GLOBAL STUDIO JOHANNESBURG APPLICATIONS

Applications are invited for Global Studio Johannesburg in three categories

Applications now closed
Notification date: due to the large number of applications the notification date will now be by April 9.
Send Applications to: theglobalstudio@gmail.com
Applications must be in pdf format (one pdf file only)

Category 1

Students (72 places)
Eligibility: students enrolled in courses concerned with city building (eg architecture, urban design, planning, landscape, engineering, industrial design, community development, health and legal areas etc). Places will be distributed equally between developed and developing countries, with up to18 places reserved for partner universities. All students, including those from partner institutions, must apply by March 19 to theglobalstudio@gmail.com

Funding
See notes on the application form. Those wanting to apply for GS funding will be able to do so after they have received an acceptance letter.

Category 2 

Studio Mentors (6-10 places for international participants)
Eligibility: academics or professionals with experience in city building professions, to work in teams with South African colleagues.

Category 3 

Global Studio Project Associates (6 -8 places)
Eligibility: Global Studio alumni from Istanbul or Vancouver

Dates
All participants are expected to take part in People Building Better Cities June 25-28, and Global Studio: June 30-July 19, including a field trip to Maputo or Durban.

Accommodation
Except for Johannesburg residents, participants are expected to stay at Jubilee Residence at the University of Witswatersrand.

People Building Better Cities
Those wishing to make a presentation at People Building Better Cities should include a 250 word abstract and include it in the application. See PBBC for information.

Post Global Studio opportunity
Up to five students may be selected to represent Global Studio at the Rockefeller Foundation ‘Innovations for an Urban World’ Summit, July 22-27 in Bellagio Italy and will be funded to do so. Students should indicate in their application whether they would like to be considered.

About the Summit at Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is convening a high-level meeting of global leaders in the launch of an Urban Summit, Innovations for an Urban World, at its Bellagio Study and Conference Center in July 2007. The Summit’s main purpose is to highlight the challenges cities face in an era of increasing globalization and to orient philanthropic organizations, donors, and international lending institutions to invest in solutions to reduce urban vulnerabilities.  Global Studio will present outcomes from GS Johannesburg in the last week of the Global Urban Summit, which is dedicated specifically to the consideration of urban planning and design pedagogy and practice. The Foundation’s sponsorship of a “design challenge” through Global Studio in Johannesburg aims to stimulate discussion and agenda-setting among key practitioners and educators in the design and planning professions to better engage in the following emerging topics of concern at the Foundation: urban shelter, water, and sanitation; climate change adaptation in cities; and urban population health.  Of course, beyond the Rockefeller Foundation itself, many donors and stakeholders are increasingly focused on these topics as part of their poverty reduction agendas. As such, the Summit will focus on highlighting critical knowledge of “what works” in urban innovations that might be taken to scale to improve urban resilience against vulnerabilities.