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Lena Gutheil

@lenagutheil.bsky.social
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Senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) // Research interests: urban governance, civil society, democracy - in Africa and beyond - //

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Megatrends Afrika @megatrends-afrika.de · 01/10/2026
#GenZ protests 🤝 civil society organizations ❓ Drawing on 🇰🇪 Kenya and 🇲🇬 Madagascar, @lenagutheil.bsky.social examines how social movements and #CSOs interact and finds they have particular strengths that can be harnessed with a sufficient level of #autonomy from each other. 📃 t1p.de/3ajvk
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Gen Z Movements and CSOs in Kenya and Madagascar: Friends or Foes?
Gen Z movements in Kenya and Madagascar both worked with civil society organizations (CSOs) to achieve political change, but collaboration...
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Megatrends Afrika @megatrends-afrika.de · 20/07/2026
📌 The Politics of Translocality (EN) von @lenagutheil.bsky.social und Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...
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The Politics of Translocality
Households in Southern Africa often migrate for work, education and services while maintaining economic, social and political ties to their...
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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
For the second time in a row, #WorldUrbanForum #WUF13 will be hosted by an authoritarian state. The conference risks becoming a global stage for #AuthoritarianUrbanism, according to Nicholas Goedeking, Michael Roll & @lenagutheil.bsky.social. www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre... #TheCurrentColumn
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Megatrends Afrika @megatrends-afrika.de · 19/03/2026
#Translocal households across Southern Africa often span #rural and #urban areas. #Climatechange is intensifying this dynamic, turning households dependent on urban income. Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa and @lenagutheil.bsky.social explain how that power shift reshapes local #governance. 👉 t1p.de/i63g6
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The Politics of Translocality
Households in Southern Africa often migrate for work, education and services while maintaining economic, social and political ties to their...
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Megatrends Afrika @megatrends-afrika.de · 18/03/2025
🔍 Curious why and when African youth in cities protest? Hear about social mobilizations in #Mozambique, #Ghana, and #Nigeria from Dercio Tsandzana, Joel Ansah and our researcher @lenagutheil.bsky.social hosted by @ifri.bsky.social on April 17. Register here 👉 www.ifri.org/en/doing-pol...
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Doing politics in African cities: actors, causes and forms of urban social mobilization | Ifri
From Maputo to Nairobi and from Lagos to Dakar: recently, African cities have been the theatre of mobilizations by groups of young protesters.
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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
IDOS expert @charlesmartinshields.com argues in a new @globalpolicy.bsky.social article that Germany and Europe have a chance to make #GlobalSecurity about the common good, instead of being defense-first: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/17/03/2...
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Security as a Collective Good: Development and the New Global Order
Charles Martin-Shields argues that Germany and Europe have a chance to make global security about the common good, instead of being defense-first.
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Denis Tull @denistull.eurosky.social · 17/03/2025
if you are interested in the changing nature of armed conflict in Africa, and #drones in particular, please check out this new @megatrends-afrika.de Podcast with my colleagues @wlacher.bsky.social and @gerritkurtz.bsky.social www.megatrends-afrika.de/publikation/...
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Megatrends Afrika: Drone warfare and the balance of military power in Africa
Advanced combat drones are increasingly used in conflicts in Africa. Countries like Iran, Turkey and the UAE provide these weapons. Gerrit...
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