📢 New Publication! Anciano, F. and Lombard, M. (2024) Hybridising governance for resilience in a time of crisis: learning from community-based organisations in Cape Town and Cali. International Development Planning Review. pp. 1-23.📖Read it here: doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2…

📢 Blog Alert! Read more about the impact of private solar adoption on social justice in South African cities on the latest blog by Professor Fiona Anciano and Christina Culwick Fatti 🌍 #PUGResearch #GoJUT #LoadShedding jetknowledge.org/insights/unequ…

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Congratulations to our Research Associate Dr. Mandyoli Marty Byrde for graduating with his PhD🎊👏 #PUGResearch #UWCGrad2024 #AfricanUniversitiesHubForHumanRights 👏

🚨 It’s time! #ParticipediaSchool is here! 📚 But for 2025, we’ve got TWO schools! 👀🧵⬇️

🎙️ Introducing Our New Podcast: Africa Hub Podcast. Join us for insightful talks with HRDs, scholars, and activists on democracy and human rights. Listen on Spotify (Africa Hub Podcast) or YouTube (@pugresearch). Click to listen: open.spotify.com/show/70KJ2AYUd… #AfricaHubPodcast

📢 We’re Back! 📢 PUG Research is back with an exciting year ahead! 🌍🏙️ 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter for updates: tinyurl.com/PUG-Research-S… #PUGResearch #UrbanGovernance #Democracy #HumanRights

🚀 Launching Soon! 🌐 We're thrilled to announce that the launch of our new website is just around the corner! Built to deliver a seamless user experience, fresh features, and exciting updates. Stay connected for the big reveal! 🌟 #PUGResearch #NewWebsiteLaunch #ComingSoon

📢 Five Years Since COVID-19—What’s Next? 🌍Join us as they reflect on nearly five years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. 📅 March 23 | 4-7 PM ET 📍 Hybrid Event – Detroit or online 🔗 RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #PUGResearch #COVIDLessons #UrbanResilience

📢 Five Years Since COVID-19—What’s Next? 🌍Join us as they reflect on nearly five years since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. 📅 March 23, 4-7 PM ET 📍Hybrid Event – Join in Detroit or online 🔗 RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #COVIDLessons #PandemicsAndResilienceProject

📢 Expropriation & Land Justice: A Public Dialogue Can expropriation achieve real land justice in South Africa? Join PLAAS & Tshisimani for a discussion with Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso and civil society. 📅11 March 2025, 12:00 📍 UWC #LandJustice #Expropriation

📢 Calling all human rights defenders, activists, and scholars! The 2025 Human Rights Defenders Summer School will be hosted at @uwconline from 29 Sept 29 - 3 Oct, 2025! 🔗 Apply now: forms.gle/4BLoJCrH6pXfEX… #HumanRightsDefenders #AfricaHubSchool2025 #UWC

📢Deadline Approaching! Applications for the 2025 HRDs Summer School close on 18 April 2025. Join us in Cape Town for a powerful 5-day program focused on sustainability, innovation, and the future of defending human rights in Africa. 🔗Apply here: forms.gle/4BLoJCrH6pXfEX…

Does it ever feel like global warming hits us harder here? Well... It kinda does! Find out why that is and the effects of Spacial Apartheid on climate change from our interview with Fiona Anciano, on episode 1 of ‘Climate Comms: The Podcast’ now streaming! youtu.be/eAb5PEoh6Q0?si…

PUG Research co-hosted a workshop with the Mayor’s Office following the findings from our CHEC Sanitation Project. This workshop brought together Khayelitsha residents, City officials, and the Mayor to co-create solutions to improving communication channels and service requests.

[READ] June 16 commemorates the fearless youth of Soweto who rose against apartheid’s Bantu Education system in 1976. At the University of the Western Cape (UWC), this history of resistance is not only remembered but lived. #IAmUWC #YOUthDay