Opening Keynote by Prof Shuaib Lwasa: "SITUATING AFRICAN URBANISMS WITHIN GLOBAL FRAMEWORKS"
Opening keynote lecture by Prof Shuaib Lwasa (ISS, The Hague)
Moderation: Prof Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane (University of the Witwatersrand)
Respondents: Prof Jennifer Robinson (UCL), Dr Gilbert Siame (University of Zambia), Nqobile Malaza (Wits University)
More information on the opening event will follow soon.
Wednesday October 23, 17:00–18:30, A1, John Moffat Building
PROF SHUAIB LWASA - BIO
Shuaib is the founding coordinator of the Urban Action Research Lab investigating urban transitions and resilience in the global south cities. He focuses on problem-oriented urban development challenges for actionable, scalable, innovative, and equitable solutions around climate change adaptation and resilience for low-income urban populations.
His recent publications cover topics including climate change adaptation, urban mitigation, spatial planning, disruptive technological innovations for urban infrastructure transitions and disaster risk reduction for urban sustainability He has served on international scientific assessment panels including as a Coordinating Lead Author of IPCC WG3 AR6 for the Urban Systems chapter, a Lead Author for the IPCC Special report on Land and Climate Change and Lead Author of the IPCC WG3 AR5 report on Human settlements and Spatial Planning.
Shuaib has also served on several Scientific Steering Committees for International Research Programmes including Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Future Earth - Urban Knowledge Action Network, the Leading Integrated Research in Africa (LIRA) for early career researchers in Africa focused on cities and sustainability and the UNISDR Global Assessment Report.
