Urban Lunch-time: Research in Reality

Tourist travel, craft production and energy savings

PhD students from Gothenburg and Kisumu universities run joint design projects on eco-tourism and marketplaces in Dunga Beach. Dunga is a small fishing community at Lake Victoria, close to Kisumu, Kenya. These projects are run within the Mistra Urban Futures organisation. The experimental pilot projects concerns urban development and empowerment in reality. At the seminar the projects, including objectives, set up and results will be presented.

Speakers: Franklin Mwango and Jennifher Otieno Maseno University, Eva Maria Jernsand University of Gothenburg School of Business, Econonics and Law, Helena Kraff and Helena Hansson University of Gothenburg School of Design and Craft, Maria Nyström, Chalmers University of Technology, Lena Mossberg, University of Gothenburg and Stig Egnell, Mistra Urban Futures.

Date: 4 February
Time: 11.30-13.00
Place: Gothenburg City Museum, Norra Hamngatan 12

Register no later than 31 January

The seminar will be held in English.

Urban Lunch-time during the spring

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