Research Projects
SLURC's research priorities are categorised under the following research programmes. These programmes were the outcome of two initial studies:
- Framing the Research Agenda and Capacity Building Needs for Equitable Urban Development in Freetown
- Towards Meeting The Knowledge And Capacity Building Gaps For Equitable Urban Development In Freetown
1. Urban Health and Wellbeing - read more
- Future Health Systems: Delivering Effective Health Services
- ESRC Shock Tactics: Urban Health Futures in the Wake of Ebola
- ARISE: Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity
- AT 2030: Life Changing Assistive Technology for All
- The Role of Social, Cultural and Environmental Factors in Improving Ebola Virus Disease Response and Resilience: Exploring the Potential of Community-Based Initiatives
- Urban Malaria Research Project
- Rapid Anthropological Assessments of COVID-19 Impacts on Trust and Behaviours in Communities in Sierra Leone
- The Gendered Dimensions of COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Study from Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Urban Futures Project: Climate Resilient Adaptation in African Cities (CRA-AC): Co-producing knowledge and action for health and wellbeing in informal urban settlements
- Urban SHADE: Strengthened health service delivery and resilience in informal urban spaces in the context of extreme weather events
- KISS (Kenya, India, South Africa, Sierra Leone): Spatialising Climate Impacts on Health: A Focus on Vulnerable Settlements in Megacities of the Global South
2. Urban Livelihoods and the City Economy - read more
- Urban Livelihoods in Freetown's Informal Settlements
- Sand and Sustainability: Just Transitions and Participatory Policy in Sierra Leone
3. Urban Vulnerability, Resilience and Climate Change - read more
- Humanitarian Responses and Empowerment Outcomes in Informal Settlements
- Building Collective Capacity to Disrupt Urban Risk Traps
- Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and Management Plan for the Secondary Cities in Sierra Leone (Bo, Makeni, Bonthe, Kenema, Koidu New Sembehun, Port Loko, Waterloo and Lungi area)
- Climate Action Plans (CAPs) for Bo City, Kenema and Makeni in Sierra Leone
4. Land and Housing - read more
- Community Action Area Planning and Change by Design
- KNOW: Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality
- African Cities Research Consortium
- Housing project
- Spatial Development Plans for Six Secondary Cities in Sierra Leone
- Lungi Spatial Development Framework
5. Urban Transport and Mobility - read more
- T-SUM: Transitions to Sustainable Urban Mobility
- AT 2030: Life Changing Assistive Technology for All
- Urban Mobility Model for Sustainable Improvements of Informal Settlements
- Transitions: High Volume Transport Services Applied Research
6. Urban Infrastructure and Services - read more