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17 August 2020
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Story Nitha Ramnath
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Within the next five years, 60% of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Urban living comes with large-scale economic advantages and society benefits from economies of scale. But, COVID-19 is challenging urban living. We have introduced the term ‘social distancing’ and some policy analysts have even argued for the de-densification of cities.
Join us for a discussion where our panellists will analyse this perceived conflict.
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
Time: 14:00 to 15:30 (South African Standard Time – GMT +2)
Please RSVP to Elelwani Mmbadi at
mmbadiE@ufs.ac.za no later than 25 August, upon which you will receive a Skype for Business meeting invite and link to access the webinar.
Speakers:
Prof Ivan Turok
Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina
Mr Thiresh Govender
Moderator:
Lochner Marais
UFS academic appointed on the South African Board of SANPAD
2008-06-24
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 Dr. Aldo Stroebel, Head of Internationalisation and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development at the University of the Free State (UFS), has been appointed to the South African Board of the South African Netherlands Partnership Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD).
SANPAD is a collaborative, long-standing partnership programme funding high-quality, collaborative research conducted by South African researchers in partnership with researchers in the Netherlands. Some of the additional programmes include support for research capacity building and mentoring. The third phase of SANPAD's support has recently been announced and will include multi-disciplinary and cross-thematic themes from 2009 onwards. The current second phase funds research in the areas of among others new approaches to economic development; poverty reduction; and democracy, the government and civil society.
Photo: Supplied
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