SUEUAA (Strengthening Urban Engagement in Universities in Africa and Asia) is a project involving academics from six cities across Asia and Africa (Manila, Philippines; Kurdistan, Iran; Duhok, Iraq; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Harare, Zimbabwe). It addresses a core problem in emerging economies: how can we strengthen the urban engagement role of universities. It seeks to document the ways Universities contribute to developing sustainable cities in the context of the major social, cultural, environmental and economic challenges facing the global south.
Throughout the past year, the SUEUAA team across these cities worked collect evidence as to how Universities engage with their local city, and how they work together to address city-wide problems (such as flooding, food insecurity, gender inequality, and migration among others), through a series of interviews with stakeholders from Universities and Local Government, and case studies.
 
In this last event, we are inviting individuals from Universities, Government, and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) to join us in sharing good practice and current evidence as to how these connections can be further strengthened