Professor Diana Mitlin recently visited Ruimsig, Johannesburg, to learn about participatory planning. This research is part of a new network on ‘Achieving Inclusive Cities through Scaling up Participatory Planning in Africa’ which is being led by Prof Mitlin. The network was awarded £120,000 by the Leverhulme Trust and will bring together community organisations and academic departments in three sub-Saharan African countries and researchers at the Global Development Institute.

You can watch Diana’s interviews with local community activists below.

Note: This article gives the views of the author/academic featured and does not represent the views of the Global Development Institute as a whole.