Description
Under the title ‘Urban Management Across Continents', the Wits-TUB-UniLag Urban Lab held its first joint online summer school on the 14th and 15th of December 2021. A total of 33 master students from the Urban Management courses at TU Berlin (Germany), Wits University (South Africa) and the University of Lagos (Nigeria) and twelve lecturers from all three institutions came together for the occasion. To open the event Astrid R. N. Haas of the African Development Bank held a keynote speech on 'Achieving the Promise of Cities That Work’, which was followed by a lively discussion on her input. Main element of the summer school were the nine thematic panels with the Master student’s presentation and discussion of their thesis work. On day 1, the panel’s themes included ‘Transport & Mobility’, ‘Land Governance’, ‘Human Settlements & Service Delivery’ as well as ‘Private Sector Development & Building’. The first day was concluded by plenum discussions on the presented topics and feedback from experienced researchers. On day 2, students got to share their research experience in panels ranging from ‘Spatial Inclusion & Community’ and ‘Environmental Management’ to ‘Policy & Governance’. The second day was concluded by a networking session that enabled students to build connections among peers with similar research interests.
