IDEAS Research Lab
Spotlight Kampala is a multi-institutional research collaboration of universities and community advocates that aims to shed light on the inequities faced by informal urban communities in accessing and utilizing electricity. Our data provides important baseline statistics on metrics of access like access rates, affordability, supply reliability and quality as well as an understanding of how community members perceive and navigate barriers to access. We aim not only to provide summary statistics, but to groun
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is the lead institution of Spotlight Kampala. Within UCB, the project is led by Jess Kersey and Dr. Daniel Kammen within the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) . ERG is a collaborative community of graduate students, faculty, researchers, and over 600 alumni across the globe who work across disciplines to create equitable solutions towards a sustainable environment. ERG has a 50-year history of outstanding research, education and outreach to government, ind
Urban Action Lab (UAL) is a practice-focused laboratory within Makerere’s Department of Geography, Geo-informatics & Climatic Sciences coordinated by Dr. Paul Mukwaya. It was established to respond to growing demand from cities to find transformative solutions to complex urban challenges. Its mission is to be a knowledge-based, action oriented research lab which engages in multi-stakeholder platforms to stimulate and facilitate action towards sustainable urban development and enhance university education an
IDEAS Research Lab