In this blog we share a story, which is not necessarily unique but extraordinary in that it shows a kind of leadership that is critical for a just urban transition agenda…
In March 2026, together with Prof. Charlotte Lemanski, delivered the Innovative Qualitative Methods: New Approaches for Understanding Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Africa workshop…
South Africa is preparing to host its very first citizens’ assembly in Cape Town, with the event provisionally planned for September or October 2026. During a period when public trust in democratic institutions is weak and political disengagement is …
Over the last six years the state has not fully accounted for the missing learners in the education system: where are those scholars who started grade one 12 years ago but did not sit for matric examination, and are not employed or in other sectors o…
As researchers working in Khayelitsha, we have questioned how we should engage with a community shaped by both beauty and brutality. And how can our research honour these dynamics without reducing them to data?…
