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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)

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MIASA is an institute based at the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. Research in Sustainable Governance & Knowledge Production Funded by BMFTR and the University of Ghana

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Apr 30

MIASA is dedicated to research on Sustainable Governance & Knowledge Production.
It is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) & the University of Ghana in collab. with @uni-freiburg.de, @goetheuni.bsky.social, @giga-hamburg.de and @dhi-paris.fr

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

[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...

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

Invitation to MIASA Public Lecture on „Anton Wilhelm Amo: In-between Lifeworlds“ by Dr. Stefanie Bognitz tomorrow 9 Sept at 3:00pm UTC at the Univ. of Ghana & via zoom.

More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

#Amo
#Philosophy

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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!

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@dhi-paris.fr
@giga-hamburg.de

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Sep 3

Less than 2 weeks to go - check out the MIASA Individual Fellowships at the University of Ghana!

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 · 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 30

Breaking #Bureaucracy: #Fraud and #Forgery in the “postcolonial neo-colonised world”

Invitation to join Guest lecture by Yusuf Serunkuma (KU Leuven) TOMORROW, 31 July, 10:15 am UTC at MIASA, UG & online.

miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/guest-...

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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 21

See our recent blog post by #MIASA alumna Silke Oldenburg (Geneva Graduate Institute) on „Politike Bishimbo: Humour, Statehood and Social Ambivalence in the 2023 elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo“

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#elections
#DRC
#humour
#statehood

Politike Bishimbo: Humour, Statehood and Social Ambivalence in the 2023 elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Author: Silke Oldenburg with Christian Mwemezi Ngangura)

The journalists ask, “Shako, who are you going to vote for?”. Shako responds, “In the presidential election, I will vote for my father; in the national election, I will vote for my mother; and...

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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

Submission deadline for IFG proposals is: 31 October 2025

For more information on the call see our website: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

Fellowship Programme - MIASA - Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa

MIASA offers different types of fellowships. Central to the thematic identity of MIASA is that the research topics must match MIASA’s umbrella topic

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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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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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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jun 30

Open call for applications for Individual Residential #Fellowships at #MIASA at the Univ. of Ghana in 2026/27.
Deadline: 15 Sept
Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

@uni-freiburg.de @goetheuni.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @dhi-paris.fr @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social

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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

Great to see future #MIASA #fellows here at #ECAS2025 in #Prague
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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · Jun 25

Arrived at #ECAS2025 in Prague; look forward to presenting after lunch on "Imagining futures separate from the past as non-violent resistance" with insights from CAR, DRC, and Lebanon; see you in Hall 313, FA;
#Afripolsky @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social

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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Mecila @mecila.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you are in Cologne, join us for the Workshop “Urban Materiality and Inequality – Rethinking Social and Ecological Challenges in the Global South”, on June 24 and 25, at Uzk. (1/4)

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

Our partner institute @dhi-paris.fr is offering a PhD position in #African #History for one year. The position will also be involved in the science communication of #MIASA
More info see below 👇

Klaus Oschema @kpo.bsky.social · Jun 5

🎺🎺 #Jobalert At the @dhi-paris.fr , the German Historical Institute in Paris, we currently seek to fill a post for a PhD-student with a focus on African History (alas only 1 year). For more details see: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/2... Apply before 3 July 2025...

Please repost!

Doctorant/e – CDD (1 an) à temps partiel (24h/semaine) (h,f,x)

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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 21

We are continuing with our #MIASA conference on #Cash in #Crisis in #Africa at ISSER Conference Hall, Univ. of Ghana.
More info via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg12-...