Universidade Eduardo Mondlane delegation visit to the GCRO
The GCRO hosted a delegation from the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane based in Maputo, Mozambique on 8 June 2022. The visit aimed at exchanging experiences and deepening knowledge about the characteristics and functioning of research universities as well as understanding the challenges in establishing and developing this type of research space.
The delegation included:
Prof. Feliciano Chimbutane; Deputy Dean of Humanities
Prof. Elísio Jossias; Deputy Director of Research
Mrs. Evanise Gomes; Journalist
Prof. Baltazar Muianga; Anthropologist
Mr. Sergio Nhanombe; International Office
Delegates interacting with GCRO staff
The GCRO has collaborated with researchers in Maputo on the following research:
- The Mobility in African City-Regions: Towards Effective Indicators and Governance project is a collaborative project between four City regions: Barcelona, Dakar, Gauteng and Maputo under the auspices of Metropolis within the framework of the Metropolis call for Pilot Projects 2021-2023;
- A Maputo-Johannesburg comparative study of intra-household decision-making and state-investment in transit: Governments in South Africa and Mozambique have made significant investments in transport infrastructure over the last decade but this has not always resulted in changes to transit patterns in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg and Maputo. To understand how transport infrastructure is used by residents in these cities, this research project examined the nuances of household mobility, access and decision-making in selected sites in Johannesburg and Maputo, and contrasted these everyday and lived experiences relative to government transport plans and policies in each location. The institutional partners were the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), including three research entities Gauteng City-Region Observatory, Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies and South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, and in Maputo, the University of Eduardo Mondlane. Additional support was provided by partners at the University of Sheffield and ETH Zurich.