My Team at the Lagos Urban Studies Group (lusg.unilag.edu.ng), University of Lagos, Nigeria have been awarded the NRF COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund on the project titled: Giving Voice to Slums: Creating Digital Urban Platform for Community Self-Reporting Amid COVID-19.

I am a happy co-convenver of the PG Writing Hub for African Students in urban mobility/development issues? Check out our online course, 'Critical Thinking and Writing Skills for Postgraduate Students,' holding June 2-August 4, 2022. Apply by May 9: pgwritinghub.net/call_for_appli…

Came to Lagos to escape the heat. Day 1 of critical writing workshop with these great people. Finally - after 2.5years! The British Academy Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University

I am greatly honored to be invited as a keynote speaker at ECSA 2022. Check the full program and register: 2022.ecsa-conference.eu #planetaryhealth #CitizenScience

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Proud to receive the 2021 Best Paper award from Urban Science MDPI for an accuracy assessment of #griddedpopulation datasets in #slums. doi.org/10.3390/urbans… This work is with andrea gaughan Forrest R. Stevens Peter Elias Greg Yetman Slum Dwellers International and others! #mdpiurbansci

Empowering youth to shape household nutrition preferences in Kibera is crucial for building healthy & sustainable food systems in Kenya! Excited to discuss scaling microbusiness to make a positive impact- Jane Wairutu, Programs Manager Muungano wa Wanavijiji #SME4NutritionKE

Please join us (and make sure to register before) next week Tuesday 2 May for a long overdue launch of our Localizing the SDGs in African cities book! With opening words by Dr. Shipra Narang Suri council.science/events/localiz… International Science Council African Centre for Cities

Our biggest Special Collection in #CitizenScience: Theory & Practice is out! With the leadership of Dilek Fraisl & an amazing team of editors, this collection shows frontiers and vision of #citsci in the context of #SDGs & development frameworks

I am super happy to announce the publication of our new article on the landscape of citizen science in Africa in the special collection in #CitizenScience: Theory & Practice …ractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/10.53…

📣🌍🔍 Exciting news: GIScience 2023, The 12th International Conference on GIS is now accepting contributions. Share your experience mapping with communities and discuss the emerging challenges of engaging communities with mapping and enhancing GIScience.

Grateful for the successful completion of the first part of our 2023 Critical Thinking and Writing Skills for Postgraduate Students 2.0. If interested in participating in the second edition click this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI….

The IDEAMAPS Network calls for urgent, coordinated action between #communities, #LocalGovernment and other stakeholders in #Lagos to address underlying conflicts and prevent #homelessness. We remain committed to improving #participatory #data production to inform #decisionmaking.

📍IDEAMAPS team is in Nairobi! Starting off the week hearing from Dr. Peter Elias about the recent cross-sectoral workshops in Kano and Lagos, Nigeria where participants completed validation activities on an initial version of the data ecosystem platform #participatorymapping

It was an honor to give a keynote at the 1. CitSci AFRICA conference highlighting the role of #citizenscience for achieving #wellbeing #SDGs. Amazing to see that citizen science in Africa is also growing! IIASA Citizen Science Global Partnership UN World Data Forum UNStats @UNDPOGC

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I'm excited to talk at the "Green Room: Citizen science - a key support for MEAs" at UNEA-6. sched.co/1a7zR. #UNEA

🚀As part of our #10thAnniversary celebrations, we've refreshed our website. Explore our #DataCatalogue, services and themes. See our latest news, events, research and impact stories. Learn about our #MastersProgrammes, #TrainingResources and much more: ubdc.ac.uk

Fantastic insights from Participatory Action Research groups in Nigeria and Kenya led by our partners at University of Lagos and APHRC #WUF12 #ItAllStartsAtHome #ItAllStartsLocally #ItAllStartsTogether #ItAllStartsNow