Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Thanks so much to our colleagues from #MECAM for organising this insightful conference and to all the other centres for the discussions, especially also on our shared future activities 010
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 29/09/2025 [New!] #MIASA blog post by H. Kanazoé & E. Nabos on "Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation," or how taxi drivers use LPG as a survival strategy, defying rules & reshaping mobility in West Africa. 🔗 miasa.hypotheses.org/?p=5156 #UrbanMobility #InformalEconomies #WestAfrica #Innovationmiasa.hypotheses.orgNegotiating LPG in Urban Transportation: Taxi Drivers Stepping on the Gas in Accra and Bobo-DioulassoIn Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation, Kanazoé and Nabos explore how taxi drivers in Accra and Bobo-Dioulasso have turned domestic LPG into a lifeline amid rising fuel costs, navigating ambiguous... 022
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Extension of application deadline for MIASA Individual Fellowships at the Univ. of Ghana for the Academic Year 2026/27 New deadline: 29 Sept 2025 miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p... @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @goetheuni.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr 0109
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Today MIASA officially welcomed its new fellows starting their fellowships at the University of Ghana. We are looking forward to fruitful and exciting exchange in the next few months! @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @giga-hamburg.de 054
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Three more weeks to apply for a MIASA Individual Fellowship at the University of Ghana for the academic year 2026/27 Deadline is 15 September 2025 More infos: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p... 022
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 25/07/2025„#Academic #Freedom and #Knowledge Production in Ghana“ An interview between MIASA Coordinator Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social and MIASA PI Chika C. Mba, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, Univ. Of Ghana Now available on: miasa.hypotheses.org/4681miasa.hypotheses.orgAcademic Freedom and Knowledge Production in Ghana: An Interview with Chika C. MbaMIASA Academic Coordinator Dr. Agnes Schneider-Musah interviews Dr. Chika C. Mba, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana and MIASA’s Principal Investigat... 033
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 18/07/2025We are thrilled to announce a Special Issue in Africa Today on „Rethinking #Women‘s #Political #Power in #West Africa“ edited by members of MIASA IFG9 Gretchen Bauer @udelaware.bsky.social, Erdmute Alber @unibayreuth.bsky.social and Akosua Darkwah, Univ. Of Ghana. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55236muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE - Africa Today-Volume 71, Number 3-4, Spring/Summer 2025 022
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Join us for the MIASA Public #Roundtable TOMORROW 17 July @9:45 am (UTC) on „The impact of #Female Academics on Higher Education Contexts“. Language: French with English translation. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/roundt... @dhi-paris.fr @maxweberstiftung.de @centremarcbloch.bsky.social 024
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 10/07/2025MIASA is inviting proposals for an Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG) on the topic of #Sustainable #Governance at the Univ. of Ghana for the period Feb-May 2027 @uni-freiburg.de @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @dhi-paris.fr 166
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahAndreas Mehler @mehler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Am 8.7.25 trägt Kokou Azamede (U Lomé) zu Kolonialer Gewalt und postkolonialer Identität in unserer Serie "Freiburger Afrikagespräche" vor - nicht verpassen! act.uni-freiburg.de/de/was-wir-t...act.uni-freiburg.deVortrag „Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika“ — ACT - Africa Centre for Transregional Research 023
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Invitation to Public Lecture by Claudio Pinheiro @ufrjoficial.bsky.social on "AfricanStudies: pos-coloniality, dictatorships and the global political stability under the Cold War" on THURSDAY 3 July at 10:15 am (UTC) at MIASA, Univ. of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... 021
Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social · 30/06/2025#MIASA has opened its calls for applications for fellowships at the University of Ghana in 2026/27. If you are interested, check out the we site on: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...miasa.ug.edu.ghFellowship Programme - MIASA - Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in AfricaMIASA offers different types of fellowships. Central to the thematic identity of MIASA is that the research topics must match MIASA’s umbrella topic 022
Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Last day of #ECAS2025 in #Prague. It is great seeing so many familiar faces here. The #MIASA family keeps growing… @miasa-ug.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 25/06/2025MIASA is representing at #ECAS2025 in #Prague this week. Check out our display table in the 3rd floor! We are looking forward to meet many of our fellows, alumni and colleagues here 041
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Learn more about #MIASA‘s research and publications today at the Celebration of the Day of #Scientific #Renaissance in #Africa, organized by the College of Humanities at the #University of #Ghana 022
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Our sister center #MECAM in Tunis is offering a full time position as Academic coordinator: www.linkedin.com/posts/merian...linkedin.com📢 REMINDER📢 📢 📢We are Hiring !!! 📣🌟📚🌍Join MECAM in Tunis as a… | Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb📢 REMINDER📢 📢 📢We are Hiring !!! 📣🌟📚🌍Join MECAM in Tunis as a full-time Academic Project Coordinator! 📍Location: Tunis, Tunisia 📍Starting: As soon as possible 📍Duration: Until March 31, 2027 📅Deadlin... 011
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Join us this week Thurs 29 May, 10:15am UTC for a film screening by R. L. Clark & S. F. Miescher @uofcalifornia.bsky.social on “Man’s Greatest Lake” & “Who is Free?” in the MIASA Seminar Room & online. #AkosomboDam #energyjustice #sustainability Zoom link: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/film-s... 032
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Invitation to upcoming #MIASA Public lecture by Dr. Stephanie Lämmert on "(Un)silencing #women in the colonial #archive" on 27 May 2025 at 3:00 pm (UTC) at the Univ. of Ghana. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... 054
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 20/05/2025About to start the #MIASA conference on #Cash in #Crisis Times in #Africa at the #ISSER conference Hall, Univ. of Ghana, organized by #IF12, with Keynote address by Fabio Knümann from the @bundesbank.de, Germany. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg12-... 021
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Join us next week 20&21 May for the #MIASA #IFG12 conference on #Cash in #Crisis in #Africa: Navigating financial realities in times of #disruption at Univ. of Ghana and online. More info via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg12-... 021
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Call for #applications for MIASA #Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop in #Dakar (15-17 July); Deadline: 22 May; organized in collab. w @dhi-paris.fr, @centremarcbloch.bsky.social, Univ. of Ghana, Univ. Cheikh Anta Diop & Fond. Heinrich Böll Senegal. More Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/female... 012
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Last week #MIASA hosted its 5th #Writing Workshop at the University of Ghana in collab with @goetheuni.bsky.social. Participants were early- to mid-career researchers writing on #democracy, #conflict #resolution and #climate change from 9 different African countries. 042
Reposted by Agnes Schneider-MusahMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Invitation to MIASA Public Lecture on „Costumes and #kin: The (un)making of #female togetherness in #Accra‘s #zongos“, by Prof Ann Cassiman @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social on 6 May at 3:00pm UTC. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... 044