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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · 10d

[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 #Innovation

Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation: Taxi Drivers Stepping on the Gas in Accra and Bobo-Dioulasso

In 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Sep 8

Extension 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

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today 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

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Aug 26

Three 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 25

„#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/4681

Academic Freedom and Knowledge Production in Ghana: An Interview with Chika C. Mba

MIASA 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 18

We 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/55236

Project MUSE - Africa Today-Volume 71, Number 3-4, Spring/Summer 2025

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join 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

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 10

MIASA 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

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Andreas Mehler @mehler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Am 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...

Vortrag „Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika“ — ACT - Africa Centre for Transregional Research

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 1

Invitation 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...

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Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social · Jun 30

#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...

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Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social · Jun 28

Last day of #ECAS2025 in #Prague. It is great seeing so many familiar faces here.

The #MIASA family keeps growing…

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jun 25

MIASA 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

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jun 20

Learn 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

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our sister center #MECAM in Tunis is offering a full time position as Academic coordinator:

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📢 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 26

Join 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 22

Invitation 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 20

About 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-...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 15

Join 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-...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 9

Call 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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 7

Last 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.

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · May 2

Invitation 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...

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