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Event Reflection: Film Screening & Panel Debate – Home Game

How can film foster dialogue on complex topics like migration, identity, and belonging? Last month, we had the pleasure of co-hosting two powerful film…

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Frugal Innovation & the Quadruple Helix: Lessons from the GIAN Training in India

How can frugal innovation drive sustainable impact in diverse global contexts? This question was at the heart of the GIAN training, Quadruple Helix and…

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Film Screening & Panel Debate: Home Game

What does it mean to call a place home? How do migrants navigate the duality of belonging and displacement? Join us for a special screening of Home Game…

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Frugal Insights: Tackling Water Scarcity in Rural Kenya

Imagine if your studies extended beyond the classroom and into communities where innovation becomes a practical tool for meaningful change. That’s the essence…

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Polymorphic grassroots networks and implications for disaster resilience in popular settlements in Sierra Leone, India and Kenya

What grassroots networks are (re)activated during disasters in urban poor communities? How do their dynamic patterns diversify resilience outcomes? Using an…

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The triggers, motivations, experiments, diffusions, and stakeholders of frugal innovation what we learn from Thai case studies

Frugal innovators creatively apply existing technologies to address local challenges, effectively reducing costs and optimizing performance. This approach is…

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Quadruple Helix and Strengthening Knowledge Interactions for Frugal Innovation

This Week: Quadruple Helix & Frugal Innovation in New Delhi From February 17 to 21, 2025, the course Quadruple Helix and Strengthening Knowledge Interactions…

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Inclusive cities and energy transitions: insights from the post-industrial city of Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a post-industrial city confronted with energy transitions and the inclusion of a large group of vulnerable citizens who do not participate in the…

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Urban Uncovered Podcast Series (9) - "Digital Futures", hosted by Mandipa Ndlovu

Episode 9: Digital Futures As cities rush to embrace digital solutions, who really benefits? In this episode, Victoria Manya ( ASCL), Dr. Rekgotsofetse Chikane…

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Urban Uncovered Podcast Series (8) - "Urbanity and Security", hosted by Mandipa Ndlovu

Episode 8: Urbanity and Security Urban growth and identity are intertwined with security in complex and conflicting ways. This episode explores the dual nature…