Out of Control: on Urban Form of Informal Settlements in East Africa

Date
18.06.2021
Time
08.00 - 11.00

Johan Mottelson defends the dissertation: 'Out of Control: on Urban Form of Informal Settlements in East Africa'.

Agenda

8:00 Welcome and presentation of chairperson, Assessment Commitee, supervisors and author

8:05 Johan Mottelson presents his dissertation Out of Control: On Urban Morphology of Informal Settlements in East Africa

8:50 Short break

According to the ’Ministerial Order on the PhD Course of Study and the PhD Degree’ the chairperson may invite the audience to contribute with short statements. Such intentions should be addressed to the chairperson during the break.

9:00 Kim Dovey, Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia

9:30 Wilbard J. Kombe, Professor, Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

10:00 Gustavo Ribeiro, Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape, Copenhagen (Chair of the Assessment Committee)

10:30 Comments from the auditorium

The Assessment Committee evaluates and makes the concluding remarks
Closure of session

Assessment committee

  • Kim Dovey Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of Melbourne
  • Wilbard J. Kombe Professor, Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Gustavo Ribeiro Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy – Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair of the Assessment Committee)

Principal Supervisor

Deane Simpson Professor, Royal Danish Academy – Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chairperson of the defence)

Co-Supervisor

Jørgen Eskemose Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy – Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape, Copenhagen, Denmark

The thesis is the result of a PhD project funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research and the Royal Danish Academy – Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

The thesis is available to look through for interested persons at the Library of Architecture, Design and Performing Arts, Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50, 1434 Copenhagen K

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