Annual Thematic Conferences across the African Continent

MIASA CC-BY-4.0: Poster Thematic Conferences Across the African Continent
From 2021 to 2025, MIASA organizes a total of five annual thematic conferences across the African continent in cooperation with the Point Sud Network. These conferences offer the opportunity for in-depth discussions around MIASA’s key thematic areas. Moreover, they allow for widening MIASA’s visibility and networks, while strengthening academic exchange across linguistic boundaries.
For an overview on the first three conferences, see also the following report: miasa.hypotheses.org/2228.
For further details please follow below:
Prospects for Regional Integration in Africa. A Comparative Perspective
Conference: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS), 13–15 September 2021
The conference compared different attempts for regional political and economic integration on the African continent like ECOWAS, AU and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and explored some of the obstacles to regional integration.
See for a detailed report also: miasa.hypotheses.org/2531.
African Cities: Climate Change and the Search for Resilience
Conference: University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, 24–26 October 2022
Climate change has a huge impact on urban livelihoods. Conference presenters showed how African cities are aiming to take measures against climate change by integrating actions like urban gardening, but also the short-comings and mismanagement which enhance the vulnerability of cities to natural hazards.
See for a detailed report also: miasa.hypotheses.org/2565.
The Role of Traditional Institutions for Promoting Sustainable Peace in Africa
Conference: Institute for Sciences on Societies (INSS-CNRST), Ouagadougou, 30 November–2 December 2023
The conference asked how (neo-)traditional institutions such as chiefs, spiritual leaders, customary courts, or rituals can either contribute to resolve or to foster conflicts. The papers analyzed the role of different traditional institutions and conflict situations.
See for a detailed report also: miasa.hypotheses.org/2613.
Regional Governance as Experience: New Perspectives on Politics and Sustainability
University Omar Bongo, Libreville, 4–6 July 2024
How do African communities “on the ground’” experience the governance of regional institutions, such as AU and ECOWAS? This conference explored the sites and actors most impacted by regional norms and policies by focusing on lived realities, narratives, practices, perceptions, and cosmologies.
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