Are you a scholar working on issues around #democracy and interested working in an #international and #interdisciplinary team? Apply for a 4-month fellowship within the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG) on #Sustainable #Democracy (Sept-Dec 2027) at MIASA at the University of Ghana.

3 more weeks left to apply for an Individual Fellowship (3-6 months) at MIASA at the Univ. of Ghana Application deadline: 15 October More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p... @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @ziaf-frankfurt.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de

MIASA has a new team of Directors Dr. Chika Mba, Univ of Ghana, started his term as Director 'Ghana' on 1 Aug '26, and succeeds Prof. Grace Diabah in this position. Prof. Hans Peter Hahn, Goethe Uni Frankfurt, has taken over from Dr. Stefan Rother in the role of Director 'Germany' as of 1 Sept '26.

I had a very intense and highly rewarding time at @miasa-ug.bsky.social - a big thank you to everbody I could work with! I will continue to support research on and with(in) Africa in my new position at @actunifreiburg.bsky.social Please follow us also on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/act-...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)@miasa-ug.bsky.social · last mo.

This week MIASA said farewell to Director 'Germany' Dr. Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social. The EC as well as the MIASA team onsite are immensely grateful to Dr. Rother for his dedicated work, his contributions to the institute within the last 8 months and the networks built over this time.

This week MIASA said farewell to Director 'Germany' Dr. Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social. The EC as well as the MIASA team onsite are immensely grateful to Dr. Rother for his dedicated work, his contributions to the institute within the last 8 months and the networks built over this time.

Many open issues remaining: increasing conflict, autocratization, hierarchies, information bubbles, funding shortages, AI... Tough times need honest debates. @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @megatrends-afrika.de @busaracenter.bsky.social @africaspectrum.bsky.social

🤝 Professor Mary B. Setrana visits ABI from the University of Ghana. As @miasa-ug.bsky.social - Alumna she visited the @actunifreiburg.bsky.social l and @uni-freiburg.de during the month of August. In a short Q&A she tells more about her visit: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/prof...

Call for applications: Individual Residential Fellowships (3-6 months) at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) at the University of Ghana in the academic year 2027/28. Application deadline: 15 Oct 2026 Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

Call for applications: 4-month fellowships within Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on #Sustainable #Democracy from 1 Sept - 31 Dec 2027 at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) at the University of Ghana. Application deadline: 15 Oct 2026 Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

Last week MIASA said farewell to Director 'Ghana' Prof. Grace Diabah. All members of MIASA's Executive Council as well as the MIASA Team in Accra are immensely grateful to Prof. Diabah for her dedicated work for the institute and her valuable contributions to its future.

When there's an earthquake, a power outage, or a currency redenomination, who or what do you turn to? That is one of the questions Jenny Fan (IMTFI) asked during the 2025 MIASA "Cash in Crisis in Africa" conference at the University of Ghana. "Why Should We [ALL] Care about Cash?" is now online!

Why Should We [ALL] Care about Cash? Reflections after MIASA’s “Cash in Crisis in Africa” conference, University of Ghana

Photo 1: MIASA “Cash in Crisis” Conference Attendees in Ghana, May 2025. Credit: MIASA _____________ Photo 2: Trust and Money Synthesis Cover. Credit: IMTFI Synthesis, Dalinghaus When you have a money...

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Invitation to Public Roundtable on „Beyond Representation: Strengthening Women’s Leadership and Transforming Academic Cultures in African Higher Education“, on Thursday 9 July 2026 at 9:45 am (UTC) at the University of Ghana & via Zoom. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/roundt...

Join us tomorrow, Tue 7 July, at 3pm (UTC) for a Public Lecture by Dr. Joyce Acquah, Univ. of Cape Coast, on "Hotspots in the Midst of Peace: Gangs, Violence, and the Everyday Production of Peace in Urban Ghana" at MIASA, University of Ghana, & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

Join us for our Conference on "Transitions – Past, present and future of #Sustainable #Governance in #Africa" from 9-11 June (at 9am UTC) at the ISSER Conference Hall at the University of Ghana and online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/final-...

ICAS:MP was pleased to represent at the Inaugural event of the new BMFTR framework programme “Orientierung für eine Welt im Wandel” in Berlin alongside fellow Merian Centres. @mecila.bsky.social @calascenter.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de

We have started the MiASA IFG 14 Conference on „Ageing in Africa“. Ongoing keynote by Prof Isabela Aboderin (U Bristol) on „Reflecting on Ageing Research in Africa: Reclaiming African Research on Ageing? Beginnings of a Reflexive Attempt to Clarify the Case“. Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg14-...

Invitation to MIASA IFG 14 Conference on "Ageing in Africa: Narratives, Human Rights, and Care” on 20-21 May, 9:00 am, at University of Ghana & online. Keynote by Prof. Isabela Aboderin (University of Bristol). Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg14-...

Join us tomorrow 28 April at 3pm (UTC) for a MIASA Public Lecture by Prof. Yunus Dumbe (KNUST) on “Salafi Revival, Contested Identities and Conflicts in Postcolonial Ghana (1950s-2000s)” at the University of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: lnkd.in/dZ9zQ8-c

Join us this Friday 24 April at 9:00am (UTC) for a Policy Dialogue on "The relationship between migration research and policy practice in Africa" at ISSER Conf. Centre, Univ. of Ghana & online. Organized by MIASA and the Centre for Migration Studies, UG. Zoom link: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/policy...

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Please join us for a Policy Dialogue on "The relationship between #migration research and policy practice in #Africa“ online or in person this Friday at 9 am (UTC). The roundtable brings together #development practicioners and @miasa-ug.bsky.social alumni. Find the Zoomlink here: lnkd.in/d87DekcE

We are grateful to the @dhi-paris.fr for hosting the MIASA Executive Council Meeting in Paris this week. @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @goetheuni.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de

Klaus Oschema@kpo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@miasa-ug.bsky.social at @dhi-paris.fr ! Happy to welcome our colleagues from Freiburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Accra in the heart of the Marais! Excellent meeting - and always a pleasure! 😎

➡️ Here is her editorial pick: “West African Pidgin: World Language Against the Grain”, by Kofi Yakpo. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002... CC: @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com @maxinerubin.com @miasa-ug.bsky.social

The @miasa-ug.bsky.social conference on forced displacement in Africa is on now! Follow the live stream here: laspad.org/miasa2026/ in cooperation with UGB LASPAD @lasdel.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social and University of Ghana

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Join us for a MIASA Public Lecture on “Plotting Sovereignty, Staging Liberation” by Kenny Cupers @unibas.ch on Tue 17 March at 3pm (UTC) at the Univ. of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... #landrestitution #plantation #postcolonialsouvereignity

Interested in reviewing one? Please email our Book Review Editor, Seulgie Lim. ➡️Access the full list & submission details in our new newsletter: bit.ly/4ur8rXt CC: @maxinerubin.com @miasa-ug.bsky.social @grauvogelj.bsky.social

Join us this Monday 9 March at 3:30pm (UTC) for a Roundtable on „Sustainable #Publication Practices: Perspectives from the Global South and Global North“ at the University of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... @giga-hamburg.de @africaspectrum.bsky.social

Memories of German colonialism in Togo: Government establishes restitution committee. Analysis on blog „dekolonial-erinnern.de“, English & German. @mehler.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @aguigah.bsky.social @diplo.de 👉 dekolonial-erinnern.de/togo-establi...

Join us tomorrow 3 March at 3pm (UTC) for the MIASA Public Lecture by Dr Gérard Amougou, U Yaoundé 2, on „Staying Cold in an Ever-Warmer World. An Anthropology of #Air Conditioning, #Globalization and #Disconnection, based on the life stories of young #Cameroonian #entrepreneurs“ at U Ghana & online

Public Lecture: Staying Cold in an Ever-Warmer World. An Anthropology of Air Conditioning, Globalization and Disconnection, based on the life stories of young Cameroonian entrepreneurs; Speaker: Gérar...

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Ongoing MIASA Panel Discussion on " #Homecoming or new #displacement: Reflecting on #Return in #African Communities" at Centre for Migration Studies - UG at University of Ghana. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/panel-...

Join us tomorrow Wednesday 18 Feb at 10 am UTC for a Panel Discussion on “Homecoming or New #Displacement: Reflecting on #Return in #African #Communities” at the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/panel-...