CONFERENCE THEME
The Southern Urbanism Co-Net (SU Co-Net) fosters collaborative knowledge production on urbanism across the Global South. Building on the collaborative ethos of the 2023 Shanghai Conference (Tongji University), it emphasizes relational perspectives that capture the everyday realities, diverse actors, and complex processes shaping cities. Southern Urbanism as an evolving epistemological framework, guiding interdisciplinary research, teaching, and practice. This conference brings together architects, researchers, scholars, built-environment practitioners, students, government agencies, climate-heritage organizations, and global stakeholders to examine these intersecting forces and co-create pathways toward equitable urban futures.
The 2026 Lagos Conference highlights the challenges and opportunities of postcolonial urbanism in Southern cities and beyond, including legacies of spatial inequality, rapid rural–urban migration, environmental pressures, informal expansion, and governance constraints. It explores how urban processes, spatial forms, and policy frameworks can guide urbanization toward resilience, equity, and livability. The conference aims to reshape urban scholarship and practice by nurturing cross-continental knowledge exchange, strengthening research networks, and promoting partnerships that redefine sustainable and culturally attuned urban futures.
ABSTRACT / PANEL SUBMISSION
We invite submissions for individual abstracts and proposed panels that engage in multi-scalar, multidisciplinary dialogues on how decolonial approaches, climate-responsive design, indigenous knowledge systems, and socially grounded design-planning can collectively transform city-making processes.
HOST
- Faculty of Architecture,
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
- Department of Interior Architecture & Design
- Department of Urban & Regional Planning
- Architecture & Urbanism Research Hub,
University of Lagos, Akoka
LOCAL SECRETARIAT
Bisi SULU-OLUMIDE, Akinfolarin JOBI, Taofik SALAU, Etana OKON, Collins LAWAL, Ajijola OLAFIMIHAN, Emma EKPO, Temidayo OKE, Bolawole OGUNBODEDE, Sesan ADEYEMI, Cephas ADELORE, Olusegun OKUNOLA, Olabode JEGEDE, Zainab ONIBUDO, Gideon OJO, Mujibah SALAM, Janet ADESINA (University of Maryland, USA),
Bukola ADEWALE (Covenant University)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Mokolade JOHNSON, University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Min TANG, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
- Oussouby SACKO, Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation, Japan
- Ally NAMANGAYA, Ardhi University, Tanzania
- Christian PÉDELAHIRE DE LODDIS, AMP Lab, EnsaPLV, Paris, France
- Paul ANEERUDHA, India
- Omer DEVRIM AKSOYAK, Faculty of Architecture, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
ACCOMODATION
University of Lagos Guest Houses.
TIMELINES
- April 1st- May 30th ........... Call for Abstracts
- June 10 ............................... Notification of Acceptance of Abstracts
- Aug 17-22nd ..................... Student Workshop & Exhibition
- Aug 24-25th ...................... Main Conference Activities
- Aug 26th ........................... City Heritage Tours