Conducting research in fragile cities

Drawing on her fieldwork in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Patience Adzande reflects on her experiences of conducting research in fragile urban contexts, including the selection of communities and holding interviews with research participants.

Doing research with disadvantaged people

Elizabeth Dessie, Smith Ouma, Patience Adzande, Nicola Banks, Ezana Haddis Weldeghebrael, Joshua Magero, Miriam Maina, Diana Mitlin and Ademola Omoegun explore the challenges and intricacies of doing research with disadvantaged people. 

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Lauren Arendse summarises the final uptake workshop in Lilongwe, outlining emerging findings and priority complex problems (PCPs) across the domains of informal settlements, housing, neighbourhood and district economic development, and health, wellbeing and nutrition.

Rosebella Apollo reports on proceedings from the final uptake workshop in Nairobi, covering research highlights and PCPs from the health, wellbeing and nutrition, housing, structural transformation, and safety and security domains.