The course is designed to enhance skills among learners in handling polycrisis situations in Africa specifically in east, central, west and south Africa as well as partnering countries in Europe. The course is designed to manage the interconnectedness and cascading effects of multiple, overlapping crises, providing students with a framework for understanding and managing complex challenges. It will delve into topics like resilience, risk assessment, and effective response strategies, both at the individual and organizational levels. In addition, the course will handle policy and research in the environment, refugees, conflict that have ravaged the world today. The course is designed to provide learners with the ability to understand basic concepts of polycrisis and competences to manage polycrisis situations. It will further provide learners with knowledge of integrating the different socio-political, economic, climate change, migration, war and conflict in a multidisciplinary manner. 

The physical mobility part will take place between 6th - 10th July 2026 in Kampala Uganda. The program of the physical part is structured as follows:  

• 6th July 2026: Briefing, introduction of the content to be covered in the physical week. Assignment of case scenarios to different groups.
• 7th July 2026: Visit to Kitezi land fill, Entebbe, Nansana etc 
• 8th July 2026: Visit to Elgon region e.g., Bududa, Bulambuli, Kapchorwa etc.
• 9th July 2026: Case scenario presentations
• 10th July 2026: Excursion and Closure

The virtual module will take place between 8th May - 12th June 2026. The structure of the online program is outlined below:

• 8th May, 2026

Briefing, explaining the course schedule, and raising learners’ expectations. Recap on the Polycrisis situational globally. Polycrisis and polysolution approaches.

Task One: Using an example of any African country of your choice, identify the different polycrisis and design polysolution for the identified crisis such as climate change, migration, pandemics, civil wars among others. This task should be done in groups of not more than five people.

• 15th May, 2026

Approaches to polycrisis management

(i) What polycrisis and polysolution is,

(ii) Presentation of the identified  polycrisis and positive pathways.

(iii) Navigation of the designed polysolution pathways

Policy making and implementation in an age of polycrisis. (Redesigning governance and policies for better management of migrants in the Europe – Africa approaches).

• 22nd May, 2026

Reimagining crisis management (simulation of polysolutions) i.e., looking at polysolution from various context and how they are intertwined. 

• 29th May, 2026

Polycrisis case studies in Uganda

(i) Polycrisis situation in the greater Kampala Metropolitan city (Rural-Urban migration, garbage crisis at Kitezi landfill, air pollution)

(ii) Disease’s outbreak such as Ebola, Cholera, Monkey pox, amidst a refugee and migration crisis in Uganda.

Conflict among pastoralists displaced by prolonged droughts and cultivators displaced by landslides in Elgon region for example in Bulambuli, Bududa, Manafa, Kapchorwa in Eastern Uganda.

• 5th June, 2026

Polycrisis case studies in Europe for example the Russian-Ukraine invasion, African migrants in Europe, Israel-Palestine crisis and migration, fire outbreaks.

Task two: Using an example of any European country of your choice, identify the different polycrisis and design polysolution for the identified crisis such as climate change, migration, pandemics, civil wars among others. This task should be done in groups of not more than five people.

Note: for crosscutting (intercontinental) polycrisis provide polysolutions that cut across the continent and bring the challenges that preclude implementation of the proposed polysolutions. 

• 12th June, 2026

Virtual presentation and discussion of task two work.