Workshops & Conferences

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

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 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 was designed to provide early career ... Read more

Auditorium of the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, June 22, 2023 Organizers: Kodzo Gavua (University of Ghana) & Hans Peter Hahn (Goethe University Frankfurt) Abstract: While restitution has increasingly become a concretely experienced practice in many countries of West Africa, urgent questions about future cultural policies in this region emerge. The factor that ... Read more

The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to the issue of “Sustainable governance” in an interdisciplinary perspective. It is based on a collaboration between the University of Ghana and four German partners and aims at making African thinking increasingly relevant in academic debates. The Institute is jointly sponsored by the German Federal Ministry ... Read more

Stone Karim Mohamad is a poet, photographer, and also a well-known spoken-word artist in Cameroon and Germany. He splits his time between Yaoundé, Buea and Stuttgart. He is currently artist in residence at MIASA, Univ. of Ghana.This workshop is comprised of two one-hour sessions, which will be offered on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, and Wednesday, 18 ... Read more

Venue: ISSER Conference Centre, University of Ghana, 2023 Africa’s economic development is at the cross-roads. The 20 pre-pandemic years have been – for some parts of Africa – the most transformative since independence. Yet, there is a long way to go. First, the transformation needs to regain its momentum to lead to sustained increases in ... Read more

Convenors: Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding (IFG 9) Programme African regional organizations like the African Union (AU), ECOWAS and IGAD are increasingly important actors in resolving conflicts and building peace on the continent. In so doing, these organizations follow the aim of not only addressing the most immediate challenges to peace and security on ... Read more

Abstract Africa has the reputation of being the continent most prone to conflict, whether intra-commu-nity, inter-community or inter-state. These African conflicts differ according to their intensity, duration and territorial extension, as well as their nature. We observe both inter- and intra-state conflicts, armed and unarmed conflicts, conflicts linked to natural resources and ethnic conflicts. In ... Read more

Abstract Although African scholars have challenged asymmetries in academic knowledge production on Africa for centuries, epistemic injustices resulting from colonial structures of power persist. One of the visible consequences is the underrepresentation of Global South scholars in leading journals. While this issue has long been known, measures taken by journals to address it have been ... Read more