Grassroots for Sustainability
Short description
This research group explores how grassroots networks, initiatives and practices promote grassroots resilience, and contribute to reduce both the adverse impact of cities on climate and environmental change on community, city and societal levels.
Group members
- Jutta Gutberlet, Professor in Geography, University of Victoria, Canada, and Federal University of the ABC Region in São Paulo, Brazil
- Jaan-Henrik Kain, Professor in Urban Transformation. Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
- Michael O. Oloko, Senior lecturer in Environmental Engineering. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology Kisumu, Kenya.
- Goodluck Charles, Coordinator of Centre for Policy Research and Advocacy at the University of Dar es Salaam Business School, Tanzania.
- Jessica Pérez Reynosa, Associate professor in Business Administration, University of Central America, Nicaragua.
- Patrik Zapata, Professor in Public Administration, School of
Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Sebastián Carenzo, researcher at CONICET; senior lecturer at the Institute for the Study of Science and Technology, National University of Quilmes, Argentina.
- María José Zapata, sociologist, senior lecturer in Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, project leader.
Research projects
Compact cities and informal settlements - Exploring qualities, drivers and strategies for promoting sustainable urban development
María José Zapata, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg (head of project), Jaan-Henrik Kain, and Jenny Stenberg, Chalmers University, and Michael Oloko, University of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in Kisumu, Kenya, Patrik Zapata, University of Gothenburg.
Grassroots initiatives, institutional entrepreneurship and inclusive urban governance: transforming the city from below
María José Zapata, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg (head of project), Jaan-Henrik Kain, Chalmers University, Michael Oloko, University of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in Kisumu, Kenya, Patrik Zapata University of Gothenburg , financed by ICLD.se
Combating poverty and building democracy through the co-production of participatory waste management services. The case of Kisumu, Kenya,
María José Zapata, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg (head of project), Jaan-Henrik Kain, Chalmers University, and Michael Oloko, University of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in Kisumu, Kenya, Patrik Zapata,University of Gothenburg. Financed by ICLD.se, 1,7 mSEK.
Improving basic urban services in informal settlements - Linking waste research in global South cities
Patrik Zapata, University of Gothenburg (head of project), with Jutta Gutberlet (Sao Paolo University, Brazil and Victoria University, Canada), Michael Oloko (University of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in Kisumu, Kenya), and María José Zapata Campos (GRI, GU), 0.7 mSEK.