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Jesper Bjarnesen

@jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social
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Senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute working on labour mobilities, displacement, urban informalities, street protests in Sahel, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Burundi. Also interested in AU, EU and Nordic migration policies and politics.

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Rickard Olseke @migration.se · 31/08/2026
Om en migrationspolitik som håller världens flyktingar på avstånd – av @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social och @anjasimonsen.bsky.social manskligsakerhet.se/2026/08/25/e...
Antologin "Linking Migration and Development: European Experiences and Policy Lessons for Sweden", utgiven av EBA och Delmi 2026.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Latest in the series of FAMAs/Russia horrors in Mali ~ L'armée malienne aurait utilisé des bombes à sous-munitions selon des témoignages recueillis par RFI
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Just another day under Burkina Faso's military dictatorship. Recent critical comments against a regime's decision made by Baguian led to his arrest. He later died in detention. His father was banned from retrieving his body
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This Wednesday, 12-13.30 CET, the inimitable Amanda Hammar will give the 3rd AMMODI keynote lecture. Join online, no registration needed. The lecture is entitled “Changing African ID Systems and the Selective Reconfiguration of Citizen Mobilities” Join us! ammodi.com/events/#Hamm...
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Events
On this page, you can find information about upcoming or past events organised by AMMODI. Page contents 3rd AMMODI Keynote Lecture by Prof. Amanda Hammar AMMODI Virtual Roundtable: Making African(i…
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This Wednesday, 12-13.30 CET, the inimitable Amanda Hammar will give the 3rd AMMODI keynote lecture. Join online, no registration needed. The lecture is entitled “Changing African ID Systems and the Selective Reconfiguration of Citizen Mobilities” Join us! ammodi.com/events/#Hamm...
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Events
On this page, you can find information about upcoming or past events organised by AMMODI. Page contents 3rd AMMODI Keynote Lecture by Prof. Amanda Hammar AMMODI Virtual Roundtable: Making African(i…
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Student visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan and Myanmar abruptly cancelled by the UK home office this wee, including for those on UK government sponsored scholarships.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Anja Simonsen og jeg skriver i Berlingske om Danmarks brug af ulandsbistand for at bekæmpe irregulær migration. Indsatserne på området er designet som kortsigtede projekter uden opfølgning, og giver indtryk af at handle mere om symbolpolitik end at opnå resultater. www.berlingske.dk/kronikker/da...
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Danmark investerer millioner i at bremse migration uden at undersøge, om det virker
Hvis Danmark vil fremstå som nytænkende og toneangivende på migrationsområdet, skal vi som et minimum investere i konkrete og gennemtænkte indsatser. Og vi skal følge ordentligt op på indsatsernes res...
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Torrential rain in Nairobi this week. At least 23 confirmed dead. nation.africa/kenya/counti...
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Nairobi floods: Death toll rises to 23 as 29 people rescued, 71 vehicles swept away police say
The death toll could go higher as rescue operations are still ongoing.
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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This week, the Swedish Migration Studies Delegation (Delmi) published Zvezda Vankova’s and my study ”Designing legal pathways into Sweden: opportunities, challenges and added value”. www.delmi.se/en/publicati...
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Designing legal pathways into Sweden
How could Sweden design and implement new safe and legal pathways?
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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
”Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Spokesperson said on Monday.” These terrible tragedies just continue. www.iom.int/news/two-bab...
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Two Babies Among 53 Dead or Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Libya
Geneva/Tripoli, 9 February 2026 – Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization...
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 31/01/2026
Au Danemark, au moins 10 000 personnes défilent pour dénoncer les propos de Donald Trump sur l’Afghanistan
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Au Danemark, au moins 10 000 personnes défilent pour dénoncer les propos de Donald Trump sur l’Afghanistan
Le président américain avait déclenché l’indignation du Danemark et d’autres pays alliés, en affirmant, le 22 janvier, que leurs troupes étaient « restées un peu loin des lignes de front » pendant les vingt ans de conflit en Afghanistan.
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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We need more of this in Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants
Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe
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Bernd Parusel @bernd-parusel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I‘m sure @birgitsippel.bsky.social has the entire migration/asylum expert community on her side on this issue, but sadly that doesn‘t seem to mean much any more. @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social @euobserver.com @gesanchez.bsky.social @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social @theecre.bsky.social
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Idag pratade jag med Studio Ett om konfliktbilden i Sahelregionen med anledning av att Antonio Guterres nyligen varnade för att regionen kan utgöra ett globalt terrorhot. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/har-... Här är en länk till pressmeddelandet där Guterres citeras: press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
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Här är den globala terrorismens epicenter - Studio Ett
Nu till Sahelregionen i Afrika som beskrivs som den globala terrorismens nya epicenter. Ingen annanstans i världen dör så många människor i terrordåd som ...
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Here are a few reflections on the recent presidential #elections in Côte d’Ivoire and the outlook ahead of the 27 December legislative elections theconversation.com/cote-divoire...
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Côte d'Ivoire’s democratic backslide: elections leave even less space for freedom
Côte d’Ivoire’s 27 December legislative elections will be a test of the country’s democratic resilience.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The situation in Tanzania is worse than we realised. Some journalists have managed to smuggle information out of the country. Current death toll is close to 1,000 by some reports. A harshly enforced curfew is in place.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Eritrea banned its football team from participating in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers because the teams athletes have in the past used international sporting commitments as an opportunity to escape the authoritarian regime. As a result several teams that had been eliminated qualified.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Non-state armed actors engage with states in ambiguous and highly differentiated ways. In a recent article, Mariam Bjarnesen and I reflect on the seemingly contrasting approaches taken by three West African states; Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Liberia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The first round of the presidential #elections in Côte d’Ivoire will take place on 25 October. In this post, @sebastianvanbaalen.se and I take stock of the stakes for #democracy in an election where the two main opposition candidates have been barred from running theconversation.com/cote-divoire...
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Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Outtara will win and democracy will lose
Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle en Côte d'Ivoire aura lieu le 25 octobre. Dans cet article, @sebastianvanbaalen.se et moi-même faisons le point sur les enjeux démocratiques d'un scrutin où les deux principaux candidats de l'opposition sont exclus. theconversation.com/la-democrati...
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La démocratie ivoirienne promise à une nouvelle défaite dans les urnes
L’élection de 2025 mine la démocratie ivoirienne parce qu’elle se joue sur un terrain largement biaisé en faveur du pouvoir en place.
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The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · 22/10/2025
With key contenders blocked, Côte d'Ivoire’s president is set for a fourth term. Opposition slams it as a blow to democracy. 🗳️😕 theconversation.com/cote-divoire... #Politics
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Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Ouattara will win and democracy will lose
Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Le premier tour de l'élection présidentielle en Côte d'Ivoire aura lieu le 25 octobre. Dans cet article, @sebastianvanbaalen.se et moi-même faisons le point sur les enjeux démocratiques d'un scrutin où les deux principaux candidats de l'opposition sont exclus. theconversation.com/la-democrati...
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La démocratie ivoirienne promise à une nouvelle défaite dans les urnes
L’élection de 2025 mine la démocratie ivoirienne parce qu’elle se joue sur un terrain largement biaisé en faveur du pouvoir en place.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The first round of the presidential #elections in Côte d’Ivoire will take place on 25 October. In this post, @sebastianvanbaalen.se and I take stock of the stakes for #democracy in an election where the two main opposition candidates have been barred from running theconversation.com/cote-divoire...
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Côte d'Ivoire’s elections have already been decided: Outtara will win and democracy will lose
Regardless of the legal reasoning and outcomes, President Alassane Ouattara’s fourth-term bid is a loss for democracy in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The latest Open Access volume of Migration and Society has been published!: bit.ly/4mbOY7L Featuring research by: @malayfiroz.bsky.social @jenri.bsky.social @ernabodstrom.bsky.social @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social @djamilak.bsky.social @suzan-ilcan.bsky.social and more!
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Soft infrastructures? It’s a thing. At least this article that I co-wrote argues it is. We conceptualise regional labour #mobilities in #WestAfrica this way to highlight the social, cultural, contextual and adaptable mediation of movement. Have a look! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Soft infrastructures? It’s a thing. At least this article that I co-wrote argues it is. We conceptualise regional labour #mobilities in #WestAfrica this way to highlight the social, cultural, contextual and adaptable mediation of movement. Have a look! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Reopening the call for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship on jihad in Subsaharan Africa, with a later start date (January 2026) - French a plus but not a requirement... drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...
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Postdoctoral Contract - Governing Jihad in Africa (ENG).pdf
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Non-state armed actors engage with states in ambiguous and highly differentiated ways. In a recent article, Mariam Bjarnesen and I reflect on the seemingly contrasting approaches taken by three West African states; Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Liberia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The death toll for this disaster in the Gulf of Aden has risen to 140.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
How do states relate to non-state armed actors? As scholarship on #vigilantism has shown, the relationship is often ambivalent and subject to intense negotiation. Mariam Bjarnesen and I reflect on three West African cases to better understand state incentives www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Brothers in Arms? Vigilantism and Ambivalent State Responses in West Africa
A rich literature has argued for a nuanced and empirically grounded understanding of the incentives, roles, and practices of non-state actors in hybrid security governance. But what are the effects...
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Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"#Wagner mercenaries have arrested, imprisoned & tortured hundreds of civilians in former #UN bases & military camps shared with the Malian army...duplicated methods it used in occupied #Ukraine & in #Russia" #Mali #Sahel www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
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International investigation reveals Wagner Group's secret prisons in Mali
A collaborative investigation by international media outlets has uncovered secret prisons run by Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali, where abuse and torture are carried out with impunity. Reporters wi...
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🚨 Job Alert! We have a fascinating new project running on jihadist insurgencies in Africa, for which three research positions are open. Only five more days left to apply! Details about the three positions 👇
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Three Nordic countries have published foreign policy strategies for their engagement with African states. This new NAI Policy Note provides some reflections on their similarities and differences, and suggests some avenues for deeper Nordic cooperation. Have a look! nai.uu.se/stories-and-...
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The Nordic Africa strategies – distinct but not incompatible - The Nordic Africa Institute
Moving away from traditional aid-driven agendas, Finland, Norway and Denmark have launched Africa strategies that aim to foster equitable partnerships based on mutual interests in trade, security and ...
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Here are some thoughts on the online and offline popularity of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré: nai.uu.se/stories-and-...
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Visions of pan-Africanism overshadow repressive rule in Burkina Faso - The Nordic Africa Institute
Despite reports of crackdown on media and political opponents in Burkina Faso, junta leader Ibrahim Traoré is gaining popularity across the continent. According to NAI researcher Jesper Bjarnesen, Tra...
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Another mass murder perpetrated by the army in Mali. Here, ethnic targeting is demonstrated. (Also, a friend lost six of his close relatives in this massacre)
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« Ils les ont tous égorgés un à un » : à Diafarabé, au Mali, chronique d’un massacre ordinaire
Le 12 mai, dans le centre du Mali, une trentaine de civils ont été arrêtés avant d’être sommairement exécutés, parce que peuls et soupçonnés de collusion avec les groupes jihadistes, témoignent leurs proches. Jeune Afrique a reconstitué, à partir de témoignages recueillis sur place, le déroulé de cette nouvelle tuerie.
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Burkina Fasos juntaledare bedriver en meme-vänlig propaganda som har fått sitt eget liv i sociala medier. Jag pratade med SVT-Nyheter om fenomenet, sedd i ljuset av förre söndagens massaker, som kostade mer än hundrade människoliv i norra delarna av landet www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
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Ibrahim Traoré – Burkina Fasos ”militära influencer”
Det pågår våldsamma strider i Burkina Faso. På ena sidan militanta jihadister med kopplingar till al-Qaeda. På andra sidan – en av Afrikas mest inflytelserika män, militärkuppledaren Ibrahim Traoré. –...
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
New on the AMMODI blog: Joyce Takaindisa reflects on recent fieldwork conducted in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe where Cyclone Idai displaced thousands and left a trail of destruction in 2019, highlighting the spirit of #ubuntu as informing the hospitality of host communities ammodi.com/2025/04/09/w...
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Welcoming the Newcomers Our Way
Mainstream perceptions in public, media, and policy discourses predominantly assign the responsibility of integrating internally displaced persons to local and national institutions. In this post, …
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The ”new-blog-post-smell” is still there - have a look at this excellent reflection on how migrant domestic workers seek to escape their exploitative bonds in the Gulf states!
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
New on the AMMODI blog: Saleh Seid Adem portrays the fates and aspirations of Ethiopian domestic workers in the Gulf States, who often long to escape their sponsorship arrangements (Kafala) and draw courage from the material objects left behind by former #migrants ammodi.com/2025/01/31/t...
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The Ruins of Kafala Bending
Kafala is a sponsorship system that governs the employment of migrant workers in the Gulf States, particularly in sectors such as construction, domestic work, and hospitality. Under the kafala syst…
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
#GlobalBar gav mig möjligheten att inleda 2025 med en framtidsspaning kring utvecklingsfrågor i svenskt perspektiv, och mer övergripande trender i världen. Här är mitt bud på en framtidsspaning för 2025!
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Jesper Bjarnesen: Det här hoppas jag på 2025!
2024 har varit ett turbulent och intensivt år. Nu väntar ett nytt år – 2025! Blir det bättre – eller tvärtom ännu värre? Läs vad vår framtidsspanare Jesper Bjarnesen tror – och hoppas på! Vilken posit...
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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · 25/12/2024
🕊️ Skriver tillsammans med 23 kollegor @uupeace.bsky.social på DN Debatt om varför det ligger i Sveriges egenintresse att regeringen återupptar och växlar upp fredsarbetet. www.dn.se/debatt/sveri...
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DN Debatt. ”Sverige måste återuppta sitt arbete för fred på jorden”
DN Debatt. 24 fredsforskare vid Uppsala universitet: Regeringen har ett starkt egenintresse och ansvar att återuppta sitt fredsarbete.
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Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"The Megatrends Afrika project is awarding three post-doctoral fellowships to African researchers...Fellowships will be granted for a period of three months between March & October 2025, full-time...Fellows will receive a monthly grant of € 2,800" www.megatrends-afrika.de/en/the-proje...
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Call for Applications – Fellowship 2025
Call for Applications – Fellowship 2025
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Today is #internationalmigrantsday. If you are tired of political statements accusing migrants of every thinkable planetary ill, read this blog post on why migrants should have a much more central place in reforming African economies. It’s a breath of fresh air, and well-written too!
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
New AMMODI blog post: Yacine Ait-Larbi makes the case for free movement as a key asset for Algeria’s ambitions to reform its economy. The analysis offers valuable insights for leveraging the #AfCFTA and deepening African regional integration. Please read and share! ammodi.com/2024/12/17/a...
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Africa Is Our Country
In this post, Yacine Ait-Larbi makes a case for the need to consider free movement within the African continent as a key asset for Algeria’s ambitions to reform its economy. The author argues…
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Florence Brisset-Foucault @fbrissetfo.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Ce soir à Paris, lancement d'un livre impressionnant: vingt années de recherche et une écriture d'une redoutable efficacité, indispensable pour penser l'encastrement social et historique de la biométrie, au pays de la 'guerre de qui est qui' www.sciencespo.fr/africa-progr...
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Book Launch : ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire. A Political Ethnography of Identification and Citizenship
À l’occasion de la parution de ID Wars in Côte d’Ivoire de Richard Banégas et Armando Cutolo, un débat (en français) mettra en perspective la « guerre des papiers » ivoirienne avec d’autres cas en Afr...
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Claude Ake Visiting Chair - The Nordic Africa Institute
The Claude Ake Visiting Chair Programme is dedicated to honoring Professor Claude Ake's memory and invites internationally recognized senior scholars with professorial competence to apply. This progra...
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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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In memoriam: Thomas Hylland Eriksen, en antropologisk gigant
Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Oslo, dog den 27 november. Han var bara 62 år gammal, och ändå var hans bortgång inte helt oväntad. Han hade redan haft att kämpa med en svår åkomma i många år, oc…
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