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Category: Conferences, Lectures, Roundtables

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Report: The relationship between migration research and policy practice in Africa: policy dialogue (Author: Flora Kiefert)

Are migration researchers and practitioners working in their separate ”silos”? This question was raised by a representative of the German development cooperation (GIZ) at a policy dialogue on “The relationship between migration research and...

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Conference (MIASA-PAPA): Sustainable Governance in Africa. The Usefulness of the Concept of Crisis

This conference marked the second collaboration between MIASA and the Pilot African Postgraduate Academy (PAPA), funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation and led by Prof. Mamadou Diawara, MIASA’s director (Germany) and Prof. Elisio Macamo...

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Conference: Regional Governance as Experience. New Perspectives on Politics and Sustainability (Libreville)

Regionalism has long been an integral part of governance in Africa. Upon gaining independence, African states established numerous regional and sub-regional institutions to advance their interests. These range from well-known organisations such as the...

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Re-Thinking the Academic Environment for Increasing Gender-Balance and Inclusion: Roundtable Report

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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Midterm-Conference on Sustainable Governance in a Time of Global Flux: Issues, Concepts and Future Directions

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...

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Policy Conferences: Sustainable Economic Transformation and Shared Prosperity in Africa

Which role are rural transformations playing for Africa’s economic transformation? What are the driving forces for Africa’s economic transformation? And how shared prosperity and sustainability can be achieved in practice? Africa’s economic development is...

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Conference: The Role of Traditional Institutions for Promoting Sustainable Peace in Africa (Ouagadougou)

Do traditional authorities such as chiefs, councils, customary rules and practices or spiritual leaders contribute to peacebuilding in socio-political and violent conflicts in Africa, or to what extent do they exacerbate or even initiate...