BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news5241@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260603T093730 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260609 SUMMARY:Conference: "Transitions – Past\, present and future of Sustainab le Governance in Africa" DESCRIPTION:During the main funding period (2020–2026)\, fellows and part icipants in a wide range of the activities at the Maria Sibylla Merian Ins titute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) produced valuable insights i nto how issues of sustainable governance are interwoven with the societies \, cultures\, and politics in Africa and beyond. Scholars from a wide rang e of disciplines collaborated to address contemporary and historical issue s\, providing compelling analyses within the framework of MIASA’s resear ch programme on ‘Sustainable Governance’.The final conference of this phase thus provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on what has been ach ieved so far. MIASA’s starting point was to promote research perspective s and voices from the African continent and the Global South on sustainabl e governance within a global academic landscape that is still dominated by the Global North. Taking stock of the scientific results of the main fund ing phase therefore begins with the question of whether this has been achi eved\, and if so\, how. Has MIASA contributed to challenging dominant theo ries and concepts related to sustainable governance derived in the Global North? What lessons can be learned to further develop MIASA after the fina l BMFTR funding phase?\\r\\nThis conference will be part of the “Day of Scientific Renaissance in Africa” (DSRA) that the University of Ghana is celebrating in the month of June 2026 on the theme of “Equitable Develo pment: Research\, Collaborate\, Empower.” X-ALT-DESC:

During the main funding period (2020–2026)\, fellows and pa rticipants in a wide range of the activities at the Maria Sibylla Merian I nstitute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) produced valuable insights into how issues of sustainable governance are interwoven with the societi es\, cultures\, and politics in Africa and beyond. Scholars from a wide ra nge of disciplines collaborated to address contemporary and historical iss ues\, providing compelling analyses within the framework of MIASA’s rese arch programme on ‘Sustainable Governance’.The final conference of thi s phase thus provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on what has been a chieved so far. MIASA’s starting point was to promote research perspecti ves and voices from the African continent and the Global South on sustaina ble governance within a global academic landscape that is still dominated by the Global North. Taking stock of the scientific results of the main fu nding phase therefore begins with the question of whether this has been ac hieved\, and if so\, how. Has MIASA contributed to challenging dominant th eories and concepts related to sustainable governance derived in the Globa l North? What lessons can be learned to further develop MIASA after the fi nal BMFTR funding phase?

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This conference will be part of the “Da y of Scientific Renaissance in Africa” (DSRA) that the University of Gha na is celebrating in the month of June 2026 on the theme of “Equitable D evelopment: Research\, Collaborate\, Empower.”

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