Paper short abstract:

This paper draws on mobilities research conducted through co-investigation with young people in Cape Coast, Ghana, and a subsequent GCRF-funded workshop. We explore the potential for scaling up our approach to support more inclusive urban transport planning across the city and beyond.

Paper long abstract:

This paper draws on mixed methods mobilities research conducted with children and young people in Cape Coast, Ghana, and a subsequent, complementary GCRF-funded workshop held there. The mobilities research, conducted in two sites of relative deprivation (one urban, one peri-urban), was embedded in a co-investigation methodology involving school children aged c. 11-19 years. The subsequent workshop, which included representation from the city planners, other relevant Ghanaian urban development and transport agencies and academics in the international GCRF network, was convened to promote more inclusive city transport planning, drawing on the evidence from our participatory research with young people. We present our experiences with particular reference to the workshop and discuss future potential a) for scaling up the initial co-investigation approach we adopted at neighbourhood level to support more inclusive urban transport planning in Cape Coast and b) the potential for adopting this approach in our other GCRF network cities.