Workshops & Conferences
MIASA Conferences include Conferences of Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups (IFGs) and Follow-up Events, Policy Conferences, as well as Thematic Conferences, which take place at various sites across the African continent. MIASA Conferences are organized in cooperation with one or several of the partner institutions at the University of Ghana and/or by external cooperation partners in Ghana and other African countries. They often attract attention beyond the academic community. By offering hybrid formats, MIASA aims at targetting a worldwide audience. Policy Conferences and Thematic Conferences invite papers via an open call.
MIASA Workshops include Writing and Publishing workshops as well as Female Academic Career workshops. Participation is restricted to successful applicants.
Latest Past Events
Panel: Blackness and Activism
Maison Francaise Conference Room, Reginald Amonoo BuildingPanel Abstract: This panel focuses on the intellectual agendas and political networks that have shaped Black activism in various parts of the world. By placing West Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean in a comparative dialogue, this panel explores how "Blackness" functions as both a site of shared local and global experience and a catalyst for ... Read more
Panel: South-South Migration – A Comparative Perspective
Maison Francaise Conference Room, Reginald Amonoo BuildingPanel Abstract: Policies and Research on migration, displacement and flight are still dominated by Western-centric perspectives and narratives. The majority of movement, though, takes place within the so-called Global South. This panel aims to shine light on the multiple forms of this South-South-migration including dimensions such as international student mobility which has so far been ... Read more
Workshop: Improving Environmental Journalism in Ghana
ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, LegonBackground & Rationale Ghana faces an accelerating convergence of environmental crises — illegal artisanal mining (galamsey), plastic pollution choking urban drainage systems, marine ecosystem degradation, rapid deforestation across forest reserves, and the intensifying impacts of climate change on coastal and savannah communities. Despite the urgency of these environmental challenges, media coverage lacks depth, often leaning toward ... Read more
