2013 IASC Africa Regional Meeting
Research has shown that success in dealing with problems facing Africa commons management may lie in addressing fragmentation of the knowledge base and, hence, management policy. Traditionally management has been carried out by government agencies that focus on a particular sector, e.g. fisheries, agriculture or forestry, using knowledge from scientists
Job Opening: OSIWA Higher Education Support Program Officer
POSITION RE-ADVERTISEMENTOPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR WEST AFRICA (OSIWA) Higher Education Support Program Officer The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve this mission, the Foundations seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems
Research Vacancies African Studies Centre Leiden
The African Studies Centre (ASC) in Leiden is seeking to recruit two Researchers 0.7-1.0 fte with specialization in political economy, international relations, and/or politics as they relate to Africa with a focus on such issues as the macroeconomics of trade, investment, finance, aid, and remittances; international and/or regional security; the role of
Call for Papers: UNILAG Sociological Review
UNILAG Sociological Review is a peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal that publishes scholarly works on contemporary sociological issues of development. The areas covered include theoretical and methodological issues, development, political sociology, deviance, gender, religion, family, industry, urban sociology and demography. The Editorial Board of the journal uses this medium to call for well-researched papers/articles
Pan-Africanism: Adapting African Stories/Histories from Text to Screen
Date: 25-26 February 2013 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso CODESRIA, the African Guild of Filmmakers and the Pan African Film & Television Festival (FESPACO) Pan-Africanism: Adapting African Stories/Histories from Text to Screen International Workshop, to be held within the framework of the 23rd FESPACO25-26 February 2013Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso The Council for the Development of Social Science
Job Vacancy Announcement Programme Officer (Research)
Deadline: 28 February 2013 The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites applications from African scholars to fill a vacant position of Programme Officer (Research) in its pan-African Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal. This position is categorized as belonging to the senior staff of the Council
2013 CODESRIA Gender Institute
Deadline: 29th March, 2013 Theme: African Sexualities: Theories, Politics, Action Date: 17th june – 6th July, 2013 Venue: Dakar, Senegal Call for Applications Every year since 1994, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) has organized a Gender Institute which brings together between 12 and 15 researchers for 3 weeks
Round Table on the Malian Crisis
12 December 2012 The crisis and political instability shaking Mali, with the occupation of part of its territory, the imposition of Sharia law in the North of the country, discussions involving ECOWAS, the AU and the United Nations in view of a military intervention, the harassment of women, and the risk
Public Debate on Media and Citizenship
Date: 7 November 2012Time: 15.30 – 17.30Venue: Grand Amphithéâtre Faculté Medicine UCAD - Dakar CODESRIA and the African Media Leaders’ Forum (AMLF) are happy to inform you of the organization of a roundtable on Media and Citizenship. The roundtable will take place on 7 November 2012 at the Great Hall of the
World Social Science Forum 2015 : Transforming Global Relations for a Just World
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) are pleased to announce the third World Social Science Forum (WSSF) which will take place on African soil in 2015. The WSSF is a global event of the International Social Science
