Africa

City health and well-being

Podcast series / Join SEI researchers in this podcast series as they explore the pressing issues around how rapidly growing cities are affecting our well-being.

Exploring the gender data gap

Past event / Lack of data on gender impacts water challenges in a range of ways. Join us to learn and share about the gender data gap.

SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson joins UN expert group to strengthen climate and SDG synergies

Feature / SEI’s ED Måns Nilsson has been appointed to the UN DESA and UNFCCC Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies.

Saving the world through private-sector efficiency and local empowerment? Discursive legitimacy construction for social entrepreneurship in the Global South

Journal article / This article explores how legitimacy is discursively constructed for social entrepreneurship in the Global South.

The SEI Urban Toolbox for Liveable Cities: co-designing an accessible urban resource

SEI brief / The Urban Toolbox has been designed to address the challenges urban stakeholders face in accessing user-friendly resources with clear guidance for usage.

Financial architecture for a green and climate resilient Africa

Past event / Join SEI and SweDev's online dialogue on development research with Anzetse Were as the keynote speaker.

Revisiting the rising Rift Valley lakes: a glimpse into Kihoto’s struggles

Feature / This in-depth feature examines the struggles faced by Kihoto, a lakeside town in Kenya, after devastating floods displaced thousands of residents.

SEI’s Henrik Carlsen named as part of a high-level science-based strategic foresight panel

Feature / SEI's Dr. Henrik Carlsen, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of Mistra Geopolitics, has been appointed to the UNEP-ISC Foresight Expert Panel.

Turning out the light: criteria for determining the sequencing of countries phasing out oil extraction and the just transition implications

Journal article / With a focus on oil, this paper identifies, and reviews 15 criteria found in the literature for determining the sequencing of phase out of fossil fuel supply.