MSc Environment & Sustainable Development

We are pleased to announce that DPU's research project, Overdue JustSanitation, led by Prof. Adriana Allen has launched the advocacy campaign 'We C.R.A.V.E Just Sanitation for African Cities'! The campaign mobilises support for localising SDG6 with a feminist lens to forefront the needs, capacities and aspirations of women and girls as sanitation users and providers across the sanitation service chain.

Read the news: bit.ly/3EwAsnU

This year’s MSc Environment & Sustainable Development students have made it to the city of ! Over the next week they will be working with CCI, Ardi University, local interns and community facilitators to advance just sanitation contributing to the research project Overdue JustSanitation- here they are on day 1 at MWUAWSAˋs water treatment plant.

some exciting fellowship opportunities to work with DPU colleagues and partners!

DPU summerLab 2022 Special Research Fellowships series launched The DPU summerLab is happy to launch a special Research Fellowship series, which will take us to four exciting destinations: Cali (Colombia), São Paulo (Brazil), Berbera and Zeila (Somaliland).

DAY 4 of the ESD-Overdue JustSanitation Learning Alliance: Driving advocacy4change. OVERDUE partners in Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique & DRC & MSc ESD The Bartlett Development Planning Unit UCL in discussions with Kavita Wankhade about the Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme:
🟡 include clear call for action
🟡 pilots never fail, pilots never scale
🟡 sanitation exploded in people's imagination

DAY 3 of the ESD-Overdue JustSanitation Learning Alliance: How do we advocate for just sanitation across urban Africa? Valuable lessons shared by the panel include 1. identify HOGs-hooks, opportunities, gaps. 2. remember that sanitation is always gendered. 3. push for accountability for grounded advocacy outcomes, not only processes

The Bartlett Development Planning Unit UCL

Day 2 of the ESD-Overdue JustSanitation Learning Alliance: the groups are digging deeper into their comparative analyses; of the relations between gender, land and sanitation; invisibilised domestic sanitation workers; toilets in public markets; and closing the loop practices.
The Bartlett Development Planning Unit UCL

Kicking off the ESD- Overdue JustSanitation learning alliance retreat in Kent with partners from Madagascar, DRC, Mozambique and Tanzania.