Presentations

Rashid Seedat (December 2023). 'GCRO model to Beijing Administration Institute. Constitution Hill, 13 December 2023.

Richard Ballard (December 2023) Gauteng: Change, development, challenges and popular responses. Joint Summer/Winter School hosted by the University of Johannesburg and CEPT University, Ahmedabad . 11 December 2023.

Mamokete Modiba (December 2023). ‘GCR Townships in the context of the economic crisis', Public Sector Economists Forum, Microsoft Teams, 7 December 2023.

Richard Ballard (November 2023). 'Gauteng: change, development, challenges and popular responses' Presentation to delegation from Tübingen University. 23 November 2023.

Rashid Seedat (November 2023). 'Strategic overview of the Gauteng CIty-Region'. Gauteng Department of Human Settlements strategic planning session, 20 November 2023.

Gillian Maree (November 2023). ‘Life on the watershed’, Presentation to the Wits Inter-faculty Research Roundtable: Water Research: dissolving barriers to create solutions, 20 November 2023.

Richard Ballard (November 2023). 'Remarks on the launch of the GCRO catalogue' GCRO's 15 anniversary celebrations'. 16 November. 2023.

Graeme Gotz (November 2023). 'Overview of the GCRO and its research'. UN Habitat Urban Technology & Collaboration in Informal Settlements Symposium, Windhoek (virtual presentation), 15 November 2023

Richard Ballard (November 2023). ‘Gauteng City-Region Observatory: collaboration through research’ Launch of the Gauteng Provincial Government Research and Policy Forum. 10 November 2023.

Gillian Maree (November 2023). ‘Climate and Water in the Gauteng City-region: Risks, challenges and responses’, presentation to the IIE MSA - Centre for Water and the Environment Annual Water Symposium, 9-10 November 2023.

Ngaka Mosiane (November 2023). ‘Gauteng’s Socio-Economic Status: demographics, Oual Index, economy, hunger and food security’. Combined GDARDE & GDSD Public Private Partnership Breakfast, JSE, Sandton, 3 November 2023.

Laven Naidoo (October 2023). 'The Importance of Data for Sustainable and Resilient Human Settlements: The Gauteng City-Region (GCR)'. Urban Festival 2023 (online), 31 October 2023.

Yashena Naidoo (October 2023). 'Value of data story telling in an urban observatory: Leveraging spatial data and analysis', Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorlogy, University of Pretoria, 25 October 2023.

Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (2023). 'Politics for Infrastructure in Crises: Three points of contradictions'. Presentation to the SWOP Reading Group, 24 October 2023.

Phil Harrison and Graeme Gotz (October 2023). 'Urbanising the Rural? A provocation from Bushbuckridge, South Africa'. Planetary urbanisation: agendas for research and action. ETH-Zurich, 19 October 2023.

Samkeliswe Khanyile (October 2023). 'Reading the Gauteng City-Region using urban data science', Wits School of Architecture and Planning, 16 October 2023.

Christian Hamann and Graeme Gotz (October 2023). ‘Gauteng social outlook: Population growth, poverty, inequality and emerging challenges', Combined GDARDE & GDSD 2024/5 APP MEC Strategic Planning Session, Focus Rooms, Modderfontein, 16 October 2023.

Graeme Gotz (October 2023). 'Overview of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and its research'. Mpumulanga Provincial Government workshop on a proposed Mpumalanga Research Institute, 10 October 2023.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (October 2023) 'Overview of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and its research', Planact, 05 October 2023.

Mamokete Modiba (September 2023). 'The State of the Economy: Insights from Gauteng', International Geographical Union's Local & Regional Development Commission Conference, Courtyard Hotel Rosebank, 27 September 2023.

Richard Ballard (September 2023). ‘Reflections on the 31 August Marshalltown fire’, Johannesburg Rotary Club, 26 September 2026.

Gillian Maree and Fiona Els (2023) 'Exploring the relationship between wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 cases and socio-demographics in Gauteng, South Africa', Presentation to the ES-VAIPH Partners meeting, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, 19 September 2023.

Fiona Els (September 2023). ‘The COVID-19 burden in informal settlements in Gauteng, South Africa: SARS-CoV-2 in river water draining informal settlements in Gauteng, 2021’, ES-VAIPH meeting, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 19 September 2023.

Fiona Els (September 2023). 'Determining the Impact of Socio-Economic Conditions on SARS-CoV-2 Burden of Disease in Gauteng Province, South Africa Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology', National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 18 September 2023.

Darlington Mushongera and Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (September 2023). Poverty, livelihoods and Covid-19 - Implication for policy' GPIR Policy dissemination workshop: paving pathways to inclusive prosperity: Policies for poverty reduction and resilience in post-Covid South Africa, Sheraton Hotel Pretoria, 14 September 2023.

Gillian Maree et al. (2023). 'The power of multisectoral approaches to determine the impact of social determinants of health: Linking SARS-CoV-2 wastewater and clinical epidemiology with socio-economic indicators and quality of life.', Presentation to the Wits School of Public Health and CARTA Conference, Wits School of Public Health, 14 September 2023.

Mamokete Modiba (September 2023). ‘The significance of Economic Justice in South Africa: Insights from Gauteng', ActionSA policy conference, Birchwood Hotel, 13 September 2023.

Graeme Gotz (September 2023). 'Past and current GCRO work with the City of Johannesburg'. Meeting with CoJ City Manager, 7 September 2023.

Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (September 2023), 'Rethinking structural unemployment in South Africa', presented at the Rethinking Economics in Africa Festival, 7 September 2023.

Laven Naidoo (September 2023), 'Masterclass on the GCRO's urban data science portfolio and a tutorial on using Google Earth Engine for automated surface water detection', presented at the Wits-Edinburgh Sustainable African Futures (WESAF) Programme Orientation Week, 6 September 2023.

Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (September 2023), 'What we know, what we need to know? And why we do it? An input on economic inclusion to the Public Service Economist Forum', presented at the Public Service Economist Forum, 5 September 2023.

Yashena Naidoo (September 2023) - 'Estimating change in the spatial economy of the City of Johannesburg using nighttime lights imagery', SPIE Sensors + Imaging - Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments VIII, RAI Amsterdam, 3 September 2023.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile and Christina Culwick Fatti (2023) 'Examining the extent and equity of Solar in Gauteng', Royal Geography Conference (RGS) 2023, 30 August 2023.

Brian Murahwa (August 2023) 'The Energisation of Space and Uneven Development in South Africa', Royal Geography Conference (RGS) 2023, 30 August 2023.

Shamsunisaa Miles-Timotheus (August 2023). 'Quality of life in the Gauteng province of South Africa: Is the sex of the household head important?'. International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies 21 st Annual Conference (ISQOLS), 25 August 2023.

Shamsunisaa Miles-Timotheus (August 2023). 'Childhood Sexual Violence Exposure and Overall Quality of Life: Experiences of Adults in Gauteng, South Africa 2020/2021'. International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies 21 st Annual Conference (ISQOLS), 23 August 2023.

Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize (August 2023). 'Depressive symptoms and socio-economic status among a population-based sample of youth in Gauteng, South Africa'. International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Netherlands, 23 August 2023.

Gillian Maree (August 2023). 'Securing water in Gauteng', Presentation to the SALGA Gauteng Provincial Members Assembly, 3 August 2023, Johannesburg

Graeme Gotz (August 2023). 'Population growth, poverty and inequality'. Gauteng Department of Health Strategic Planning Workshop, 2 August 2023.

Fiona Els (August 2023). "Determining the impact of socio-economic conditions on SARS-CoV-2 burden of disease in Gauteng Province, South Africa using wastewater-based epidemiology". Wastewater based epidemiology Research Coordination Network Wastewater surveillance Annual Meeting, 2 August 2023.

Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (August 2023), 'The skills we have and the skills we need: an assessment of skills planning in national government’s economic policies', presented at the TIPS FORUM 2023 Industrial Policy in an era of global structural change-Implications for Southern Africa, 1 August 2023.

Pedzisai Ndagurwa (August 2023). ‘Quality of Life VI Survey 2020/21’, Office of the Premier Service Delivery Workshop, ANEW Hotel Parktown, Braamfontein, 01 August 2023.

Thembani Mkhize (July 2023). 'Understanding electoral patterns/trends in the Gauteng City-Region: shifts, idiosyncrasies, insights from a survey'. The Future of Coalition Government in the Province of Gauteng. Gauteng Provincial Legislature. Protea Fire and Ice Hotel, Menlyn, Tshwane, 20 July 2023.

Laven Naidoo (July 2023), 'Unveiling housing disparities: leveraging earth observation and population data to estimate building volume per person in the Gauteng City Region', UFS-HSRC Brown bag sessions: Chair on City Region Economies, 17 July 2023.

Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (July 2023), 'Structural unemployment in the Gauteng City Region: initial concepts and data', UFS-HSRC Brown bag sessions: Chair on City Region Economies, 17 July 2023.

Laven Naidoo (July 2023). 'The value of urban data science and key GCRO projects in this area', BayFOR-GCRO Workshop on the topic of green energy and the green electrification of the automotive industry, 10 July 2023.

Thembani Mkhize (July 2023). 'The politics of gender representation in Gauteng's name-changing Initiative: insights from Johannesburg'. Network for Gender in Urban Research: Gender and the City workshop, Cardiff, (presented virtually), 7 July 2023.

Geoff Bickford (July 2023), 'Brussels Urban Summit report back', GCRO staff meeting, 3 July 2023.

Darlington Mushongera (June 2023). 'Gender based violence in Gauteng: evidence from Quality of Life-Survey data. City of Johannesburg Region C graduation event on Gender-based violence.

Fiona Els (June 2023). "Epidemiological differences between patients hospitalised with SARS-CoV-2 or influenza infection in hospitalised individuals in South Africa. School of Health Systems and Public Health. University of Pretoria, 29 June 2023.

Christina Culwick Fatti (June 2023). 'Towards a green infrastructure approach', SACN Cities’ Lunchtime Chats: The solutions edition. Greening the concrete jungle: Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in City Planning, online, 22 June 2023.

Fiona Els (June 2023). "Exploring the relationship between wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2 and population socio-economics for the period 4 March 2021 to 31 January 2023". National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 20 June 2023.

Rashid Seedat (June 2023). 'GCROs contribution to localising the SDGs', 14th Metropolis World Congress in Brussels, 14 June 2023. 

Christian Hamann (June 2023). ‘Reading the Gauteng City-Region', Urban Thought Leadership Group, University of Pretoria, 5 June 2023.

Laven Naidoo (June 2023). 'GCRO projects in the sustainability and health themes'. Wits & University of Edinburgh Joint Space Research Symposium (online), 5 June 2023.

Richard Ballard (May 2023). 'Discourse analysis and coding'. Guest lecture on the Theory and Methods module in Inequality Studies masters course, Wits, 25 May 2023.

Shamsunisaa Miles-Timotheus & Pedzisai Ndagurwa (2023). 'Fear in progress: socioeconomic, demographic and spatial correlates of feeling (un)safe in Gauteng, South Africa. Faces of the City Seminar Series, 25 May 2023.

Ngaka Mosiane (May 2023). ‘The ecology of an egalitarian city’, Thirteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, School of Architecture, Honolulu, United States of America, 19 May 2023.

Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (June 2023). 'Opportunities and challenges for public-private partnerships in the Gauteng Province'. Launch of the Gauteng Local Economic Development Forum, 19 May 2023.

Graeme Gotz and Ngaka Mosiane (May 2023). 'Displaced urbanism in the Gauteng City-Region'. Hybrid Workshop on Research on Extended Urbanisation, Wits Rural Facility, 10 May 2023.

Thembani Mkhize (May 2023). 'Social cohesion and the Quality of Life questionnaire', MISTRA and GCRO workshop on social cohesion and Quality of Life , GCRO Boardroom, Johannesburg, 4 May 2023.

Graeme Gotz (May 2023). 'Overview of GCRO’s data outputs and data sources', University College London (UCL) / Wits joint Masters Course in Global Urbanism, 2 May 2023.

Richard Ballard (May 2023). 'The production of space in Johannesburg, Gauteng', University College London (UCL) / Wits joint Masters Course in Global Urbanism, 2 May 2023.

Yashena Naidoo (May 2023). ‘Estimating 10 years of spatial economic change in Johannesburg (2011-2021)’, Faces of the City Seminar, 2 May 2023.

Yashena Naidoo (April 2023). 'Estimating 10 years of spatial economic change in Johannesburg (2011- 2021)'. City of Johannesburg International Relations Roundtable.

Laven Naidoo (April 2023). Environmental sustainability of the Earth and what can we do?, International Mother Earth Day Talk at the New Acropolis School of Philosophy, Johannesburg, 22 April 2023.

Richard Ballard (April 2023). ‘Coding qualitative material’, Guest lecture to masters students, Wits School of Architecture and Planning, 21 April 2023.

Christian Hamann (April 2023). ‘An analysis of micro-scale social mixing in Gauteng', Faces of the City Seminar Series, University of the Witwatersrand, 18 April 2023.

Laven Naidoo (April 2023). 'Current work on estimating green carbon and comparison to existing blue carbon estimates. NMMU and DFFE workshop on prioritisation of blue carbon ecosystems for implementation of restoration measures (online), 18 April 2023.

Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize. (April 2023). 'Filling data blind spots: recognising and addressing violence among members of the LGBTIQ+ community'. Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) Conference, 17 April 2023.

Fiona Els (April 2023). 'A COVID-19 outbreak in the Eastern Cape: lessons from the field', Guest lecture to MSc Epidemiology students, Wits School of Public Health, 6 April 2023.

Christian Hamann (March 2023). ‘Quantitative research at the GCRO', Wits School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, 31 March 2023.

Mamokete Modiba and Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen (March 2023). 'Inclusive Economies Research Programme: GCRO's Past, Current & Initial Project Ideas', Gauteng City-Region Observatory and Gauteng Department of Economic Development Workshop, Gauteng Gambling Board, 31 March 2023.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (March 2023) 'Water-energy-food in the GCR', Energising Jozi youth around climate action, Johannesburg Zoo, 25 March 2023.

Laven Naidoo and Samkelisiwe (March 2023) 'The value of urban data science and key GCRO projects in this area', GCRO Bavaria Study Tour, Munich, 7-9 March 2023.

Laven Naidoo and Cher Petersen (March 2023), 'Spatial distribution of green carbon across the Gauteng City-Region (GCR): the first step towards a Carbon Atlas for Gauteng', Presentation at Climate Change Research Conference by City of Tshwane and Tshwane University of Technology, 9 March 2023.

Christian Hamann (March 2023). ‘Overview of the GCRO and GCRO research’, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, 3 March 2023.

Richard Ballard (February 2023). 'Development concepts'. Guest lecture for Wits Planning 3rd year students, 28 February 2023.

Mamokete Modiba (February 2023). 'Research Journey: From Honours, Masters to PhD', School of Architecture & Planning Honours Research Course, Microsoft Teams, 24 February 2023.

Richard Ballard (February 2023). ‘Land value capture and spatial justice in Gauteng’, Respondent input. Development Action Group online seminar, 22 February 2023.

Rashid Seedat and Mawande Ngidi (February 2023). ‘Reflections of Gauteng Province's Infrastructure Response to Covid-19 Pandemic, GCRO-SARChI Chair on Spatial Analysis Covid Governance Workshop, GCRO offices, Johannesburg, 17 February 2023.

Graeme Gotz and Gillian Maree (February 2023). 'The social impacts of COVID-19 in Gauteng: What data could (and couldn't) show', COVID-19 urban impacts & governance in Gauteng – Co-hosted workshop by the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning and GCRO, 17 February 2023.

Philip Harrison and Graeme Gotz (February 2023). 'A national rather than a local narrative: the case of Johannesburg/Gauteng'. COVID-19 urban impacts & governance in Gauteng – Co-hosted workshop by the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning and GCRO, 17 February 2023.

Richard Ballard (February 2023). ‘The production of space in Johannesburg, Gauteng’, COVID-19 urban impacts & governance in Gauteng – Co-hosted workshop by the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning and GCRO, 17 February 2023.

Darlington Mushongera (February 2023). 'Role of social grants in poverty alleviation', GDSD Research and Evaluation Seminar, 17 February 2023.

Mamokete Modiba (February 2023). ‘From the Margins of the State to Quasi-State Bureaucrats: the Shifting Nature of Street Trader Leaders in Tshwane, South Africa', The Question of Agency in African Studies Book Launch, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, 07 February 2023.

Gillian Maree (January 2023). 'Food security in the Gauteng City-Region', GDSD - GDARD 2023/24 APP MEC Strategic Planning Session, 2 February 2023.

Fiona Anciano, Mercy Brown-Luthango, Christina Culwick Fatti, Charlotte Lemanski and Margot Rubin (February 2023). 'Off-grid Cities: Considerations for sustainability and justice'. Panel discussion, 5th National Global Change Conference, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. 1 February 2023.

Ngaka Mosiane and Samkelisiwe Khanyile (January 2023). 'The political economy of WEF in postmining Rustenburg', Gauteng Department of Human Settlements Strategy and Planning, Longue Durée of the Water-Energy-Food nexus in extractive landscapes - Learning from the Gauteng and Limpopo Regions to develop an interdisciplinary approach 2022 - 2025: Sharing Perspectives, 24 January 2023.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile and Ngaka Mosiane (January 2023). 'Investigating the WEF and post-extractive landscapes through a critical cartography approach', Longue Durée of the Water-Energy-Food nexus in extractive landscapes – Learning from the Gauteng and Limpopo Regions to develop an interdisciplinary approach 2022 - 2025 : Sharing Perspectives, 26 January 2023.

Richard Ballard (December 2022). Gated communities and spatial theory. Masters seminar, Department of Sociology Tubingen, 13 December 2022.

Christina Culwick Fatti (November 2022). 'Impacts of off-grid investments in Gauteng, South Africa'. City profiles: tackling climate change governance in Johannesburg, Mumbai, Karachi and Jakarta, virtual. 29 November 2022.

Christina Culwick (November 2022). 'Building data to support sustainable infrastructure policy and planning'. ACC African Infrastructure Futures Policy Conference, Cape Town. 23 November 2022.

Laven Naidoo (November 2022). Co-hosting Breakaway Session 2: Earth Observation and Remote Sensing for Global Climate Action. Cooperation Lounge Bavaria-Africa – R & I for Global Climate Action: Climate Adaptation Strategies in Bavaria, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Senegal, and South Africa (Western Cape and Gauteng), 23 November 2022.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (November 2022) 'Mapping vulnerability in Gauteng', Cooperation Lounge Bavaria-Africa – R & I for Global Climate Action: Climate Adaptation Strategies in Bavaria, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Senegal, and South Africa (Western Cape and Gauteng), 23 November 2022.

Richard Ballard (November 2022). ‘The Production of Space in Johannesburg, Gauteng’, Department of Sociology Tubingen, 17 November 2022.

Rashid Seedat and Samkelisiwe Khanyile (2022) 'GCR environmental scan & human settlements implications', Gauteng Department of Human Settlements Strategy and Planning, 10 November 2022.

Graeme Gotz and Laven Naidoo (November 2022), 'The value of urban data science and key GCRO projects in this area'. GCRO Board meeting, 8 November 2022.

Christina Culwick Fatti (October 2022). Towards applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City Region. GDARD's 4th Annual Gauteng Environmental Research Symposium, 27 October 2022.

Yashena Naidoo (October 2022). ‘Value of data story telling in an urban observatory: Leveraging spatial data and analysis’, Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meterology, University of Pretoria, 26 October 2022.

Apleni, P. and L. Naidoo (October 2022). Mapping wetland ecosystem functional groups using Sentinel–1 and Sentinel–2 images on the Maputaland Coastal Plain of South Africa. Wetlands Indaba 2022, Golden Gate Reserve, 25th October 2022.

Ngebe, S. and L. Naidoo (October 2022). Assessment of seasonal variations of teal carbon in Chrissiesmeer wetlands of the grassland biome. Wetlands Indaba 2022, Golden Gate Reserve, 25th October 2022.

Richard Ballard (October 2022). ‘Everyday resistance: How the weak change the world’, Faces of the City Seminar series, 25 October 2022.

Richard Ballard (October 2022). ‘Everyday resistance: How the weak change the world’, Department of Sociology Tubingen, 21 October 2022.

Graeme Gotz and Rashid Seedat (October 2022). 'GCRO QoL 6 Survey results in relation to key priorities'. Gauteng Provincial Government Executive Council (EXCO) Lekgotla, 20 October 2022.

Ngaka Mosiane (October 2022). 'Landscapes of peripheral and displaced urbanisms’. Faces of the City seminar. Online presentation, 18 October 2022

Ngaka Mosiane, Pedzisai Ndagurwa (October 2022). 'Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings'. Gauteng CoGTA Strategic Planning Workshop. Sandton Protea Hotel Marriot, 13 October 2022

Graeme Gotz and Rashid Seedat (October 2022). 'Gauteng – current challenges and future opportunities (and what role for the DDM?)'. Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) strategic planning session, 10 October 2022.

Christian Hamann (October 2022). 'Social cohesion in Gauteng', Indlulamithi 2022 Social Cohesion Barometer Meeting, Online presentation, 5 October 2022.

Graeme Gotz (September 2022). 'Environmental and economic outlook'. Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) strategic planning workshop. 26 September 2022.

Pedzisai Ndagurwa & Rashid Seedat (September 2022). 'Quality of Life 6 Survey', Broad Management Team Strategic Planning Session, Gauteng Office of the Premier, 19 September 2022.

Richard Ballard (September 2022). ‘The urbanisation of imagination in South Africa’ Society of South African Geographers biennial academic conference, University of Pretoria. 12 September 2022.

Rashid Seedat (September 2022). 'Terms of the South African Provincial Government Funding Equation', Forum of African Regions (FORAF) Launch, United Cities & Local Governments of Africa, Saidia, Morocco, 8 September 2022.

Maree, G. (September 2022). 'Planning for a water secure Gauteng City Region: reflections on GCRO research', Presentation to the IIE MSA Mini Conference on Climate Change And Water Security In South Africa, 2 September 2022.

Graeme Gotz, Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize and Mamokete Modiba (August 2022). 'Quality of Life 6 Survey', Department of Social Development, MEC Strategic Planning Session, Southern Sun Hotel, OR Tambo , 31 August 2022.

Graeme Gotz (August 2022). 'Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings'. Strategic Planning Session of the Executive Support and Stakeholder Management (ESSM) Branch. Gauteng Premier's Office, 25 August 2022

Christina Culwick Fatti (August 2022). ‘Just transitions: a view through housing’, Symposium on Spatial transformation and the Gauteng Spatial Development Framework Review, University of Johannesburg, 18 August 2022.

Richard Ballard (September 2022). ‘The production of space in Gauteng: Spatial trends and spatial imaginaries’, Symposium on spatial transformation and the Gauteng Spatial Development Framework, University of Johannesburg, 18 August 2022.

Ngaka Mosiane (August 2022). ‘The problem of the periphery’, Symposium on spatial transformation and the Gauteng Spatial Development Framework, University of Johannesburg, 18 August 2022.

Mamokete Modiba and Olga Koma (August 2022). 'Leveraging EPWP for an inclusive just transition: Improving labour market connections for youth in the green economy through city-led partnerships', TIPS Forum, Sheraton Hotel, Pretoria, 2 August 2022.

Mamokete Modiba and Olga Koma (July 2022). 'Leveraging EPWP for an inclusive just transition: Improving labour market connections for youth in the green economy through city-led partnerships', GCRO Brownbag Seminar, Online presentation, 27 July 2022.

Mamokete Modiba and Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize (July 2022). 'Changes in socio-economic characteristics of formal and informal workers in Gauteng, South Africa: Evidence from the 2017/18 and 2020/21 Quality of Life Surveys', Presentation to the SARChI - Economic Development Seminar Series, July 2022.

Gillian Maree (June 2022). 'Planning for a water secure Gauteng City Region', Rand Water Water Services Forum, 22 June 2022.

Graeme Gotz (June 2022). 'Overview of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and its research', Wits School of Governance 'mid-week meet-up' on research, 22 June 2022.

Richard Ballard (May 2022). ‘Transnational Urbanism Interrupted: A Chinese developer’s attempts to secure approval to build the ‘New York of Africa’ at Modderfontein, Johannesburg’, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, (Guest lecture for Theories and Practices of Urban Management Class), 2 June 2022.

Mamokete Modiba, Darlington Mushongera with Claire Benit-Gbaffou (May 2022). 'Practices of the state in urban governance: A view from post-apartheid South African cities', Faces of the City Seminar, 31 May 2022.

Gillian Maree (May 2022). 'Data and decision-making: The COVID-19 pandemic in the Gauteng city-region, South Africa, Collaborative Workshop on Big Data Analysis of COVID-19, CSIR International Convention Centre, 30 May 2022.

Christian Hamann (May 2022). 'Reading the Gauteng City Region', GDRI webinar, Online presentation, 24 May 2022.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile and Lochner Marais (May 2022). 'The new mine closure strategy: A critical assessment'. Mine closure book workshop, Online presentation, 17 May 2022.

Richard Ballard (May 2022). 'Coding Qualitative Material'. School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand (Guest lecture for Methods course), 6 May 2022.

Thembani Mkhize (May 2022). 'Understanding voting patterns in the 2021 local government elections in Gauteng: shifts, idiosyncrasies, and insights from a survey'. Faces of the City Seminar Series [virtual presentation], 3 May 2022.

Philip Harrison and Graeme Gotz (May 2022). 'Covid-19 as a window into the governance of the Province of Gauteng', Faces of the City Seminar Series, 3 May 2022.

Ngaka Mosiane (April 2022). ‘The transformative potential of cities’, The library of things we forgot to remember, 44 Stanley Ave, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 29 April 2022.

Mamokete Modiba and Thobelani Mdluli (April 2022). 'The inclusion of foreign migrants in the informal economy: From policy to practice". UKZN writing workshop, Coastlands Musgrave Hotel, 28 April 2022.

Richard Ballard (April 2022). 'Managing data after fieldwork', Wits Humanities Graduate Centre. Methods From/In the South, 26 April 2022.

Richard Ballard (April 2022). 'The usefulness of the SDGs'. Video input for a teaching at the University of Johannesburg, Geography, Environmental Management & Energy Studies. 21 April 2022.

Ngaka Mosiane (April 2022). ‘Mobility, Access and the Value of the Mabopane Station Precinct’, Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, 20 April 2022.

Christian Hamann (April 2022). 'Reading the Gauteng City Region', Department of Theology, University of Pretoria, 11 April 2022.

Mamokete Modiba (April 2022). ‘Qualitative Research: Using PhD example to bring the method to life'. Guest lecture for Masters Research Methods students, School of Architecture and Planning, Wits, Zoom, 8 April 2022.

Christian Hamann (April 2022). 'Quantitative Research at the GCRO', School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, 8 April 2022.

Mamokete Modiba (April 2022). 'Partnering for economic inclusion'. CSP Panel, City Economic Development managers' Forum, Zoom, 5 April 2022.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (March 2022) 'Justice and sustainability in cities'. Roundtable on Just Sustainability, National Treasury, Microsoft Teams, 23 March 2022.

Christian Hamann (March 2022). ‘Overview of the GCRO and urban dynamics of the GCR’, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Online presentation, 11 March 2022.

Rashid Seedat and Graeme Gotz (March 2022). 'Introduction to the GCRO, its website, and available data and information'. Gauteng Provincial Government Community of Practice on the use of evidence in policy setting for GGT 2030, 11 March 2022.

Richard Ballard (March 2022) ‘Development Concepts’. Guest lecture for masters planning students, School of Architecture and Planning, Wits, 8 March 2022

Mamokete Matjomane (March 2022). ‘Research Journey: From Honours to PhD. Guest lecture for Honours Research Methods students, School of Architecture and Planning, Wits, 8 March 2022.

Rashid Seedat, Mamokete Matjomane, Laven Naidoo, Graeme Gotz (March 2022). 'Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Submission to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). SAHRC National Investigative Hearing into the July Unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, 2 March 2022. [Recording of presentation and hearing]

Graeme Gotz (February 2022). 'Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings, with a focus on transport indicators'. Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, 15 February 2022.

Alexandra Parker and Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize (February 2022). 'Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21), with a focus on children'. PlayAfrica board online meeting, 10 February 2022.

Mamokete Matjomane (February 2022). Panel member on panel: 'Inclusive socio-economic return'. SALGA Gauteng Provincial Conference, 8 February 2022.

Graeme Gotz (February 2022). 'Introduction to the Gauteng City-Region Observatory – data and data outputs, especially in sustainability'. Heat and Health in Africa Transdisciplinary Center (HE²AT Center) research meeting, 4 February 2022.

Gillian Maree (January 2022). 'Environmental futures for the Gauteng City region', Presentation to the GDARD Focus Group on Environment, 19 January 2022

Rashid Seedat and Graeme Gotz (October 2021). 'Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings'. Gauteng Provincial EXCO, 8 December 2021.

Alexandra Parker, Gillian Maree and Yashena Naidoo (December 2021). 'Data and decision-making: The COVID-19 pandemic in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa'. Visual Interest Group, Alan Turing Institute, via Zoom, 7 December 2021.

Julia de Kadt and Thembani Mkhize (December 2021). 'Quality of Life 6 2020/21: Headline Findings'. Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, Senior Management Strategic Planning and Review and Lekgotla, 3 December 2021.

Sthembiso Mkhize and Gillian Maree (December 2021). QoL 6 2020/2021 Headline Findings" Presented at Standing Committee of Chairpersons Mid-Year Review Session, 2 December 2021.

Darlington Mushongera (November 2021). 'QoL + Multidimensional Poverty in GCR', presentation at the GPG Anti-Poverty Strategy Workshop, (Capital Hotel, Sandton), 29 November 2021.

Gillian Maree (November 2021). 'QoL 6 Headline Findings and Environmental trends', Keynote Presentation at the Annual GDARD Environmental Research Symposium, November 2021.

Graeme Gotz (November 2021). 'Social attitudes to government in Gauteng', GCRO | MISTRA webinar 3: Rebuilding Government, 24 November 2021.

Mamokete Matjomane (November 2021). 'Governing with/through non-state actors: Leaders' participation in street trade management in Gauteng municipalities', Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, SPLUMA Forum, Microsoft Teams Video Conference, 24 November 2021.

Mosiane, N. (November 2021). 'Ecology of an egalitarian city'. Presentation at A Domestic Revolution – City Life in a Pandemic. A Webinar series on Pandemic Pangolins hosted by the Adler Museum of Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine & Primary Care, 17 November 2021.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (November 2021). 'Mobility intersections: Gender, family, culture and location in the Gauteng City-Region', African Urban Mobility: Past, Present and Future, online workshop, 9 November 2021.

Richard Ballard and Yashena Naidoo (November 2021). ‘Quality of Life Survey 6 2020/21’, CoJ Executive Management Team, online, 8 November 2021.

Gillian Maree (October 2021). Quality of Life survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural development, 15 October 2021.

Christina Culwick Fatti (October 2021). 'Deconstructing just sustainability in government housing: Knowledge, decision-making and conflicting rationalities in government housing projects'. UCT Postgraduate Colloquium, 11 October 2021

Rashid Seedat (October 2021). Quality of Life survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, 08 October 2021.

Graeme Gotz and Rashid Seedat (October 2021). Quality of Life survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. Gauteng Office of the Premier, 07 October 2021.

Julia de Kadt, Graeme Gotz and Rashid Seedat (October 2021). Quality of Life survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. Gauteng Office of the Premier. 06 October 2021.

Julia de Kadt (September 2021). Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Understanding community and social attitudes in Gauteng. Rebuild SA Webinar Series. Online. 29 September 2021.

Julia de Kadt (September 2021). Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Understanding community and social attitudes in Gauteng. Rebuild SA Webinar Series. Online. 29 September 2021.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (September 2021) Mapping movement using volunteer generated data - myJozi Moves (2016). Masters and PhD Guest lecture. 29 September 2021

Christina Culwick Fatti (September 2021). 'In pursuit of just sustainability: Knowledge, power and conflicting rationalities in government housing projects'. GCRO brownbag seminar. 29 September 2021

Rashid Seedat (September 2021). Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. SALGA Extended Executive Mgt Team Lekgotla (national). 21 September 2021.

Graeme Gotz (September 2021). Introduction to the Gauteng City-Region Observatory. University of Cape Town SDG Africa Summit, Thematic track 5: Building responsive and resilient systems, 14 September 2021

Rashid Seedat (September 2021). Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. Wits School of Governance. 14 September 2021

Rashid Seedat (September 2021). Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. ANC Gauteng. 13 September 2021.

Graeme Gotz and Mamokete Matjomane (September 2021). Quality of Life survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. Gauteng Department of Social Development, 10 September 2021.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (September 2021) 'Mothers in the City: Household mobility in Gauteng', Ideas@Gautrain, Online seminar for Gautrain Management Agency, 10 September 2021.

Julia de Kadt & Graeme Gotz (on behalf of GCRO staff) (September 2021). Quality of Life Survey 6 (2020/21): Headline findings. QoL 6 results launch, 9 September 2021

Sarah Charlton, Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (September 2021) 'Micro-dynamics and Macro-processes: a Maputo - Johannesburg comparative study of intra-household decision-making and state-investment in transit', Faces of the City online seminar, 7 September 2021.

Rashid Seedat (August 2021). 'Social, spatial and governance contours of the Gauteng City-Region'. Wits University Alumni Relations, 26 August 2021.

Julia de Kadt (August 2021). 'Measuring quality of life in Gauteng, South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic', International Society of Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) annual conference, 2021. Online. 26 August 2021.

Graeme Gotz (on behalf also of Rob Moore and Rashid Seedat) (August 2021). 'Adaptive governenace: what are we learning from the pandemic?' GTAC Winter School. 18 August 2021.

Mkhize, Thembani (July 2021). 'The Politics of Street Renaming in Gauteng Province: Johannesburg and Pretoria/Tshwane'. Research Committe 21 Conference 2021, 17 July 2021.

Graeme Gotz (on behalf of GCRO's Responding to COVID-19 team) (June 2021). 'Spatial analysis and making spatial data accessible in responding to COVID-19 in Gauteng'. GISSA-Gauteng quarterly meeting, 30 June 2021

Mkhize, Thembani (June 2021). 'What's in a Name? The Politics of Street Renaming in Gauteng Province: Johannesburg and Pretoria/Tshwane'. Brown Bag Seminar, 23 June 2021.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (May 2021). 'Adaptive governenace: what are we learning from the pandemic?' GPG / GTAC Provinces in the frontlines learning event. 21 May 2021.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (May 2021). 'Adaptive governenace: what are we learning from the pandemic?' PDMCC (Gauteng war room) Gauteng City-Region COVID-19 case study workshop, 7 May 2021.

Alexandra Parker (May 2021) 'Denver microdynamics,' Micro-dynamics and Macro-processes workshop, online, 7 May 2021.

Sarah Charlton and Alexandra Parker (May 2021) 'Micro-dynamics and Macro-processes: a Maputo- Johannesburg comparative study of intra-household decision-making and state-investment in transit', VREF MAC Research Forum, 19 May 2021.

Gillian Maree (April 2021). 'Water Security in the Gauteng City-Region', presentation to Infrastucture South Africa Visit to Gauteng Province, 30 April 2021.

Gillian Maree (April 2021). 'Water Security in the Gauteng City-Region', presentation to Water Sustainability under scarcity: alternatives for Future water supply in Johannesburg, 20 April 2021.

Christian Hamann (April 2021). 'Overview of the GCRO and urban dynamics of the GCR', Leadership Programme in Urban Transformation, University of Pretoria, 19 April 2021.

Mkhize, T. (April 2021). 'Conceptualising, Contextualising and Critiquing City-regions: Insights from the Gauteng City-Region.' Municipal Demarcation Board Research and Knowledge Management Committee, 15 April 2021.

Christian Hamann, Alexandra Parker, Christina Culwick Fatti, and Yashena Naidoo (April 2021). 'Population density in the post-COVID-19 development era: Realities for the Gauteng Province, South Africa', AAG virtual conference 2021, Online presentation, 9 April 2021.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (April 2021) ‘Many ways to care: mobility, gender and Gauteng’s geography’, AAG virtual conference 2021, Online presentation, 9 April 2021.

Rob Moore (April 2021). 'Adaptive governance: What are we learning from the pandemic?' Gauteng Provincial Government Centre of Government Workshop, 7 April 2021.

Philip Harrison, Rob Moore, Margot Rubin, Graeme Gotz (April 2021). 'COVID-19 as a diagnostic lens? Pandemic governance in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa'. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, virtual presentation, 7 April 2021.

Graeme Gotz, Gillian Maree, Christina Culwick Fatti (March 2021). 'Using data to build a case for green infrastructure in the Gauteng City-Region'. Data systems for natural resource monitoring learning event, Lesotho integrated catchment management ReNoka Data Reference Group, 31 March 2021.

Richard Ballard (March 2021). Densifying the City Book Launch, University of the Witwatersrand, 23 March 2021.

Richard Ballard (March 2021) 'Development theory'. A guest lecture to third year Planning students, University of the Witwatersrand, 16 March.

Graeme Gotz (March 2021). 'Just sustainability: GCRO starting points and relevant theory'. Planning workshop for NRF Off-grid Cities Project, 15 March 2021.

Christina Culwick Fatti (March 2021). 'Off-grid cities: contextualising just sustainability'. Planning workshop for NRF Off-grid Cities Project, 15 March 2021.

Christina Culwick Fatti (February 2021). 'Panelist for Seed Session | How do we improve the availability of evidence of the impact of NBS on health?', The Nature of Cities Festival virtual conference, 23 February 2021.

Christina Culwick Fatti (February 2021). ' Gautrain data analysis'. GMA & GCRO Data Analysis - progress update, virtual meeting, 22 February 2021.

Alexandra Parker (February 2021). 'Overview of GCRO and its data sources'. UJ Department of Architecture 3rd year students, online, 22 February 2021.

Gillian Maree, Graeme Gotz, Rob Moore, Alex Parker, Christina Culwick Fatti, Julia de Kadt, Christian Hamann, Sthembiso Mkhize (February 2021). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR and status of QoL VI'. Gauteng Provincial Government Lekgotla, 16 February 2021.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (December 2020). 'Overview of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO)'. Gauteng Provincial Government and Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy bilateral on big data and innovation, 11 December 2020.

Christina Culwick Fatti and Samkelisiwe Khanyile (December 2020) 'Towards applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City Region'. AfriSam SAIA Awards 2019/20 adjudication. 11 December 2020.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile and Gillian Maree (November 2020). 'The value of GIS for an urban observatory: the case of the GCRO', Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries GIS Day, 18 November 2020.

Christina Culwick Fatti (November 2020). Panelist 'The recovery of the Public Transport Sector post the COVID-19 pandemic: Climate change and sustainability - the role of public transport in realising a greener future', Gautrain Public Transport Knowledge Seminar 2020, virtual webinar, 11 November 2020.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile, Sandiswa Mapukata, Richard Ballard, S.J. Cooper Knock (October 2020). ‘Biometric evictions: Lockouts amongst students and other rental tenants’, Gauteng City-Region Observatory Brown Bag Seminar, 28 October 2020.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (October 2020). 'Achieving Common Purpose: Adaptive Governance in the Pandemic'. Gauteng Provincial Government internal reflection workshop on the COVID-19 response, 23 October 2020.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (October 2020). 'Achieving Common Purpose: Adaptive Governance in the Pandemic'. Governing the pandemic in large cities: From BRICS and beyond symposium, 22 October 2020.

Graeme Gotz and Gillian Maree (October 2020). 'Data governance and government through data in responding to COVID-19: Insights from the Gauteng City-Region'. Governing the pandemic in large cities: From BRICS and beyond symposium, 22 October 2020.

Graeme Gotz (October 2020). 'Human settlement dynamics in Gauteng'. Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) Board Strategic Breakaway, 20 October 2020.

Christina Culwick (October 2020). 'Green infrastructure and storm water management', DWS Storm water management techincal team meeting; Water Technologies, 16 October 2020.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (October 2020). 'The mobility of children and their carers in the Gauteng City-Region', Children as Urban Citizens, online seminar, 12 October 2020.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (October 2020). 'Achieving Common Purpose: Adaptive Governance in the Pandemic'. Gauteng Provincial Government case study on COVID-19 response researchers' symposium, 8 October 2020.

Mamokete Matjomane (October 2020) 'Overview of the GCRO', City of Johannesburg Roundtable, Microsoft Teams, 1 October 2020.

Graeme Gotz, and Gillian Maree (September 2020). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights', Department of Social Development, 28 September 2020.

Christina Culwick (September 2020). 'Green infrastructure', ILASA webinar, 16 September 2020.

Gillian Maree (September 2020) 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights - what we do and don’t know', Presentation to the GCR Webinar on the role of data during and post COVID-19, 9 September 2020.

Gillian Maree and Graeme Gotz (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (September 2019). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights - what we do and don’t know', Premier's Advisory Committee on COVID, 7 September 2020.

Mamokete Matjomane (September 2020). 'Acting like the state: Leaders' participation in everyday management of street trade in Gauteng municipalities', Southern African Cities Studies Conference, Zoom, 4 September 2020.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (September 2020). 'Intersections in gender roles, spatial location and transit provision', Southern Africa City Studies Conference, 4 September 2020.

Gillian Maree, Christina Culwick, Julia de Kadt, Graeme Gotz, Christian Hamann, Samy Katumba, Samkelisiwe Khanyile, Sandiswa Mapukata, Rob Moore, Darlington Mushongera, Yashena Naidoo, Alexandra Parker and Melinda Swift (September 2020), 'Using QoL Data to Respond to the COVID Pandemic in Gauteng', Southern Africa City Study Conference, 3 September 2020.

Alexis Schäffler-Thomson and Graeme Gotz (September 2020). 'Governing resource flows in the Gauteng City-Region', Southern African Cities Studies Conference, 3 September 2020.

Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize, Julia de Kadt and Alexandra Parker (September 2020). 'Understanding and Enhancing the Use of Quality of Life Survey Data in Gauteng, South Africa', Southern African Cities Studies Conference, 3 September 2020.

Julia de Kadt and Graeme Gotz (September 2020). 'The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’s Quality of Life survey: Contextual factors impacting collection of household survey data', Southern African Cities Studies Conference, 3 September 2020.

Alexandra Parker (September 2020). 'Spouse in the house', Southern Africa City Studies Conference, 3 September 2020.

Christian Hamann (September 2020). 'Quality of life differences within and between townships in Gauteng, South Africa', Southern Africa City Studies Conference, 3 September 2020.

Gillian Maree (August 2020) 'Responding to the COVID-19 in the GCR', Southern African City Studies Conference, Panel on COVID-19: Re-shaping Gauteng and its governance" 31 August 2020.

Mamokete Matjomane (August 2020). 'Interrogating the concept of "township economies" in the Gauteng context', Southern African Cities Studies Conference, 31 August 2020.

Christina Culwick (August 2020). 'Debates on the relationship between COVID spread and density', Southern Africa City Studies Conference, 31 August 2020.

Rob Moore (August 2020). 'Adaptive governance in the pandemic: intentions and effects'. Southern Africa City Studies Conference, 31 August 2020.

Gillian Maree, Graeme Gotz and Alexandra Parker (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (August 2020). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: data insights', GTAC Strategic Conversations seminar, 20 August 2020.

Rob Moore, Gillian Maree, Richard Ballard and Jesse Harber (August 2020). The Spatial Impact of COVID-19 and the Public Transport Response. Presentation to the Gautrain Management Authority Strategic Board Lekgotla. Johannesburg, 19 August 2020.

Richard Ballard (August 2020). 'Spatial trends', Gautrain Management Agency, 19 August 2020.

Thembani Mkhize (August 2020). 'Conceptualising and Contextualising City-regions: Insights from the Gauteng City-Region', Demarcation Board Research and Knowledge Management Committee meeting, 18 August 2020.

Gillian Maree (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (August 2019). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights', Gauteng Provincial Command Centre Media Briefing, 13 August 2020.

Gillian Maree and Graeme Gotz (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (August 2019). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights - what we do and don’t know', Gauteng Provincial Government Special Executive Council (EXCO), 12 August 2020.

Christian Hamann and Rob Moore (August 2020). 'Overview of the GCRO and urban dynamics of the GCR', City of Tshwane Strategic Planning Session, Online presentation, 4 August 2020.

Graeme Gotz and Alexandra Parker (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (August 2019). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights', Gauteng COVID0-19 Command Centre (Warroom), 6 August 2020.

Rob Moore, Julia de Kadt and Alexandra Parker (August 2020). 'Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Gauteng', Urban observatories and COVID-19 webinars, 3 & 6 August 2020.

Alexandra Parker (August 2020). 'Spouse in the house: Household structures and roles, gender, and quality of life in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa', Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (Wiser) WISH seminar, 3 August 2020.

Gillian Maree, Graeme Gotz and Alexandra Parker (July 2020). 'Responding to COVID-19 in the GCR: Data insights', COVID-19 Modelling Webinar Series, 29 July 2020.

Christian Hamann (July 2020). 'GCRO Quality of Life survey', GCRO and City of Johannesburg Quality of Life Roundtable, Online presentation, 22 July 2020.

Graeme Gotz and Gillian Maree (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (July 2019). 'COVID-19: Insights from infection data in Gauteng', Data analysis and modeling workshop convened by the Premier of Gauteng, 22 July 2020.

Graeme Gotz and Gillian Maree (on behalf of GCRO COVID-19 team) (July 2019). 'COVID-19: Insights from infection data in Gauteng', Gauteng COVID0-19 Command Centre (Warroom), 9 July 2020. Subsequently also presented separately to the following COVID-19 Command Centre workstreams and other meetings: Enforcement workstream (13 July); Governance continuity workstream (14 July); Social security workstream (14 July); Local government workstream (14 July); Economic development workstream (16 July).

Richard Ballard (July 2020). 'The meanings and effects of gated community borders in Johannesburg', Borders and the Production of Ill-Being: A Global Conversation. Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen, 9 July 2020.

Gillian Maree (July 2020). ' The Spatial Distribution of Risks and Vulnerabilities: The GCRO Covid-19 Gauteng Map', Presentation to the UKZN Centre for Civil Society Webinar, 1 July 2020.

Mamokete Matjomane (July 2020) 'Interrogating the township economies concept in the Gauteng context', GCRO Internal Review Workshop, Zoom, 1 July 2020.

Ngaka Mosiane (June 2020). 'The ecology of an egalitarian city', GCRO Brown Bag, 24 June 2020.

Gillian Maree (June 2020). 'Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: GCRO research outputs', presentation to Gauteng Together, 9 June 2020.

Richard Ballard (June 2020). 'Spatial trends in Gauteng' Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) Board induction workshop. 4 June 2020.

Christian Hamann (May 2020). 'Overview of the GCRO and urban dynamics of the GCR', University of Pretoria Leadership in Urban Transformation Course, Pre-recorded presentation shared online.

Richard Ballard, Graeme Götz, Samkelisiwe Khanyile, Alexandra Parker (April 2020) 'GCRO's map of the month series turns 100: Reflections on mapping Gauteng,' Faces of the City seminar, virtual seminar, 21 April 2020.

Alexandra Parker on behalf of the team (March 2020). 'Mapping vulnerability to Covid-19', GPG EXCO meeting, GPG Offices, 23 March 2020.

Alexandra Parker (March 2020). 'Spouse in the house: Household structures and roles, gender, and quality of life in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa', GCRO Brownbag seminar, 26 March 2020.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (March 2020). 'Mapping household mobility: reflections on studying parents in Gauteng', Micro-dynamics and Macro-processes workshop 1, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, 12 March 2020.

Ballard, R. (March 2020) 'Trickle out urbanism: Is the construction of gated communities good for poor neighbours?. Neighborhoods, diversity and threat: Different perspectives from current urban research projects'. International workshop, Wits Club, 12 March 2020.

Graeme Gotz and Melinda Swift (March 2020). 'Overview of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory', District Development Model Task Team, National Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, 5 March 2020.

Sthembiso Pollen Mkhize (February 2020). 'Meeting the Sexual Health Needs of LGBT Youth: Perceptions and Experiences of University Students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa', GCRO Brownbag Presentation, 26 February 2020.

Rob Moore (February 2020) ‘Cities and Data: Urban monitoring and governance for sustainable cities’, World Urban Forum 10, Abu Dhabi, 11 February 2020.

Rob Moore (February 2020). ‘Mainstreaming research into policy’, World Urban Forum 10, Abu Dhabi, 9 February 2020.

Thembani Mkhize (January 2020) 'Rescaling Municipal Governance in Gauteng: Sedibeng's pending re-demarcation and re-categorisation.' Brown Bag Seminar, GCRO Boardroom, 29 January 2020.

Graeme Gotz (December 2019). 'GCR research agenda for 2020-2024'. Gauteng Provincial Government Policy Colloquium. 11 December 2019

Ngaka Mosiane and Melinda Swift (November 2019). 'GCRO and key aspects of the GCR', Urban Africa 2050, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Pretoria, 29 November 2019.

Darlington Mushongera (November 2019) presented on trends in the province at the Gauteng Sports Indaba, Turffontein Race Course, 22 November 2019.

Mamokete Matjomane (November 2019). 'The impact of international migrants on the Gauteng informal economy', GPGDED Policy Dialogue, The Reef Hotel, 20 November 2019.

Alexandra Parker and Julia de Kadt (November 2019). ‘Data use and dissemination’, 4th QoL Review Workshop: Data use and dissemination, GCRO Offices, 6 November 2019

Rob Moore and Ngaka Mosiane (October 2019). ‘Demographics, spatial reconfiguration and mobility’. Presentation to Transport Knowledge Conference, Africa Future Centre, UP. 29 October 2019.

Julia de Kadt (October 2019). 'GCRO's Quality of Life survey'. City of Ekurhuleni QoL VI planning workshop, Germiston, 16 October 2019.

Mamokete Matjomane (October 2019). 'Manifestations of street trader leaders in the Gauteng City Region', International Doctoral Workshop, Procida, Italy, 4 October 2019.

Alexandra Parker (September 2019). ‘Inequalities within and with-out: how gender dynamics within families impact spatial footprints’, Feminist Explorations of Urban Futures Conference, Toronto Canada, 26 September 2019.

Thembani Mkhize (September 2019). 'The Politics of rescaling Municipal Governance amidst Party Politics in the Gauteng City-Region: Sedibeng’s pending re-demarcation and re-categorisation', India Habitat Center, Delhi, 19 September 2019.

Mamokete Matjomane (September 2019). 'Acting like the state? Trader leaders' participation in street trade management in Gauteng municipalities', SoAP PhD Symposium, Wits University, 13 September 2019.

Samy Katumba (September 2019). ‘Spatial statistical analysis of dissatisfaction with local, provincial and national government in Gauteng: Evidence from Quality of Life Data’, Public Sector Economist Forum- Steering Committee, Marshalltown, 12 September 2019.

Alexandra Parker (September 2019). ‘Quality of Life of Families in Gauteng’, International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference, Granada, Spain, 7 September 2019.

Julia de Kadt, Graeme Gotz and Kiera Crowe-Pettersson (Sept 2019). ‘Ensuring high quality measurement of quality of life: A South African case study’, International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference, Granada, Spain, 6 September 2019.

Samy Katumba and Julia de Kadt (Sept 2019). 'A data-driven approach towards a longitudinal quality of life index using factor analyses', International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference, Granada, Spain, 6 September 2019.

Graeme Gotz (September 2019) 'Overview of the GCR and GCRO research'. Visiting delegation of Chinese officials, 6 September 2019.

Alexandra Parker and Samkelisiwe Khanyile (September 2019) 'The value of archiving and mapping graffiti', GCRO/ODD graffiti application workshop, 2 September 2019.

Richard Ballard, Gareth Jones & Makale Ngwenya (August 2019). ‘Trickle out urbanism: Are gated communities good for poor neighbours?’, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, 28-30 August 2019.

Margot Rubin and Alexandra Parker (August 2019) 'State of the Art: Gender and Urban Research', State of the Art: Gender and Urban Research Colloquium, University of the Witwatersrand, 30 August 2019.

Alexandra Parker, Margot Rubin and Lindsay Howe (August 2019) 'Inequalities within and with-out: How gender dynamics within families impact spatial footprints', State of the Art: Gender and Urban Research Colloquium, University of the Witwatersrand, 30 August 2019.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (August 2019) 'Mapping active and abandoned mines along the Witwatersrand basin: Issues of data availability, data quantity and data data quality', RGS IBG International Conference, London, 30 August 2019.

Mamokete Matjomane (August 2019) 'Acting like the state? Trader leaders' participation in street trade management in Gauteng municipalities', RGS-IBG International Conference, London, 28 August 2019.

Yashena Naidoo (August 2019) ‘Evaluating novel address systems in South Africa’, RGS-IBG International Annual Conference, London, 28 August 2019.

Sandiswa Sondzaba, (August 2019). ‘Imagining Alexandra: Built Environment Professionals’ Reflections on Conceptualising and Building Alexandra, Johannesburg during the Alexandra Renewal Project’. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 28 August 2019.

Rob Moore (August 2019). 'Demographics, spatial reconfiguration and mobility'. Presentation to GMA Board. 21 August 2019.

Alexandra Parker (August 2019) 'The Quality of Life of families in Gauteng', GCRO Brownbag, 21 August 2019.

Graeme Gotz (August 2019). 'Population dynamics, poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng Department of Health Strategic Breakaway, 21 August 2019.

Gillian Maree (2019). 'Water Security in the Gauteng City-Region', Faces of the City Seminar Series, University of the Witwatersrand, 20 August 2019.

Thembani Mkhize (August 2019) 'Conceiving, Producing and Managing Neighbourhoods: Comparing Urban Upgrading initiatives in Johannesburg'. South African Local Government Association Human Settlements and Municipal Planning Working Group, SALGA Gauteng offices, 16 August 2019.

Julia de Kadt (August 2019) 'GCRO's Quality of Life survey', Ntirhisano Service Delivery War Room Workshop, Johannesburg, 15 August 2019.

Graeme Gotz (August 2019). 'Population dynamics, poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng Department of Social Development Strategic Breakaway, 5 August 2019

Graeme Gotz (August 2019). ‘Overview of GCRO research and selected data sources'. Visiting delegation from Tongji University hosted by Prof Philip Harrison, 2 August 2019.

Rob Moore and Philip Harrison (July 2019) 'Conceptual Framework for the Governance of Megacities'. Meeting of the BRICS+ Urban Lab, Sao Paulo, 28 July 2019.

Philip Harrison, Margot Rubin and Rob Moore (July 2019). 'The Gauteng Case Study'. Meeting of the BRICS+ Urban Lab, Sao Paulo, July 28, 2019.

Rob Moore (July 2019). 'Knowledge for Urban Governance: the Case of the GCRO'. Public Lecture at UniNove University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28 July 2019.

Ngaka Mosiane (July 2019). ‘Local economic development in intermediate cities of the extended Gauteng City-Region', Respondent at the SACN-SALGA Report Launch Seminar: Rethinking LED: Local Economic Development in Intermediate Cities. City of Joburg, 27 July 2019.

Samy Katumba (July 2019). ‘A spatial analytical approach towards understanding racial residential segregation in Gauteng’, 29th International Cartographic Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 25-29 July 2019.

Michael Sachs and Graeme Gotz (July 2019). ‘Development and change in the Gauteng City Region’. MISTRA / University of Johannesburg Conference on 25 Years of Democracy, 23 July 2019.

Bonolo Mohulatsi, Yashena Naidoo, Sandiswa Sondzaba (July 2019). ‘Reimagining marginalised spaces: A case study of the Alexandra Township’. SA GeoTech Indaba 2019, Johannesburg, 22 July 2019.

Koech Cheruiyot (July 2019). 'Understanding space economy: Theory, methods, & Illustrations', GDED seminar titled; The Science of where: Implementation of GIS in economic development, July 2019.

Christian Hamann and Richard Ballard (July 2019). 'The spatial make-up of Gauteng: Key elements'. SAPI Spatial Transformation Seminar, Midrand, 12 July 2019.

Christina Culwick (July 2019). 'Spatial change and transport in Gauteng: Observations from the Quality of Life Survey', South African Transport Conference, 8 July 2019.

Graeme Gotz (July 2019). 'Population dynamics, poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng Monitoring & Evaluation Forum, 5 July 2019.

Julia de Kadt and Rob Moore (June 2019). 'The GCRO's Quality of Life survey: an overview', Metropolis International seminar: Metropolitan policies and indicators of social cohesion. CIDOB, Barcelona, 27 June 2019.

Rob Moore (June 2019) ‘An overview of approaches to the Gauteng Innovation Ecosystem’. National Innovation Coordination Workshop. Technology Innovation Agency, Pretoria, June 2019.

Rob Moore (June 2019) ‘Working in the data-policy nexus in South Africa: The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Seville, June 2019.

Graeme Gotz (June 2019). 'Towards a Quality of Economy Survey'. Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) Board strategy session, 27 June 2019.

Graeme Gotz (June 2019). 'Population dynamics, poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng COGTA Strategic Breakaway, 27 June 2019.

Christina Culwick (June 2019). 'Data and analysis to support transport decision-making in Gauteng', Gauteng Dept Roads & Transport Developing an Open Data Strategy for Smart Cities, 26 June 2019.

Graeme Gotz (June 2019). 'Population dynamics, poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng Department of Human Settlements Strategic Breakaway, 24 June 2019.

Rob Moore and Graeme Gotz (June 2019). 'Population dynamics, poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng Provincial Government EXCO Lekgotla, 17 June 2019.

Thembani Mkhize (2019). 'Social Cohesion in Urban Regeneration? Lessons from Ekhaya Neighbourhood CID, Hillbrow, Johannesburg.' Social Cohesion in South Africa: Scientifically engaging with a buzzword, Stellenbosch University, 04 June 2019.

Rob Moore (May 2019) ‘Data for sustainable urban development: The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. 1st UN-Habitat Assembly - Innovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities, Nairobi, 27-31 May 2019.

Graeme Gotz (May 2019) ‘Innovations in data acquisition, analysis and representation for evidence-based policy making’. Human settlements round table on innovation and transformative technologies, National Department of Human Settlements, 29 May 2019.

Alexandra Parker and Samkelisiwe Khanyile (May 2019) 'Visible and legible landscapes: Graffiti in the redevelopment of Maboneng, Johannesburg', GCRO Brown bag seminar, 22 May 2019.

Christina Culwick (May 2019). 'Data and complexities of resource flow analysis in the Gauteng City-Region', Urban metabolism in policy & practice: A global Discussion, Cape Town. 9 May 2019.

Richard Ballard (May 2019) 'Spatial trends in Gauteng'. Presentation to Arizona Architecture students, 20 May 2019.

Richard Ballard (May 2019) 'Trickle out urbanism: Are gated communities good for poor neighbours?' UJ Geography Departmental seminar, 17 May 2019

Mamokete Matjomane (May 2019) 'Regulation and Mainstreaming of the Informal Economy', Informal Economy Convening Panel, Good Governance Africa, Rosebank, 16 May 2019.

Gillian Maree (2018). 'Planning for a water secure Gauteng City Region', Presentation to the Pretoria Architectural Forum, 15 May 2019.

Richard Ballard (May 2019) 'Trickle out urbanism: Are gated communities good for poor neighbours?' Spatial Typologies and the Built Environment: Navigating African Urban Landscapes. WiSER/UMichigan Mellon Collaboration, 6 May 2019.

Rob Moore (April 2019) ‘Quality of Economy Survey – Phase 1 Results 2018/19’, GGDA Board sub-committee on Trade and Investment, 25 April 2019.

Rob Moore (April 2019) ‘Quality of Economy Survey – Phase 1 Results 2018/19’, Gauteng Department of Economic Development Senior Management Team, 24 April 2019.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (April 2019). ' GIS in mining research'. Lecture to GEOG2000, University of the Witwatersrand, 25 April 2019.

Richard Ballard (April 2019) 'Spatial trends in Gauteng'. Presentation to Wits Masters students - Introductory course on migration and displacement, 23 April 2019.

Gillian Maree and Christina Culwick (2019) 'Vulnerability mapping for the Gauteng City-region', Presentation to the City of Johannesburg Climate Action Committee, 18 April 2019.

Koech Cheruiyot (April 2019). 'Cities/city-regions in the global economy'. City Diplomacy: The Case of South African cities as actors in international affairs. Senate Room, Solomon Mahlangu, House, University of the Witwatersrand, 12 April 2019.

Richard Ballard (April 2019) 'Inclusive Gauteng'. Champions for Social Cohesion meeting together with municipal representatives, 12 April 2019.

Christian Hamann (April 2019). 'Overview of the GCRO and urban dynamics of the GCR'. Lecture to the UP Theology Masters group, University of Pretoria, 8 April 2019.

Richard Ballard (April 2019) 'Transnational Urbanism Interrupted: Chinese investors seeking approval to build the ‘New York of Africa’ at Modderfontein, Johannesburg' Presentation to Wits Planning Masters ARPL 7071 Theories and Practices of Urban Management, 4 April 2019.

Rob Moore (March 2019) ‘Associative Governance for Economic Inclusion’. Gauteng Provincial Government poverty and urban hunger eradication summit, 28 March 2019.

Gillian Maree (March 2019). 'Poverty, hunger and the environment: how intertwined are they?'. Gauteng Provincial Government poverty and urban hunger eradication summit, 28 March 2019.

Graeme Gotz (March 2019). 'Poverty, inequality and social mobility'. Gauteng Provincial Government poverty and urban hunger eradication summit, 28 March 2019.

Christian Hamann and Richard Ballard (March 2019) 'Socioeconomic segregation and income inequality in the City of Johannesburg'. GCRO Brown Bag, 27 March 2019.

Richard Ballard (March 2019). Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2017/18. Annual Safety Summit. Emperors Palace, 29 March 2019.

Graeme Gotz (March 2019). 'QoL V (2017/18) survey: key governance insights'. Gauteng Office of the Premier: Executive Management Team, 18 March 2019.

Graeme Gotz (March 2019). 'Overview of GCRO research and selected data sources'. Lecture to Wits School of Architecture and Planning 3rd year students, 18 March 2019.

Julia de Kadt (March 2019). 'Quantitative Research: GCRO's Quality of Life Survey', Guest lecture for the Wits School of Architecture and Planning Masters Research Methods Module, University of the Witwatersrand, 15 March 2019.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (March 2019). 'Spatial Analytics'. Lecture to Wits Geography Honour's students, 15 March 2019.

Samy Katumba (March 2019). 'Understanding the spatial patterns of racial diversity over time in Gauteng province (South Africa)', Statistics for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Gauteng Province ISIbalo Symposium. 13 March 2019.

Richard Ballard, Gareth Jones and Makale Ngwenya (March 2019). 'Trickle out urbanism: Are gated communities good for poor neighbours?' Faces of the City Seminar, Wits, 12 March 2019.

Graeme Gotz (March 2019). 'Quality of Economy Survey – Phase 1 results'. Gauteng Growth and Development Agency EXCO, 11 March 2019.

Graeme Gotz, on behalf of all GCRO staff (March 2019). 'QoL V (2017/18) survey: Preliminary results'. Gauteng COGTA Head of Department and Municipal Managers Forum, 7 March 2019.

Rob Moore (February 2019). ‘Deepening evidence-informed economic development: next steps for GGDA-GCRO partnership', 'Gauteng Department of Economic Development Executive Management Team, 28 February 2019.

Graeme Gotz (February 2019). 'Quality of Economy Survey – Phase 1 results'. Gauteng Department of Economic Development Executive Management Team, 28 February 2019.

Graeme Gotz and Christian Hamann (February 2019). 'Poverty, inequality and social mobility'. GCRO Brownbag, 27 February 2019.

Alexandra Parker (February 2019) 'How well do you know Gauteng?', Hacks / Hackers Africa, Johannesburg, 26 February 2019.

Graeme Gotz (February 2019). 'Quality of Economy Survey – Phase 1 results'. Gauteng Department of Economic Development and Gauteng Growth and Development Agency Business Breakfast, 20 February 2019.

Samy Katumba (February 2019). 'Web GIS'. Honours in GIS and remote sensing Guest Lecture, Geography, Wits University, 18 February 2019.

Graeme Gotz (February 2019). 'Overview of GCRO research and selected data sources'. Lecture to Wits Architecture and Planning Honour's students, 13 February 2019.

Alexandra Parker (February 2019). 'Johannesburg's landscapes of film', UJ FADA 3rd year architecture lecture, Johannesburg, 11 February 2019.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (February 2019). 'Overview of GCRO geospatial data and data visualisation'. Lecture to Wits Geography Honour's students, 11 February 2019.

Julia de Kadt (February 2019). 'QoL V (2017/18) Survey', Gauteng Provincial Treasury Broad Management Team Meeting, University of Johannesburg Bunting Road Campus, 7 February 2019.

Graeme Gotz on behalf of all GCRO staff (January 2019). 'QoL V (2017/18) survey: Preliminary results'. Gauteng Planning Division (Office of the Premier) Strategic Planning Workshop, 17 January 2019.

Ngaka Mosiane (January 2019) ‘Governing the periphery of the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’, Urban Annual Research Conference on ‘City and the Region’. The Indian Institute for Human Settlements, 10-12 January 2019.

Rob Moore (December 2018). ‘Appraising the urban and territorial realities in Africa: The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. Series of presentations for EIPM Master Classes, Pretoria, 9-11 December 2018.

Rob Moore (December 2018). ‘Multilevel governance for pro-poor economic inclusion: a case study from South Africa’. Cities and Urban Science Advice. INGSA Conference, Tokyo, December 2018.

Mamokete Matjomane (December 2018) 'Township Economies in the GCR', City of Ekurhuleni Strategy and Corporate Planning Department Strategic Planning Session, Kempton Park, 12 December 2018.

Julia de Kadt (December 2018). 'GCRO's 5th QoL survey (2017/18): Ekurhuleni', City of Ekurhuleni Knowledge Sharing Session, Ekurhuleni Old Council Chambers, 6 December 2018.

Rob Moore (December 2018). ‘Multilevel governance for pro-poor economic inclusion: a case study from South Africa’. Cities and Urban Science Advice. Side-event following INGSA Conference, Tokyo, December 2018.

Rob Moore (November 2018). ‘Knowledge for urban governance: The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. INGSA Conference, Tokyo, 6-7 November 2018.

Rob Moore (November 2018). ‘What makes cities ‘smart’?: Knowledge for urban governance’. INGSA Conference, Tokyo, 6-7 November 2018.

GIllian Maree (2018). 'Planning for a water secure Gauteng City Region', Presentation to the SALGA: Water and Sanitation Working Group meeting, 23 November 2018.

Richard Ballard (November 2018) 'Terms of inclusion: residents of Diepsloot who are constructing high-end golf estates in Johannesburg', Gated communities and Townhouse Complexes. Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) workshop, Wits, 14 November 2018.

Graeme Gotz on behalf of all GCRO staff (November 2018). 'QoL V (2017/18) survey: Launch results'. 5th GCRo Quality of Life Survey (2017/18) Launch, University of Johannesburg, 13 November 2018.

Alexandra Parker (November 2018) 'Telling stories in research,' Intimate Partner Violence workshop, School of Public Health, 9 November 2018.

Mamokete Matjomane (November 2018). 'The politics of informal trader representation'. Practices of the State in Urban Governance Seminar, Wits University, 2 November 2018.

Ngaka Mosiane (October 2018) ‘Mobility, Displaced Urbanisms, and the Remaking of Tshwane’. Spaces and Flows: Ninth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Maesilius Kolleg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, 25-26 October 2018.

Samy Katumba (October 2018) “Spatial statistical analysis to assess the spatial extent and directional trends in multidimensional poverty in Gauteng based on Quality of Life Survey data”, GISSA Student event, University of Johannesburg, 25 October 2018.

Graeme Gotz on behalf of all GCRO staff (October 2018). 'QoL V (2017/18) survey: Preliminary results'. Gauteng Provincial Government Cabinet Lekgotla, 17 October 2018.

Graeme Gotz on behalf of all GCRO staff (October 2018). 'Quality of Life (QoL) V survey (2017/18): Report to the City of Ekurhuleni'. Private briefings to Ekurhuleni's Office of the City Manager and to the Executive Mayor, 16 October 2018.

Graeme Gotz on behalf of all GCRO staff (October 2018). 'Quality of Life (QoL) V survey (2017/18): Report to the City of Ekurhuleni'. City of Ekurhuleni Strategy and Corporate Planning Department, 10 October 2018.

Gillian Maree (October 2018). 'Urban Liveability Dynamics Within the Gauteng City Region', 11th Green Building Convention, Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, 4 October 2018

Richard Ballard (October 2018). 'Precarious belonging: residents of Diepsloot who are constructing high-end golf estates in Johannesburg', Society of South African Geographers Biennial Conference, Bloemfontein, 2 October 2018.

Graeme Gotz on behalf of all GCRO staff (October 2018). 'Quality of Life (QoL) V survey (2017/18): Report to the City of Johannesburg'. City of Johannesburg Extended Executive Management Team (EEMT) workshop, 1 October 2018.

Darlington Mushongera (September 2018). Framework for analysis Actor Network Theory. School of Architecture and Planning PhD Symposium, Wits University, 28 September 2018.

Mamokete Matjomane (September 2018). 'The role and influence of informal trader organisations in policy and practice', School of Architecture and Planning PhD Symposium, Wits University, 27 September 2018.

Gillian Maree and Samkelisiwe Khanyile (September 2018). 'Air pollution in Gauteng', International Toxic Air Pollution in Megacities Conference, Ramphal Institute, 27 September 2018.

Richard Ballard (September 2018). 'A ‘Marshall plan’ for human settlements: How mega projects became South Africa’s housing policy', Guest Lecture for 3rd year Wits planning students, 25 September 2018.

Koech Cheriuyot (September 2018). 'A social accounting matrix approach to measuring the size and linkages of the real estate sector in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa'. African Real Estate Society Conference - Integrating African Real Estate: An Agenda, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 11-14 September 2018.

Gillian Maree (September 2018). 'Evidence-based policy for water security in the GCR', Presentation to Watershed: Art, Science and Elemental Politics, Water Futures, Digital Imaginations, 13 September 2018.

Gillian Maree (September 2018). 'Contextualising water security in the Gauteng City Region', Presentation to Watershed: Art, Science and Elemental Politics, 13 September 2018.

Christina Culwick (September 2018). 'Sprouting, tending and pruning the research process: Critical reflections on a green infrastructure project', 2018 International URBIO conference, 13 September 2018.

Graeme Gotz (October 2018). 'Quality of economy survey pilot - preliminary results reporting'. Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) Board, 12 September 2018.

Alexandra Parker (September 2018). 'Telling stories in research,' Guest lecture, 3rd year BSc URP, University of the Witwatersrand, 11 September 2018.

Christina Culwick (September 2018). 'Developing & applying a green infrastructure approach in Gauteng', Wits Architecture 1st year course lecture, 10 September 2018.

Graeme Gotz (October 2018). 'Quality of economy survey pilot - preliminary results reporting'. Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) Board Subcommittee on Trade and Investment, 7 September 2018.

Christina Culwick (September 2018). 'Urban development in the Gauteng City-Region', SASAC emerging researchers programme, 4 September 2018.

Jesse Harber (August 2018). 'Seeing the better street: photography and urbanism in Braamfontein, Johannesburg', Royal Geographical Society - Institute for British Geographers (RGS-IGB) conference, Cardiff, Wales, 31 August 2018.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile and Alexandra Parker (August 2018). 'Where do we draw the line?: Graffiti in Maboneng, Johannesburg', Royal Geographical Society - Institute for British Geographers (RGS-IGB) conference, Cardiff, Wales, 31 August 2018.

Thembani Mkhize (August 2018). ‘Property Caretakers as ‘Street-Level Bureaucrats’', Royal Geographical Society - Institute for British Geographers (RGS-IGB) conference, Cardiff, Wales, 31 August 2018.

Jesse Harber (August 2018). 'Urban infrastructure and the shaping of the state: transport megaprojects in Johannesburg, South Africa'. Royal Geographical Society - Institute for British Geographers (RGS-IGB) conference, Cardiff, Wales, 30 August 2018.

Thembani Mkhize (August 2018). 'The Primacy of Party Politics in Governing the Gauteng City-Region', Royal Geographical Society - Institute for British Geographers (RGS-IGB) conference, Cardiff, Wales, 29 August 2018.

Richard Ballard (August 2018). ‘Reflections on marginality’ Security at the Margins project (Wits and Edinburgh). Workshop held in Johannesburg, 27-28 August.

Gillian Maree (August 2018). "Environmental Justice in the Gauteng City Region", presentation to the Metropolis Annual General Meeting parallel session on Enviornmental Justice, Sandton Convention Centre, 27 August 2017.

Gillian Maree (August 2018) "The GCRO - an urban observatory", presentation to the 4th Meeting of the Information Management And Systems (IMS) Committee, 16 August 2018.

Richard Ballard, Gareth Jones & Makale Ngwenya (August 2018). 'Precarious belonging: residents of Diepsloot who are constructing high-end golf estates in Johannesburg'. UNISA Geography departmental seminar. 15 August 2018.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile and Alexandra Parker (August 2018). 'Where do we draw the line?: Graffiti in Maboneng, Johannesburg', Faces of the City seminar, 14 August 2018.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (August 2018). 'Where do we draw the line'. Graffiti in the City Workshop, Open Data Durban, 3 August 2018.

Richard Ballard (August 2018). 'From social cohesion to targeted interventions on specific problems'. Gauteng Treasury BMT meeting. University of Johannesburg. 2 August 2018.

Gillian Maree (August 2018). "A Green Infrastructure Strategy for Johannesburg" presentation to the COJ EISD Breakaway Meeting, Joburg Zoo, 2 August 2018.

Christina Culwick (July 2018). 'Developing and applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City-Region'. GI Strategy workshop, 26 July 2018.

Gillian Maree (July 2018). "Process and Method to develop the Gauteng Water Security Plan", presentation to the Gauteng Technical Water Room, Gauteng Provincial Government, 24 July 2018.

Rob Moore (July 2018). ‘Tshwane: Key Trends and Challenges for the Future’, Tshwane Councillors’ Strategic Breakaway, 19 July 2018.

Alexandra Parker (July 2018). 'We are here: GCRO at Metropolis Exhibition 2018', Brown bag seminar, GCRO, 11 July 2018.

Richard Ballard (July 2018). 'From social cohesion to targeted interventions on specific problems'. Social Cohesion Champions meeting with provincial departments, Midrand. 10 July 2018.

Jesse Harber (July 2018). ‘Institutionalising the Gauteng City-Region’. Presentation for Gauteng Planning Division, 10 July 2018.

Alexandra Parker (June 2018). 'The Moral Geographies of Mothers in Greater Johannesburg', Sonke Gender Justice public transport and safety seminar, Cape Town, 26 June 2018.

Jackie Klopp, Jesse Harber, and Magnus Quarshie (June 2018). 'A Review of Metropolitan Governance, Bus Rapid Transit and Minibus Systems in African Cities', VREF Research Network Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 25 June 2018.

Samy Katumba (June 2018) 'Web GIS'. Master in GIS and remote sensing guest lecture, Geography, Wits University, 22 June 2018.

Richard Ballard (June 2018) ‘Transnational Urbanism Interrupted: Chinese investors seeking approval to build the ‘New York of Africa’ at Modderfontein, Johannesburg’ Seminar, Urban Futures Centre, Durban University of Technology, 18 June 2018.

Aarathi Gangalekshmy, Thembani Mkhize, Oluwafemi Olajide, and Du Shenghong (2018). 'Making 'World-Class Cities': Politics of Urban Development in the Global South', Governance and Development in the Age of Globalization Institute, Brown International Advanced Research Institutes, Watson Institute, Brown University, 15 June 2018.

Christina Culwick (June 2018). 'Developing and applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City-Region'. 2018 Insaka Symposium, 12 June 2018.

Graeme Gotz (June 2018). Spoke as part of a roundtable, 'Embedded or engaged research? Confronting the messiness of researching the local state'. Practices of the State in Urban Governance International Workshop, 8 June 2018.

Graeme Gotz (June 2018). 'Managing bad buildings in inner city Johannesburg: government practice and the agency of systems'. Practices of the State in Urban Governance International Workshop, 7 June 2018.

Mamokete Matjomane (June 2018). 'Losing battles and winning the war? Street traders' influence on policy making in India', PSUG International Workshop, Wits University, 6 June 2018.

Richard Ballard (June 2018) ‘Intentionality and social change: rethinking ‘direction setting’ by authority figures.’ Practices of the state in urban governance workshop. Wits University, 6 June 2018.

Christina Culwick (June 2018) 'A framework for a green infrastructure planning approach in the Gauteng City-Region'. AfriSam SAIA Awards adjudication. 3 June 2018.

Rob Moore (May 2018). ‘Steering urban futures: The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. Architecture Masters Group, University of Johannesburg, May 2018.

Julia de Kadt (May 2018). ''10 years of QoL review: preliminary thoughts" GCRO Brown Bag, GCRO offices, 23 May 2018.

Christina Culwick (May 2018) 'Mapping vulnerability in Gauteng', Gauteng Climate Change Forum, 11 May 2018.

Christian Hamann (April 2018). 'The geography of education in Gauteng'. GCRO Brown Bag Seminar, GCRO offices, 25 April 2018.

Gillian Maree (April 2018). 'Water Security in the GCR', plenary presentation to the Emfuleni Water Summit, Vanderbijlpark, 24 April 2018.

Samy Katumba (April 2018). 'Spatial extent and spatial directional trends in multidimensional poverty in Gauteng based on Quality of Life Data,' Gauteng Department of Social Development MEC Lekgotla, Vaal (Riverside), 20 April 2018.

Thembani Mkhize (April 2018). 'Unpacking Everyday Management in an Improvement District: Property Caretakers as Street-level Bureaucrats in Ekhaya Neighbourhood CID, Hillbrow, Johannesburg,' WITS-TUB Urban Lab, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 17 April 2018.

Christina Culwick (April 2018). 'Urban mobility in Gauteng'. Cities Support Programme Emerging Leadership Programme. 10 April 2018.

Christina Culwick (April 2018). Panellist on 'Transport justice as conceptual framework for understanding transport burden and exclusion'. INTALInC Workshop, Cape Town, 5 April 2018.

Alexandra Parker (March 2018). 'Urban Science: Observing the city-region'. GCRO Brown Bag Seminar, GCRO offices, 28 March 2018

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (March 2018). 'Towards a digital mine; a spatial database for accessing historical data on mining and related activities'. Wits DigiMine Celebration Seminar, 26 March 2018.

Gillian Maree, Christina Culwick and Graeme Gotz (March 2018). 'Water Security in the GCR', Gauteng Premier's Coordinating Forum (PCF), Sunnyside Hotel, 23 March 2018.

Ngaka Mosiane (March 2018) ‘Rustenburg as an extended city region of Gauteng’. School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 22 March 2018.

Christina Culwick (March 2018). 'Just sustainability: Juggling trade-offs in urban decision-making'. Faces of the City Seminar Series, Wits, 12 March 2018

Gillian Maree (March 2018). 'Water Security in the GCR'. Joint Executive Management Team, GDED group and GDARD, 7 March 2018

Rob Moore (March 2018). ‘Knowledge Infrastructure for Governance of City-Regions: The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. Presentation for Technische Universitat Leipzig, 2 March 2018.

Graeme Gotz (March 2018). 'Overview of selected GCRO data sources'. Urban Competitivness and Resilience (UCR) Masters class, Institute for Housing and Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University. 1 March 2018

Gillian Maree (March 2018). 'Water and Food Security challenges in the Gauteng City-Region', Presentation to the MSc Specialisation: Urban Competitiveness and Resilience (UCR), IHS - Erasmus University Rotterdam, 28 February 2018

Gillian Maree (March 2018). 'Sustainable city transitions for the Gauteng City-Region', Presentation to the MSc Specialisation: Urban Competitiveness and Resilience (UCR), IHS - Erasmus University Rotterdam, 28 February 2018.

Rob Moore (March 2018). ‘Knowledge for urban governance: the Gauteng City-Region’. Masters Group, Institute for Human Settlements – Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 27 February 2018.

Samy Katumba (February 2018) ‘Spatial statistical analysis to assess the spatial extent and directional trends in multidimensional poverty in Gauteng based on Quality of Life Survey data,' Geoinformation Science Society of South Africa (GISSA), Moreleta Park, 23 February 2018.

Koech Cheruiyot (February 2018) ‘Testing for economic growth convergence to understand space economy in the Gauteng city-region’ Geography department, University of the Witwatersrand, 22 February 2018.

Samy Katumba (February 2018) ‘Spatial statistical analysis to assess the spatial extent and directional trends in multidimensional poverty in Gauteng based on Quality of Life Survey data,' Geography Department, University of the Witwatersrand, 21 February 2018.

Alexandra Parker (February 2018). 'God's Land: Heritage on Yeoville Ridge,' UP Theology Masters Seminar, GCRO, 21 February 2018

Gillian Maree (February 2018). 'Water Security in the GCR'. Joint strategic planning retreat for GDED and GDARD, Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg, 21 February 2018

Christina Culwick (February 2018). 'Enhancing knowledge development through partnerships & urban data'. UP Theology Masters Seminar, GCRO. 21 February 2018

Samy Katumba (February 2018) ‘Web GIS Guest Lecture’, GIS Honours Class, University of the Witwatersrand, 19 February 2018.

Mamokete Matjomane (February 2018) 'The politics of The Piles: contestations of street trading on De Villiers Street,' Faces of the City Seminar, University of the Witwatersrand. 13 February 2018.

Alexandra Parker (February 2018) 'The conception and contestation of public space in Johannesburg suburbia,' Faces of the City seminar, University of the Witwatersrand, 13 February 2018.

Jesse Harber (February 2018). 'Seeing the Better Braamfontein'. Faces of the City seminar series, 13 February 2018.

Rob Moore (February 2018). ‘The Gauteng City-Region Observatory: knowledge for urban governance’. UNHabitat World Urban Forum 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-13 February 2018.

Gillian Maree and Christina Culwick (February 2018). 'Knowledge use and decision-making for sustainable development: A green infrastructure approach in Gauteng'. UNHabitat World Urban Forum 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-13 February 2018.

Gillian Maree, Christina Culwick, Graeme Gotz (February 2018). 'Population trends, settlement dynamics and water security prospects in the GCR'. Gauteng Provincial Government Lekgotla, 6 February 2018

Mamokete Matjomane (February 2018) 'The politics of The Piles: contestations of street trading on De Villiers Street'. ACC International Urban conference, 3 February 2018.

Christina Culwick (February 2018). 'Building quality of life through partnerships & developing urban data: Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO)'. ACC International Urban Conference, 3 February 2018.

Jesse Harber (February 2018). 'Unbuilding the apartheid city: Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom'. ACC International Urban Conference, 2 February 2018.

Gillian Maree (February 2018). 'Moving beyond the conservation versus development debate: managing contradictions, conflicts and complexities'. ACC International Urban Conference, 2 February 2018

Gillian Maree (February 2018). 'Developing a green infrastructure strategy for the City of Johannesburg'. ACC International Urban Conference, 2 February 2018.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (February 2018). 'Mapping green infrastructure and assets in the Gauteng City-Region'. ACC International Urban Conference, 2 February 2018.

Christina Culwick (February 2018). 'Applying a green infrastructure approach in Gauteng'. ACC International Urban Conference, 2 February 2018.

Alexandra Parker (February 2018) 'The conception and contestation of public space in Johannesburg suburbia,' ACC International Urban Conference, 1 February 2018.

Ngaka Mosiane (February 2018) ‘Living, making a living, and infrastructural changes in Phokeng, Rustenburg’, African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, University of Cape Town, 1-3 February 2018.

Ngaka Mosiane (February 2018) ‘Displaced urbanisms, belonging, and the changing landscapes of Mabopane’, African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, University of Cape Town, 1-3 February 2018.

Christian Hamann, Alexandra Parker, Julia de Kadt (February 2018) 'Expanding school feeder zones: Universalism and spatial inequality'. African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, Cape Town. 1 February 2018.

Richard Ballard (February 2018). 'Precarious belonging: residents of Diepsloot who are constructing high-end golf estates in Johannesburg'. ACC International Urban Conference, 1 February 2018.

Richard Ballard, Philip Harrison (February 2018). 'Transnational urbanism: Chinese investors seeking approval to build the "New York of Africa" at Modderfontein'. ACC International Urban Conference, 1 February 2018.

Christina Culwick (February 2018). 'Deconstructing sustainability & justice in social housing developments'. ACC International Urban Conference, 1 February 2018.

Graeme Gotz (February 2018). 'Complexities of urban social policy in the gap between sustainability and justice: a re-reading of the 'Phiri matter'. African Centre for Cities International Conference, 1 February 2018.

Rob Moore (January 2018). ‘The Gauteng City-Region Observatory: Knowledge for Urban Governance and Innovation’, GPG Delegation to Emilia Romagna and Reggio Emilia, January 2018.

Richard Ballard (January 2018) 'Problematising social cohesion'. Social Cohesion and Violence Prevention. GCRO and ACMS workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, 22 January 2018.

Rob Moore (October 2017). ‘University-Government Collaboration: Innovating the City-Region’, Presentation to the Tshwane University of Technology, Vaal University of Technology, Wits University, and University of Pretoria 23 October, November and December 2017.

Alexandra Parker (December 2017) 'Shifting borders and building bridges' in meetings with Gauteng Provincial Government Strategic Planning & GTA, 15 & 18 December 2017.

Appelbaum, A. and Parker, A. (December 2017) 'Suburban Densification: Houghton, Orange Grove Norwood and Rosebank,' Urban Densification Workshop, Tshimologong Precinct, University of the Witwatersrand, 13 December 2017.

Graeme Gotz and Christian Hamann (December 2017). 'Ekurhuleni: key trends and challenges'. Ekurhuleni Strategy and Corporate Planning Department Strategic Breakaway, 13 December 2017.

Gillian Maree (December 2017). 'Water supply and water security in the GCR'. Gauteng Planning Forum. 7 December 2017.

Christina Culwick (November 2017). 'Deconstructing sustainability and justice in housing: Knowledge, power and competing rationalities in the global south'. GCRO Brownbag Seminar. 5 December 2017.

Christina Culwick (November 2017) Deconstructing sustainability and justice in housing: Knowledge, power and competing rationalities in the global south. UCT EGS Proposal presentations. 30 November 2017.

Graeme Gotz and Christian Hamann (November 2017). 'Tshwane: key trends and challenges'. Tshwane Mayoral Committee Strategic Breakaway, 27 November 2017.

Christian Hamann (November 2017) 'GCRO’s Quality of Life IV (2015) Survey: Analysing social attitudes, service delivery & quality of life in Gauteng'. Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Strategic Planning Session, Johannesburg. 23 November 2017.

Graeme Gotz and Christian Hamann (November 2017). 'Developments in Gauteng townships since 1994'. Gauteng Provincial Legislature Portfolio Committee for COGTA and Human Settlements, 17 November 2017.

Richard Ballard (November 2017) 'Agency and social change' The right to the city in the South, everyday urban experience and the rationalities of government. University of Paris Diderot. 15-17 November.

Kate Joseph (November 2017) 'Social cohesion as a concern of local government: learning from past and current initiatives'. Social Cohesion in KZN - a deliberation on this complexity. Durban, 13 November 2017.

Christina Culwick (November 2017) The new urban agenda. GPD Roundtable Discussion on the Global Urban Agenda. 7 November 2017

Gillian Maree (November 2017). 'Environmental Sustainability challenges in Gauteng'. GPD Roundtable Discussion on the Global Urban Agenda. 7 November 2017

Samy Katumba (November 2017) 'Improving the discovery of geospatial data on the web by publishing spatial metadata as web pages' contents using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques'. GCIS Mini-Conference. University of Pretoria. 02 November 2017.

Christina Culwick (November 2017) Mapping vulnerability in Gauteng. GDARD Climate Change Indaba. 2 November 2017.

Rob Moore (October 2017). ‘Innovating the City-region. Government-University Knowledge Partnerships’. Presentation to the Senior Executive Team, Wits University, October 2017.

Rob Moore (October 2017). ‘Overview of the Gauteng City-Region’, Lecture for Postgraduate Group at Strelka University, Moscow, October 2017.

Rob Moore (October 2017). ‘The Gauteng City-Region Observatory: Constitution and Function’. Presentation for the Auckland (New Zealand) City Council, October 2017.

Rob Moore (October 2017). ‘GCRO Modes of Publication and Dissemination’. Presentation for the Auckland (New Zealand) City Council, October 2017.

Christian Hamann, Michael White, Richard Ballard and Anna Kriesberg (October 2017) 'Racial Residential Patterns in Urban South Africa'. 2017 International Population Conference, Cape Town. 30 October 2017.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (October 2017). ‘Mapping active and abandoned mines in the Witwatersrand: Issues of data availability, data quantity and data availability ’. GCRO Brown bag seminar series, 25 Oct 2017

Ngaka Mosiane (October 2017). ‘Cities, Resources, and philanthropy: Can South Africa Reinvent Itself?’. Symposium of the Independent Philanthropy Association South Africa. Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. 23-24 October 2017.

Graeme Gotz (November 2017). 'Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2015/16'. Office of the Premier Service Delivery Unit deliverology exchange visit with New South Wales. 20 October 2017

Samy Katumba (October 2017) 'The GCRO Ward Profile Viewer: Geovisualising the socio-economic status of Gauteng at the ward level'. ESRI Southern Africa User Conference, Drakensberg. 17 October 2017.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (Oct 2017). ‘Mind the gap: Assessing the quality of spatial data on mining activities of the Witwatersrand,’ Stats and Actuarial Science Seminar Series, 12 Oct 2017.

Richard Ballard (September 2017) 'Catalytic Projects and Meta Projects'. Presentation to 'Commission 2 spatial targeted investments and intergovernmental and multi-sector planning and alignment' of the Human Settlements Summit, Kempton Park, 21-22 September.

Richard Ballard (September 2017) 'A big solution to a big problem? Mega Human Settlements as a policy idea' Guest lecture for Wits Planning 3rd year students. 21 September.

Gillian Maree (September 2017), 'Moving towards sustainable urban development: A framework for a green infrastructure planning approach in the GCR', presentation at the First Gauteng Environmental Coordination Committee, 21 September 2017.

Mncedisi Siteleki (September 2017) 'Applying PGIS and IKS in archaeology'. Geospatial Science Seminar, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 20 September 2017.

Graeme Gotz (September 2017) 'GCRO & GDED / GGDA: An emerging data partnership', Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED) workshop on Transformative Data Partnerships. 15 September 2017.

Jesse Harber (September 2017) "Unbuilding the apartheid city: Johannesburg’s ‘Corridors of Freedom’", International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy Conference, 14 September 2017

Jesse Harber and Barbara Lipietz (September 2017) "Seeing like a transformative state: the Corridors of Freedom and the promise of spatial justice in Johannesburg, South Africa", RC21, Leeds, 13 September 2017.

Ngaka Mosiane (September 2017) ‘Changing forms of Johannesburg’s urbanisms’. JournAfrica! workshop on Journalism Practice on Urbanism: The Role of Media in Building Better Cities. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Randburg. September 12, 2017.

Rob Moore (August 2017). ‘The ‘Urban Turn’: Leadership and Governance for an Inclusive Social Compact’. GIBS Investec Social Leadership Programme, August 2017.

Koech Cheruiyot (August 2017). Lead discussant on 'Recommendation of a method to measure city-level gross domestic product in Africa - Chapter 4 of Draft Technical Report'. Experts Group Meeting, National Urban Policies in Africa: The Contribution of Cities to Economic Growth. Social Development Policy Division, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). United Nations Conference Center (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 30 August 2017.

Ngaka Mosiane (August 2017) ‘Synecdochic governance of the Gauteng City-Region periphery’. Faces of the City Seminar, Wits. 29 August 2017.

Gillian Maree (August 2017), 'Urban Agriculture and food security in the GCR', Competition, Concentration and Employment in the food sector Colloquim, 24 August 2017.

Thembani Mkhize (August 2017) 'The primacy of party politics in governing the GCR: Sedibeng's pending re-demarcation, amalgamation and metropolitanisation'. Faces of the City Seminar, Wits. 22 August 2017.

Richard Ballard, Gareth Jones & Makale Ngwenya (August 2017) 'Relational anxieties: The concerns of precarious labour employed to build a gated community' GUrban Anxieties in the Global South Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 18 August.

Alexandra Parker and Margot Rubin (August 2017) 'The Moral Geographies of Mothers in Greater Johannesburg', GeoViz reading group, Wits. 2 August 2017

Christina Culwick (August 2017) 'Experiments in mapping travel patterns in the Gauteng City-Region', GeoViz reading group, Wits. 2 August 2017

Kate Joseph (August 2017) 'Social cohesion as a concern of local government: learning from past and current initiatives'. Faces of the City Seminar. Wits university, 01 August 2017.

Rob Moore (July 2017). ‘Knowledge Partnerships for Urban Futures: The Gauteng City Region Observatory’, Moscow Urban Forum, July 2017.

Rob Moore, Philip Harrison and Rashid Seedat (July 2017). ‘Governing Africa’s Economic Powerhouse: The Gauteng City-Region’, July 2017.

Rob Moore (July 2017). ‘Transport Systems Governance: Priority Challenges for Innovation’, Gauteng Infrastructure Investment Conference, July 2017.

Gillian Maree (July 2017) 'Cities of the future: Smart cities in the Gauteng City Region', GDARD Strategic Planning Retreat, Emperors Palace. 31 July 2017

Ngaka Mosiane (July 2017) 'Livelihoods, and Body, and City Space'. Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies and African Centre for Cities conference on Refractions of the National, the Popular, and the Global in African cities, University of Stellenbosch. 31 July - 1 August 2017.

Christina Culwick (July 2017) Invited panelist to session 'Investing in green infrastructure: Green buildings, renewable energy, water security and waste'. Gauteng Infrastructure Investment Conference 2017. Johannesburg. 27 July 2017

Christina Culwick (July 2017) 'Designing a survey more equal than others: Negotiating sample methodology challenges in the Quality of Life survey'. Wits Stats and Actuarial Science Seminar. 27 July 2017

Kate Joseph (July 2017) 'Social cohesion as a concern of local government: learning from past and current initiatives'. GCRO Brown bag Seminar. 26 July 2017.

Christina Culwick (July 2017) 'QoL Survey 2015: city benchmarking'. EMM Senior Management Meeting, Germiston. 24 July 2017

Richard Ballard (July 2017) 'Inclusive Gauteng: A resource document on the possibilities of achieving greater social cohesion in Gauteng' Gauteng Provincial Cabinet Special Session. Johannesburg. 19 July 2017

Jesse Harber (July 2017) 'The impact of transport on Gauteng as South Africa’s economic heartland', Transport Forum, 6 July 2017

Ngaka Mosiane (July 2017) ‘Informal housing and sustainable human settlements’. Symposium on Sustainable Settlements, Spatial Planning, Land Use Management and Economic Development. The Holiday Inn, Johannesburg Airport Hotel, Ekurhuleni. 5 July, 2017.

Samy Katumba, Darlington Mushongera and Koech Cheruiyot (July 2017) 'Exploring spatial change in multidimensional poverty in Gauteng: Evidence of Quality of Life Survey data'. 3rd ISIbalo CRUISE Conference. Stellenbosch. 4 July 2017

Koech Cheruiyot (July 2017). 'A geographical weighted regression approach to understanding dissatisfaction with government performance in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa'. 3rd Biannual Urban and Regional Science Conference, CRUISE, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, 3 July 2017.

Rob Moore (June 2017). ‘GCRO Constitution and Function’. Presentation to eThekwini City Planning Commission, June 2017.

Aidan Mosselson (June 2017) 'Producing Urban Secuirty: between spectacle and everyday contingency', ECAS 2017, University of Basel, 28 June 2017.

Ngaka Mosiane and Mamokete Matjomane (June 2017) 'The lives, sights and sounds of the Gauteng City Region Periphery'. Brown bag Seminar. GCRO offices. 28 June 2017.

Richard Ballard (June 2017) 'Social cohesion in the City of Johannesburg' City of Johannesburg strategic Research Workshop, Braamfontein. 27 June 2017.

Christina Culwick (June 2017) 'QoL Survey 2015: city benchmarking'. Ekurhuleni Research Forum, Birchwood Ekurhuleni. 27 June 2017

Richard Ballard (June 2017) 'Development without/for/by the poor' Lecture to NRF funded postgraduate workshop entitled Resilience and Spatial Justice in South Africa’s Built Environment, Wits. 20 June 2017

Thembani Mkhize and Christo Botes (June 2017) ‘Inclusive Urban Regeneration in Johannesburg: The Case of Ekhaya Residential City Improvement District in Hillbrow’. Economic Development for Inclusive Cities: Combating Inequalities in Urban Regeneration with the Social Economy. Metropolis World Congress. Montreal, Canada, 19 June 2017.

Mncedisi Siteleki (June 2017) 'Web GIS and Story Maps'. Guest Lecture, School of Geography Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 9 June 2017

Christina Culwick (June 2017) 'Moving towards sustainable development: A framework for a green infrastructure planning approach in the GCR'. SALGA transport working group, Johannesburg. 2 June 2017

Christina Culwick (June 2017) 'Challenges in achieving a just inclusive Gauteng City-Region'. Leadership in urban transformation lecture, GCRO. 2 June 2017

Richard Ballard (June 2017) Concept Document: Social Cohesion. Internal workshop to present interim documents commissioned by City of Johannesburg officials. 2 June 2017

Samy Katumba (June 2017) 'Towards establishing a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) to make the Gauteng City-Region data smart'. Gauteng GIS Forum meeting, Centurion, 1 June 2017.

Richard Ballard (May 2017) 'Moving beyond anti statism: what can the state get right?' Lecture to students from Northeastern University, GCRO, 31 May 2017.

Graeme Gotz (May 2017) Towards firm level surveying in Gauteng. Gauteng Department of Economic Development Data Seminar. Johannesburg, 30 May 2017

Indra de Lanerolle and Jesse Harber (May 2017) 'Civic Tech: dragging governance into the 21st century' ERLN Technical Working Group on Subnational Economic Data. Pretoria. 25 May 2017

Graeme Gotz (May 2017) Towards firm level surveying in Gauteng. Economies of Regions Learning Network Data Technical Working Group. Pretoria, 25 May 2017

Mamokete Matjomane (May 2017) Panel titled 'What would "just" governance of street trading look like in Johannesburg?'. Spatial Justice Round table. Wits University. 15 May 2017.

Richard Ballard (May 2017) 'A ‘Marshall plan’ for human settlements: How mega projects became South Africa’s housing policy' Lecture to housing certificate students, Wits school of governance. 11 May 2017.

Christina Culwick (May 2017) 'Green infrastructure: The 'luxury' we can't afford to live without'. Resilience and development colloquium. Johannesburg. 9 May 2017

Christina Culwick (May 2017) Panelist on 'Achieving the right to food in the anthropocene - is a human rights approach the best option for South African policy'. Resilience and development colloquium. Johannesburg. 9 May 2017

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (May 2017) poster presentation 'Mapping green infrastructure in the Gauteng City-Region'. Resilience and development colloquium. Johannesburg. 8 May 2017

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (April 2017). ‘Towards a digital mine: Spatial database for accessing historical geospatial data on mining and related activities’. Wits Mining Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, 26 April 2017

Mamokete Matjomane (April 2017) 'The Politics of street vending policy making: the case of Ahmedabad, India'. Brown bag seminar. GCRO offices. 26 April 2017.

Alexandra Parker and Margot Rubin (April 2017) 'The Moral Geographies of Mothers in Greater Johannesburg'. Faces of the City Seminar Series. Wits University, 25 April 2017

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (April 2017). ‘Spatial Database Design’. Guest lecture to MSc GIS and RS Geog 7045, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 25 April 2017

Mncedisi Siteleki (April 2017) 'The use of PGIS and IKS in archaeology'. Guest Lecture, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 21 April 2017.

Mncedisi Siteleki (April 2017) 'GCRO - who we are and how we work'. Itshekeng Educational Tours, Gauteng City-Region Observatory, 20 April 2017.

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (April 2017). ‘Fundamentals of Geospatial Data Management and Introduction to PostgreSQL(PostGIS)’. Guest lecture to MSc GIS and RS Geog 7045, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, 18 April 2017

Richard Ballard and Margot Rubin (April 2017) 'A ‘Marshall plan’ for human settlements: How mega projects became South Africa’s housing policy' Faces of the City Seminar series. Wits University. 11 April 2017.

Christian Hamann (April 2017) ‘Social cohesion in the City of Johannesburg: Benchmarking report’. City of Johannesburg Group Strategy, Policy Coordination and Relations. Johannesburg. 10 April 2017

Kate Joseph (April 2017) 'Social cohesion meta analysis: Intervention initiatives'. City of Johannesburg Group Strategy, Policy Coordination and Relations, Johannesburg. 10 April 2017

Richard Ballard (April 2017) 'Concept Document: Social Cohesion'. Workshop to present interim documents commissioned by City of Johannesburg officials, Johannesburg. 10 April 2017

Kate Joseph (April 2017) 'At the intersection of informality: Following Moshoeshoe Street'. Taking Streets Serious CRO Symposium, Wits University. 5 April 2017

Mamokete Matjomane (April 2017) 'The Politics of 'The Piles': contestations of street trading on De Villiers Street'. Taking Streets Seriously Symposium. Wits University, Sturrock Park . 5 April 2017.

Jesse Harber (April 2017) 'Seeing the better Braamfontein'. GCRO Taking Streets Seriously Symposium. Wits University, 5 April 2017.

Alexandra Parker (April 2017) 'Pedestrians, Parking and Public Space: Streets in Suburban Johannesburg'. Taking Streets Seriously Symposium. Wits University, 5 April 2017

Aidan Mosselson (April 2017) 'Producing urban security: between spectacle and everyday contingency'. Faces of the City Seminar Series, Johannesburg (4 April 2017).

Christina Culwick (March 2017) 'GCRO’s Quality of Life IV (2015) Survey: Analysing social attitudes, service delivery & quality of life in Gauteng' University of Pretoria 3rd year lecture. Pretoria. 31 March 2017

Samy Katumba (March 2017) 'GCRO’s Quality of Life IV (2015) Survey: spatial analysis of quality of life in Gauteng' University of Pretoria 3rd year lecture. Pretoria. 31 March 2017

Gillian Maree (March 2017) panelist on 'Climate solutions through integrated urban planning and development' ICLEI LoCS4Africa congress, Ekurhuleni. 24 March 2017

Gillian Maree (March 2017) Panelist in session on Climate solutions through integrated urban planning and development. ICLEI LoCS4Africa Congress, Ekurhuleni. 24 March 2017

Christina Culwick (March 2017) 'The Gauteng and Ekurhuleni context' ICLEI LoCS4Africa congress, Ekurhuleni. 24 March 2017

Gillian Maree (March 2017) Facilitated GCRO panel session on Green Infrastructure for African Cities, ICLEI LoCS4Africa Congress, Ekurhuleni. 23 March 2017

Christina Culwick (March 2017) 'Laying the foundations for a green infrastructure approach in the GCR' ICLEI LoCS4Africa congress, Ekurhuleni. 23 March 2017

Aidan Mosselson (March 2017) 'Building Johannesburg: the praxis of urban regeneration'. BU!LD Johannesburg workshop co-organised by Urban Think Tank, ETH Zurich and UJ Architecture Department. Museum of African Design, 21 March 2017

Graeme Gotz (March 2017) 'Dialogue of the deaf: competing spatial visions and infrastructure plans in the Gauteng City-Region'. Masters in infrastructure class, University of Cape Town, 16 March 2017

Gillian Maree (March 2017) 'Sustainability transitions for South African Cities'. Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) Brown Bag Session, 10 March 2017

Thembani Mkhize (March 2017) 'Beyond creative consumption and destructive display in South Africa's marginalised urban areas: lessons from the Izikhothane Youth Movement'. Symposium on Identity and Consumption in African Cities. University of Cape Town, 9-10 March 2017

Mncedisi Siteleki (March 2017) 'The applications of GIS and RS: the cases of MARA and the GCRO'. Guest lecture, Department of Historical Studies, National University of Lesotho, 9 March 2017

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (March 2017). ‘Database design’. University of the Witwatersrand, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies,Hons Geog 4015, 8 March 2017

Christina Culwick (March 2017) 'Negotiating competing priorities in urban planning & the case of Gauteng’s mega-human settlements' Environmental Policy & Practice UCT Honours course, Cape Town. 8 March 2017

Samkelisiwe Khanyile (March 2017). ‘Geospatial Data Management’. University of the Witwatersrand, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, Hons Geog 4015, 6 March 2017

Darlington Mushongera (March 2017) 'Difficulties in acquisition of water usage data' GPG Seminar on the Impact of water on job creation for the Gauteng Economy. 2 March 2017.

Christina Culwick (March 2017) 'QoL survey 2015: city benchmarking' GDID inter-governmental relations workshop, Vanderbijlpark. 2 March 2017

Ngaka Mosiane (February 2017) ‘Transforming Metropolitan Government Fiscal Frameworks towards Inclusive Growth’. Inaugural Mayoral Economic Summit 2017. CSIR International Convention Centre. 22nd and 23rd February 2017.

Samy Katumba (February 2017). 'Gauteng City-Region Observatory: Spatial Data, Spatial Analysis, Geovisualisation and Mapping'. University of the Witwatersrand. GIS Honours lecture. Johannesburg. 17 February 2017.

Christian Hamann (February 2017) 'Migration and Livelihoods' Gauteng Migration Strategy Session, Johannesburg. 16 February 2017

Richard Ballard (February 2017) ‘Inclusive Gauteng, a framework document on social cohesion’. Workshop with Gauteng Champions for Social Cohesion the Gauteng Department of Education, Johannesburg. 16 February 2017

Darlington Mushongera (February, 2017) 'Multidimensional Indicator for Vulnerability', Provincial Lecture Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction. Wits School of Governance. 15 February 2017.

Graeme Gotz (February 2017) 'Understanding the GCR and its key development issues' Sociology in Sciences Po (Paris) Masters Seminar, Johannesburg. 15 February 2017

Christina Culwick (February 2017) 'GCRO’s Green Infrastructure research' Sociology in Sciences Po (Paris) Masters Seminar, Johannesburg. 15 February 2017

Thembani Mkhize (December 2016) 'Beyond creative consumption and destructive display in South Africa's marginalised urban areas: Lessons from the Izikhothane Youth Movement'. BRICS+ City Lab Youth in Governance, Moscow. 9 December 2016.

Rob Moore (December 2016) ‘Adaptive governance: the importance of the concept’. BRICS+ City Lab Youth in Governance, Moscow. 9 December 2016.

Jesse Harber (December 2016) ‘The Gauteng City-Region Observatory: providing the evidence for evidence-based policymaking’ BRICS+ City Lab II Colloquium, Moscow. 8 December 2016.

Christina Culwick (November 2016). ‘Johannesburg perspective: Metabolic flows and futures’. REsource FUtures for sustainable Urbanisation(REFURB) workshop, Sheffield (UK), 22 November 2016

Graeme Gotz (November 2016). ‘Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2015’, Gauteng Planning Division, 17 November 2016

Rob Moore (November 2016). 'Development, governance and performance: The Gauteng City-Region as a hub of innovation' Department of Science and Technology (DST) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 2016 Senior Experts Dialogue on Science, technology and innovation and the African transformation agenda, Pretoria. 3 November 2016

Sally Peberdy (October 2016). ‘Cross border shopping and the City of Johannesburg,’ AFHCO and the City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 25 October 2016.

Sally Peberdy (October 2016) discussant 'Human movement and its impact on society' Independent Philanthropy Association, Johannesburg. 25 October 2016

Graeme Gotz (October 2016). ‘An introduction to GCRO and core GCR issues’. Delegation of visiting University of York Masters in Planning students, 20 October 2016

Christina Culwick (October 2016). ‘The Gauteng City-Region Observatory’. Shaping informed cities, Habitat III Urban Future event, Quito (Ecuador), 19 October 2016

Sian Butcher (October 2016) ‘The production of ‘affordable suburbia’ on Johannesburg’s southern edges: reading Walker’s (1981) theory of suburbanization in the postapartheid city’. Workshop on Africa’s New Suburbanisms, JIAS, Joburg. 18 October 2016

Christina Culwick (October 2016). Invited panellist on ‘Leaving no one behind: Challenges of urban water governance in the global south’. Decision Centre for a Desert City (DCDC), Arizona -State University, 13 October 2016

Sian Butcher (October 2016) ‘"SA's best-kept investment secret”: the making of the 'affordable' housing market on Johannesburg's edges’. City of Johannesburg’s City Transformation and Spatial Planning directorate. 10 October 2016

Sally Peberdy (October 2016). ‘Informal entrepreneurship and Gauteng’ ELLA Summit on Informality and Inclusive Growth, Informality and Inclusive Growth Alliance hosted by Development Policy Research Unit and FEDESARROLLO, Centro de Investigación Económica y Social (Colombia), Johannesburg, 5 October 2016

Christina Culwick (September 2016).’Applying a green infrastructure approach in the Gauteng City-Region’. Keynote address at the 2016 ILASA Conference, Pretoria, 30 September 2016

Christian Hamann (September 2016) 'The central-south citadel and the dynamic periphery: (de)segregation and inequality in the City of Tshwane, South Africa'. Society of South African Geographers biennial conference, Stellenbosch. 28 September 2016

Christina Culwick (September 2016).’Making a life in Gauteng Changing economic and household arrangements in a context of rapid urbanisation’. Society of South African Geographers biennial conference in Stellenbosch, 28 September 2016

Richard Ballard (September 2016) ‘Imagining Gauteng’. Society of South African Geographers biennial conference in Stellenbosch. 26 September 2016

Richard Ballard (September 2016) ‘Inclusive Gauteng’. Draft framework document on social cohesion presented to Champions for Social Cohesion. Gauteng Social Cohesion Champions Group. 23 September 2016

Sally Peberdy (September 2016). ‘Quality of life, economy and entrepreneurship in the GCR,’ Strategic planning meeting of the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller, Centurion, 21 September 2016.

Graeme Gotz (September 2016). ‘Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2015’. Sedibeng Mayoral Lekgotla, 21 September 2016

Christina Culwick (September 2016). ‘Enhancing urban resilience through green infrastructure’. Wits University Interdisciplinary Global Change Studies masters course, 15 September 2016.

Darlington Mushongera (September 2016). ‘A multidimensional poverty index for Gauteng: Evidence from Quality of Life Survey data’. 2016 Human Development Capabilities Association (HDCA) conference in Tokyo, Japan. 2 September 2016.

Siân Butcher (September 2016) ‘Private equity 'discovers' Johannesburg's housing backlog after the crisis’. RGS-IBG. London, 1 September 2016.

Richard Ballard (September 2016) ‘Scaling (back) up: South Africa’s policy references to “Mega Human Settlements'’. RGS-IBG. London, 1 September 2016.

Aidan Mosselson (August 2016) ‘Habitus, capital and the production of space: the spatial praxis of innercity regeneration’ Faces of the City Seminar. 23 August 2016.

Richard Ballard (August 2016) ‘How did we get here? Mega human settlements as an emerging policy idea’ Gauteng Planning Forum. 18 August 2016.

Graeme Gotz (Auguest 2016). ‘Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2015’. Gauteng Provincial Treasury, 11 August 2016

Rob Moore (August 2016) ‘Institutionalising a city-region: Knowledge for urban futures’. WC2 Summer Symposium, Berlin (9 August 2016)

Christina Culwick (August 2016) Participated in a panel discussion on the New Urban Agenda. WC2 Summer Symposium, Berlin (8 August 2016)

Siân Butcher (July 2016) ‘Old monopolies, new money: Producing affordable suburbia on Joburg’s edges’. Understanding the role of urban developers workshop, Johannesburg (27 July 2016)

Richard Ballard and Phil Harrison (July 2016) ‘Transnational Urbanism: Chinese investors seeking approval to build the ‘New York of Africa’ at Modderfontein’. Understanding the role of urban developers workshop, Johannesburg (26 July 2016)

Darlington Mushongera (July 2016) 'Contracting-out of water services: Bureaucratic experiences in the City of Johannesburg and Mogale City municipalities'. RC 21 Conference: The transgressive city, Mexico (22 July 2016)

Aidan Mosselson (July 2016) 'Ethnographic explorations of urban policy-making and implementation processes: An introduction'. RC 21 Conference: The transgressive city, Mexico (22 July 2016)

Sally Peberdy (July 2016) 'Cross border migrant and South African informal sector entrepreneurs in Gauteng'. Meeting of REDI3×3, Cape Town (21 July 2016)

Sian Butcher (July 2016) 'The making of the affordable housing market: a research reflection'. Wits City Institute (21 July 2016)

Sian Butcher (July 2016) 'SA's best-kept investment secret: the making of the affordable housing market'. Faces of the City Seminar (19 July 2016)

Sally Peberdy (July 2016) 'The state, nationhood, belonging, exclusion and business in South Africa' at the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Poznan, Poland (15 July 2016)

Richard Ballard and Mncedisi Siteleki (July 2016) Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2015. Strategic planning session for law enforcement agencies (13 July 2016)

Guy Trangoš (July 2016). ‘Deepening division in Johannesburg’, Contested Cities Conference, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (6 July 2016).

Sian Butcher (June 2016) ‘Greenfield affordable housing’, Urban Design (UDISA) conference, Tshwane (13 June 2016)

Guy Trangoš (June 2016). 'Introducing the Gauteng City-Region’, Washington University, St. Louis, Master of Urban Design study trip to South Africa, 8 June 2016.

Richard Ballard (June 2016). ‘Imagining Gauteng’. GCRO Brown Bag Seminar (8 June 2016)

Graeme Gotz and Christina Culwick (June 2016). ‘Quality of Life in the GCR: QoL survey 2015’. Gauteng Provincial EXCO Lekgotla (6 June 2016)

Guy Trangoš (May 2016). 'Introducing the Gauteng City-Region’, Northeastern University, Undergraduate study trip to South Africa, 16 May 2016.

Graeme Gotz (May 2016). Participated in a panel discussion at the SALGA national Executive Management Team (EMT) Lekgotla (12 May 2016).

Graeme Gotz (April 2016). ‘A context of spatial inequality and division’. Gauteng Provincial Government Eminent Persons Group on Social Cohesion and Nation Building (25 April 2016)

Sally Peberdy (April 2016) 'Xenophobia and homophobia in the GCR', Gauteng Provincial Government Eminent Persons Group on Social Cohesion and Nation Building (25 April 2016)

Richard Ballard (April 2016) (co authored with Romain Dittgen, Phil Harrison, Mike Makwela, Alison Todes). ‘Contested spatial visions: Mega Projects in Johannesburg, South Africa’. Project workshop at UCL (21 April 2016)

Guy Trangoš (April 2016). ‘Visualising the Gauteng City-Region’, University of Johannesburg, Bachelors of Technology Class, 7 April 2016.

Darlington Mushongera (April 2016) 'Data and knowledge production the City of Johannesburg'. Sheffield Institute for International Development SIID Conference, Sheffield (April, 2016

Darlington Mushongera, Caryn Abrahams & Zayd Ebrahim (March 2016) ‘A “Caring City”: What matters everyday to ordinary people’, South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (19 March 2016)

Caryn Abrahams (March 2016) ‘Forgotten ‘Communities’: Recentering urban politics on realities of social discontent’, South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (19 March 2016)

Graeme Gotz (March 2016). ‘Managing Bad Buildings in Inner City Johannesburg: Government practice and the agency of systems’. South African City Studies Conference, Durban (19 March 2016).

Guy Trangoš (March 2016) ‘Claiming Johannesburg: Urban heritage and acts of symbolic appropriation’, South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (19 March 2016)

Christina Culwick (March 2016). ‘Juggling sustainability and justice trade-offs in Gauteng’s mega human settlement plans’. South African City Studies Conference, Durban, 18 March 2016.

Graeme Gotz (March 2016). ‘Constituting a Dialogue of the Deaf: An institutional ethnography of competing paradigms in Gauteng's mega-human settlements’. South African City Studies Conference, Durban (18 March 2016).

Claudious Chikozho & Joel Houdet (March 2016) ‘Transitioning to a Green Economy in the Gauteng City-Region: Assessing local municipalities’ readiness', South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (18 March 2016)

Darlington Mushongera (March 2016) 'Contracting-Out of Water Services: Bureaucratic experiences in the City of Johannesburg and Mogale City municipalities’, South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (18 March 2016)

Sally Peberdy (2016) 'Mega human settlements in Gauteng: ameliorating or stimulating peripherality?’. South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (18 March 2016).

Richard Ballard and Margot Rubin (March 2016) ‘A big solution to a big problem? Mega Human Settlements as a policy idea’. South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (18 March 2016).

Guy Trangoš (March 2016) ‘Movement Johannesburg and Movement Cape Town’ (as part of the book celebration), South African Cities Studies Conference, Durban (17 March 2016)

Graeme Gotz (March 2016). ‘Transport governance in the Gauteng City Region’. GPG conference Transport Authorities, 9 March 2016.

Sally Peberdy (March 2016). Invited panelist, Gauteng Policy, Research and Strategy Forum, Johannesburg, 2 March 2016.

Graeme Gotz (February 2016). ‘Key human settlements questions and relevant (spatial) datasets for the GCR’, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency Human Settlements Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop, 25 February 2016.

Sally Peberdy (February 2016), 'Presentation to the Grocery Retail Commission Inquiry of the Competition Commission', Pretoria, 22 February 2016.

Graeme Gotz (January 2016). (On behalf of the Brookings Institution) ‘South Africa’s global gateway: Profiling the Gauteng City-Region’s international competitiveness and connections’, Gauteng Economic Development Workshop, 28 January 2016.

Sally Peberdy (December 2015). ‘Migrant entrepreneurs in the informal sector of Johannesburg’, round table hosted by the Ambassadors of Sweden and the Federal Republic of Somalia, 8 December 2015

Samy Katumba (November 2015). ‘Telling the story of the Gauteng City-Region through a map of the month’. Geoinformation Society of South Africa (GISSA-Gauteng), Pretoria, 26th November 2015

Graeme Gotz (November 2015). Panel member on a commission entitled ‘New spatial paradigm for the GCR – Spatial re-structuring and transformation’, Gauteng Spatial Planning Summit, 24 November 2015

Samy Katumba (November 2015). ‘Telling the story of the Gauteng City-Region through a map of the month’ ESRI Africa User Conference, Cape Town, 11-13 November 2015

Samy Katumba (November 2015). ‘A new age for web GIS applications in the GCR', Cape Town, 11-13 November 2015

Guy Trangoš (October 2015). ‘EcoMobility online survey interim results’, EcoMobility Press Conference, City of Johannesburg, 30 October 2015.

Graeme Gotz (October 2015). ‘Overview of government and governance: with a focus on the Gauteng City-Region’. Visiting delegation of Indian civil servants on a study tour organized by the Indian Instituted of Human Settlements (IIHS), Johannesburg, 19 October 2015.

Richard Ballard (October 2015). ‘An ontology of aspiration’ Aspiration, Belonging and Exclusion, WISER workshop, 7-8 October.

Chris Wray (October 2015) ‘Showcasing urban innovation through GCRO’s urban data gallery’, Partnership for Urban innovation Colloquium, Ekurhuleni, 1 October 2015.

Chikozho, C. & Mushongera D. (September 2015). 'The Missing Link: Articulating the Disjuncture between Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion in the Gauteng City-Region'. Paper & Poster Presented at the World Social Sciences Forum, Durban International Conference Centre, 13-16 September 2015.

Darlington Mushongera (September 2015). ‘The GCRO Barometer’, Human Development Capability Association (HDCA) Conference 2015, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 11 September 2015.

Kerry Bobbins (September 2015). ‘Acid mine drainage and its governance in the Gauteng City-Region’, South African Local Government Association (SALGA) Gauteng Province Executive Committee Quarterly Meeting, Johannesburg, 11 September 2015.

Christina Culwick (September 2015). ‘Green infrastructure in the Gauteng City-Region: Sustainable development and green job opportunities’, Promoting Green Jobs in the Natural Resources Sector Course, DBSA, 10 September 2015.

Guy Trangoš (September 2015). ‘Claiming Johannesburg: urban heritage and acts of symbolic appropriation’, EUGEO 2015 conference, Budapest, 2 September 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (August 2015). ‘The future depends on now: Forecasting social attitudes’, CANRAD Conference, “Non-racialism: Debates and controversies”, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 29 August 2015.

Christina Culwick (August 2015). ‘Social justice and sustainability transitions in the Gauteng City-Region’, RC21 Conference, Urbino, Italy, 28 August 2015.

Graeme Gotz (August 2015). ‘Urbanisation and its implications: appropriate policy responses’. Isandla National Roundtable: Transforming the urban landscape, Cape Town, 27 August 2015

Chris Wray (August 2015) ‘Analysing key challenges in the Gauteng City-Region (GCR) through a range of GIS outputs, applications and open data’, GPG GIS forum, 27 August 2015.

Guy Trangoš (August 2015). ‘What Smart City?’ Panel chair, Smart | City | Region Symposium, 26 August 2015.

Richard Ballard (August 2015). ‘The policy idea of mega human settlements in Gauteng’ Conference Organised by the Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth, University of Cape Town, 17-18 August.

Christina Culwick (August 2015). ‘Green growth transitions through a green infrastructure approach at the local government level: case study of the Gauteng City-Region’, West Rand District municipality Green IQ/Climate change dialogue, Randfontein, 14 August 2015.

Christina Culwick (August 2015). ‘Facilitating the uptake of a green infrastructure approach in municipal planning: the case of the Gauteng City-Region’, Impumelelo Master Class in Public Service Excellence, Johannesburg, 13 August 2015.

Guy Trangoš (August 2015). ‘Johannesburg: Dislocation | Fragmentation and An Introduction to the GCR / GCRO', Department of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, FADA, 11 August 2015.

Kerry Bobbins (August 2015). ‘Incorporating green infrastructure into Gauteng City-Region planning‘, Solid Green, Johannesburg, 7 August 2015.

Chris Wray (August 2015). ‘Spatial statistical analysis of dissatisfaction with the performance of local government in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’, South African Geomatics Indaba, Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, 11-13 August 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (August 2015). ‘Global anti-racism networks: structure, ethos and institutional makeup’, Anti-Racism Network South Africa Workshop, Johannesburg, 1 August 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (July 2015). ‘The myth of multiculturalism in the church: structural anti-racism’, Jesuit Institute seminar on “Racism: The Conversations We Are Not Having”, Parktown, 28 July 2015

Claudious Chikozho (July 2015). ‘Revisiting Africa's political economy landscape: comparatively articulating the national macro-economic policy and institutional trajectories of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe’. Paper presented at the UNECA regional conference on Building Democratic Developmental States for Economic Transformation in Southern Africa, Kievits Kroon, Pretoria, 20-23 July 2015.

Kerry Bobbins (July 2015). ‘Incorporating green infrastructure into Gauteng City-Region planning‘, University of the Witwatersrand’s Global Change Masters Programme, Johannesburg, 22 July 2015.

Graeme Gotz (July 2015). ‘Spatial inequality and financial sustainability in the Gauteng City Region’. National Treasury City Budget Forum, Pretoria, 8 July 2015.

Graeme Gotz (July 2015). ‘Overview of the GCRO and its work’, Johannesburg City Improvement District (CID) Forum, Johannesburg, 7 July 2015

Graeme Gotz (July 2015). ‘Urban development issues in the Gauteng City-Region’. National Treasury Pre-Budget Stakeholder Engagement Forum, Pretoria, 2 July 2015

Graeme Gotz (July 2015). ‘The Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF)’. UCT Mphil in Development Policy & Practice, Cape Town, 1 July 2015

Kerry Bobbins (June 2015). ‘Promoting the provision of sustainable infrastructure through a green infrastructure planning approach in the Gauteng City-Region’, CSIR Seminar on Sustainable Infrastructure, Tshwane, 25 June 2015.

Chris Wray (June 2015). ‘The potential of an African Urban Observatory and mapping the way forward’, African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum, CSIR International convention centre, Tshwane, 23 June 2015.

Richard Ballard (June 2015) Panelist for the Antipode-sponsored ‘Institute for Geographies of Justice’, Johannesburg.

Christina Culwick (May 2015). ‘Green growth transitions through a green infrastructure approach at the local government level: Case study for the Gauteng City-Region’, International Conference on Innovation and Sustainability, Ekurhuleni, 28 May 2015.

Kerry Bobbins (May 2015). ‘Green growth transitions through a green infrastructure approach at the local government level’,ESCP Europe, Berlin, 28 May 2015.

David Everatt (May 2015). ‘Public perceptions regarding progress after one year in office’, Gauteng Provincial Government EXCO Lekgotla, Velmore Estate, 27 May 2015.

Sally Peberdy (May 2015). ‘Xenophobia and the GCR’, Gauteng Provincial Government EXCO Lekgotla, Velmore Estate, 27 May 2015.

Koech Cheruiyot (May 2015). ‘Spatial statistical analysis of dissatisfaction with the performance of local government in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’, 2nd International Conference on Applied Methods in Social Sciences: People, Goods and Regions in a Globalized World, Poznan, Poland, 22-23 May 2015.

Chris Wray (May 2015). ‘GCRO Ward profile viewer’, Gauteng Ntirhisano Service Delivery War Room, Midvaal, 21 May 2015.

Guy Trangoš (May 2015). ‘Planetary Urbanism and the GCR’, Department of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, FADA, 20 May 2015.

Darlington Mushongera (May 2015). ‘Caring Cities Barometer’, special session at the Metropolis Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17 May 2015.

Sally Peberdy (April 2015). ‘Migrant entrepreneurs in the City of Johannesburg’, GCRO Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, 29 April 2015.

Richard Ballard (April 2015) Panelist ‘Middle Class, Consuming Class?’ organised by the Wits ‘Critical Research in Consumer Culture’ network.

Sally Peberdy (March 2015). ‘Migrant entrepreneurs in the City of Johannesburg’, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, 25 March 2015.

Sally Peberdy (March 2015). ‘Perceptions Racism & Xenophobia in the GCR’, Gauteng APRM Provincial Governing Council, Johannesburg 19 March 2015.

David Everatt (March 2015). input to Gauteng provincial legislature ‘Thought Leadership Series’ on ‘Reflecting on 20 years of Public participation’, GPL, 3 March 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (March 2015). ‘Considering the business of social cohesion: relational equality vs. distributive equality’, University of Pretoria, Department of Politics. Expert input on a project working group on ‘Transitional justice and social cohesion’, 19 March 2015.

Kerry Bobbins and Christina Culwick (February 2015). presented ‘Enhancing urban resilience through GI’ at the launch of the DST/NRF Urban resilience thinking for municipalities, 16 February 2015.

Sally Peberdy (February 2015). ‘ Migrant entrepreneurs in the City of Johannesburg: negotiating xenophobia?’ Institute of Security Studies seminar ‘Xenophobia in South Africa: myths and realities,’ Pretoria, 13 February 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (February 2015). ‘Strategic planning for social cohesion’, Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, 11 February 2015.

Sally Peberdy (February 2015). ‘Migrant entrepreneurs in the City of Johannesburg’ at GCRO/ACC/SAMP workshop ‘Urban informality and Migrqnt Entrepreneurship in Southern African Cities’, Cape Town, 9 February 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (February 2015). ‘Non-racialism at a dead end? What do the surveys say?’ Kathrada Foundation Colloquium, 7 February 2015.

David Everatt (February 2015). ‘Public attitudes to key issues facing Gauteng’, provincial Cabinet Lekgotla, Misty Hills Hotel, February 2015.

Sally Peberdy (January 2015). Participant in conversation ‘Wits Responds to the Events in Soweto’, Wits Business School, 30 January 2015.

Caryn Abrahams (November 2014). ‘South Africa 20 years after democracy’. European Centre of the Mediterranean. Barcelona, 22-26 November 2014Caryn Abrahams (October 2014). ‘Imagining the nation: 20 Years of nation-building in South-Africa', Reconciliation in South Africa after 20 Years of Democracy author workshop, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). 30 October 2014

Sally Peberdy (October 2014). ‘Social Protection and Cross Border Traders in the SADC’, Southern African Social Protection Experts Network, 29 October 2014

Darlington Mushongera (October 2014). ‘GCRO Barometer’ at a conference Beyond GDP: Innovative ideas on a regional dashboard, hosted by the Governance Innovation Institute, University of Pretoria, 28-29 October 2014

Chris Wray was invited to speak on smart cities at the ‘Common purpose global leadership student workshop on smart cities’ at the City of Johannesburg, 27 November 2014

Sally Peberdy (October 2014). ‘Keynote address: Migration and Development’ High Level Seminar Managing Migration for Development, African-European Parliamentary Dialogue on Migration and Development, AU & AWEPA, 3 October 2014.

Darlington Mushongera (September 2014). ‘Crafting and managing water service in a polarised city – the case of Johannesburg’,Nordic Africa Days Conference, Sweden, 26-27 September 2014

Darlington Mushongera (September 2014). ‘Crafting and managing water service in a polarised city – the case of Johannesburg’, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA). workshop on Political Economy / Public Choice Economics workshop, Soweto Hotel, Johannesburg, 18-19 September 2014

David Everatt (September 2014). ‘Youth 20 years into democracy: who cares?’ Youth work Symposium – Youth as Agents of Change & Transformation, Department of Practical Theology, University of Stellenbosch, 4 September 2014

Kerry Bobbins (September 2014). ‘Towards a guideline green infrastructure plan for the Gauteng City-Region’. Section 80 Committee: Environmental Management Meeting, West Rand District Municipality, 3 September 2014.

Christina Culwick (August 2014). ‘Navigating the co-production process: Reflections from the Gauteng City-Region Observatory’s Green Infrastructure Citylab’. RGS-IBG annual conference, 29 August 2014.

Caryn Abrahams (August 2014). ‘Envisaging and enacting the national project twenty years after democracy’, RGS-IGB Conference, London, 27-29 August

Co-authored poster (Kavesha Damon, Sally Peberdy & Chris Wray). ‘Visualising core and peripheral areas in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’ was shown at the RGS-IBG conference, London, 27-29 August 2014

Graeme Gotz (August 2014). chaired a panel discussion on inner city regeneration at the Tshwane Urban Design Seminar, 22 August 2014

Guy Trangoš (August 2014). chaired a panel discussion at the Tshwane Urban Design Seminar, 22 August 2014.

Kerry Bobbins (August 2014). 'Building a Green Infrastructure concept and process for the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’.International Geographers Union (IGU). Regional Conference, 19 August 2014.

Darlington Mushongera (August 2014). ‘GCRO Barometer’, GCRO’s Quality of Life III launch event, 14 August 2014

Kerry Bobbins (June 2014). ‘Investigating the financial vulnerability of households to mine residue areas in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’. Society of South African Geographers (SSAG). Conference, 26 June 2014.

David Everatt (June 2014). ‘Initial findings from the 2013 Quality of Life survey’, Extended Provincial Cabinet Lekgotla, 19 June 2014.

David Everatt attended the 1994-2014: Twenty years of South African Democracy Conference in Oxford, England (24-26 April 2014). where he gave three presentations:

- ‘The state of the Gauteng City-region’
- ‘Non-racialism in South Africa today’
- ‘Politics, polling and social change in South Africa: The fight for Gauteng in Election 2014’

GCRO was well represented at the Southern Africa City Studies Conference, cohosted by CUBES and the African Centre for Cities in Johannesburg from 27-29 March 2014: - Kerry Bobbins presented a paper, ‘Mapping green infrastructure networks of the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa’, and participated in a panel on ‘The Post-Mining Studio: Studio as collaboration; Studio as exploration’;
- Christina Culwick chaired a session and presented a paper, ‘Transitions to Non-Motorised Transport in the Gauteng City Region’;
- Graeme Gotz and Chris Wray each presented on a panel on ‘Spatial Transformations in Johannesburg: Materialities and Subjectivities in Urban Spatial Change’;
- Graeme Gotz was discussant on a panel on ‘Co-producing knowledge for tricky transitions: Urban experimentation and innovation in Cape Town’;
- Potsiso Phasha presented his photo-essay ‘Scavenger Economies of the Mine Dumps’.

Guy Trangos and Graeme Gotz (March 2015). presented on a panel, ‘Mapping, Justice and Sustainability’, at the Columbia University Studio-X Johannesburg Launch, 15 March 2014.

Darlington Mushongera presented Quality of Life III to Sedibeng Municipality, 4 March 2015.

Kerry Bobbins (February 2014). ‘State of Green Infrastructure in the Gauteng City-Region’. JCP Valuing Natural Capital Dialogue, 26 February

Kerry Bobbins (February 2014). ‘Valuing green infrastructure and existing spatial data challenges’. GCRO Citylab, 20 February

Kerry Bobbins (February 2014). ‘Investigating acid mine drainage and its governance as part of the broader mining landscape legacy in the GCR’. Post-mining landscapes of the Witwatersrand seminar, 19 February

Sally Peberdy (February 2014). ‘Monitoring Small Scale Cross Border Trade in Southern Africa: Contributions, Costs and Opportunities’ at the SAMP/GCRO/ACC/IMRC/IDRC workshop ‘Urban informality and migrant entrepreneurship in Southern African cities, Cape town 10-11 February 2014.

Chris Wray (February 2014). ‘GIS for spatial analysis and data visualisation in the Gauteng City-Region’, IEB teachers conference, 1 February 2014

Christina Culwick (January 2014). ‘GCR overview’ for UP Leadership in Urban Transformation course, 29 January 2014Chris Wray (November 2014). ‘Open data + smart cities + smart province = smart city-region?’, Joburg City Power IEC SEG 1 - Work Group 7 workshop, 25 November 2014.

Kerry Bobbins (December 2013). ’The legacy and prospects of the Gauteng City-Region’s mining landscapes’. Sustainable Cities Conference, 4th December 2013

Christina Culwick (November 2013). 'A multidisciplinary approach to understanding disaster risk: the case study of flood disasters in Ekurhuleni' at the Southern African Adaptation Colloquium in Cape Town, 25 November 2013

Chris Wray (November 2013). 'GIS for spatial analysis and data visualization in the Gauteng City-Region', Statistics South Africa GIS day, Pretoria, 20 November 2013

Guy Trangoš (November 2013). 'Johannesburg: Dislocation | Fragmentation and An Introduction to the GCR / GCRO' , Opening of the Johannesburg component of the [In]formal City Berlin-Johannesburg Exchange, 18 November 2013

David Everatt (November 2013). ‘State of the Gauteng City Region 2013’, Gauteng Advisory Council, 15 November 2013

David Everatt (November 2013). ‘GCR past, present and future’, Gauteng SMS Conference, 14 November 2013

Kerry Bobbins (November 2013). ‘State of the Green Infrastructure Report and GIS data constraints’, CoJ user group and spatial information steering committee, 13 November 2013

Christina Culwick (October 2013). 'Non-motorised transport in the GCR', GCRO Day / Launch of the 2013 State of City-Region Review, 25 October 2013

Kerry Bobbins (October 2013). ‘Investigating acid mine drainage and its governance in the Gauteng City-Region’, GCRO Day / Launch of the 2013 State of City-Region Review, 25 October 2013.

Darlington Mushongera (October 2013). 'The GCR barometer', GCRO Day / Launch of the 2013 State of City-Region Review, 25 October 2013

Guy Trangoš (October 2013). 'New spaces of transport in the GCR: a Gautrain analysis' , GCRO Day / Launch of the 2013 State of City-Region Review, 25 October 2013

Chris Wray and Christina Culwick (October 2013). ‘Spatial transformation across the Gauteng City-Region’, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation's "Lost in Transformation?” Conference, 9 October 2013.

Chris Wray (September 2013). ‘Smart cities + smart province = smart city-region?’. G2055 business lab, 17 September 2013.

Sally Peberdy (September 2013). ‘Social protection for informal cross-border traders’, inaugural international conference of the Southern African Social Protection Experts Network (also hosted by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung). Social protection for those working informally: Social & income (in). security in the informal economy, 16 September 2013

Graeme Gotz (September 2013). ‘Socio-economic trends in the Cradle of Humankind’ Wits colloquium on Inclusive Economic Growth in the Cradle of Humankind, 13 September 2013.

David Everatt (September 2013). ‘What we know: the GCR today’ Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum, Springs, (September 2013). 'Long-term quality of life analysis in Gauteng’ to RC55 (Social Indicators Research Committee of the ISA). mid-term conference on Social Indicators, Hague, Netherlands, 12 September 2013

Graeme Gotz (September 2013). ‘Resource crises and infrastructure transitions’, Gauteng Planning Forum, 10 September 2013

Sally Peberdy (July 2013). ‘Internal and cross border migration in Gauteng focusing on the City of Johannesburg’, City of Johannesburg Business Forum, 25 July 2013

Guy Trangoš (July 2013). ‘Johannesburg: Dislocation | Fragmentation’. Brightest Young Minds Summit, Johannesburg, 25 July 2013

Chris Wray (July 2013). ‘Collaboration opportunities for spatial analysis and data visualisation in the Gauteng City-Region’. Wits School of Statistics & Actuarial Science lunchtime seminar series, 25 July 2013

Graeme Gotz, Alexis Shaffler and Kerry Bobbins (July 2013). ‘Governing resource flows in the Gauteng City-Region’. Presented at the 19th International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRC19). Conference, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch, 3 July 2013

David Everatt presented ‘The GCR: What we know’ to multiple audiences including the ANC and DA provincial caucuses over June and July 2013

Graeme Gotz (June 2013). Closing synthesis at Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE). workshop Cities of Hope, 27 June 2013

Graeme Gotz (June 2013). 'West Rand social and economictrends and dynamics', West Rand Transformation Committee, 18 June 2013

Kerry Bobbins (May 2013). ‘Beneath the surface: investigating Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). and its governance in the Gauteng City-Region (GCR).’. Presented at the Faces of the City Seminar Series hosted by the Wits School of Architecture and Planning, 14 May 2013

David Everatt (May 2013). was the keynote speaker at the ESRI South Africa Summit conference held at the Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensburg, 8-9 May 2013.

Graeme Gotz & Alexis Schäffler (April 2013). ‘Conundrums of an emerging green economy in the Gauteng City-Region’, at an international workshop at Royal Holloway, London, Bearing the brunt of environmental change: understanding climate adaptation and transformation challenges in African cities, 16-17 April 2013

Annsilla Nyar (March 2013). ‘A critical examination of anti-Indian racism’, India in Africa: new frontiers in South-South relations conference hosted jointly by the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF). in Tanzania and the Department of Political Science (Africana Studies and International Studies). at Vassar College, New York State, 15-17th March 2013 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Guy Trangoš (April 2013). ‘Architecture and the City’, Faces of the City Seminar, Wits University, 2 April at Wits University

Sally Peberdy (March 2013). ‘Who was a real white South African? The South African state, whiteness and national identity’, University of Johannesburg, Whitewash 1: Negotiating whiteness in 21st century South Africa, 19-20 March 2013

Alexis Schäffler (February 2013). ‘Urban Age Electric City Report Back to DST / NRF Resilient Cities group’, 14 February 2013

Alexis Schäffler (February 2013). ‘The State of Green Infrastructure in the Gauteng City-Region’, Gauteng Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan Workshop, 8 February 2013

Graeme Gotz & Alexis Schaffler (February 2013). ‘Conundrums for an emerging green regional economy: The Gauteng City-Region’, KZN Green Growth Conference, ICC Durban, 5 February 2013

Josephine Musango (November 2012). ‘Modelling green economy’, 1st National Conference on Global Change, Birchwood Conference Centre, 26-28 November 2012

Graeme Gotz and Chris Wray (November 2012).‘Demographic modelling and the implications of the results from census’ and ‘Modelling urban spatial change: a preliminary review of South African Initiatives’ respectively, joint workshop on Spatial and demographic modelling for G2055, arranged by GCRO and the Gauteng Planning Commission, 23 November 2012

Josephine Musango (November 2012). ‘Understanding and measuring urban metabolism: the GCR perspective’, AFD-Wits Roundtable, Sustainability in Johannesburg and its wider metropolitan region, 7-8 November 2012, on her research

Sally Peberdy (October 2012). ‘A province of migrants? Internal and cross border migration in Gauteng’, African Centre for Migration Studies, Wits University, 30 October 2012.

Sally Peberdy (October 2012). ‘Migration & migration policy: Reflections on migration & xenophobia in the GCRO Quality of Life Survey II’, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Annual Conference, Unity and Diversity: What does it Mean for Nation-building and Non-racialism, 12 October 2012

David Everatt (October 2012). ‘The black middle class and the future of politics in South Africa’, Brazil/Indian/South Africa workshop on the nature and role of middle classes in emerging democracies, funded by the CDE, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 7-11.

Annsilla Nyar (September 2012).‘Nation-building, Africanism and the 2010 FIFA World Cup: what did they do for social cohesion in post-apartheid South Africa?’ Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES). seminar, 26 September 2012.

Alexis Schäffler (September 2012). ‘Sustainably managing storm water in Johannesburg’, NRF/GCRO/CUBES Faces of the City Seminar Series, 25 September 2012

Annsilla Nyar (September 2012). successfully presented her PhD proposal ‘An examination of anti-Indian racism in post-apartheid South Africa’, to an open meeting of the Department of Political Studies at Wits University, 13 September 2012.

Maryna Storie (August 2012). ‘Acid Mine Drainage: facts and future’, CUBES seminar, 16 August 2012

Graeme Gotz and Chris Wray (July 2012). ‘The GCRO’s 2011 Quality of Life Survey: early transport analysis’, presented to a GPG Department of Roads and Transport workshop on the proposed 25-year transport master plan, 12 July 2012 (slides for this presentation were prepared by Prof Christo Venter and added to by Graeme Gotz and Chris Wray).

Annsilla Nyar (July 2012). ‘Some new perspectives on Indian South Africans and non-“racialism”, 22nd World Congress of Political Science ‘Reshaping Power and shifting boundaries’ of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). Madrid, 8-12 July 2012

Alexis Schäffler (June 2012).’Green infrastructure trends and research in the Gauteng City-Region’, CUBES Urban Sustainability Theme Roundtable Discussion, 28 June 2012

Josephine Musango (June 2012). ‘GCRO’s metabolic flows and infrastructure transitions work’, CUBES Urban Sustainability Theme meeting held at School of Architecture and Planning, Wits University, 28 June 2012

Maryna Storie (June 2012). ‘The choices we make determine the path we take: vulnerability of low income settlements in the GCR’, City of Johannesburg Disaster Management Advisory Forum, 22 June 2012

Sally Peberdy (June 2012). ‘Making a home? Migrants in the Gauteng City Region (GCR).’ Society of South African Geographers Conference, Cape Town, 22 June 2012.

Josephine Musango, Alexis Schaffler, Darlington Mushongera, and Maryna Storie (June 2012). ‘Towards assessing the metabolism of Gauteng City-Region’, GCRO-ACC-SI workshop, 13-15 June 2012, Stellenbosch

Josephine Musango (June 2012). ‘Conceptual foundations and approaches to urban metabolism assessment’, GCRO-ACC-SI workshop, 13-15 June 2012, Stellenbosch

Alexis Schäffler (June 2012). ’Green infrastructure trends and research in the Gauteng City-Region: Head in the Clouds – Reflections on managing storm water as a resource’, GCRO-ACC-SI workshop, 13-15 June 2012, Stellenbosch

Maryna Storie (June 2012). ‘Intersections between disaster risk and settlement types’, GCRO-ACC-SI workshop, 13-15 June 2012, Stellenbosch

Graeme Gotz (June 2012). ‘Infrastructure transitions in Jo’burg – failing to use a crisis?’ GCRO-ACC-SI workshop, 13-15 June 2012, Stellenbosch

Chris Wray, (June 2012). ‘A city-regional observatory perspective: GCRO spatial data initiatives, GCRO GIS website & g-government ', South Africa Geospatial Forum conference, 6 June 2012

Maryna Storie (June 2012). ‘Acid Mine Drainage in the Gauteng City-Region: some of the facts and concerns’, City of Johannesburg Ward Councillor Meeting, 1 June 2012

David Everatt, (May 2012). 'Quality of Life in the Gauteng City-Region: 2011 findings', GPG Lekgotla, 22 May 2012

Maryna Storie (May 2012). ‘Intersections between sustainability and vulnerability in the Gauteng City-Region: the role of the GCRO’, South African National Disaster Management Centre and the World Bank: Disaster Management Specialist Unit for East Asia & the Pacific Infrastructure, 11 May 2012

David Everatt, (April 2012). 'Youth as a 'ring of fire'', Wits Colloquium responding to the NPC, 25 April 2012

Maryna Storie (April 2012). ‘Dolomite issues in the Gauteng City-Region: preparing for community engagement’, Workshop with community leaders of the Protea South settlement and land planners, 13 April 2012.

Alexis Schäffler (April 2012). ’Green infrastructure research in the Gauteng City-Region’, Virginia Tech-GCRO Research Visit, 11-12 April 2012.

Alexis Schäffler (April 2012). ’Green infrastructure research in the Gauteng City-Region’, MIT-GCRO Research Visit, 4 April 2012.

Graeme Gotz, (April 2012). 'Secondary cities: criteria for segmentation – indicators and data', The Differentiated Approach to Local Government: “South Africa’s Secondary Cities” Launch & Conversation, South African Cities Network (SACN). and SALGA, 3 April 2012

Maryna Storie (March 2012). ‘Dolomite risk in the Gauteng City-Region’, Gauteng Provincial Department of Local Government and Housing: Provincial Cross-boundary Forum, 28 March 2012

Alexis Schaffler, Graeme Gotz & Josephine Musongo (November 2011). ‘Current Research and initiatives for a Green Gauteng City Region’, SACN, DBSA Infrastructure Dialogues, Infrastructure and Greening the Future, 16 November 2011

Josephine Musongo, Alexis Schaffler & Graeme Gotz (November 2011). ‘Current Research and initiatives for a Green Gauteng City Region', SACN and DBSA Infrastructure Dialogue on Infrastructure and Greening the Future, 16 November 2011

Annsilla Nyar (October 2011). ‘Inside or Outside the Academy: Examining the Possibilities for a Scholarship of Engagement’, University of Fort Hare/Rhodes University/NRF/HSRC/ conference, Community Engagement: The Changing Role of Higher Education in Development, 7-10 November 2011

Maryna Storie successfully presented her PhD proposal to the WITS School of Architecture and Planning and external readers on 3 November 2011. The proposal is due to be formally submitted on 5 December 2011

Graeme Gotz (October 2011). 'Green economy transitions: Gauteng’s Green Strategic Programme', South African National Bio-Diversity Institute (SANBI). Grassland Forum conference on Powering the Green Economy, 19 October 2011

Annsilla Nyar (October 2011). ‘Some new perspectives on ‘Indian’ South Africans and ‘non-racialism’: Findings from the AKF/GCRO Focus Groups’, Ahmed Kathrada Non-racialism Conference: Non-racialism in post-apartheid South Africa: Contemporary meanings and relevance, 13 October 2011

Chris Wray (September 2011). ‘Developing a Web 2.0 GIS website for the Gauteng City-Region’, 13th annual conference on World Wide Web applications, Johannesburg, 14-16 September 2011

Maryna Storie (September 2011). ‘Addressing urban disaster risk and resilience through a green lens’, National Disaster Management Institute of South Africa (DMISA). Annual Conference, Somerset West, 13-16 September 2011

Maryna Storie (September 2011). ‘Representations of space: a case of karst, community and change in the urban landscape’, ACC/CUBES Cities Conference, Cape Town, 7-9 September 2011

Maryna Storie (September 2011). ‘Representations of space: a case of karst, community and change in the urban landscape’, ACC/CUBES Cities Conference, Cape Town, 7-9 September 2011

David Everatt presented a summary of GCRO’s work to the winter political school of the tripartite alliance Provincial Executive Committees in September 2011

Graeme Gotz (June 2011). ‘Understanding and preserving metropolitan governance’, presentation to Metros: the key to South Africa’s Growth Roundtable, organised by the Municipal Demarcation Board, 9 June 2011

Graeme Gotz and Alexis Schaffler (May 2011). ‘Gauteng’s green economy strategy’, presentation to a conference organised by the national Department of Economic Development, as part of a panel on the ‘Green Economy: case studies of technology developments in South Africa’, 30 May 2011

David Everatt served on a panel which included Deputy Minister Yunus Carrim, Aubrey Matshiqui and others, convened by the Helen Suzman Foundation, to discuss the state and future of local government on the eve of the local government elections held in May 2011

David Everatt, (May 2011). 'The developmental state on the ground: Co-ordination and integration in South African governance' presented at a workshop on States, Development and Global Governance at the University of Wisconsin Law School, May 2011

Chris Wray (April 2011). ‘GCRO GIS website development – lessons learnt’, GeoInformation Society of South Africa (GISSA). AGM, 8 April 2011

David Everatt, Graeme Gotz, Alexis Schaffler and Maryna Storie (March 2011). ‘Overview of GCRO’s sustainability work’, Comparative Dialogue on Sustainable Infrastructure Transitions and Governance, African Centre for Cities (ACC). and the Sustainability Institute, 31 March 2011

Graeme Gotz and Chris Wray (May 2011). ‘The Gauteng City-Region and transportation analysis’, preparatory workshop on the Mobility Project with UJ Departments of Civil Engineering Science and Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, 12 May 2011

Chris Wray (February 2011). ‘GCRO spatial data initiatives, GCRO GIS website & co-ordinated national SDI”, National Planning Commission SDI workshop, Union Buildings, Pretoria, 17 February 2011

Ferrial Adam, Alexis Schaffler and Maryna Storie (January 2010). ‘Implementation of a Green Economy Approach’, Workshop on Local Government and the Green Economy, 17 January 2011

Graeme Gotz and Alexis Schaffler (January 2010). ‘Understanding the green economy’, Workshop on Local Government and the Green Economy, 17 January 2011

David Everatt presented an overview of the Gauteng City-Region to the ANC Caucus, Gauteng Legislature

Maryna Storie delivered (with his permission). Prof T McCarthy’s Provocation Series presentation on Acid Mine Drainage in the GCR to a variety of groups, including: DMISA Southern Region Annual General Meeting; DMISA Tshwane Region General Meeting; and the Roodepoort Emergency Services

David Everatt (May 2010). ‘The GCRO: current and future work’, presented to the Management Committee of the University of Johannesburg, May 2010

Chris Wray (February 2010). ‘Working towards a successful Gauteng City-Region: the role of GIS in the GCRO’, GISSA Gauteng AGM, Centurion, 25 February 2010

Graeme Gotz (May 2010). ‘What did the 2006 Inner City Regeneration Charter represent?’, Johannesburg Development Agency seminar on Inner City regeneration, Halala Awards, 12 May 2010

David Everatt (September 2010). ‘The Challenges of Creating Inclusive, Democratic City-regions in Post-Apartheid South Africa’, African Studies seminar, University of Wisconsin: Madison, September 2010

David Everatt (April 2010). ‘The GCRO: current and future work’, presented to Senior Executive Team, Wits, April 2010

Graeme Gotz (October 2010). ‘Bad buildings in Inner City Johannesburg’, GCRO, CUBES and NRF Chair 'Faces of the City' Seminar Series, 5 October 2010

Graeme Gotz (May 2010). ‘Selected extracts from GCRO’s Quality of Life Survey’, ANC Gauteng Region Symposium on Local Government, 3 May 2010

David Everatt (March 2010). ‘The state of xenophobia in South Africa today’, presented to Atlantic Philanthropies breakaway, Mount Grace, March 2010

David Everatt, Chris Wray and Graeme Gotz (March 2010). ‘The City-Region now’, Think Metropole workshop – how large city-region thinking and action have been changing in diverse ways, Wits School of Architecture & Planning, 4 March 2010

Chris Wray (November 2010). ‘Enabling successful G-Governance through the development of a web 2.0 GIS website for the Gauteng Provincial Government’, Map Africa 2010 conference, Cape Town, 23-25 November 2010

Maryna Storie (September 2010). ‘Utilising disaster risk management as a sustainable spatial development planning tool’, Disaster Management Institute of South Africa National Conference, Port Shepstone, 8 September 2010

David Everatt (February 2010). ‘What is non racialism – past and current debates’, Deepening non-racialism conference, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Liliesleaf Farm, 27 February 2010

David Everatt (August 2010). ‘Non-racialism in South Africa’, seminar, Centre for Critical Research into race and Identity, UKZN, August 2010

David Everatt (May 2010). ‘Quality of Life in the Gauteng city-region’, survey launch, 27 May 2010

Annsila Nyar (October 2010). ‘Accommodating Diversity and Migration in African Cities: the Gauteng City-Region in Perspective’, 15th International Metropolis Conference: Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging, The Hague, Netherlands, 4-8 October 2010

David Everatt (May 2010). Marginalisation in the Gauteng City-Region: First steps towards measurement, African Centre for Cities & CUBES: South African Cities Conference, (May 2010).

Graeme Gotz (November 2009). ‘Transformation of Human Settlements’, DBSA internal learning session, Midrand, 27 November 2009

Annsilla Nyar (November 2009). “‘Re-inventing the Foreigner’: Critical Reflections of Identity Politics in South Africa”, to be presented to the South African Association of Political Studies (SAAPS). Colloquium, 19-20 November 2009, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Chris Wray (November 2009). ‘The GCRO: Changing the way GIS data is visualized and accessed in the Gauteng City-Region’, Geo-Information Society of South Africa (GISSA). North-West inaugural meeting, Potchefstroom, 12 November 2009

Graeme Gotz (November 2009). ‘Making local government work better: City structures and governance’, DBSA Knowledge Week, Midrand, 4 November 2009

Graeme Gotz (October 2009). ‘Possibilities for planning the South African City’, Wits School of Architecture & Planning Beyond Modernism workshop to launch the UN Habitat Sustainable Cities Report, Johannesburg, 21 October 2009

Graeme Gotz (October 2009). ‘Visualisations? infrastructures? institutional conditions?’, Think Metropole Workshop, Wits School of Architecture & Planning, Johannesburg, 22 October 2009

David Everatt (October 2009). ‘Think Metropole, Think … city-region, Think … democratic space or planner’s wet-dream?’, Think Metropole Workshop, Wits School of Architecture & Planning, Johannesburg, 22 October 2009

Chris Wray (October 2009). ‘The GCRO: Changing the way GIS data is visualized and accessed in the Gauteng City-Region’, GIMS User Conference, Drakensburg, 21-23 October 2009

Graeme Gotz (October 2009). ‘On walls – safety in the South African city’, Goethe Institute, GTZ and CSIR Seminar on Cracking Walls, Johannesburg, 6 October 2009

Graeme Gotz (September 2009). ‘Spatial development outcomes in South African cities’, World Bank and National Department of Human Settlements Workshop, Pretoria, 29 September 2009

David Everatt (September 2009). ‘Class, nationalism and non-racialism: the search for convergence’, presented to the ‘Yusuf Dadoo Centenary Conference: Marxism, non-racialism and the shaping of South Africa’s liberation struggle’, University of Johannesburg, September 2009

David Everatt (July 2009). ‘The Gauteng ANC election campaign: data and implications’, P&DM, Wits

Sizwe Phakathi (June/July 2009). ‘Worker reactions to the stope team incentive scheme: Manufacturing consent or conflict?’ South African Sociological Association's (SASA). Annual Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 28 June - 2 July 2009.

Sizwe Phakathi (June 2009). ‘Race and the changing nature of work in the South African gold mining workplace.’ Hard Labour: Sociology and the Transformation of Working Life, A Colloquium in Honour of Professor Edward Webster, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 27-28 June 2009.

David Everatt (November 2009).: ‘Access to services, social cohesion and xenophobia’, presented to National Department of Social Development national conference on social cohesion and xenophobia, Pretoria

David Everatt (April 2009). presented on GCRO to South African Cities Network: Indicators Reference Group