Jan112022
Vale's community relations office in Moatize, Mozambique/ Photo: Eric Cezne

New article out online first in World Development: The multiple meanings and uses of South–South relations in extraction: The Brazilian mining company Vale in Mozambique

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We are happy to announce that the joint paper by Jana Hönke and Eric Cezne ‘The multiple meanings and uses of South–South relations in extraction: The Brazilian mining company Vale in Mozambique’ has just been published online first in World Development. Therefore, we would like to provide you with a brief preview of what it is…

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Dec212021

PhD position within the INFRAGLOB-Team: Transnational contentious politics and situational publics in South-South relations

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We are very happy to announce that the research group ‘AFRICA’s INFRASTRUCTURE GLOBALITIES’ offers a PhD position (m/f/d) on the subject of transnational contentious politics and situational publics in South-South relations.  Within this broader endeavor, you will have the opportunity to develop and conduct a research project on contentious politics and transnational situational publics in…

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Dec212021

Collaborative research with Southern Africa Resource Watch: How do Chinese mining companies in Africa respond to public protest?

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In November 2021 we initiated a collaborative research project with the Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW). SARW is a leading NGO in the area of extractive industries, working towards participation, transparency, accountability, and environmental and human rights in the sector. The research is spearheaded by Claude Kabemba, Georges Mukuli, and Joseph Cihunda from SARW. Together,…

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Dec142021

Edited volume in the making. ‘South-South Infrastructure Globalities. How Transnational Practices are (Re)Made in Africa’

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In November, the Infraglob editorial team (Jana Hönke, Eric Cezne, and Yifan Yang) hosted a virtual authors’ workshop for the edited volume ‘South-South Infrastructure Globalities. How Transnational Practices Are (Re)made In Africa’ at the University of Bayreuth. Authors from four continents (Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe) and eleven countries shared and discussed the first…

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Dec12021

Presentation at the CrossArea Annual Conference: AFRICA’s ‘INFRASTRUCTURE GLOBALITIES’ Rethinking transnational practice from the Global South

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Jana Hönke and Mia Yang had the pleasure to present the INFRAGLOB project and selected, preliminary research results at the CrossArea Annual Conference that was held in Bayreuth on 18 and 19 November. This year’s conference took place under the topic ‘Africa’s Entanglement in the World’. The CrossArea association is a German umbrella organization of…

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May272021

Call for book chapter contributions by African scholars – Brazilian, Chinese, and Indian infrastructure investments in Africa

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This is a call for contributions to the edited volume Africa’s Infrastructure Globalities: Remaking Transnational Practices through South–South Relations?, organized by the ERC Africa’s Infrastructure Globalities (INFRAGLOB) project at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. The edited volume proposes to refine understandings about the management of Africa’s transnational infrastructure projects and business-society encounters within a framework…

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Apr72021

Jana Hönke’s talk at the event ‘Partnering with business to promote human security and the SDGs: comparative experiences’

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Jana 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…

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