Portfolio
Take a look at our latest projects with leading international organizations.
New offering: Grant writing support for academics
In 2024, Human Element Communications added a new service to its portfolio: grant-writing support for academics. We designed this offering to help busy academics complete their grant applications by the deadline.
YouthADAPT Solutions Challenge Impact Report 2023
Research, writing, and editing for the Global Center on Adaptation (2023).
Toolkit for youth on adaptation and leadership - CARE Climate Justice Centre
Writing, editing, and developing training material for CARE Climate Justice Centre (2023).
UN-Habitat report: Partnering for transformative SDG-oriented urban development
Brendon Bosworth was the lead author and editor for UN-Habitat’s report on the Global Future Cities Programme. (2022).
UN-Habitat Expert Group Meeting on SDG-oriented urban design
Brendon Bosworth co-organised an expert group meeting for UN-Habitat (2021).
UN-Habitat report: The Abu Dhabi Declared Actions
Brendon Bosworth authored this report for UN-Habitat (2021) to take stock of the Abu Dhabi Declared Actions.
UN-Habitat Expert Group Meeting on National Urban Forums
Brendon Bosworth was the rapporteur for UN-Habitat’s expert group meeting on National Urban Forums. He wrote the meeting report (2021).
Report on 10th World Urban Forum
Brendon Bosworth was the editor for UN-Habitat’s report on WUF10 (2020).
Muizenberg-CAN
Brendon Bosworth volunteered as head of communications for the Muizenberg Community Action Network, a community-led response to Covid-19 (2020 - 2021).
What does global warming mean for Botswana and Namibia?
Brendon Bosworth and Professor Mark New wrote an analysis of what 1.5C global warming means for Botswana and Namibia. Published by Thomson Reuters Foundation (2018).
Participatory approaches for climate change governance
Brendon Bosworth was the lead author of a practitioner brief for DAI’s Deepening Democracy Programme in Kenya (2019).
Laying the Foundations for Transformative Urban Interventions in Emerging Economies
Brendon Bosworth facilitated a writeshop for UN-Habitat and then worked as lead author and editor on this report for the Global Future Cities Programme (2019).
When participation is not enough - lessons from decentalised water governance in Namibia
Brendon Bosworth co-authored a brief for the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions project (2018).
The Healer
Brendon Bosworth profiled John Parker, a psychiatrist on the frontline of treating methamphetamine-related psychosis on the Cape Flats, for Cityscapes Magazine (2015).
California’s carbon market may succeed where others have failed
Brendon Bosworth wrote a feature article on California’s cap-and-trade program for High Country News (2013).
Can the oyster industry survive ocean acidification?
Brendon Bosworth’s feature article for High Country News on how ocean acidification threatens oyster growers in the Pacific Northwest (2012).
Medicine offers hope for heroin users in Mitchells Plain
A feature article by Brendon Bosworth for Groundup on an opioid substitution therapy programme at the Sultan Bahu rehabilitation facility in Mitchell’s Plain (2016).