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