Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in VolkswagenStiftung Project „Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in VolkswagenStiftung Project „Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ The project „Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ was recently approved for funding by VolkswagenStiftung. The project will investigate the agency of medium scale farmers, their strategies for accumulation, and their […]
DAAD-Project “DiaMiGo II – Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – 2025-2026” Between University of Cologne and American University in Cairo Approved for Funding
DAAD-Project “DiaMiGo II – Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – 2025-2026” Between University of Cologne and American University in Cairo Approved for Funding Coordinated by Prof. Gerda Heck (Center for Migration and Refugees Studies at the American Univeristy in Cairo (AUC) and Dr. Karim Zafer from the Global Responsibility Unit of the […]
Project on “Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ Approved for Funding by Volkswagen Foundation
Project on “Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ Approved for Funding By Volkswagen Foundation The project proposal “Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ will be funded by Volkswagen Fundation in the funding line “Perspectives on Wealth: Repercussions of Wealth.“ The project will feature […]
Nsah Mala Named Chairperson of Newly Created Mbessa Kingdom Indigenous Commission for Future Generations and Sustainability in Cameroon and Africa
Nsah Mala Named Chairperson of Newly Created Mbessa Kingdom Indigenous Commission for Future Generations and Sustainability in Cameroon and Africa The Mbessa Commission for Future Generations and Sustainability has been created, thus becoming the first indigenous initiative in Cameroon aimed at driving the implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Summit of the Future. […]
Luregn Lenggenhager Awarded SNSF Starting Grant: Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change
Luregn Lenggenhager Awarded SNSF Starting Grant: Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funds excellent research at universities and other institutions – from chemistry to medicine to sociology. Researcher Luregn Lenggenhager currently resides at the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) with a Marie Skodolowskaja project that compares […]
Fenny Nakanyete Completes University of Cologne & UNAM Cotutelle PhD
Fenny Nakanyete Completes University of Cologne & UNAM Cotutelle PhD Researcher Fenny Nakanyete just completed her PhD under a coututelle agreement between the University of Namibia (UNAM) and the University of Cologne. She was supervised by „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Javier Revilla Diez and UNAM Vice Chancelor Kenneth Matengu. Fenny rencently reflected […]
UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub Cologne Officially Launched at MESH Symposium
UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub Cologne Officially Launched at MESH Symposium A fantastic start to the MESH – Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities Symposium on 17 October: The late afternoon saw the official launch of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition Hub for Planetary Wellbeing, University of Cologne! Welcome addresses included opening remarks by Director of the Cologne […]
MESH Symposium Speaker Ishika Ramakrishna and the Multispecies Ethnography of Endangered Gibbons in North-Eastern India Featured in The Guardian
MESH Symposium Speaker Ishika Ramakrishna and the Multispecies Ethnography of Endangered Gibbons in North-Eastern India Featured in The Guardian Ishika Ramkrishna is a Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, working on studying the interactions between human-nonhuman primates. Recently she presented her research during the 2024 MESH Symposium on Multispecies Convivialtity. Alongside the villagers […]
In the Media: BRIDGES Coordinator Nsah Mala
In the Media: BRIDGES Coordinator Nsah MalaNsah Mala is an award-winning poet, writer, children’s author, communicator-journalist, and futurist. At the University of Cologne, he is Coordinator of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Global Coalition hub for Planetary Wellbeing, closely associated with the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and the hub for Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities […]
SAPP Members Pujo Semedi and Michaela Haug Celebrate 20 Year Anniversary of Tandem Research Training Program
SAPP Members Pujo Semedi and Michaela Haug Celebrate 20 Year Anniversary of Tandem Research Training Program The joint Tandem Research Training Program brings together students of Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Freiburg and the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. Projects activities are carried out in alternating years in Germany and Indonesia, supervised by […]
