Urban + Value: Theory and politics of urban value capture in Africa

Urban + Value: Theory and politics of urban value capture in Africa is a collaboration between researchers in Geography and the Development Planning Unit

DFID is preparing a call for a research programme on “African Cities As Systems: unlocking urban systems that work better for all”. The objective of this proposed GC application is to establish a strong, interdisciplinary network across UCL to bring forward a bid for this and other potential large-scale collaborative research on urbanisation in Africa.

A two-day workshop will develop current urban theory debates on “value” in conversation with interdisciplinary perspectives on African urban development to establish the analytical approach which will make UCL’s bid distinctive