Timetable & learning outcomes
The program consists of 5 half-day sessions of distance training. Course content will provide participants with a critical and complementary analysis of the evolution of African cities over the past 20 years, as well as the challenges and opportunities for the next ten years in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, and especially SDG-11 on sustainable cities and communities.
Tentative program
Please note: the schedule is presented in Central European Summer Time (CEST). Some self-guided work may be required throughout the summer school.
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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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 |
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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 Governance 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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16.30 - 17.30
Panel discussion |
16.40 - 17.40 Tutored group work | 16.40 - 17.40 Tutored group work |
Expertise upon completion
Throughout the course, participants learn in a variety of ways thanks to:
› Lectures and discussions with experts on major development and sustainability issues for African cities over the next ten years;
› Multi- and interdisciplinary discussions and debates on diverse policy and development sectors (health, food security, urban governance, technology, climate and environment, etc.) and on interventions towards reaching the SDGs in these fields;
› Collaboration within a multidisciplinary group on an interdisciplinary project (health, demographics, economics, political approaches) that addresses a key topic for sustainable African cities.
Participants will have access to the most recent data and knowledge, as well as fresh insights into public policy processes, development challenges, and interdisciplinary interventions aiming to reach the SDGs in African contexts. They will also have the opportunity to interact and connect with the experts, researchers and professors present.
A certificate of participation will be awarded to students upon completion of the course.
Program may be subject to change.