Our  Projects

Project leader Njogu Morgan

Project leader Main Applicant: Manuel Dammert Guardia

Affiliation: Dept of Social Sciences, CISEPA, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru PUCP. (Lima, Peru).

Project leader Maria José Nieto

Affiliation: The Bartlett Development Planning Unit , University College London, UK

Project leader Gina Porter

Dept of Anthropology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, UK.

Project leader Jack Jenkins

Dept of Anthropology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, UK.

Project leader Catherine Waithera Gateri

Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Project leader Farzaneh Bahrami

Urban Design and Mobility, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Project leader Burte Himanshu

Centre for Urban Science and Engineering (CUSE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-B) Powai, Mumbai, India.

Project leader Project Leader: Margot Rubins

Spatial Planning, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK

Project leader Joseph Ferreira

Dept of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.

Project leader Juan Pablo Ospina Zapata

School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia.

Project leader Violet Wavire

Kenyatta University, School of Education, Nairobi, Kenya.

Project leader Alexandra Krstikj

School of Architecture, Art and Design, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey State of Mexico, Mexico.

Project leader Giovanni Vecchio

Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.

Project leader Cristhian Figueroa M

Affiliation: Dept de Planificación y Ordenamiento Territorial, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM) & Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS), Chile

Project leader Prof. Martin Emanuel

Affiliation: Division of Urban and Regional Studies, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Project leader Mark Zuidgeest

Project leader Sarah Charlton

Project leader Edna Odhiambo

Project leader Charles Adams

Project leader Anne Kamau

Project leader Patrick Hayombe

<p>In the last 20 or so years motorcycle taxis (MCTs) – and more recently motor tricycle taxis - have fundamentally changed mobility and access in urban (and rural) Sub-Saharan African. In many African cities motorcycle taxis - often referred to as Okadas in West Africa or Boda Bodas in East Africa - are responsible for the majority of transport movements of both people and goods and providing hundreds of thousands of jobs to low-skilled or marginalised youth. However, rental, ownership and operational models can differ significantly from one region or country to the other. So does the role and impact of motorcycle taxi unions, with some being no more than ‘cartels’ exploiting their members while others genuinely advocating for the operators’ wellbeing and livelihoods. Equally, responses of city councils vary considerably, ranging from working together with operators and unions to regulate the sector and promote health and safety, to outright banning (albeit often unsuccessful) commercial motorcycle riding. There seems to be a clear need and opportunity here to learn (different) ‘good practices and pathways to those practices’ from the various stakeholders (MCT operators, unions, city council, traffic police, MCT users). Our project will do just that. </p> <p>As a collaboration between universities and research institutions in five different SSA countries (Liberia, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) we will be able to capture a wide range of MCT related practices and modi operandi. Each of the institutions involved will conduct a standardised survey and qualitative interviews covering issues related to four of the five clusters (user needs; governance & politics; business models and; safety & health). This will allow to effectively share knowledge and experiences at a workshop to be held in Kenya. The ‘lessons learned’ shall then be taken back to the respective countries and shared with local and national stakeholders.</p>

Project leader Samuel Odewumi

<p>Mobility and Access in sub-Saharan Africa is perennially challenged. Many solutions have been thrown at it but the problem keeps escalating. Emerging recently and spreading widely, is the shared mobility solution, taking advantage of the boom in ICT; bringing under its umbrella many of the existing informal modes like Car-taxi, Tricycle, Motorcycle, Bicycle variously called “Okada”,”Boda-boda” and “Keke” in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Nigeria, all these are termed “e-hailing” services.</p> <p>However, there has been very little known study of this emerging business model. Is the rapid growth an indication of its acceptability or limited choices for the users? What are the challenges, opportunities and threats facing it? What is the role of government in it?</p>

Consortium leader Dr. Gift Dumedah

Host institution: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana) Main partner organizations: University of Pretoria (South Africa), University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), University of Tara (Togo), University of Education, Winneba (Ghana), and University of Alabama (USA

Consortium leader Dr. Josephine Malonza

Host institution: University of Rwanda Main partner organizations: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana), University of Oxford (UK), and Aalto University (Finland)

Consortium leader Dr. Gladys Nyachieo

Host institution : Multimedia University of Kenya Main partner organizations: University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Kyambogo University (Uganda), Redeemer’s University (Nigeria), University of Birmingham (UK), and World Health Organization (Switzerland)

Project leader Premjeet Das Gupta

Affiliation: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India

Project leader Daniel Adamu

Affiliation: Dept of Urban and Regional Planning, Nasarawa State University Keffi-Nigeria, Nigeria

Project leader Ana Margarita Larranaga

Uriarte Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, School of Engineering, Laboratory of Transport Systems, (LASTRAN), Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Project leader Enoch F. Sam

Dept of Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Project leader Daniel Oviedo

Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL), London, UK

Project leader PhD Vivien Meli Meli

University of Dschang-Cameroon

Project leader Dr. Wilma Sithabiso Sichombo Nchito

University of Zambia

Project leader Dr. Alphonse Nkurunziza

Centre of Excellency in Transport Planning, Engineering & Logistics, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

Project leader Njogu Morgan

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Project leader Rike Sitas

University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities and University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research

Project leader Dr. Enoch F. Sam

Dept. of Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Project leader Gladys M. M. Nyachieo

Sociology Multimedia University of Kenya

Project leader Catherine Waithera Gateri

Kenyatta University, Kenya

Project leader Chinebuli Uzondu

Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria

Project leader Rike Sitas

African Centre for Cities and University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Project leader Mulugeta F. Dinbabo

Institute for Social Development (ISD), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Project leader Gift Dumedah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana

Project leader Ayobami Abayomi Popoola

SARChI Chair for Inclusive Cities, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

Project leader Gladys Nyachieo

Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, Multi Media University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

Project leader Project leader: Karen S. Cuevas

NGO La Reconquista Peatonal, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Project leader Tamara Bozovic

Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK

Project leader Karel Martens

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Project leader Iderlina Mateo-Babiano

The University of Melbourne, Urban Planning, Diversity and Inclusion, Melbourne School of Design, Australia

Project leader Tess Osborne

Human Geography, Dept of Geography, Geology and the Environment, U. of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Project leader Project leader: Gina Porter

Dept of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, UK

Project leader Prof. Odewumi, Samuel

Project leader Prof. Zuidgeest, Mark

Centre for Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Project leader Dr. Wawire, Violet K.

Kenyatta University, School of Education, Nairobi, Kenya.

Project leader PhD Sam, Enoch F.

Dept of Geography Education, Faculty of Social Sciences Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Project leader Prof. Venter, Christo

Centre for Transport Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Project leader Dr. Adewumi, Adedotun Joshua

Dept of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Project leader Gift Dumedah

Regional Transport Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK), KNUST, Ghana