Blogposts Fellows / MIASA Fellow Reflections / Slide / Sustainability Transformation
by Alexa Höhn
by Alexa Höhn · Published 16/09/2024 · Last modified 18/09/2024
Traditional forms of land use in West Africa often include the integration of useful indigenous trees into the farmscapes. Economically and culturally, the shea tree is the most important among them. The collection of...
African Cities / Blogposts Fellows / MIASA Fellow Reflections / Migration & Mobility / Slide
by Benedikt Pontzen · Published 28/08/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
PDF version of this article Living and theorizing endogenous religions Religions are made by the people who live them. The gods would wither away and fall into oblivion without humans worshipping them while they,...
Blogposts Fellows / Knowledge Production / MIASA Fellow Reflections / Slide / Sustainability Transformation
by fschuermann
by fschuermann · Published 22/08/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
Scholarship on the environmental history of Africa largely demonstrates that European colonial rule involved exercising power over nature. Moreover, as many scholars have suggested, power over nature was a key tool in colonial rule.1...
African Cities / Blogposts Fellows / Landownership / MIASA Fellow Reflections / Slide
by Lamine Doumbia · Published 18/08/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
Land governance has been for many years one of the most burning political, economic, social and cultural issues across the African continent. This blogpost shares some reflections on the concepts of belonging and ownership...
Conferences, Lectures, Roundtables / Knowledge Production / Reports / Slide
by Susann Baller · Published 14/08/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
PDF version of this report This roundtable on “Re-thinking the academic environment for increasing gender-balance and inclusion” was organised on 29 May 2024 as part of the seventh Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop,...
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by Diana Ayeh
by Diana Ayeh · Published 18/07/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
Owing to its mineral abundance, West Africa’s subsoil has increasingly attracted both large-scale investors and small-scale miners in recent decades. This situation has not only led to the mushrooming of new mining projects but...
Conferences, Lectures, Roundtables / Reports / Slide / Sustainable Governance / Topics
by Chika Mba
by Chika Mba · Published 08/05/2024 · Last modified 28/08/2024
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)’s Midterm Conference, held in September 2023 at the University of Ghana, was a critical dialogue on the theme: ‘Sustainable Governance in a Time of Global...
Early Career Workshops / Reports / Slide
by Marko Scholze · Published 19/02/2024 · Last modified 28/08/2024
One of MIASA’s main goals is to strengthen the voices of African scholars in global academia. To this end, improving the writing skills and publication strategies of early career researchers in Africa is key....
Events and Activities / Poster Series
by teammiasa
by teammiasa · Published 10/02/2024 · Last modified 28/08/2024
MIASA organizes bi-annual Publishing Workshops in collaboration with GIGA, Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (CJAS), which is based at the University of Ghana. The two-day workshops bring together twelve researchers...
Early Career Workshops / Knowledge Production / Reports / Slide
by Julia Grauvogel · Published 04/02/2024 · Last modified 28/08/2024
How can African research and thinking become more visible in global knowledge production? How can existing asymmetries be reflected upon more systematically – and how can they be practically addressed? Although African scholars have...
Conflict & Peace / IFGs / Poster Series
by teammiasa
by teammiasa · Published 01/02/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
MIASA’s ninth Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG 9) focused on sustainable regional peace-building in West Africa. African regional organizations like the African Union (AU) and ECOWAS are increasingly important actors in resolving conflicts and building...
Events and Activities / Knowledge Production / Poster Series
by teammiasa
by teammiasa · Published 31/01/2024 · Last modified 29/08/2024
MIASA introduced the annual Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture at the University of Ghana in 2021, honouring the 18th century African philosopher. The lecture serves one of MIASA’s key goals to contribute to the decolonisation...
Events and Activities / Poster Series
by teammiasa
by teammiasa · Published 30/01/2024 · Last modified 30/08/2024
Women’s academic leadership and careers in African universities and research institutions MIASA is committed to promote women’s scholarship with a special focus on the African continent. In collaboration with its partners, MIASA organizes an...
This blog showcases research conducted at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana, Legon Campus, Accra => read on.
