This e-book brings together voices from different parts of Latin America that speak from the same impulse: to understand how the university can transform both professional training and the territories surrounding it. In these pages, stories of students and graduates who, from different disciplines, contexts, and accents, have found in the university experience a way […]
START International, in partnership with EPIC-N, commissioned a mini-documentary highlighting the impactful work taking place in Harare through the collaborative efforts of Chinhoyi University of Technology and its partners. This partnership focused on wastewater management and sanitation services, looking at how wastewater can be sustainably transitioned to clean water and compost. The partnership brought together […]
In a Mapuche neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, artisans are trading traditional adobe bricks for experimental eco-friendly alternatives. In a canyon that straddles the U.S.–Mexico border, families are planting vegetation to stem polluted runoff. And in Panama’s Parita Bay, grassroots leaders are defending wetlands that shelter thousands of migratory shorebirds. These are just […]
The IAI Transdisciplinary Academy, in collaboration with the EPIC Network, is pleased to announce the funding of five projects under the program “Catalyzing Unconventional Collaborations in the Global South for Urban Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA).” The initiative applies a transdisciplinary approach and the EPIC Model (University–Community Partnerships) to address key barriers to implementing EbA in the […]
The 2025 EPIC-Network Conference, held in partnership with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress, took place in Chicago, Illinois from June 16th to the 19th. We’re thrilled to share that the event was a tremendous success- filled with energy, insight, and momentum for the future of sustainability and community engagement. Over four days, attendees from […]
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By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the the previous interviews here. Our fifth interview is with Xolani […]
Read More… from EPIC-Africa Program Interviews | University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the first interview here, the second interview here, and our third interview […]
Read More… from EPIC-Africa Program Interviews | University of Gambia
By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the first interview here and the second interview here. Our third […]
Read More… from EPIC-Africa Program Interviews | Slum Dwellers International
By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. You can read the first interview here. Our second interview is with Anthony Tengbeh, […]
Read More… from EPIC-Africa Program Interviews | University of Liberia
By: Jonathan Kroeze During the EPIC-Africa Learning Event at the University of Pretoria in February 2025, EPIC-N facilitated a number of interviews with our members to highlight their experience implementing the EPIC Model, along with their successes, challenges, and lessons learned. Our first interview is with Andrew Gilbert Were, Doctor of Urban and Regional Planning […]