulties of working in these ways. Participants were invited to share a description of an experience or question they would like to discuss with the group, including: - Conflicts of interest (institutional or otherwise), and the difficulties of writing about our own work as practitioners - Anonymising participants without de-humanising them - Negotiating generic and science-based institutional ethics protocols as a performance researcher/practitioner - Transnational, intercultural and/or migratory research ethics - Addressing privilege and asymmetries of power (for example resulting from institutional affiliation, financial capital, mobility, migratory status and others) - The problematics of 'theorising' beyond our 'case studies' - Difficulties and successes of interdisciplinary work - Ethical questions attached to receiving institutional funding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.psi-web.org/past-events/psi-24-daegu/ |
| Description | PlanLima in Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On September 13, PUCP (Pontifica Universidad Católica Del Perú), CIAC (Centro de Investigación de la Arquitectura y la Ciudadand), and KNOW (Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality), joined forces to envisage a future plan for Lima towards a liveable, sustainable and inclusive city. The PLANLIMA Seminar proposed to debate and put on the agenda the urgent need for an urban plan for the Peruvian capital. For this, the seminar sought to contribute from the academic sector to build a political agreement that takes seriously and in a sustained manner this vital commitment for the city. This agreement promotes the collaborative and inter-institutional generation of a plan that will allow advances in the construction of a safe, participatory, and resilient city. A plan that transforms the mobility from an act of daily violence into an expression of coexistence and mutual respect, starting with pedestrians. A road map that revalues the role of Lima as a city proud of its remarkable built and cultural heritage. A sustainable and harmonious city with its territory, a friendly city with the environment, and a city that encourages the full development of its inhabitants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Planning Research Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Planning Research Conference offered a variety of opportunities to hear about current research, engage with leading thinkers in the field, and discuss key issues confronting planning practice and research. It will also provided the chance to find out about planning in Sheffield, and to socialise and network with other planning academics and practitioners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/prc2018/programme |
| Description | Planning for Equitable Urban Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), appointed at the level of Under-Secretary-General by the Secretary-General, following an election by the General Assembly on 22 December 2017. On 22 January 2018, Ms. Sharif assumed her post at UN-Habitat's Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. She succeeded Dr. Joan Clos of Spain. On 20 January 2022, her term was extended by a further two years. Since joining the United Nations in 2018, Ms. Sharif has re-positioned UN-Habitat as a thought leader in sustainable urbanization and an agency that advocates for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the nationally determined contributions to the Climate Action Paris Agreement. She is the Co-Chair of the Secretary-General's Task Force on the Future of Cities and Co-Chair of the Local 2030 Coalition, designed to support and accelerate local-led delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Sharif is an advocate for local voluntary reviews of the New Urban Agenda and a champion of urban issues in the World Economic Forum. She presided over the Ninth and Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2018 and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in 2020, respectively. In June 2022, she will open the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland. Before becoming Executive Director, Ms. Sharif served as Mayor of Penang in Malaysia and was the President of the Malaysian Association of Local Authorities (MALA). She has over 30 years of experience in urban planning, urban regeneration and community-led development. KNOW PI Caren Levy participated as a discussant. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/events/2022/mar/un-habitat-executive-director-speak-dpu-t... |
| Description | Políticas para una ciudad justa: Herramientas teóricas desde otras ciudades del mundo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CIAC, Lima's city partner for the KNOW project, hosted a talk with Prof. Susan Fainstein, Senior Research Fellow in the Harvard Graduate School of Design, to discuss 'the challenge of scaling up social experiments and community organisation to build structural change'. The talk provided a compelling space to unpack and discuss Fainstein's ideas in relation to inequality, planning, and community organisation, whilst exploring possible pathways to advance structural change towards more equal cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/single-post/2019/04/25/The-challenge-of-scaling-up-social-experiments-and... |
| Description | Popular Economies: experiments, learning and new modes of anti-poverty intervention in rapidly changing urban environments |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | PopEcon developed innovative methodological approaches able to interconnect four domains that impact upon urban dwellers' livelihoods and well- being: land displacement, infrastructure development, social recomposition and local popular economy. Three sites were selected to represent different manifestations of uncertain urban development trajectories: infrastructurally overextended urban cores, fractious and contested land uses in urban peripheries, and violent extractions in frontier cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentación de Política de Vivienda y Urbanismo Sostenible |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Ministry of Housing of Peru organised a workshop to share preliminary version of latest national housing and urbanism policy with academic experts for feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Prosperity for Africa - PROCOL Kenya launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) organised a day long launch event for the Prosperity Index in Kenya. The event included plenaries, workshop panels and discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RISE Africa Action Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW's WP5 and the Habitat International Coalition co-organised a festival workshop, which brought together 12 speakers and around 60 participants from social movements, grassroots organisations, progressive academic institutions and policy makers across the region to share their diverse experiences in generating change through emancipatory learning practices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR8TT_eAN7k |
| Description | Realising Just Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW RF participated to the 4th Annual Conference of the Mistra Urban Futures Programme, with three parallel sessions related to higher education, capacity building for co-production, and academic-CSO partnerships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.mistraurbanfutures.org/en/event/RJC2019-conference-week |
| Description | Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Platform Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Regional Platform meetings are held every two years and promoted by the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction. The meetings cover many topics including this time around the problem of cities and sustainability where it was possible to present elements of KNOW concerns to a wide audience in sessions on urban risk and management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Reports from KNOW Projects in LATAM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Disaster Risk Management and the challenges of poverty and inequality |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/100063507349168/videos/1617164651955244/ |
| Description | Research Ethics: Developing Best Practice for Researching in the Global South workshop in Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This event comprises a two day workshop exploring and developing best practice for research ethics when working in the global south. Core research ethics training is primarily focused upon expected conditions and challenges of conducting research in the minority Global North. As a result, much training fails to consider the added ethical challenges and complexities encountered when designing and conducting research in the global south. The need to address this challenge is particularly timely given the growing emphasis on the internationalisation and decolonisation of the discipline, increasing popular and political attention to the ethical conduct of development researchers and charities, as well as the growing role of the Global Challenges Research Fund in framing HE research. The KNOW team participated as presenters and facilitators to this event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Research and postgraduate workshop 2019: Research lines of research groups within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Know project is circumscribed in the three SDGs: 1. end of poverty; 2. action for climate, and 3. sustainable cities and communities, KNOW City Partner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) participated in the panel on the importance of research with the knowledge co-production approach for studies of poverty and inequality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Research collaborations with NGO's and Civil society:The spectacle continues or potential for decolonising research? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University participated in this seminar discussing the role of co-production in de-colonising research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Research seminar: Issues and dynamics of internal migrations in a changing world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The theme of the seminar is multi-disciplinary related to adaptation studies. The purpose is to blend both descriptive and interpretative approaches, in order to provide a "richer" framework and to foster a network of specialists, in different countries (Senegal, Camerun, Colombia, Russia and Vietnam). All communications contain valuable and strategic information, necessary for the elaboration of policies in favor of the development of sustainable and inclusive cities, as well as the integration of internally displaced populations, in a context of a global migration crisis. The seminar took place at the Universidad de Versalles, France |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Rethinking prosperity for London: When citizens lead transformation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) organised this event for the launch of Prosperity Index and citizen science methodology, discussion about community co-production of knowledge on prosperity, mention forthcoming Index Toolkit for adaptation and use in other cities/countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://bartlett100.com/article/launching-a-citizen-led-prosperity-index.html |
| Description | Rethinking prosperity for Wales |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop and discussion about prosperity and inequalities in Wales with academics and policymakers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Revitalising LA RED in Latin America |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A meeting attended by over 50 people from the Latin American Region, ranging from government representatives, to NGO and students, in order to discuss how to re-establish LA RED organization in modern times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Riesgo, Covid-19 y desigualdades: miradas desde América Latina |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In this event, the KNOW Resilience teams in Latin America discussed the main impacts of Covid-19 observed since the beginning of the pandemic, mainly related to situations of social inequality that are beginning to worsen in the region. Some questions from the public were answered through the digital platforms on which the event was being broadcast. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=227826931851536&ref=watch_permalink |
| Description | Roundtable discussion with GOPLAREA project team in Dar es Salaam |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Dar es Salaam, Ardhi University, chaired the roundtable discussion aimed at sharing the approach used in the KNOW project and discussion on its relevance on the dissemination GOPLAREA findings. The use of expert (technical) advisory of KNOW was used as an instrument for sharing GOPLAREA findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Roundtable with Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Executive Director, UN-Habitat) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentations by Oxford academic staff and UN-Habitat E.D. on the current and future work of UN-Habitat in the context of the SDGs. Organised by Oxford Urbanists, ThinkCity, and the Oxford Sustainable Urban Development Programme. Approximately 20 participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SANITATION IMPROVEMENT IN URBAN POOR AREAS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A workshop took place on 22nd September, 2020 at DAWASA HQ Office in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Objectives of the workshop (i) To present KNOW research project findings of the informal settlement of Mji Mpya Mnyamani on sanitation theme to the stakeholders (ii) To identify the gaps in the presented findings by giving a room for discussion amongst various stakeholders participating in the workshop to contribute further knowledge to co-produce issues to improve the findings (iii) To obtain the views, recommendations and suggestions from invited stakeholders on the presented findings to co-productive pathways that will reduce the challenges of availability of water and sanitation improvements in urban areas starting with the pilot area or the case study of Mji Mpya Mnyamani. RECOMENDATIONS: (i) There has to be a continuation of the joint workshops which engage various water and sanitation stakeholders with community members to exchange the views and ideas on how to reduce the challenges that are existing in the locality. (ii) There are quarterly DAWASA meetings involving various stakeholders to discuss on the water and sanitation improvement. Participants recommend for the meetings to involve many more stakeholders and give an opportunity for the stakeholders to give views on the pathways to reduce the challenges and not only DAWASA themselves and municipalities. (iii) There has to be exchange visits in the projects implemented by various stakeholders. This will offer an opportunity for the stakeholders to learn more on alternative sanitation improvement systems and in-cooperate in their institutions to help the community. (iv) Involvement of local community and community groups members (Federation) in the project implementation is the key in enabling project success and reducing water and sanitation challenges. This will help reducing community reluctance of their engagement in solving the challenges of paying for the services in the future (v) It is of a significant value to involve decision makers in the projects from the project writing processes, kicking off to the project implementation. This will enable them to be aware of what is taking place in their localities and put their inputs through various platforms of decision making or holding the hands and networks of NGO`s dealing with water and sanitation in further steps of engaging the government (vi) Presence of common and planned agenda among stakeholders in water and sanitation projects in important. For example, DAWASA to involve the urban planners from the municipalities before the design of the project but also seeking assistance from other CSO`s in the sector which have been doing projects in a theme relating to DAWASA activities (vii) There must be an involvement of private sector. This include the transport companies and groups of people working on water and sanitation such as the trucks carrying liquid waste from households to ponds or DEWATS. This will help collecting the views and suggestions from the core people in the sector and together co-produce means of reducing the challenges in the sector and not one group to speak for others |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | SIERRA LEONE City Exhibition: Delivering transformative research and capacity for equality in Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Showcasing 4 years of capacity building and co-production across three informal settlements in Freetown, to enhance the City Learning Platforms through change by design. On 1st February 2022, the Freetown City Exhibition celebrated four years of SLURC working together with informal communities in Freetown, as part of the KNOW. The exhibition and programme brought together various urban stakeholders from MDAs, the Freetown City Council, councilors, I/NGOs, Academia and community members including members of the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) and chiefs from the informal settlements where the research was undertaken to discuss the impact and legacy of the project and the pathways it has brought to light towards a more equal Freetown. Notably, the event was an opportunity to highlight participatory planning and design, in particular the role of Community Action Area Plans (CAAP) and City and Community Learning Platforms in research, policy and practice, both playing an important role in the ongoing implementation of the Transform Freetown Plan led by the Freetown City Council (FCC). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/freetown?lightbox=dataItem-kz5eg2bd |
| Description | SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CITY WIDE WORKSHOP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop carried out on solid waste management on 23rd August 2020 at Ilala municipality. This engaged various stakeholders from various areas engaging themselves on solid waste management. The objectives of the workshop were; • Giving feedback of research findings on solid waste management • Establishing gaps on the findings of the report and looking deeply onto the proposals made for solving the challenges in solid waste management at Mji Mpya • Working together in creating co productive pathways that will solve the challenges in solid waste management in urban areas. RECOMMENDATIONS • Stakeholders collaboration should be increased in solid waste management in order to have inputs that will reduce the challenges of solid waste in informal settlements • Community groups should consider various financing options such as loans from the government in order to get opportunities such as solid waste collection that can improve their economic situations. • Community should be involved in the contracting and tariff arrangement in order to analyze their affordability and willingness to pay and also making grounds on why it is important for them to pay. • Community groups should consider having learning visits to other groups and individuals who does sorting, reuse and composting so as to grab opportunities in solid waste. • For the community groups to work effectively, it is important that they are provided with skills on leadership, money and facilities management and be mentored for a moment before they are left to do the projects on their own. • Alternatives to means of transportation of waste in informal settlements should be considered in order to resolve the issues of uncertainties of the contractors due to poor infrastructures especially during rainy seasons. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Second African Environment Partnership Platform (AEPP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The AEPP is organised by the group of environment ministers in Africa - the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) andinpartnership with the African union. The overall objective of AEPP is to promote sustainable environment management on the continent through enhancing partnerships, coordination of various actors and harmonization of activities. WP1 RF chaired a panel on the "importance of Non-State Actors and Civil Society in championing Africa's collective response to a greener future post covid-19" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Seminar: Multiactor perspectives on climate action in Peru |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) delivered a presentation on "Normalization of poverty in the process of population resettlement in the Low Flood Zone of Belén, Iquitos, Peru". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seminario Internacional de Desigualdades Urbanas en América Latina |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) attended the third regional seminar on inequalities as presenter. The seminar took place in Mexico City and included researchers from across LATAM sharing their research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Settlement Profiling Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The workshop focused on community-led informal settlement profiling following the process developed by SLURC-ASF 2019 (Toolkit for participatory action research methods and tools for informal settlement profiling), data management and communication strategies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Shaping the City: Climate Change and Resilient Cities (Day 1 - Panel 2) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 'Shaping the City: A Forum for Sustainable Cities and Communities' is a forum organized by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) in the context of its Venice Architecture Biennial Exhibition titled 'Time Space Existence'. This second edition of the conference recognizes the significant role urban planning and design play in molding the interaction of people with their cities and their wellbeing. Through a series of presentations and panel discussions the forum confronts the fundamental topics shaping the cities of our world. The panel 'Climate Change and Resilient Cities' explores how to engage with the surrounding urban systems and discusses concepts related to urban resilience and climate change adaptation in designing and building cities. Leveraging spatial planning and design are key elements explored by the group of researchers, architects, urban planners and environmental activities through diverse projects that confront the topic of Climate Change and Resilient Cities and its impact in our daily lives. Moderator: Francesco Musco - Università IUAV di Venezia Speakers: - Terri Dreyer and Ian Dreyer - NANO, New Orleans - Kristina Knauf - MVRDV - Belen Desmaison - University College London UCL Bartlett and Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru - Ilaria Giuliani - Deputy Chief Resilience Officer, Milan Municipality - Rick Schneider - Washington D.C. and IStudio, Virginia Tech |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Spatial Engagement Sessions: Ideas for Civic Action Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This one-day symposium at Tate Exchange, hosted as part of the School of Civic Action by public works, explored ways to engage critically with the urban environment. Through three sessions participants discussed spaces and methods proposed to foster meaningful relations between people and the places where they live. Ideas for Civic Action, brought together practitioners, researchers and community groups who have worked connecting people with their surroundings in order to share practices and discuss further action. The event showcased initiatives where architects have been aware of the social and political implications of their work, aiming to encourage a more conscious way of practice which serves community interests. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spatial-engagement-sessions-ideas-for-civic-action-tickets-4791819059... |
| Description | Spatial inequality in times of urban transition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University delivered presentation and validation of results workshop:"Complex land markets in Uganda and Somaliland". The presentation took place in London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | KNOW CP in Dar es Salaam, Ardhi, convened two stakeholder workshops. Workshop 1: Presentation of the Draft policy briefs to the technical support team and community leaders from Sandali and Hanna Nassif Workshop 2: Presentation of the key findings and messages from Hanna Nassif to the Illala DAWASA officials, Federation members and Mtaa and Ward leaders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sustainable African Cities conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The conference was organised to facilitate the development of a visionary outline for the future development of African cities, and serve as joint horizon scanning by African, German and other European experts for possible collaborations. We hope that it will also enable the Network of African Science Academies to prepare joint key recommendations on the issue of urbanisation in Africa. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | THE FUTURE OF URBAN EQUALITY - Knowledge, Partnerships and Pathways in Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) programme would like to share 4 years of research and capacity building in a conference that will run from Monday 7 - Thursday 10 February 2022. The main aims of the KNOW Conference are to share the key findings that contribute to: - shaping action pathways to urban equality at local, national and international scales; - addressing theories and practices related to the cross-cutting challenges of resilience, prosperity and extreme poverty, and their relationship to urban equality; - promoting the co-production of knowledge and the related 'ethics of practice' in applied research and capacity building across local and global agendas and collectively planned initiatives that seek to address urban equality. Drawn from and across 12 cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the key findings will be presented for comment and discussion through 8 online webinars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/conference-2022 |
| Description | Tangier 2020 - United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Retreat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The sixth edition of the Annual Retreat & Campus is taking place in Tangier, from 24 to 28 February 2020. The 2020 Retreat is focusing on joint programming and the co-creation of the organization's agenda in the localization decade..Special emphasis is being placed on building synergies through the Waves of Action and shaping the Local4Action Hub. The first part of the week, Monday to Wednesday, is dedicated to the work of the different parts of the network, including specific workshops. Thursday and Friday includes the Annual meeting of the Global Taskforce, and the Presidency meeting to co-create the future we want. The Retreat is the occasion to harness the power of our network and continue our work based on the collaboration and achievements of the last few years, as well as increase visibility and impact at all levels. KNOW Co-I Alexandre Apsan Frediani participated in the UCLG Retreat, with the presentation "Pathways to urban and territorial equality: Addressing inequalities through local transformation strategies", looking to set a research agenda for the next UCLG GOLD report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.uclg.org/en/node/30729 |
| Description | The Ethical and Practical Challenges of Undertaking Research in the Global South |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Undertaking research in the Global South and ensuring research practices are rooted in, and acceptable to, the institutions, communities and societies where they will operate can be very challenging. Nevertheless, for a research to have a global impact and be equitable, it is imperative to involve users of research in lower- and middle-income countries at the onset of the study. This workshop will draw on the practical experiences of three keynote speakers who have been through the 'thick and thin' of GCRF-funded projects. The KNOW team participated as presenter to the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ethical-and-practical-challenges-of-undertaking-research-in-the-g... |
| Description | The IV International Forum of Universities in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Forecast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participation with two papers on the KNOW-WP2-Peru project, in the IV International Forum on Disaster Risk Management and Climate Forecast, which is based at the National University of the Altiplano de Puno - Peru. Angel Chavez's presentation is entitled: "Resilience as a mechanism of reduction of inequality, extreme poverty and risk of disasters in the city of Lima-Peru". The presentation by Cinthya Barros entitled: "Analysis of disaster risk sectorization in the city of Lima Metropolitan and Callao - Peru". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://portal.unap.edu.pe/?q=iv-foro-internacional-interuniversitario-0 |
| Description | The role of Cities in the Earth Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University participated a panelist. The conference focused on the role of modelling in understanding urban challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Tracing strateies within the Bahía partnership |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop is part of the dynamics of the partnership with equivalence in the bay. The workshop allowed to identified common interests in the co-production and vision for the area to be inserted into the Plan Perspectivo de Desarrollo de la bahía de La Habana. KNOW Havana Co-I and the direction board of Plan Maestro defined strategies in order to enhance the partnership already existing by agreeing a series of integrated actions to be shared in both institutional and project schedules in such a way that a larger amount of members of Plan Maestro take part in the research actions. An formal agreement was drafted between KNOW and Plan Maestro in order to foster joined actions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training of technical support team and community leader and selected leaders of local association groups |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner in Dar es Salaam, Ardhi University, attended the workshop titled "Why knowledge co-production in Hanna Nassif: what are the key attributes of KCP" as a presenter and participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Transforming Planning Education in African Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was a part of an ongoing series curated by Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre and University College London to develop a planning programme in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Discussions focussed on the changing content and context of the political economy of planning education in African cities, and raised issues of critical and leaner centred pedagogies for diverse urban practitioners. Educators, practitioners and alumni shared perspectives from Njala University in Free town, Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam, University of Cape Town, University of Zambia, University of Lagos, Makerere University and University College London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Transforming Planning Education in African Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was part of an ongoing series curated by SLURC and UCL to develop a new MSc programme in Development and Planning in African Cities (DePAC).The discussion focused on the changing content and context of the political economy of planning education in African Cities and raised issues of critical and learner centre pedagogies for diverse urban practitioners, educators and alumni from different institutions such as University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Lagos (Nigeria), Ardhi University (Tanzania), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana), University of Zambia (Zambia), UCL Institute of Education (UK), University of Nairobi (Kenya), African Population and Health Research Centre (Kenya), Mzuzu University (Malawi), India Institute of Human Settlement (India) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Translocal Pedagogies in Planning Education for Urban Equality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was organised by WP5 in collaboration with the DSA Urbanisation and Development Group. The event brought together 25 participants from academia and practice in the fields of urban planning and higher education in the UK and overseas. It facilitated discussions about the potential and shortfalls of urban planning education to stimulate learning across localities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.urban-know.com/wp5-education |
| Description | Trialog Conference 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Department of International Urbanism organised the TRIALOG conference 2019 "Whose knowledge counts? The meaning of co-productive processes for urban development and urban research" at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Recent policy discourses about sustainability and grand transformation, which became manifest in the Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda or the Paris Climate Agreement, center around the role of cities and urban development. However, aligned approaches can only be successful if they go beyond conventional forms of knowledge production and include the complex landscape of actors in urban development. This calls for knowledge production in urban development to be questioned and newly conceptualized. The KNOW Project was represented in several panels including KNOW Partners Ardhi University (Dar es Salaam) and Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (South East Asia Regional Partner). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://international-urbanism.de/news/trialog-conference-7th-9th-of-november-2019-keynote-lectures/ |
| Description | UCL Beyond Boundaries: Realising the UN Sustainable Development Goals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The conference aimed to understand universities' approaches to the SDGs and how we can move forward to develop cross-disciplinary and beyond-boundary research and activities with our partners to address the goals. KNOW Team participated as presenter in several panels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/beyond-boundaries-realising-un-sustainable-devel... |
| Description | UCL Urban Laboratory Conference - At the frontiers of the urban: thinking concepts and practices globally |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Urban societies are undergoing immense changes; how are urban concepts and practices responding? This conference seeks to stimulate new conceptualisations of the urban by convening cutting-edge scholarship and dialogue resonant with distinctive urban experiences, especially those beyond the conventional euro-american heartlands of urban studies, but with scope to reach across different contexts. Some starting points will be: how land, investment, finance, law and the state are reshaping urban spaces; or how processes of reproducing everyday life, identity politics, popular mobilization and contestation are remaking urban experiences; or how challenges of urbanisation, such as climate change, data, health, housing and poverty are redefining urban futures. The KNOW team and KNOW City Partners presented and chaired several panels at the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/urban-lab/events/2019/nov/frontiers-urban-thinking-concepts-and-practices-glob... |
| Description | UCLG Annual Retreat & Campus 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The UCLG Annual Retreat is a week-long gathering that provides an opportunity for the keynotes of the organization and partners to define synergies and develop actions in line with the work plans set out by the governing bodies. KNOW Co-I Alexandre Apsan Frediani delivered a presentation about "Urban Equality Agenda". KNOW PI Caren Levy delivered a presentation in the session "Researching with UCLG". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.uclg.org/en/media/events/uclg-annual-retreat-campus-2021 |
| Description | UCLG Retreat: High-level political debate with UCLG leadership |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This high-level policy debate on Equality introduced the work organized around UCLG triannual GOLD report on pathways to urban and territorial equality. Findings around communing, caring, connecting, renaturing, prospering and democratizing were presented by KNOW researchers, who noticed that the report and this captive process gathered over 90 contributions from the UCLG network civil society groups and academics that cover a variety of topics such as migration, culture, conflict, disabilities, housing, health among others. Mayor of Kitchener and UCLG Treasurer Berry Vrbanovic opened the meeting calling on the need to engage in wider local alliances; and mayors of Sala Carola Gunnarsson; Emilio Jatón from Santa Fe; Mayor of Chefchaouen Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Soria and Envoy of the UCLG Presidency on the New Urban Agenda Carlos Martínez provided local visions around the pathways that have been identified. The discussions was introduced by Alexandre Frediani, lead co-investigator and Camila Cociña, followed by reactions from GOLD Chapter Curators, Mayors, and Caren Levy Camila Cociña and Alexandre Apsan Frediani (Barcelona) introduced the session base don findings from the KNOW/GOLD process. Adriana Allen, Susan Parnell and Caren Lavy (online) provided responses |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.uclg.org/en/node/32729 |
| Description | UCLG Retreat: Town Halls / Shaping the Future Social Contract |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The event was dedicated to exchanges with the civil society, aiming to shape the future social contractthrough the Town Hall Process, which leads our dialogue with the civil society and is one of the political processes that will guide our organization throughout the Congress. Our #CitiesAreListening Day gathered over 160 people physically and had over 300 participants online. The Joint Plenary gathered the four Town Halls: Caring Systems, led by Cities Alliance; Global Commons, led by the Global Platform for the Right to the City; Trust and Government, led by the General Assembly of Partners, and Climate and Culture, led by the Climate and Heritage Network to discuss on some of the topics that have appeared throughout the first phase of the Town Hall process 2022. Camila Cociña and Alexandre Apsan Frediani provided inputs from the KNOW/GOLD process |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.uclg.org/en/node/32729 |
| Description | UCLG Town Hall: Caring Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | First meeting for 'thinking big' about the "Caring Systems" UCLG Town Halls. The UCLG Town Hall is the space for dialogue and interaction between different internationally organized civil society constituencies and the political leadership of the local and regional governments constituency to jointly define our global policies. Camila Cociña provided inputs from the KNOW/GOLD process |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://publicservices.international/resources/videos/uclg-town-hall-on-caring-systems?id=12694&lang... |
| Description | UCLG Town Hall: Climate change and Culture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | First meeting for 'thinking big' about the "Climate Change and Culture" UCLG Town Halls. The UCLG Town Hall is the space for dialogue and interaction between different internationally organized civil society constituencies and the political leadership of the local and regional governments constituency to jointly define our global policies. Camila Cociña provided inputs from the KNOW/GOLD process |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5dRvv_lu1M |
| Description | UCLG Town Hall: Global Commons |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | First meeting for 'thinking big' about the "Global Commons" UCLG Town Halls. The UCLG Town Hall is the space for dialogue and interaction between different internationally organized civil society constituencies and the political leadership of the local and regional governments constituency to jointly define our global policies. Alexandre Apsan Frediani provided inputs from the KNOW/GOLD process |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSfSHUuVBTI |
| Description | UCLG Town Hall: Government and Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | First meeting for 'thinking big' about the "Government and trust" UCLG Town Halls. The UCLG Town Hall is the space for dialogue and interaction between different internationally organized civil society constituencies and the political leadership of the local and regional governments constituency to jointly define our global policies. Camila Cociña provided inputs from the KNOW/GOLD process |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9AFYqJ_s |
| Description | UCLG World Council 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | As every year, UCLG held in 2020 their World Council, which took place virtually on 11-13 November and was hosted by the city of Guangzhou. This gathering included a full week of meetings, coinciding with the anniversary of the UCLG leadership elections last year during their World Congress in Durban, South Africa in 2019. Prof Caren Levy and Prof Adriana Allen participated during the session of the UCLG Executive Bureau, on 12th November. They contributed to the discussion focused on "Policy debate: Addressing inequalities, key in the post-COVID era". In their interventions, Prof Caren Levy and Prof Adriana Allen referred to the urgency of dealing with multiple inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.uclg.org/en/media/events/uclg-world-council-2020 |
| Description | UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Annual conference, this year organised by the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. The panel on 'engaged pedagogies' was organised by Lucy Natarajan (BSP) and invited presentations from KNOW WP4/5 (DPU and IIHS). The KNOW team delivered three presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning/sites/bartlett/files/2020_prc_conference_guide_final.pdf |
| Description | UNISDR Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | KNOW City Partner Makerere University attended this conference in Geneva. KNOW Lead in Uganda, Shuaib Lwasa, was a discussant on the panel "Resilience Divedend: Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Societies." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.unisdr.org/conference/2019/globalplatform/about |
| Description | Understanding Risk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | World Bank promoted meeting every two years to promote debate and analysis on how risk is constructed in society and how best to reduce and control it. The debates on urban contexts offer inputs to KNOW concerns. The scope and content of these meetings varies and different sessions are of relevance to parallel research themes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Understanding Risk Centroamérica |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference organised by the World Bank in San Jose Costa Rica. Attended by 600 delegates from academia, government, international organizations, students and consultants to discuss how better to understand and intervene in disaster risk. Attended by KNOW Co-I Allan Lavell, who was participated in two plenary sessions on urban risk and work of the Costa Rican emergency commission where the KNOW Project was referred to to illustrate more integral thinking on DRM in a development frame |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://understandrisk.org/event/ur-centroamerica/ |
| Description | Urban ARC 2022 | Panel 4: Developing an urban curriculum for the Global South |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The sixth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), will be conducted virtually from 13 to 15 January 2022. The theme for this edition is 'Beyond Binaries: Towards new conceptual frameworks in the Urban'. In her article, 'Global and World Cities: A view from off the Map', published in 2002, Jennifer Robinson argued that urban studies as a field was divided between urban theory and the western or "global" cities on one side, and the development studies and the "third world cities" on the other. Such a categorisation held cities around the world to western global city standards, which Robinson argued, did not capture the vagaries of contemporary urbanization (Robinson, 2002). Two decades later, however, Robinson's compelling critique still holds true, particularly in the context of an increasingly globalised present and future. Cities across the globe differ in their experience and negotiations with emergent urban phenomena. Understanding and studying these phenomena thus requires thinking beyond existing binaries. Conceptualized within the theme of the conference are three important, intersecting ideas. The first is the idea of binaries and other kinds of categorisation which inform various traditions of knowledge production, in multiple ways. The centrality of dialogue from opposing positions, and the emergence of novel positions in its wake has been the key in the creation and development of knowledge over time. This edition of Urban ARC pivots off of this centrality. The second is the ways in which binary positions have evolved in various traditions of knowledge production, allowing them to go beyond these initial positions. This transition has not been consistent in depth, scope or velocity across disciplines and knowledge traditions. This has ranged from using binaries differently to address important issues, the use of multivalent systems of definition and organisation, to challenging the use of categorisation itself. It is in this context that we conceptualize the beyond as a post-duality space that can be celebrated for the multiplicities it holds. The third conceptual idea is the Urban, imagined as a space in which the tension between binaries and the beyond play out. The Urban, while being notionally organised around cartographic boundaries, goes beyond them to include a complex system of ideas, systems, processes, practices, lived experiences and emergent policies that can be understood only through a range of innovative theoretical and methodological approaches. Urban ARC 2022 provides the space for conversations along these vectors. Binaries have been used repeatedly to classify and categorise phenomena to better facilitate our understanding of people and things (Cloke & Johnston, 2005). Although binaries engage with the idea of opposites, they are also closely connected; one cannot exist without the other: e.g. there may be no rural without an urban; no formal without an understanding of the informal. Between binaries, lies space for continued negotiation. These negotiations based on emerging realities, new ways of thinking and being have often transcended binary thinking, paving way for a continuum of possibilities that emerge around the evident tensions between two opposites. This conference aims to build on and continue ongoing conversations around the question of categories like binaries that has been an important part of post-colonial discourse in fields such as feminism, philosophy, and environmental sciences, among others (Walker, 2001; Culler, 2001; Whatmore, 2017; Kayumova et al, 2019). The re-examining of these binaries and inherent tensions has led to the emergence of new categories that are evident in several ways and forms, from daily lived experiences to analytical tools - from the politics of the right and left, the economics of formal and informal, to the spatiality of rural and urban. The notion of moving beyond binaries manifests in several ways; in our conceptual, methodological and analytical interpretation of things. The dismantling of binaries has been critical in the context of an increasingly globalised, interconnected and urban world that is constantly pushing, debating and re-examining existing boundaries. Researchers, especially those located in the global South have consistently called for and worked towards rethinking what these categories mean, primarily because of the diverse experiences of rapid globalisation and urbanisation across cities (Shatkin, 2007; Robinson, 2011). In the last few decades, conceptual debates around the global North and South (Schindler 2017; Watson 2009; Parnell 2012) have increasingly focussed on the need for a "southern urban theory", to conceptualise the heterogeneity and experiences of the cities in the global South that cannot be confined to the north/south binaries. Debates have ranged from theorising the urban, to thinking of ways to engage with emerging urban phenomena, that are new, disparate and cannot be distinctly categorised. Studying these complex urban systems requires moving beyond traditional disciplinary silos and instead, adopting an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach. An immediate example of this has been the COVID-19 pandemic that has amplified existing socio-economic inequalities and questioned the type of interventions required to understand the urban in the context of a "new normal". In an attempt to conceptualise these urban futures, a more recent move has been towards a 'new urban science' that emphasises interdisciplinary research and practice in addressing challenges of the 21st century city (Keith et al., 2020). Methodologically as well, there has been a shift towards the use of big data and modelling approaches to study these futures (ibid.), as well as a collective conceptual attempt towards blurring the categories of policy, research, practice and academia to address the challenges of urbanisation. At a global as well as the local scale, the increasing role of digital technologies has resulted in a significant shift within the imagined categories of certain sectors and disciplines. While the field of technology is rooted in structure and form, the application and adaptation of these has paved the way for opportunities and possibilities that offer new conceptual frameworks of examining the impacts and implications of these changes (Davies, A.R et al, 2017; Surie, 2021). For example, with respect to labour markets, the move towards digital and platform economy has re-defined the future of work, blurring the boundaries of formal and informal labour. More recently, in the context of COVID-19, digital technology has made it possible for a certain section of the society to effectively work, learn and communicate online. Similarly, new and digital media has been crucial in changing the discourse around media, arts, literature and cinema studies to reflect the change in media consumption patterns as well as the changing mediascapes. The idea of moving beyond categories also extends to our understanding of social realities and by extension, our self. Questions of gender, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, language have and still continue to hold a pivotal place in defining one's identity. These questions are interconnected, deeply rooted in systemic complexities, and cannot be dealt with in isolation. Recent debates around these themes have contested existing categories, particularly with regard to navigating identities of caste and gender. While they tend to be limiting in nature, categories are also essential. They have played a fundamental role in structuring, organising and making sense of data, spatial mapping, delineating administrative boundaries, among others. Defining jurisdictions of city-like units (Brenner, 2014) using terms such as peri-urban, municipality, municipal corporation, metropolitan region etc, "reflect the changing boundaries, morphologies and scales of human settlement patterns" (Brenner 2014, p 15), and are critical to the process of governance. It also has particular implications for access to relief care, welfare and social protection schemes and programmes. Binaries, and categories more broadly hold multiple possibilities of negotiation; breaking away, re-imagining, re-conceptualising and realigning. Urban ARC 2022 intends to capture this versatility of binaries; the fluidity, the duality and the several potentialities of conceptualizations that they offer. The conference invites researchers, practitioners and policy makers to engage in dialogues around the theme, 'beyond binaries' using diverse modes of engagement- conceptual, methodological, historical, analytical. We encourage submissions across various sectors (e.g. governance, environment and sustainability, infrastructure and services, housing, and social identity, among others), disciplines (e.g. media, social-sciences, behavioural sciences, humanities, architecture, planning) and methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods), using the lens of research, academia, policy and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZC2vyArlM |
| Description | Urban Arc 2020: Equal Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of KNOW Partner the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world's population now lives in urban regions (United Nations, 2018). In particular, urbanisation has rapidly increased in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa, sometimes more than three or four times in the last 50 years (ibid). However, urban areas are now more unequal than they were 20 years ago: although cities have emerged as global economic platforms for production, innovation and trade, 75 per cent of the world's cities have higher levels of income inequalities than two decades ago (UN Habitat, 2016). This is compounded by persistent challenges around urban growth and employment, affordable housing, and service provision as well as the emergence of newer concerns around climate change, growing insecurity and international migration. While urban regions across the world present some of the most complex challenges with regard to environmental, economic, and social sustainability, they also offer some of the greatest opportunities. In recent years, global policy processes have also recognised the role that cities must play - the New Urban Agenda from Habitat III, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the IPCC 1.5C Special Report, the U-20 development agenda have all acknowledged the necessity for cities and urban regions to play a stronger role in tackling environmental, social, and economic challenges. This has led to an urgent call to understand and address its inherent challenges. Research on the urban has grappled with the conceptual nature of equality and equity as well as their everyday manifestations in lived experiences within urban agglomerations. Debates around equity in cities have engaged with a wide range of themes - around questions of identity (through the politics of race, or caste, for example), around issues of income inequality and poverty, on the implication of and the relationship between emergence of new forms of work and employment on the urban (through the 'gig' economy, for instance), spatial inequality, access to affordable housing and segregated cities, to mention a few. These have also often been determined by disciplinary boundaries and methodological approaches. Urban ARC 2020 aims to build on these debates, and provide a space to contest, deliberate and engage in conversations on how to make our cities more equitable. We encourage submissions that engage with notions of equity and equality through a range of lenses, across theory and praxis, across geographical and spatial contexts, and discipline and methodologies. In doing so, 'Equal Cities' aims to address questions of equality and equity from various disciplinary spaces, emphasising cross-disciplinary and inter-sectoral approaches across the three days of the conference. KNOW team convened six penels and participated as speakers at the opening and closing plenaries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://iihs.co.in/research/conferences/urban-arc-2020/ |
| Description | Urban Arc 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | IIHS Annual Research Conference, this year focus on 'Equal Cities'. IIHS presented a paper on their research on Alumni Trajectories through KNOW WP5 and convened a panel on translocal pedagogies for Urban Equality. KNOW CP in Freetown, SLURC, participated in a workshop focused on community-led informal settlement profiling following the process developed by SLURC-ASF 2019 (Toolkit for participatory action research methods and tools for informal settlement profiling), data management and communication strategies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://iihs.co.in/research/conferences/urban-arc-2021/ |
| Description | Urban Arc 2022 Panel 8: Navigating and practicing planning: Urban practitioners in dialogue Chair: Geetika Anand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The sixth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), will be conducted virtually from 13 to 15 January 2022. The theme for this edition is 'Beyond Binaries: Towards new conceptual frameworks in the Urban'. In her article, 'Global and World Cities: A view from off the Map', published in 2002, Jennifer Robinson argued that urban studies as a field was divided between urban theory and the western or "global" cities on one side, and the development studies and the "third world cities" on the other. Such a categorisation held cities around the world to western global city standards, which Robinson argued, did not capture the vagaries of contemporary urbanization (Robinson, 2002). Two decades later, however, Robinson's compelling critique still holds true, particularly in the context of an increasingly globalised present and future. Cities across the globe differ in their experience and negotiations with emergent urban phenomena. Understanding and studying these phenomena thus requires thinking beyond existing binaries. Conceptualized within the theme of the conference are three important, intersecting ideas. The first is the idea of binaries and other kinds of categorisation which inform various traditions of knowledge production, in multiple ways. The centrality of dialogue from opposing positions, and the emergence of novel positions in its wake has been the key in the creation and development of knowledge over time. This edition of Urban ARC pivots off of this centrality. The second is the ways in which binary positions have evolved in various traditions of knowledge production, allowing them to go beyond these initial positions. This transition has not been consistent in depth, scope or velocity across disciplines and knowledge traditions. This has ranged from using binaries differently to address important issues, the use of multivalent systems of definition and organisation, to challenging the use of categorisation itself. It is in this context that we conceptualize the beyond as a post-duality space that can be celebrated for the multiplicities it holds. The third conceptual idea is the Urban, imagined as a space in which the tension between binaries and the beyond play out. The Urban, while being notionally organised around cartographic boundaries, goes beyond them to include a complex system of ideas, systems, processes, practices, lived experiences and emergent policies that can be understood only through a range of innovative theoretical and methodological approaches. Urban ARC 2022 provides the space for conversations along these vectors. Binaries have been used repeatedly to classify and categorise phenomena to better facilitate our understanding of people and things (Cloke & Johnston, 2005). Although binaries engage with the idea of opposites, they are also closely connected; one cannot exist without the other: e.g. there may be no rural without an urban; no formal without an understanding of the informal. Between binaries, lies space for continued negotiation. These negotiations based on emerging realities, new ways of thinking and being have often transcended binary thinking, paving way for a continuum of possibilities that emerge around the evident tensions between two opposites. This conference aims to build on and continue ongoing conversations around the question of categories like binaries that has been an important part of post-colonial discourse in fields such as feminism, philosophy, and environmental sciences, among others (Walker, 2001; Culler, 2001; Whatmore, 2017; Kayumova et al, 2019). The re-examining of these binaries and inherent tensions has led to the emergence of new categories that are evident in several ways and forms, from daily lived experiences to analytical tools - from the politics of the right and left, the economics of formal and informal, to the spatiality of rural and urban. The notion of moving beyond binaries manifests in several ways; in our conceptual, methodological and analytical interpretation of things. The dismantling of binaries has been critical in the context of an increasingly globalised, interconnected and urban world that is constantly pushing, debating and re-examining existing boundaries. Researchers, especially those located in the global South have consistently called for and worked towards rethinking what these categories mean, primarily because of the diverse experiences of rapid globalisation and urbanisation across cities (Shatkin, 2007; Robinson, 2011). In the last few decades, conceptual debates around the global North and South (Schindler 2017; Watson 2009; Parnell 2012) have increasingly focussed on the need for a "southern urban theory", to conceptualise the heterogeneity and experiences of the cities in the global South that cannot be confined to the north/south binaries. Debates have ranged from theorising the urban, to thinking of ways to engage with emerging urban phenomena, that are new, disparate and cannot be distinctly categorised. Studying these complex urban systems requires moving beyond traditional disciplinary silos and instead, adopting an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach. An immediate example of this has been the COVID-19 pandemic that has amplified existing socio-economic inequalities and questioned the type of interventions required to understand the urban in the context of a "new normal". In an attempt to conceptualise these urban futures, a more recent move has been towards a 'new urban science' that emphasises interdisciplinary research and practice in addressing challenges of the 21st century city (Keith et al., 2020). Methodologically as well, there has been a shift towards the use of big data and modelling approaches to study these futures (ibid.), as well as a collective conceptual attempt towards blurring the categories of policy, research, practice and academia to address the challenges of urbanisation. At a global as well as the local scale, the increasing role of digital technologies has resulted in a significant shift within the imagined categories of certain sectors and disciplines. While the field of technology is rooted in structure and form, the application and adaptation of these has paved the way for opportunities and possibilities that offer new conceptual frameworks of examining the impacts and implications of these changes (Davies, A.R et al, 2017; Surie, 2021). For example, with respect to labour markets, the move towards digital and platform economy has re-defined the future of work, blurring the boundaries of formal and informal labour. More recently, in the context of COVID-19, digital technology has made it possible for a certain section of the society to effectively work, learn and communicate online. Similarly, new and digital media has been crucial in changing the discourse around media, arts, literature and cinema studies to reflect the change in media consumption patterns as well as the changing mediascapes. The idea of moving beyond categories also extends to our understanding of social realities and by extension, our self. Questions of gender, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, language have and still continue to hold a pivotal place in defining one's identity. These questions are interconnected, deeply rooted in systemic complexities, and cannot be dealt with in isolation. Recent debates around these themes have contested existing categories, particularly with regard to navigating identities of caste and gender. While they tend to be limiting in nature, categories are also essential. They have played a fundamental role in structuring, organising and making sense of data, spatial mapping, delineating administrative boundaries, among others. Defining jurisdictions of city-like units (Brenner, 2014) using terms such as peri-urban, municipality, municipal corporation, metropolitan region etc, "reflect the changing boundaries, morphologies and scales of human settlement patterns" (Brenner 2014, p 15), and are critical to the process of governance. It also has particular implications for access to relief care, welfare and social protection schemes and programmes. Binaries, and categories more broadly hold multiple possibilities of negotiation; breaking away, re-imagining, re-conceptualising and realigning. Urban ARC 2022 intends to capture this versatility of binaries; the fluidity, the duality and the several potentialities of conceptualizations that they offer. The conference invites researchers, practitioners and policy makers to engage in dialogues around the theme, 'beyond binaries' using diverse modes of engagement- conceptual, methodological, historical, analytical. We encourage submissions across various sectors (e.g. governance, environment and sustainability, infrastructure and services, housing, and social identity, among others), disciplines (e.g. media, social-sciences, behavioural sciences, humanities, architecture, planning) and methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods), using the lens of research, academia, policy and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21H1rnpXirc |
| Description | Urban Governance in Constituent Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | KNOW PI, Prof Caren Levy gave key note paper entitled "Knowledge co-production to strengthen urban governance: assessing possibilities and limitations" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtO50Rb6i-4 |
| Description | VI National Urban Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | VI National Urban Forum is the most important national event addressing the implementation of the Cuban Urban Agenda and the SDG´s strategiy implementation. KNOW City Partner in Havana, Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), organised and chaired one of the six panels of the VI National Urban Forum on the theme of panel Mobility, Prosperity and Equality. A survey evaluating the perception of relevance of mobility for urban prosperity in Cuba was applied to the participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Value Matters Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participants will consider how they develop methods and techniques that improve the insecurity, inequality and exclusion that exists in built environments. Panels will reflect on expertise in the social, cultural and economic aspects of social health, environmental, housing and urban insecurity: for example, how to a. connect varied modes of value together, such as, design methods; scales of artefact; different users/inhabitants/experiences; b. engage with policy; ethical forms of governance; c. develop social research findings that are of value across the design, urban, environmental and health sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/events/2018/nov/value-matters-architectural-history-keyn... |
| Description | Venice 2030 City Solutions: SDGs solutions to rethink the city |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 2nd December, KNOW was part of the the event 'Venice City Solutions 2030: SDGs Solutions to Rethink the City'. WP4 Research Fellow, Camila Cociña, participated in the panel 'Addressing Inequalities in the City", discussing the work KNOW is doing as part of the collaborative GOLD VI Report with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://venicecitysolutions.com/ |
| Description | Vision 2021 Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Join WP2 Lead Co-Investigator on resilience, Allan Lavell and his colleagues at Universidad de la Costa, discussing their KNOW research on disaster risk, adaptation to climate change, and the SDGs. This workshop will be delivered in Spanish only. Sessions with KNOW contributions are on: Thursday 07 October, 14:00 (UTC-5); Friday 08 October, 10:00 (UTC-5). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.visioncuc.com/ |
| Description | Vision and voices from community leaders in the face of disaster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the GRACC Desarrollo Webinar Series, KNOW Resilience Investigators, Allan Lavell & Angel Chávez Eslava presented on disaster risk management strategies employed by local leaders in a number of case study cities in Perú, in light of the pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/100063507349168/videos/309912314338856/ |
| Description | We are as strong as our weakest link: Preparing for disasters | Cassidy Johnson | TEDxBloomsbury |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | There is a lot we can do to prepare for disasters, but the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that only by addressing deep-seated inequalities can we be resilient to what comes in the future. In her TEDx Talk, Cassidy will be explaining why this is so. Csssidy is a Professor of Urbanism and Disaster Risk Reduction at UCL's Bartlett Development Planning Unit, who is committed to improving the quality of life and livelihoods of low-income groups living in urban areas in the Global South. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D6KXbjrK10 |
| Description | Within or Beyond the University? Experiences in Alternative Higher Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This event was the launch of the Special Issue in Educaçao & Realidade, in which we have a paper called "One Amongst Many: higher education institutions in an ecosystem of urban pedagogies" Geetika and I were asked to reflect on three questions: 1. What perspectives does your article give on the question raised by the special issue of within or beyond the university? (i.e. what possibilities and constraints on transformation of higher education are there between working inside mainstream universities, and operating at the margins of the system by setting up alternative institutions?) 2. What are the challenges and barriers in practice of experimentation and alternatives in higher education, and what are the factors that lead to successful implantation of innovation? 3. Many alternative forms of higher education push the boundaries of what we think of as a university, and some may not be recognised by all as higher education institutions. What light does your article shed on our conceptualisation or definition of 'university'? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90j73-ADeW0&list=PLMmsDJI3oSWKH5G62SoKO1imL1GXHCGii&index=20 |
| Description | Within or beyond the university |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The workshop brought together authors of a forthcoming issue of the "Educação & Realidade" journal to present on the theme of 'Within or Beyond the university". KNOW WP5 delivered a presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | World Urban Forum - 10th Edition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF 10) will be held from 8-13 February 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This will be the first time that an Arab country will host the world's most important conference on cities and human settlements. WUF10 is convened by UN-Habitat in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, General Secretariat of the Executive Council, and the ultra-modern Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The theme of the Tenth Session is Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://wuf.unhabitat.org/page/about-wuf |