CENTRE FOR HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (CHSD) at the University of Lagos was established to provide learning and research support for evidence-based policy and practice for the housing sector in Africa. Since inception in December 2013, the Centre has made several achievements in its core areas of research, capacity building in the housing sector, advocacy, regeneration and consultancy.
It is the ARUA Centre for Excellence in Urbanization and Habitable cities, thus coordinating multidisciplinary research activities and capacity building across various urbanization and built environment thematic areas. In partnership with the thirteen ARUA member universities, CHSD provides opportunities for in-depth engagement and solution finding to Africa’s most critical urban issues.
CHSD engages in active collaborations – research and practice – with Federal and State Government Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, Real Estate Developers’ Association and Slum community groups.
ARUA CoE URBANIZATION AND HABITABLE
AFRICAN RESEARCH NETWORK FOR URBANIZATION HABITABLE CITIES
The African Research Network for Urbanization and Habitable Cities is an ARUA-UKRI GCRF
Network hosted by the University of Lagos Centre of Excellence for Urbanization and Habitable
Cities with the aim of providing strategic platform for developing research capacities in African
Institutions to address the Sustainable Development Goals. The Network’s activities began in
October 2019 with an inception Workshop hosted by the University of Lagos
Vision
To be the hub for world class, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, applied research on urbanization and habitable cities; connecting researchers for the purpose of initiating, developing, disseminating and affecting change in Africa’s cities.
Mission
To attract, through collaborative actions; active researchers and funders, across all cadres, from within and outside Africa, that would work together with stakeholders from academia, private sector, government and non-government organizations to solve the diverse problems evident in African cities.
Network Activities
- Research
- Scoping studies to enable researchers (especially post-graduate and early careers) take part in research activities.
- Themed capacity building workshops to build skills in research, community engagement, policy engaged and business case development.
- Master classes in specific knowledge areas.
- Mandatory PhD colloquia in annual conferences.
- Researcher exchange programs.
- Linked Post graduate studies.
- Joint Conferences.
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