The trouble with the nation-state. Knowledge production and policy implications in a transnational world

3rd session of the Eucor cross-border workshop series "The trouble with the state. Boundaries and Networks in Africa"

The state is a central concept for the study of power, domination, and socio-political change across the social sciences. Its usefulness is however contested, especially in African contexts where the Eurocentric ideal-type of the state stands in marked contrast to political realities on the ground. This raises a number of crucial questions: Through what concepts can one grasp the prominent role of trans- and international connections, networks, and NGOs that influence what statehood stands for?

To address these timely questions among young researchers working on Africa, an international consortium of research institutes in Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Strasbourg is organising three consecutive half-day online workshops dealing with particular topics in this debate. The workshops will provide doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers, as well as advanced MA students, with an opportunity for a thematically focused exchange across the fields of political science, sociology, history, African studies, anthropology, international relations, and peace and conflict studies.

Keynote: Vincent Foucher (Sciences Po Bordeaux)

Research presentations:

• Toon Dirkx: The Remnants of Rebellion: The Legacy of the EPLF’s Wartime Governance in Post-Independent Eritrea
• Saïkou Sagnane: L’état transnational dans la lutte contre Ebola & Covid-19 en Guinée 
• Emmaculate Asige Liaga: Post-conflict [intervention] Statehood of South Sudan to Basel day
• Franziska Ehlert: Exploring Contestation of Security Sector Reform Processes: The Case of Côte d'Ivoire

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