City studies require multifaceted and collaborative approaches to address the dynamic variety of urban experiences. The 2016 Southern African City Studies Conferencewill bring together scholars who wish to expose their work to positive critical discussion and engage with ideas of those working in disciplines other than their own. The conference is open to participation from scholars in all disciplines based in Southern Africa or committed to positive collaboration with Southern African scholars, doing original and creative research on one or across any of the following thematic areas:

• Alternate experiments and visions in urban planning and design
• Through the lens of the everyday
• Responses to urban insecurity
• The challenge of working across disciplines
• The significance of infrastructure
• Other themes, other forms

Contributions will predominantly take the form of papers submitted in advance and then presented and discussed at the conference, and may also take other forms. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by a joint panel of scholars from across Durban University of Technology, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Pretoria and University of Cape Town.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words must be submitted by 30 October 2015.

Successful candidates will be notified by 1 December 2015 and full papers are due by 18 February 2016.

For more information on the conference themes and logistics, or to submit an abstract online, please visit the conference website by clickinghere.

For queries and correspondence regarding the conference please email