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.
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.
Urban Research Workshop: The KNUST Campus and Its Environs
Department of Architecture, KNUST Organizer: Professor Lukasz Stanek, MIASA Senior Fellow, University of Machester
MIASA Round Table Discussion: Africanisation of Ghanaian Architecture, 1950s-2020s
via Zoom Abstract: During the late colonial period and in the wake of Ghana’s independence, architecture and the construction industry were assigned a central role in the economic, social, and cultural modernisation and emancipation of the country. The “Africanisation" of actors and institutions in charge of architecture and construction was both a tool and an ... Read more
MIASA Writing Workshop 2022: “Governance, Conflict Resolution and Climate Change”
Yiri Lodge, University of Ghana The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) seeks to provide Africa-based early career researchers working on the themes of governance, conflict resolution and climate change on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. The 5-day writing workshop ... Read more
Symposium “Restitution and Reparation Issues in Ghana. Experiences from the Past – Perspectives for the Present and Future”
J.H.K. Nketia Conference Hall & via Zoom Keynote: Professor Bénédicte Savoy (Technical University Berlin), author (with Felwine Sarr) of The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics, known as the Sarr-Savoy Report (2018) and Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat (2022). Chair: Professor Wazi Apoh (University of Ghana) Programme Organised ... Read more
Policy Conference “Policies for a sustainable rural transformation in Africa”
ISSER Conference facilities, University of Ghana Organized by: Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), at the University of Ghana, Legon/Accra, Ghana In collaboration with: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana; German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany Keynote speeches by: Prof. Awudu Abdulai, University of Kiel, ... Read more
Conference: Land governance and conflicts in West Africa
Organizers: the fellows of the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on "Land Governance in West Africa through Interdisciplinary Empirical Lenses" (IFG 6) Conference programme The conference hosted by the sixth cohort of the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG 6) of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa engages with the discourse and implications of land governance in West ... Read more
Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop
Yiri Lodge, University of Ghana, 7-8th September 2022 The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for its workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa which is organized from 7 to 9 September 2022 in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) ... Read more
Roundtable Female Academics 2022
J.H. Nketia Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, 8th September 2022 MIASA Public Round Table in collaboration with CEGENSA Women’s Leadership in Academia: Perspective from the Social Sciences and Humanities Speakers: Dr. Georgina Yaa ODURO (University of Cape Coast, Ghana) Dr. Sharon OMOTOSO (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) Dr. Aïdas SANOGO (Centre universitaire de ... Read more
Conference: African Cities: Climate Change and the Search for Resilience
Programme Conveners: Prof. Dr. Ines Macamo Raimundo, Department of Geography, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo Mozambique Prof. Dr. Charlotte Wrigley-Asante, Department of Geography and Resource Management, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Prof. Dr. Alex Barimah Owusu, Department of Geography and Resource Management, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Background: Whilst there is compelling evidence to prove that ... Read more
Conference: Religious Diversity in Urban Africa: Exploring Modes of Coexistence (IFG 7)
in Kumasi/Ghana Organizers: Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on Religious Diversity in Urban West Africa: Exploring Modes of Coexistence for Sustainable Governance (IFG 7) Programme Abstract: African cities have been undergoing considerable transformations in recent times. The significant role and impact that religious communities are competing for and benefiting from these transformations in African cities, however, have not attracted much interest. This ... Read more
Workshop: Female Academic Careers in Africa 2023
This workshop was held for early- and mid-career post-doctoral female academics who are affiliated in the Social Sciences and Humanities with universities or research institutes in Africa. Participants came from a broad range of disciplines, and work on one or more of MIASA’s main research themes. It was the sixth edition of MIASA’s Female Academic ... Read more
Public Round Table: Positioning and preparing oneself for leadership in academia
MIASA Public Round Table in collaboration with CEGENSA Speakers: Professor Awo Manu Asiedu (University of Ghana) Dr. Doris Akyere Boateng (University of Ghana) Dr. Jenny Mbaye (City University of London) The Round Table was part of the annual MIASA workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa, organised in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) ... Read more
