VREF and partners are delighted to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 2nd African Transport Research Conference (ATRC 2027), to be held 2–4 March 2027 in Cape Town, South Africa, with pre-events on 1 March. Building on the momentum and success of the inaugural ATRC in 2024, this second edition once again aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and educators to
VREF is pleased to announce the release of its new paper,” Supporting the next generation of transport scholars in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights, challenges, and opportunities”. This timely publication, authored by a collaborative team – Gail Jennings, Ibraheem Forson Abdul-Azeez, Namatirai Cheure, Frank Edward, Mary Wanyua Mwangi, Jethron Ayumbah Akallah, Rasheed Olawale Azeez, Paschalin Basil, Wofai Ewa, Prince
Issues of mobility and access are central to developing sustainable and equitable societies. In a new Think Piece from VREF, researchers Gina Porter and Lanoi Maloiy invite us to explore mobility from a different vantage point, introducing “relationality” as a valuable perspective for both research and policy. The paper addresses the shared challenge of understanding
Consortium leaders, Dr. Gladys Nyachieo, Dr. Josephine Malonza and Dr. Gift Dumedah. The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) is excited to announce the establishment of three African Research Programs (ARP-MACs) within its “Mobility & Access in African Cities” (MAC) program. This announcement follows a competitive call for applications issued in 2023, inviting researchers from
Are you a young or middle-level scholar who frequently writes proposals for research grants, often with perhaps discouraging results? Or are you a senior scholar (or supervisor) who teaches – or wants to teach – academic courses on proposal writing? If so, a new open-source resource from VREF can be a valuable resource for you.
This is the recordning from the second Research Forum in VREF:s mini series – Celebrating 5 years of research results on mobility and access in SSA through the MAC program. The series takes plage in September – November 2024 and the purpose is to highlight new knowledge production and results from research projects which have
