PDF version of this article Living and theorizing endogenous religions Religions are made by the people who live them. The gods would wither away and fall into oblivion without humans worshipping them while they,...
Scholarship on the environmental history of Africa largely demonstrates that European colonial rule involved exercising power over nature. Moreover, as many scholars have suggested, power over nature was a key tool in colonial rule.1...
Land governance has been for many years one of the most burning political, economic, social and cultural issues across the African continent. This blogpost shares some reflections on the concepts of belonging and ownership...
Please check here for a PDF version of this report. This roundtable on “Re-thinking the academic environment for increasing gender-balance and inclusion” was organised on 29 May 2024 as part of the seventh Female...
Owing to its mineral abundance, West Africa’s subsoil has increasingly attracted both large-scale investors and small-scale miners in recent decades. This situation has not only led to the mushrooming of new mining projects but...
Introduction The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)’s Midterm Conference, held in September 2023 at the University of Ghana, was a critical dialogue on the theme: ‘Sustainable Governance in a Time of...
The frequency and intensity of weather-related hazards have increased in recent decades, threatening African cities. Global warming is having a severe impact on the continent’s cities, and the process of urbanisation is intensifying. Extreme.…
This conference was the first collaboration between MIASA and the Pilot African Postgraduate Academy (PAPA), funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation and led by Prof. Mamadou Diawara of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, who...
MIASA’s first international thematic outreach conference was held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa from 13-15 September 2021. The Institute is a member of the Point Sud network, which...
One of MIASA’s main goals is to strengthen the voices of African scholars in global academia. To this end, improving the writing skills and publication strategies of early career researchers in Africa is key....
MIASA organizes bi-annual Publishing Workshops in collaboration with GIGA, Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (CJAS), which is based at the University of Ghana. The two-day workshops bring together twelve researchers.&#…
How can African research and thinking become more visible in global knowledge production? How can existing asymmetries be reflected upon more systematically – and how can they be practically addressed? Although African scholars have...
MIASA introduced the annual Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture at the University of Ghana in 2021, honouring the 18th century African philosopher. The lecture serves one of MIASA’s key goals to contribute to the decolonisation...
MIASA is committed to promote women’s scholarship with a special focus on the African continent. In collaboration with its partners, MIASA organizes an annual Female Academic Careers in Africa Coaching Workshop and a Public...
MIASA thrives for enhancing the capacity of African early-career researchers to publish in high standard journals and other publication outlets. For this purpose, MIASA offers annual writing workshops. Writing workshops bring together up to...
MIASA’s ninth Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG 9) focused on sustainable regional peace-building in West Africa. African regional organizations like the African Union (AU) and ECOWAS are increasingly important actors in resolving conflicts and build…
In 2021, MIASA introduced a series of annual conferences which are organised in collaboration with one of MIASA’s German partner, the Goethe University Frankfurt, and institutional members of the network Point Sud. These conferences...
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