Reposted by Carolien JacobsAfrican Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 23/07/2026How do rural households navigate armed conflict, conservation, and land scarcity? Join the ASCL Seminar with An Ansoms on natural resource struggles in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo. 📅 10 Sept 2026 🕓 16:00–17:30 📍 Leiden + online for registered participants Register: buff.ly/m88dfWO 102
Reposted by Carolien JacobsProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Just finished a keynote for the Mexican Reunion Nacional de Profesores on how to teach for hope in times of polycrisis (on Zoom). I have not been particularly optimistic about the future and have found myself becoming more worried every day since 2022...🧵 1135
Reposted by Carolien JacobsOneWorld @oneworld.nl · 24/06/2026Wie het systeem wil bevechten, zal het eerst moeten doorgronden. Daarom tipt Sheila Sitalsing vijf boeken over oud en nieuw kolonialisme, seksisme en validisme, én over het gebrek aan morele moed van Nederlanders als het fascisme aanklopt.buff.lySheila Sitalsing tipt: 5 moedige manifestenMet deze boeken kun je het systeem doorgronden, mocht je het willen bevechten. 1147
Reposted by Carolien JacobsEADI @eadi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026"What becomes obvious (...) is that localization is not a neutral technical process. It is deeply political — shaped by power, history, and competing interests." ✍️ This blog argues that "Localization is talked about far more than it is genuinely practiced" www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2598developmentresearch.euWhy “Community-Led” Health Programmes Often Aren’t as Local as They ClaimBy Bernabas Petros and Bethelhem Teshome / Shaping Sustainable Futures conference series Global health policy loves a good success story. Community health workers are constantly praised as the back… 032
Reposted by Carolien JacobsEADI @eadi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"Even when participatory methods are used, collaboration is often treated as a technique – something added on, rather than something that fundamentally reshapes how knowledge is produced. We challenge this view..." ✍️ Our latest blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2575developmentresearch.euCooking Knowledge Together: Rethinking Collaboration in AcademiaBy Luca Sára Bródy In an era of overlapping crises – from climate breakdown to deepening social inequalities – calls for more “impactful” research are everywhere. Universities promise solutions, fu… 042
Reposted by Carolien JacobsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This is a good read.theguardian.comThe man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappearedThe long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. Ho... 48125
Reposted by Carolien JacobsIOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 26/09/2025💙 Our alumni & global community are standing with IOB! ✍️ Sign their petition to oppose cuts to IOB’s core funding & protect students’ futures, global collaboration & academic excellence. 👉 chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm #saveIOB #StandWithIOB 087
Reposted by Carolien JacobsAfrica Media @africa.skyfleet.blue · 02/09/2025Soudan : plus d’un millier de morts dans un glissement de terrain qui a décimé un village du Darfourlemonde.frSoudan : plus d’un millier de morts dans un glissement de terrain qui a décimé un village du Darfour 001
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 01/09/2025De 'r' van kRuidnoot is weer in de maand! 010
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Welkom in de bieb in Wageningen morgen om meer te horen over Congo: bblthk.op-shop.nl/4013/wagenin...bblthk.op-shop.nlWageningen ontmoet... Congo | donderdag 27 maart 2025 om 20:15Wat is er aan de hand in Congo, en hoe is dat verbonden met Nederland en Wageningen? Tijdens dit programma nemen Wageningers met een persoonlijke of professione 000
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 18/03/2025"Wie sjoeën ós Limburgs is", vrij naar Harry Bordon. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...volkskrant.nl‘Nog nooit zag ik een mooie vrouw zo snel lelijk worden’, kreeg ik te horen toen ik Limburgs sprak 000
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Food for thought! I imagine you can conduct the same study in a European context and come to a similar conclusion @wakkerdier.bsky.social @partijvoordedieren.nl 000
Reposted by Carolien JacobsLeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Kom vanmiddag naar het 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 over de conflicten in #Congo 🇨🇩 ⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟴:𝟭𝟱 (inloop 16:45) 📍 Centrale Bibliotheek 𝗕𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗖, Nieuwstraat 4, Leiden 🎤 @jacobscarolien.bsky.social (@leidenlaw.bsky.social) & Lidewyde Berckmoes (@ascleiden.bsky.social, @unileiden.bsky.social) 012
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 10/03/2025www.climares.nl will start in May; a large research consortium studying climate resilience in diverse African contexts and co-creating knowledge∞action networks. The first 4 PhD positions are now open, 7 more will follow. Focus on DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda 1/3climares.nlwww.climares.nl 100
Reposted by Carolien JacobsLeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠’𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕘? 𝔾𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕕, 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥 Er is momenteel veel aandacht voor het geweld in #Congo. Waar gaan deze conflicten over en is er een oplossing mogelijk? Kom 11 maart naar het Actualiteitencollege met @jacobscarolien.bsky.social & Lidewyde Berckmoes @ascleiden.bsky.socialleidenglobal.orgCongo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en machtMomenteel is er veel aandacht voor het geweld in Congo door de opmars van rebellenbeweging M23, die grote delen van de grensregio heeft veroverd. Miljoenen mensen zijn op de vlucht en de humanitaire c... 042
Reposted by Carolien JacobsProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23/02/2025🎧: Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster @yassmin.bsky.social joins this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. www.youtube.com/watc...youtube.comYassmin Abdel-Magied on Sudan, the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world” | Prospect PodcastSudanese-born writer and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied joins Ellen and Alona on this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. But is the war really “forgotten”? Or is it being ma 15730
Reposted by Carolien JacobsVerfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 21/02/2025The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-count... 415178
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Lots to be said about the conflict in Congo. It's important not to lose sight of the impact the conflict has on people who experience it firsthand. I wrote about it for the Leiden Law Blog: www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/the... @leidenlaw.bsky.socialleidenlawblog.nlThe lived consequences of conflictThe security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived consequences of three decades of conflict. 023
Reposted by Carolien JacobsThe New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Most reporting on the M23 crisis in DR Congo is using mistaken framings, suggesting the conflict is purely driven by a desire to plunder the region’s rich mineral resources. Opinion from @judithverweijen.bsky.social and @ethuin.bsky.social: ⬇️buff.lyWhy conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR CongoFalse framings can exacerbate the problems they seek to tackle. 077
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Wat fijn dat er ondernemers zijn die op deze manier naar de wereld kijken. Mooi tegenwicht voor een kabinet dat weinig op heeft met naastenliefde! Afas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’ www.volkskrant.nl/economie/afa...volkskrant.nlAfas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’De vermogende families achter softwarebedrijf Afas schenken 30 procent van hun aandelen aan goede doelen. De aandelen hebben een geschatte waarde van ruim 600 miljoen euro. ‘We kunnen de wereld echt b... 000
Reposted by Carolien JacobsIMIS - Institute for Migration Research & Intercultural Studies @imisosnabrueck.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Die eskalierenden Kämpfe im Nordosten der DR #Kongo haben neue Fluchtbewegungen ausgelöst. Schon jetzt leben über 7 Mio. #Binnenvertriebene im Land - mit die meisten weltweit. @jacobscarolien.bsky.social berichtet im Report Globale #Flucht 2024 über deren Alltag. go.uos.de/qwvE6go.uos.deReport Globale Flucht 2024Zum Weltflüchtlingstag 2024: Der jährliche Bericht zu einem der drängendsten Themen unserer Zeit Flucht ist eine der größten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. 022
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Voor iedereen die wat meer wil begrijpen van hetgeen er in Congo gebeurt: 010
Reposted by Carolien Jacobsdigitaldjeli @digitaldjeli.bsky.social · 27/01/2025#DRCongo There is still intense fighting and weapon fire in several neighbourhoods according to a colleague who is there. Goma is chaotic with looting on an industrial scale in the centre. There's also local FBook reports of shelling around the Gisenyi border post. 011
Reposted by Carolien JacobsThe Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · 27/01/2025🇨🇩 Eastern DRC's conflict worsens as the government teams up with armed groups to fight M23, sparking concerns about lasting peace. theconversation.com/drc-has-crea... #DRC #Politicstheconversation.comDRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfireMerely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis. 221
Reposted by Carolien JacobsEADI @eadi.bsky.social · 07/01/2025“I suggest that research storytelling is particularly well suited to community-based participatory research, as we explore methods to present findings in ways that are more culturally appropriate to the communities in which the research takes place." www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2096developmentresearch.euStory-Telling: A Method to Support Decolonising Knowledge for DevelopmentBy Peter Taylor I have recently been working closely with a group of EADI members reflecting on the importance of “decolonising knowledge for development”. This is in response to our acknowledgemen… 044
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Oh, the academic joy of moving a folder from 'proposals' to a real and existing project folder! #climares 010
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Come work as a PhD researcher in Leiden, you'll be partly based at our VVI Institute for Law, Governance, and Society, and partly at the wonderful African Studies Centre! Interested in legal pluralism in Africa? growinresearch.eu/apply/growinresearch.euApply | GROW in Research 011
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Notre blog est désormais disponible en français aussi: issblog.nl/2024/12/17/v...issblog.nlViolences sexuelles et basées sur le genre : au-delà des crimes physiques (Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: looking beyond physical crimes) - BlissNovember 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and to mark the day this blog has been written by Carolien Jacobs (Leiden University) Patrick Milabyo Kyamugusulwa (... 000
Reposted by Carolien JacobsProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The IPBES Nexus Report was published today. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comIPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinkedA new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn. 311356
Reposted by Carolien JacobsOneWorld @oneworld.nl · 14/12/2024Het kabinet hamert nu al zo lang op de zogenaamde ‘asielcrisis’, dat velen daadwerkelijk geloven dat die er is. Voor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner: de veronderstelde problemen en de échte feiten op een rij.buff.lyZo weerleg je de migratie-onzin van extreemrechts - OneWorldVoor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner. 12218142
Reposted by Carolien JacobsRasmus Elling @rasmuselling.bsky.social · 11/12/2024No less than six (!) PhD scholarships announced at our fantastic department. 2 are open calls for anyone (+1 open call for Danish MA’s) and 1 is reserved for Turkish Studies in our Mid East Section. Please spread the word! employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...employment.ku.dkPhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen 23629
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 05/12/2024www.trouw.nl/buitenland/o... Met dank aan de grote oliebedrijven: de vloek van de natuurlijke hulpbronnen in Uganda 🙁. Sterke reportage van Andrea Dijkstra in @trouw.nltrouw.nlOp de plek van Margret Nyakato’s huis staat nu een olieboortorenTienduizenden Oegandezen moeten plaatsmaken voor een mega-olieproject van TotalEnergies en het Chinese CNOOC. ‘Uit angst tekende ik.’ 010
Reposted by Carolien JacobsLucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024The #Belgian state is found guilty, by a Belgian court, of #CrimesAgainstHumanity in the colonial #Congo 5 women, forcibly removed from their mothers as children between 1948-53 and sent to a #Catholic mission, brought the case. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...theguardian.comBelgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial CongoCourt said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small children 34426
Reposted by Carolien JacobsWriting Africa @writingafrica.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Opportunities for writers and poets for December 2024. #Opportunities #Callouts #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/opportunitie...writingafrica.comOpportunities for writers and poets for December 2024.In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in December 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. 025
Reposted by Carolien JacobsMixed Migration Centre @mixedmigration.org · 02/12/2024This week we launch the Mixed Migration Review 2024, which this year focuses on migration politics. There is still time to join the online launch Dec 5, 2-3:30pm.. Agenda, registration and all info can be found here: mixedmigration.org/mmr2024/ #MMR2024 #migration 023
Reposted by Carolien JacobsTabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 05/11/2024Ein neuer kleiner Text von mir zu sozioökonomischer Klasse im Kontext von Flucht in/aus Ostafrika. Im aktuellen Heft von iz3w, das sich mit dem Thema Klasse weltweit auseinandersetzt: www.iz3w.org/artikel/klas...iz3w.orgStatusparadoxDie Wahrnehmung von Klasse ist im Kontext von Flucht und Migration oft widersprüchlich. Neben Bildung, Status, Besitz und dem Zugang zu finanziellen Ressourcen kommt die Dimension des rechtlichen Kapi... 042
Reposted by Carolien JacobsEric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · 29/11/2024** Mozambique ** My books with James Currey and Rochester UP are on sale, with a 60% discount -- using Code: BB060 Here: boydellandbrewer.com #Mozambique #Africa #Catholic #Church #Africa #Civilwars #War #Conflict AfroLuso AfriPolsky 0107
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Together with Patrick Milabyo and Rachel Katembera I wrote a blog! issblog.nl/2024/11/28/s... ⬇️ We argue that attention for sexual and gender-based violence is important, but often focuses mostly on sexual violence, especially in conflict areas such as eastern DRC. BUT... 1/2 110
Reposted by Carolien JacobsAfrica Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social · 25/11/2024If you missed it, you can watch the archive of our online panel from last week on the politics of the Mozambique uprising. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlSj...youtube.comMozambique and the politics of popular uprisingYouTube video by Africa Is a Country 063
Reposted by Carolien JacobsDr Franzisca Zanker @franziscaz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024📢I am looking for 2 PostDocs and 1 PhD researcher for my ERC-funded project POLMIG on migrants in Africa: the positions will be for four years, based in Freiburg, Germany - Job ads available here arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call... Deadline 27th Decemberarnold-bergstraesser.deCall for applications: Two Post-Doc and a PhD position for the project PolMig | Arnold Bergstraesser Institute 12628
Reposted by Carolien JacobsRuben G.L. Wissing-Blauwblomme @belgianrefugee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Thomas Spijkerboer hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at Ghent University: www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas...linkedin.comThomas Spijkerboer on LinkedIn: I’m hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at… | 28 commentsI’m hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at Ghent University. The projects concern the migration case law of, respectively, the… | 28 comments on LinkedIn 001
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Have a look at the new IDMC report, analysing displacement trends in Africa in the last 15 years (since the signing of the Kampala Convention): ⬇️ 030
Reposted by Carolien JacobsWOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Reken mee met @fernandezamsterdam.bsky.social en zie dat de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs totaal overbodig zijn. 👇 0102
Reposted by Carolien JacobsAfrica Media @africa.skyfleet.blue · 25/11/2024Afrique: Une femme ou une fille est tuée toutes les 10 minutes par son partenaire intime ou un autre membre de sa famillefr.allafrica.comAfrique: Une femme ou une fille est tuée toutes les 10 minutes par son partenaire intime ou un autre membre de sa familleCommuniqué De Presse - Le dernier rapport sur les féminicides révèle que 60 % des meurtres de femmes sont commis par un partenaire intime ou un autre membre de la famille. 001
Carolien Jacobs @jacobscarolien.bsky.social · 24/11/2024www.france24.com/en/live-news... RIP Breyten Breytenbach, anti-apartheid activist and much more. Here's one of his poems, written in exile and powerfully expressing feelings that many migrants must have. He ends with a plea that will never become outdated 1/2 120