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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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InfraGlob moves to Bayreuth and welcomes new researchers

NewsBy Infraglob November 21, 2019

Since the 1st of October 2019, the INFRAGLOB project has a new home. We are now based at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, where we join the newly launched Chair for Sociology of Africa. We are also happy to contribute to Bayreuth’s renowned Cluster of Excellence in Africa Studies, titled “Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies”. In October,…

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New collaboration

NewsBy Infraglob November 19, 2019

Infraglob now collaborates with Dr. Mykola on its research on digital methods and infrastructure publics. Mykola Makhortykh

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Eric Cezne will present at the ERC-funded WorkinMining Workshop

NewsBy Infraglob July 18, 2019

Eric Cezne will present at the ERC-funded WorkinMining Workshop on ‘The micropolitics of South-South relations: negotiating ‘cooperation’ and making space around Vale S.A. in Mozambique’. The workshop will be held at the University of Liège, Belgium, from 11-13 September. It addresses the micropolitics of mining in four core areas that have been undertheorized: the ways…

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Jul182019

Paper on Infrastructure Globalities accepted

NewsBy Infraglob July 18, 2019

Jana Hönke got a paper on Infrastructure Globalities accepted in the International Practices section of the European International Studies Association conference, to take place from 11-14 September 2019 in Sofia. Link: http://eisapec19.org/

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Jun32019

GeSTalT workshop Global Security Technology Laboratories

NewsBy Infraglob June 3, 2019

Jana Hönke participated in the GeSTalT workshop Global Security Technology Laboratories organised by the PRIO security research group with the Security Dialogue Associate Editors team. The event was part of PRIO’s 60’s anniversary celebrations. Link: https://www.prio.org/SecurityDialogue/Editors/

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Apr232018

New article published: “Beyond the Gatekeeper State: African Infrastructure Hubs as Sites of Experimentation”

NewsBy Infraglob April 23, 2018

Beyond the Gatekeeper State: African Infrastructure Hubs as Sites of Experimentation Jana Hönke Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal A new article by Jana Hönke will appear in the special issue “Beyond the Gatekeeper State” of Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal. An early online version can already be consulted here.

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