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«Ask Our Expert» mit Claudia Daubenberger: Omikron und die globale Perspektive auf die Corona-Pandemie

Die zuerst in Südafrika entdeckte Omikron-Variante führt einmal mehr die globale Dimension der Corona-Pandemie vor Augen. In der Reihe «Ask Our Expert» der Universität Basel hat Claudia Daubenberger hat am 14. Dezember 2021 per Livestream…
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Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies

The latest edition of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) Newsletter demonstrates that despite the persisting pandemic, which severely impacts on on-site activities, the African Studies scene in Switzerland maintains a sound…
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Publikation: "Spanisch in Afrika/Afrika in Spanien. Sprachliche Charakteristika von Spanischsprecherinnen und Spanischsprechern aus Äquatorialguinea in Madrid"

In ihrem Beitrag wirft Sandra Schlumpf aus Sicht der äquatorialguineischen Diaspora in Spanien einen aktuellen Blick auf das Spanische Äquatorialguineas. Die Analyse gewährt auf verschiedenen Ebenen Einblicke in den Sprachgebrauch und die…
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Rita Kesselring to take up position as Professor of Urban Studies at the University of St Gallen

Rita Kesselring accepted the appointment as an Associate Professor of Urban Studies at the University of St Gallen. She has been working at the Institute of Social Anthropology of the University of Basel as a post-doc lecturer, researcher…
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Clinical trial: Promising drug combination treatment against parasitic worm infections

In a Phase III clinical trial, researchers at Swiss TPH have successfully gathered encouraging data to demonstrate higher efficacy of co-administration of ivermectin-albendazole in combating soil-transmitted helminthiasis. The findings were…
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Peter Maurer to succeed Mark Pieth as President of the Basel Institute on Governance

Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is set to take over as President of the Board of the Basel Institute on Governance when he steps down as ICRC President in September 2022. He succeeds the Basel…
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Publication: "MIGCHOICE Country Report: Guinea"

Michelle Engeler is the co-author of the country report on Guinea in the frame of the research project MIGCHOICE. The project lead by the Department for International Development at the University of Birmingham is concerned with migration…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 184: Die politische Ökonomie des Sports

Das Thema Sport lädt ein, den Blick auf die Sportindustrie zu lenken. Und nicht nur das – der Sportbetrieb bietet sich auch als Sinnbild an, um Nord-Süd-Beziehungen zu diskutieren.
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SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship for Jon Schubert

ZASB alumnus Jon Schubert receives a prestigious SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship that enables him to lead a research group as an assistant professor at the University of Basel. His project will ethnographically study urban…
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Publication: "Informal networks as investment in East Africa"

This report sheds light on the functioning of informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud in East Africa. Ten mini-case studies from Tanzania and Uganda are analysed and implications for anti-corruption practice…