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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.

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  • Workshop: Tracing Foundations

    University of Ghana Makerspace

    Tracing Foundations is a participatory sculptural intervention in public space that explores how form emerges through accumulation, proximity, and shared action. Rather than presenting a fixed object, the work understands sculpture as a spatial condition shaped by use, negotiation, and presence. Drawing on additive structural principles derived from the spatial organization of Gurunsi village ground plans, ... Read more

  • MIASA Publishing Workshop 2026

    ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, Legon

    The MIASA Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum (published by the GIGA Institute for African Affairs) and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (published by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana), will take place on 9 and 10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana in Accra.  Objectives and Workshop Programme ... Read more

  • MIASA Thematic Conference on “Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa”

    LASPAD, University Gaston Berger, St. Louis, Senegal

    Programme Although Northern countries often claim to be struggling with migration crises, the majority of forced displacement occurs in the Global South. When analysed in this context, migration from the Global South is viewed as a ‘problem’ requiring an urgent and exceptional policy response (Brachet, 2009; Boyer & Mounkaila, 2020). Displaced people fleeing conflicts and ... Read more

  • MIASA Writing Workshop 2026: Peace, Democracy and Green Energy 

    ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, Legon

    The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) seeks to provide Africa-based early career researchers working on the themes of peace, democracy and green energy on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. The 5-day writing workshop is designed to provide early career ... Read more

  • Conference: Ageing in Africa: Narratives, Human Rights, and Care

    Auditorium, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, Legon

    Africa is undergoing major demographic change, in which the population share of its older population is expected to increase rapidly, at a much faster pace than in other world regions. This demographic shift poses challenges to families and households, institutions and practices of governance, and civil society organizations. In general, these dynamics are understudied, and the existing scholarship ... Read more

  • Final Conference of the Main Phase: Transitions – Past, present and future of Sustainable Governance in Africa

    ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana, Legon

    Since its inception in 2018, fellows and participants of various MIASA activities generated valuable insights into the interplay between sustainable governance and societies, cultures and politics in Africa and beyond. Scholars from various disciplines collaborated to address contemporary and historical issues, providing compelling analyses within the framework of MIASA’s 'Sustainable Governance' research programme. The conference, which marks the ... Read more

  • Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop 2026

    Yiri Lodge, University of Ghana

    Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) in cooperation with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP), the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA), University of Ghana (UG), and the Centre marc Bloch Berlin (CMB). Sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research in Germany and with the support of the University of ... Read more

  • Post-IMRF 2026 National Stakeholder Forum

    Human mobility continues to shape social, economic, political, and cultural realities across the globe. As migration increasingly intersects with issues of development, labour mobility, climate change, regional integration, human rights, and security, the need for collaborative and evidence-based migration governance has become more important than ever. The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration ... Read more

  • Workshop: Improving Environmental Journalism in Ghana

    ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, Legon

    Background & 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

  • Panel: South-South Migration – A Comparative Perspective

    Maison Francaise Conference Room, Reginald Amonoo Building

    Panel 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

  • Panel: Blackness and Activism

    Maison Francaise Conference Room, Reginald Amonoo Building

    Panel 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