How we work

The Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) works through three main pillars:
  1. Research programs
    1. Urban health
    2. Urban livelihoods and the city economy
    3. Urban vulnerability and resilience
    4. Land and housing
    5. Urban transport and mobility
    6. Urban infrastructure and services
  2.  Capacity building
    1. Training programs
    2. Partnership/collaboration with universities and organisations
    3. International exchange visits
    4. Internship program
  3.  Knowledge management
    1. Communications
    2. Resource unit 
    3. Newspaper clippings
    4. Co-production of knowledge and management
    5. Policy, advocacy and community engagement