01
Informal infrastructure pilot to policy chains
This SNIS-funded project is a collaboration with Stellenbosch University and a transdisciplinary steering committee to study how infrastructure pilots in informal areas translate into policy. (Sep.2024-Sep.2026)
02
Inclusive Cities
A two-day transdisciplinary symposium at the Collegium Helveticum to advance the conversation on the use of remote sensing, AI, and other new methods for studying informal settlements.
(May 28/29, 2024)
03
Urban Lighting Realities
An exhibition at the Collegium Helveticum co-curated with Michael Walczak exploring the experience of public space lighting at night in informal settlements in Cape Town, Kampala, and Sarajevo.
(May 28/29, 2024)
04
Critical Making for Informal Public Lighting
A Leading House Africa-funded project is a collaboration with Stellenbosch University and the PEP to co-design a prototype of a solar public light for informal settlements.
(Nov.2023-Nov.2024)
05
Energy in the Inclusive City
This project draws on large language models and other NLP techniques to estimate the scale of the urban electricity deprivation problem by building a comprehensive database on informal settlement upgrading.
(Sep.2023-Jun.2024)
06
LightUp
A community of practice advocating for adequate public lighting in informal settlements.
(Dec.2022-Present)
Previous work
- ETH Energy Blog, Co-Founder & Former Editor (2019-2022)
- Solar Public Lighting Project, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa (2018-2022)
- Sensors for Social Science Research, Kenya & South Africa, (2015-2020)
- Reference Electrification Model, MIT/IIT Comillas, (2013-2015)
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