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We are pleased to announce that Baerbel Mueller and Daniil Zhiltsov, [Applied] Foreign Affairs, have been awarded an Africa-UniNet grant (BMFWF) from the Austrian-African Research Network for their upcoming project Tamale’s Urban Resilience (TUR).

From December 2025 to November 2027, [Applied] Foreign Affairs at the I oA, University of Applied Arts Vienna, in partnership with the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, will map, analyze, and visually translate the ecological dynamics shaping one of West Africa’s fastest-growing cities.

The project focuses on Tamale and operates across two scales — urban-territorial and micro — through three interlinked lenses: solar, hydro, and biota. Methods will include AI, climatic simulation, soil analysis, and spatial mapping. Building on the experimental outcomes of Tamale’s Inner Urban Ecologies (2023 – 2025), the research will explore how climatically vulnerable African cities can foster ecological and social resilience.

Congratulations to the team!