
ACADEMIC FREEDOM CONFERENCE: Application opportunities for self-sponsored participants
University of Dar es Salaam, 29th April – 2nd May 2025
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is delighted to announce a limited number of additional opportunities on its agenda for participation in the forthcoming conference on Academic Freedom in Africa: Revisiting the Kampala Declaration. We invite individuals or institutions that wish to participate to submit their requests for consideration. The Council will select, on a competitive basis, those whose applications are assessed to be relevant to the objectives and agenda of the conference. Both individual and institutional applications are welcome.
Those wishing to submit applications should take note of the following.
Application Process:
- Individual applicants should submit applications that include the following details:
- Full names.
- Designation
- Institutional affiliation.
- Nationality
- A brief explanation, not exceeding 300 words, on why they wish to participate in the Academic Freedom Conference.
*The explanation should state the CODESRIA membership status of the applicant.
- Institutional applicants should submit applications that include the following details:
- Name of institution.
- Full names, designations, and nationalities of all the participants the intends to sponsor.
- A brief explanation, not exceeding 300 words, stating why the institution wishes to participate in the Academic Freedom Conference.
*The explanation should state the institution’s CODESRIA membership status.
- Application closes on the 04th April 2025.
- A notification including registration procedures will be sent directly to successful applicants.
Participation costs:
- The overall costs of participation in the conference are detailed below:
USD | XOF | EUR | |
Registration fees | 300 | 180 300 | 275 |
Subsistence | 250 | 150 250 | 229 |
Member fee | 50 | 30 050 | 46 |
*Exchange rate: 1USD = 601 XOF / 0.91 Eur Source: Oanda.com of 18/03/2025
- Payment for the conference entitles the participant to the following:
- Participation in all conference sessions.
- Conference registration pack and access to all conference documents.
- Coffee and lunch at the conference venues.
- The participant will bear all other expenses relating to the Conference.
How to Apply:
- All the applications are to be sent via the following link https://submission.codesria.org/self-sponsored