Speaking & Collaboration

Let's turn ideas into meaningful action.

Available for engagements that connect research, policy and community practice.

Ways to work together

Every engagement is prepared around the audience — a university seminar, a policy roundtable and a community workshop each ask for a different conversation.

Keynote speaking

Talks on migration, cities, systems and social impact.

Research collaboration

Joint studies, co-authorship and methodological partnership.

Policy & programme design

Evidence-led briefings, roundtables and programme design.

Systems thinking facilitation

Facilitated sessions applying systems thinking to complex problems.

Academic mentorship

Mentoring for students and early-career researchers.

Workshop facilitation

Practical workshops for universities, NGOs and community organisations.

On stage

Seminars, convenings and policy conversations.

Abel Mavura presenting research slides at a seminar

Presenting research methodology to an academic audience

Participants seated around a table during a workshop session

Systems practice convening

Abel Mavura shaking hands with a delegate at an African Leadership Organization reception

Leadership organisation event

Signature topics

Themes Abel is invited to speak on.

Migration & mobility
Inclusive cities
Systems thinking in practice
Media, information & governance
Youth empowerment
Social entrepreneurship
Equity in higher education