Invited Guests

In addition to our international project partners, we cooperate with other prominent scholars who have been invited to participate in our academic and joint research events: 

Guest Lecture Series

20th Century Perspectives on Town Planning and Infrastructure in Africa (Summer term 2019)

• Liora BIGON, Urban Planning, Holon Institute of Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Marlene WAGNER, Architect, Vienna University of Technology, NPO build collective
• Benjamin RUBBERS, Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Liege, Belgium
• Timothy LIVSEY, African history, Oxford University, UK
• Daniel TÖDT, African studies, Humboldt University, Berlin

Workshop 

Studying Housing in Interdisciplinary Perspective (November 2017)

• Rose Marie BECK, University of Leipzig, Department of African Studies
• Donatien DIBWE DIA MWEMBU, University of Lubumbashi, Department of History
• Martina KOPF, University of Vienna, Department of African Studies 
• Johan LAGAE, University of Ghent, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning 
• Patience MUSUSA, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala 
• Ambe NJOH, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences 
• Carole RAKODI, University of Birmingham, International Development Department 
• Nicholas SUNGURA, Leibniz University of Hannover 

Guest Lecture Series

Housing for workers (and others) in African Cities (Winter term 2017)

• Luce BEECKMANS, University of Ghent, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
• Cristina UDELSMANN RODRIGUES, The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala
• Robert HOME, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, Land Management
• Garth MYERS,  Trinity College, Hartford, Urban International Studies