Timetable & learning outcomes
Participants were expected to collaborate within multidisciplinary working groups on a multidisciplinary project or policy brief that addressed some of the unique challenges facing African cities.
The programme offered a variety of learning experiences, including: interactions with experts on major development issues for African cities over the next ten years, interactions within a multidisciplinary and international group of students, live distance learning sessions, distance group work, reverse teaching and oral presentations.
Programme
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Monday May 2nd |
Tuesday May 3rd |
Wednesday May 4th |
Thursday May 5th |
Friday May 6th |
13.00 - 14.00 Welcome and introduction |
13.00 - 14.00 Tutored group work |
13.00 - 13.10 Introduction Fred Eboko, Olivier Marcy |
13.00 - 13.20 Introduction Tanguy Bernard |
12.45 - 14.15 Oral presentations |
14.00 - 14.30 Sustainable cities Stéphanie Dos Santos |
14.00 - 14.10 Introduction Giuliano Martiniello, Jérôme Porta, Eric Rougier |
13.10 - 13.40 Lung health and air pollution Chantal Raherison-Semjen |
13.20 - 13.50 Improving diet quality: a food systems approach Kaleab Baye |
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14.30 - 15.00 Gouvernance and multi-ethnic cities in Ethiopia Asnake Kefale |
14.10 - 14.50 Population dynamics in Africa Demographic trends in Africa: an overview Christophe Bergouignan The dynamics of African cities: what does Africapolis data say? Enno Munzel |
13.40 - 14.20 Air pollution in West African cities and co-benefit evaluation of strategies to reduce emissions of particulate contaminants: the case of Côte d'Ivoire Véronique Yoboué |
13.50 - 14.20 Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet? Kalle Hirvonen |
14.15 - 14.30 Break |
15.00 - 15.30 Break |
14.50 - 15.00 Break |
14.20 - 14.40 Break |
14.20 - 14.40 Break |
14.30 - 16.00 Oral presentations |
15.30 - 16.00 Interdisciplinarity Joanna Orne-Gliemann |
15.00 - 15.30 Migrations Population dynamics and pendulum migrations in the metropolitan area of Abidjan: the cases of Grand Bassam and Bingerville Jean-Bérenger Wadja |
14.40 - 15.20 Pollution and transport André Meunié |
14.40 - 15.10 The political economy of food crises and food riots in the MENA region Giuliano Martiniello |
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16.00 - 16.45 Introduction to group work |
15.30 - 16.10 Making a living in African cities: rights, occupations and protections Urban housing and human settlements policies in African cities Diane Cachau Social protection and social sustainability in African cities: systems, trends and policy challenges Léo Delpy |
15.20 - 15.40 Sociocultural factors and air pollution in Côte d’Ivoire: the case of Abidjan Nicolas Brou |
15.10 - 15.40 Measuring consumption in multi-purpose surveys Hannah Ameye |
16.00 - 16.30 Closure Thérèse N'dri-Yoman |
16.45 - 17.45 Tutored group work |
16.10 - 16.30 Break |
15.40 - 16.40 Panel discussion |
15.40 - 16.40 Panel discussion |
16.30 - 17.00 Debrief |
16.30 - 17.30 Panel discussion |
16.40 - 17.40 Tutored group work |
16.40 - 17.40 Tutored group work |
Expertise upon completion
Participants had access to the most recent data and knowledge, as well as fresh insights into public policy processes, development challenges, and multidisciplinary interventions aiming to reach the SDGs in African contexts.