Research Focus

Recent research projects undertaken

Disaster risk exists because of some special combination of hazards, exposure and vulnerability that couple with lack of adaptation capacities that puts populations, groups, communities, towns, regions or even countries in a position where they face the real possibility of significant loss and…

The indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) Program The Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) program is a community based program working with the Batwa Indigenous population of Kanungu district in Southwestern Uganda under the Urban Action Lab. The program focuses…

Funded by: AXA Research Fund Funded by: AXA Research Fund PI: Associate Prof Shuaib Lwasa The Urban Resilience Project explores the possibilities of transition to sustainability by analysing evidence that links the relationships between climate risk, social inclusiveness and sustainable urban…

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News

4 October, 2022
Image Prof. Shuaib Llwasa Welcome to Professor Shuaib Lwasa who will join the International Institute of Social Studies as Professor of Urban Resilience and Global Development in October 2022. Shuaib is the founding coordinator of the …

13 May, 2022
Key highlights for cities in developing countries  While Global net anthropogenic GHG emissions increased in 2019 by 12% since 2010, the global share of emissions that can be attributed to urban areas is increasing. Urban emissions estimated to be 29 GtCO2-.15 eq (67-72% of the global share) in…

13 May, 2022
Article by Shuaib Lwasa Many cities still have green areas in various forms, despite the fragmentation of their ecosystems. The call for integration of built form with nature is now more explicit and can be discerned from…

5 April, 2021
UAL took part in the Flipflopi Project second expedition, around Lake Victoria on Saturday 20th March 2021 at Gaba Beach Hotel.  

2 March, 2021
KNOW Kampala Project  After two year-long successive capacity building activities, trainings and interventions and knowledge sharing through peer to peer learning and exchanges in the whole energy briquettes value chain, including product development, production, business plan development,…

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