HICCUP — Heterogeneous Infrastructure Configuration of Cities in Uganda Project: Thinking Infrastructure with the South Introduction The scale, magnitude and intensity of urbanisation in Africa has attracted increasing attention given the nature of environmental, social, economic and more importantly, political challenges it presents. The diverse ecology of Africa’s urban landscape raises serious questions that have provoked debate not only within academia, but among public administrators, civil society and the private sector as well. The HICCUP research initiative was conceived to provide a platform where critical questions especially about waste resource flows and the emerging multi-actor hegemonies, the resulting networks, how these multi-actor interactions are mediated within formal and informal institutional structures and processes. In addition, the initiative will also explore other equally critical questions relating to sustainability and equality. Two subprojects will be undertaken to generate the kind of information that will shape our learning about the dynamics of urbanisation in Africa. The project will work in Kampala and Mbale, two cities in Uganda where the focus will be on waste and sanitation.   Research Team The workshop will be conducted by Drs. Henrik Ernstson, Shauib Lwasa, and Jonathan Silver, who are part of a highly experienced team from various international institutions involved in the initiative. The workshop is intend to engage four students (3 MSc and 1 PhD), who have been selected to be part of the initiative to promote critical and radical thinking about Global-South Urbanism. The event will also be attended by several civil society organisations that could potentially be partners under the HICCUP initiative. Aims of Workshop a.    To finalise planning on practicalities of the research program (i.e. roles/responsibilities, research timelines, key outputs etc.) b.    To undertake some teaching and shared learning with the four the students c.    To visit some potential fieldwork sites d.    To meet some potential partners (ACTogether/NSDFU, KALOCODE, SSA/UHSNET, LOGEL etc…)