If you are a postdoc interested in Global Political Sociology (of Africa) and /or Peace and Conflict Studies/ Critical Security Studies and would like to combine working with us at Bayreuth University plus a stay at another research institution abroad of your choice, please get in touch! At our chair group, we pursue a variety…
DetailsTransnational activism within the Global South Panel proposal for the ISA 2022, Nashville Organized by Jana Hönke and Jan Sändig (University of Bayreuth) There is a long-standing and insightful research agenda on transnational activism. But still, most of the research and public interest has focused on the impacts of NGOs and social movements from the…
DetailsThe workshop will bring together members of the Cluster who work on the Africa-Asia connections and give a platform to create synergies. It is meant to be the first step towards synergies between various research interests and different approaches. The increasing influence of China on the African continent is one of the large topics dealt…
DetailsJana Hönke will speak at the event ‘Partnering with business to promote human security and the SDGs: comparative experiences ‘ hosted by LSE IDEAS and Universidad del Rosario, supported by LSE KEIF. She will reflect the limitation and risks of such collaborations, drawing, among others from her paper, ‘Transnational Clientelism, Global (Resource) Governance, and the…
DetailsWe 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,…
DetailsAfrican 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…
DetailsCall 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…
DetailsAfter 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsOur 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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