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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 3d

🥳 Dr. Franzisca Zanker appointed deputy director at ABI

@franziscaz.bsky.social is a longstanding member of the ABI's research staff and a #migration #expert. She has now been appointed Deputy Director of the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute in #Freiburg.

www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/fran...

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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · 4d

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Humanitaire hulpverleners zoals Joseph verdienen bescherming, geen gevangenis

500 dagen is het dat de Belgisch-Portugese hulpverlener Joseph Figueira Martin willekeurig wordt vastgehouden in de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. ‘Mobilisatie doet ertoe’, argumenteren Olivier Vandec...

www.demorgen.be

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 6d

ABI-Direktor @mehler.bsky.social übernimmt Geschäftsführung des Seminars für Wissenschaftliche Politik

Unterstützt wird er dabei von @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social

Mehr zu ihren neuen Aufgaben: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/news/abi-dir...

ABI-Direktor übernimmt Geschäftsführung des Seminars für Wissenschaftliche Politik | Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 10d

🆕 IQAS Issue: Reclaiming Voice – Afghan Women and the Politics of Knowledge Production

The contributions combine academic analysis with poetry and art. The issue asks: Whose knowledge is considered valuable?

www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/iqas...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 10d

🥳 We congratulate our colleague Anas Ansar to his
Junior Professorship at North South University in Dhaka, #Bangladesh

Read more about his motivation and his life between Dhaka and Freiburg:
www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/anas...

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 10d

Deadline approaching - #DAAD #fellowships for the interdisciplinary MSc #Environmental Governance Programme at the @uni-freiburg.de

Deadline: 15.10.2025

@abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Are you interested in the interdisciplinary MSc #Environmental Governance Programme at the @uni-freiburg.de ?

The German Academic Exchange Service (#DAAD) is offering six #scholarships per year for candidates from #DAC countries.

Application open now!

www.meg.uni-freiburg.de/admissions/S...

DAAD/EPOS Scholarships for Young Professionals from Developing Countries — MSc Environmental Governance Programme

www.meg.uni-freiburg.de

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 11d

📚 "La Lucha", edited by Carolina Orloff, is October's #ABIBookofMonth. The collection explores feminism in Latin America, touching on reproductive health, environmentalism, anti-colonialism and more.

Browse through the ABI library and its latest acquisitions: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/library

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 12d

🎞️Film Screening: (Re)Contextualizing the West-Atlantic Route

On 22nd October 2025 at 6pm CEST:

Screening of "Bracelets" and a panel discussion on #migration, #exploitation, and #self-empowerment along the West Atlantic Migration Route.

Find out more: 🔗 www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/events/fi...

Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 13d

💡TODAY AT ABI & online:
Lloyd George Banda: Policy Development in Unitary Subsystems: The Case of Access to Information Act in Malawi, 1999 – 2020

Dr. Nneka Okechukwu: The International Legal Order in Times of Geopolitical Splintering: A Subaltern African Review
uni-freiburg.de/act/africa-r...

Africa Research Colloquium – ACT – Africa Centre for Transregional Research

uni-freiburg.de

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 17d

🤝ABI's @timglawion.bsky.social is at MIASA in #Accra from August to December as part of an interdisciplinary fellow group. They aim to develop a novel approach to comparative research in the field of peace and security studies.
www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/abi-...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 18d

➡️ and (4), our reading list on Sudan, which offers historical and current references and perspectives: 🔗 www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/read...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 18d

➡️ (3) a recently published article by @franziscaz.bsky.social and Dina Wahba for @theconversation.com, shedding light on refugee protection in Egypt and the voluntary return programme for refugees from Sudan: 🔗 theconversation.com/refugee-prot...

Refugee protection in Egypt: what’s behind the return train to Sudan

Egypt has hosted more Sudanese refugees than any other country since the start of the 2023 civil war.

theconversation.com

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 18d

➡️ (2) a video from the Knowledges in Dialogue-series by the Postcolonial-Hierarchies Team (@postcolh.bsky.social), featuring Ilaaf Alaaeldin and Mai Ali Shatta from the sudanese-feminist BANA GROUP: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKXG...

[In dialogue] with Bana Group: Insights into the Sudan War and feminist Peacebuilding

YouTube video by Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 18d

➡️ (1) a recent interview by Clara Taxis with human rights lawyer Nour Khalil, director of the Refugees Platform Egypt (RPE), published on Qantara.de: 🔗 qantara.de/en/article/r...

Refugee rights in Egypt: "We are in a legal vacuum" | Qantara.de

Egypt hosts more than one million registered refugees, most from Sudan. Recent legislation has stripped away protections, creating chaos in the country's asylum system and violating international law,...

qantara.de

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 18d

📚 The ongoing #war in #Sudan and its consequences for the civilian population are a recurring topic of discussion within the ABI team and a subject of numerous publications.

We therefore recommend:

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 20d

📝Why does #Uganda accept #asylum seekers from the #US?

ABI staff member @franziscaz.bsky.social and Ronald Kalyango Sebba analyze the migration agreement between Uganda and the US for @theconversation.com.

▶️ Find their article here: 🔗 theconversation.com/refugee-prot...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 20d

📚 „Black History – Die vergessene Geschichte Afrikas” bei @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social ist unser #ABIBookofMonth: Amat Levin erzählt Afrikas Geschichte aus schwarzer Perspektive und macht vergessene Kulturen und Stimmen sichtbar.

Die ABI Bibliothek entdecken: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/bibliothek

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 25d

📆Vom 26. bis 27.9.25 findet die #Africa Week Germany 2025 in #Freiburg statt unter dem Motto: „Sichtbar / Unverzichtbar“.
-> Rolle der afrikanischen #Diaspora in Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Kultur
@abi-freiburg.bsky.social @franziscaz.bsky.social

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Einladung / Invitation - Africa Week Germany - German-Afrika-Insight e.V

26. – 27. SEPTEMBER 2025 BÜRGERHAUS ZÄHRINGEN LAMEYSTR. 2, 79108 FREIBURG Freitag, 26.09.2025Vorträge:Dr. Leonard Alaribe / Akinola FamsonPodiumsdiskussion / Foto AusstellungAfrikanische Köstlichkeite...

german-africainsight.de

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 27d

📚🔍 New project starts at ABI: PhotoTogo

Under the coordination of @richardlegay.bsky.social, a collection of colonial photographs from #Togo held at the Museum Natur und Mensch in #Freiburg will be critically examined.

▶️ Find out more on the project: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/projects/...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Sep 1

📖🎉 New Monograph by Anas Ansar

Anas Ansar's first monograph, “Rohingyas and the Geographies of Precarity in Exile: Everyday Life in Bangladesh and Malaysia,” has been published with De Gruyter. The ABI congratulates him on this!

▶️ Find out more: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/new-...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Sep 1

📝Analyse: Kamerun vor Präsidentschaftswahlen

Für das Magazin iz3w hat ABI-Direktor @mehler.bsky.social aufgeschrieben, warum die Wahlen in #Kamerun im Oktober spannend werden - der 92-jährige Präsident tritt noch einmal an!

www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/news/die-lag...

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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · Aug 28

Arrived in #Accra #Ghana for a 4month stay with @miasa-ug.bsky.social

Together with scholars from all over Africa +Eur we will discuss ways of comparing peace and conflict qualitatively. Join the discussion - what are your thoughts, projects, fav reads, best practices?
@abi-freiburg.bsky.social

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Aug 27

📚 New encyclopaedia entry: #Decolonial Peace & #Resistance Theory

Nijmeh Ali reframes #peace through a decolonial lense, centering #justice, historical redress, and indigenous epistemologies.

▶️ rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/08/18/d...

Decolonial Peace & Resistance Theory - Rewriting peace and conflict

Dominant paradigms of peace within international relations and peace studies have long been shaped by liberal, Eurocentric frameworks that equate peace with institutional stability, state-building, an...

rewritingpeaceandconflict.net

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎙️ @postcolh.bsky.social release 4th podcast episode!

Guests Hanna Al-Taher and Firoozeh Farvardin explore a range of topics, including authoritarianism, collective mobilization, epistemic hierarchies, and the relationship between resistance, praxis, and academia.

▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/1FA4...

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Aug 25

🤝Helga Dickow continues at ABI as associate

Her first contract with us was in 1988! Having completed 21 years as a senior researcher at the ABI, Helga Dickow now joins the ranks of associates and continues her work on #Tchad and the #Sahel region.

www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/helg...

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