DPU UCL latest news, events & updates – December
News
Decalogue for Participatory Slum Upgrading programmes in pandemic times produced by DPU-led alliance
The “Synergies for Solidarity” project, convened by DPU’s Dr. Catalina Ortiz and Gynna Millan, has produced the decalogue as a roadmap for Latin America and the Caribbean
Reports from AT2030: Community led solutions launched
The AT2030 research project, led by Julian Walker, has launched two new reports on behalf of the Global Disability Hub, to provide evidence on the role of informal markets in the access to assistive technologies in Sierra Leone and Indonesia
KNOW Doctoral Training Course launched
The course, ‘Co-producing Doctoral Urban Research in the Global South’, invites applications from MPhil/PhD students enrolled at a UK university
DPU PhD candidate successfully defends thesis on the social network of urban agriculture
Congratulations to Gbenekanu Mpigi who has successfully defended his thesis that the social relations of urban agriculture mediate people’s engagement and success in generating food security for their household and reducing their vulnerability
Events
City Unfinished: Lima and reflexions on longitudinal film
02 December 2020, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm (GMT)
Register here
Publications
Blog
A historic victory for gender equality in Chile By Ignacia Ossul Vermehren, Lieta Vivaldi & Camila Cociña
ACHR: Reflecting on 30+ years of Community-led Development in Asia
By Brenda Pérez-Castro, Stephanie Butcher & Barbara Lipietz
Digital media
Opportunities
In the media
Medellín MetroCable
Julio Davila interviewed for a GIZ-funded 9-minute documentary on the impact of cable-cars on poverty in Medellin as part of a series on sustainable mobility.