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Mar172021

Eric Cezne’s PhD Dissertation (with cum laude distinction) is Available Online

NewsBy Infraglob March 17, 2021

We are excited to announce that on 1 April 2021, INFRAGLOB project member, Eric Cezne, has successfully defended his PhD dissertation ‘Assembling the South-South through Extraction: Mozambique and Brazil’s Mining Giant Vale S.A. amidst Multifaceted Tropical Connections across the South Atlantic’. Eric Cezne’s dissertation is now available online. To download and cite his work: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/assembling-the-southsouth-through-extraction-mozambique-and-brazi Cezne,…

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Feb222021

Talk by Dr. Obert Hodzi on 24th February –”African Political Elites and the Making(s) of the China Model in Africa”

Events, NewsBy Infraglob February 22, 2021

African Political Elites and the Making(s) of the China Model in Africa the Talk For the Research Colloquium of the Chair for Sociology of Africa, University of Bayreuth, we will have a special guest, Dr Obert Hodzi, Lecturer of Politics at the University of Liverpool (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/staff/obert-hodzi/). He will be sharing with us his recently published…

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Dec222020

Call for Applications Student Assistants (20h or 40h/month), Deadline Extension(until 15 Feb 2021):

NewsBy Infraglob December 22, 2020

Call for Applications – Student Assistants (20h or 40h/month) for the ERC-INFRAGLOB project, Chair for Sociology of Africa We have extended the deadline to 15 February 2021! The Chair for Sociology of Africa (Prof. Jana Hönke) is offering positions for Student Assistants (20h or 40h/month) starting from April 1st, 2021 (or earlier). The positions are…

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Nov182020

Infraglob Workshop ‘Infrastructure Globalities. The Remaking of Transnational Practices in Africa’ will take place next week!

NewsBy Infraglob November 18, 2020

After months of preparation, we are happy to announce that the Workshop,’ Infrastructure Globalities: The Remaking of Transnational Practices in Africa’, will take place next week (on 25th and 26th of November)! Description and program of the workshop can be found here: https://infraglob.eu/events-infraglob/ We would like to give special thanks to all the authors for…

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Jul212020

Welcome Dr. Jan Sändig to the Team!

NewsBy Infraglob July 21, 2020

The INFRAGLOB project welcomes its newest member! Jan Sändig is a postdoctoral researcher in Peace and Conflict Studies. Jan’s research centers on social mobilization, protest, and violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, he has been studying the varied means, framings, dynamics, and outcomes of contentious politics from the local to the transnational arena. Welcome, Jan! Find…

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Apr162020

INFRAGLOB online workshop: The Remaking of Transnational Practices in Africa

NewsBy Infraglob April 16, 2020

Our upcoming workshop is planned to take place on 25-26 November. Panels will be arranged around three topics, namely, 1) the politics of infrastructure, 2) practice and communities of practice, and 3) African agencies. Here is the introduction of the workshop and its three focal areas. Infrastructure Globalities. The Remaking of Transnational Practices in Africa…

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Apr162020

INFRAGLOB virtual workshop on South-South relations, situational publics and digital methods

NewsBy Infraglob April 16, 2020

INFRAGLOB will host its first virtual workshop on “South-South relations, situational publics and digital methods” on 30 April. Publics is an important but overlooked element of ‘infrastructure globalities’. Digital methods will enable researchers to trace the flows of information between nodes to identify the structure of debates.Dr. Mykola Makhortykh (Bern University) will discuss “Infrastructure controversies…

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Mar192020

Infraglob researchers attend virtual conference at the 36th European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium

NewsBy Infraglob March 19, 2020

Ingraglob researchers, Jana and Raoul, will present our paper Chinese Multinationals and CSR: Mimicking or Reworking the ‘Universal’? at the 36th European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium “Organizing for a Sustainable Future: Responsibility, Renewal & Resistance” in Hamburg, Germany, July 2-4, 2020. We are part of an exciting sub-theme: Contesting Hegemonies in Organizing Social Responsibilities.

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Mar192020

INFRAGLOB researchers organize a panel for EISA 2020

NewsBy Infraglob March 19, 2020

This coming September, INFRAGLOB researchers Jana and Raoul will organize a panel (see the abstract below) for the 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, hosted by the European International Studies Association (EISA). Jana and Raoul will present a paper on Chinese Multinationals and CSR. Here is the abstract of the panel. The Making of…

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Job Advertisement: Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d)

NewsBy Infraglob December 18, 2019

3-Year Postdoc Transnational Publics / Digital Methods with focus on Global South. We are seeking to employ a postdoc researcher (m/f/d) on the INFRAGLOB project: “Africa’s Infrastructure Globalities: Rethinking the Political Geographies of Economic Hubs from the Global South” (www.infraglob.eu, funded by the ERC). Job description You will coordinate and conduct research on transnational publics…

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