IHRB’s Built Environment research and visioning project “Building for Today and the Future: Advancing a Just Transition in the Built Environment” has concluded its first research cycle in Lagos and Prague.
Local researchers Oluwafemi Ojo (Lagos) and Michaela Pixová (Prague) worked closely with our team from September 2022 to January 2023 in the research and engagement processes in these two cities. We conducted parallel research including urban observations, stakeholder mapping, interviews with key stakeholders in government, businesses, universities, NGOs, and civil society groups, (19 in Lagos, and 21 in Prague) and brought them together for visioning sessions (November in Lagos, and January in Prague) to facilitate the forging of each city’s own vision of their just transition in the built environment.
City Summary Reports with the research findings and the resulting visions will soon be published.
Furthermore, the project has moved into its second research cycle in the cities of Lisbon (Portugal) and Melbourne (Australia), which will take place from February to May 2023. For this stage, we have partnered with local researchers and facilitators: Diana Soeiro from the Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies at the ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa; and a research and advisory team from the University of Melbourne, composed of Natalie Galea, Dan Hill, and Judy Bush.
Diana Soeiro is a policy analyst and scientific writer for Sustainable Cities and Communities, with ample expertise in research and consulting. She is also adjunct researcher at the Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design (CIAUD) and an Ambassador for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda in Lisbon. In the Melbourne side, the research team counts with the multidisciplinary expertise and decades of experience in the construction sector, urban planning, and design. The primary researcher, Natalie Galea’s focus is human rights in the construction sector, specifically on gender equality and workers’ rights. Judy Bush focuses on urban environmental policy, nature-based solutions and climate change as key drivers for liveable and inclusive cities. They both work with Dan Hill, Director of the Melbourne School of Design and Professor in Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, at the University of Melbourne.
The IHRB Built Environment team is delighted to count with these high-level experts in both cities, and we look forward to their valuable collaboration in this project in its second research cycle.
