Within the consortium he will contribute his international research expertise on the urban transition and governance of urban infrastructures in East Africa. The project will benefit from his extensive experience in coordinating collaborative research programs, e.g. as the director of an interdisciplinary program on urban infrastructures in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi and co-director of a program on the vulnerability and resilience of critical infrastructures. Beyond his own active involvement in the research, he will supervise the postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University, and together with Mark Swilling monitor the project management and progress, coordinate the consortium’s collaboration and chair the advisory board.