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Floods are the most common cause of disasters, disproportionally affecting the poorest communities.

8 September 2022

A new perspective on urban flood risk management – a Nairobi case study.

Sérgio Esperancinha

Image: Akala Haron, African Center for Technology Studies

10 February 2022

Community Participation on Dynamic Risk and Vulnerability: Tool review in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi Kenya

Akala Haron, Joanes Atela, and Asenath Maobe

Disaster Risk Management in The Context of COVID-19 Pandemic In Africa

9 July 2021

Disaster Risk Management in The Context of COVID-19 Pandemic In Africa

The Africa Research and Impact Network

A street in Nairobi

13 April 2021

How can African Cities be at the forefront of building back better after COVID-19?

Salome Okoth and Syprose Ochieng

Demotion in Fikirtepe

6 April 2021

UK Government cuts to Overseas Development Assistance: Tomorrow's Cities Responses

A group of people in Nepal sat down having a discussion

30 March 2021

Stakeholder Engagement to reduce Multi-hazard Risk in Tomorrow’s Cities: multi-scale and relational engagement for impact

Marina Apgar, Teresa Armijos, Victoria Chengo, Giuseppe Forino, Adriana Mejia, Mieke Snijder, Dharam Uprety & Cemre Zekiroglu

The Nairobi skyline

29 March 2021

The importance of co-produced and interdisciplinary research for resilient future cities: Tomorrow’s Cities at the Commonwealth Scientific Conference 2021

Mieke Snijder

Alok Sharma and Jane Marriot in Kibera

26 March 2021

COP26 President and UK High Commissioner to Kenya visit Tomorrow's Cities partner

The University of Nairobi

25 March 2021

Covid-19 Reverses Gains Made on Gender Equality in Academic Research Productivity

Asenath Maobe and Victoria Chengo

The Nairobi skyline

1 December 2020

COVID-19 shows why Kenya needs to move from emergency response to integrated risk preparedness

Conceptually, keeping people safe from harm is an ethical issue. However, research ethics procedures do not typically provide protection beyond formal research activities, nor adequate reporting of and responses to incidents that occur. In practice, then, research ethics can be seen as part of safeguarding.

27 October 2020

How do we ensure our impact is positive?

Dave Bell

The Nairobi skyline

17 September 2020

Cities and Resilience Seminar: Imagining future African cities in the post-COVID-19 world