Back to the bad old days of the OAU? Why there has never been a Pan-African consensus on the legitimacy of coups d’état
Peter Brett discusses the recent wave of West African military coups and the threats they provide.
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Africa and International Studies
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The Africa and International Studies Working Group provides a forum that brings together a diverse range of scholars to discuss and debate: substantive issues arising from range of different dimensions of 'the international' in Africa; theoretical and conceptual debates about the relationship between the generalities of the discipline of International Studies and African historically-based specificities; and ideas about the relationship of issues and theory in the pedagogy of International Studies in and of Africa.
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News and analysis
Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TiCBT) to aid reintegration of former terrorists and their families in Nigeria: A pilot study
Tarela Ike discusses her BISA-funded research and shares methodology, findings and a video summary.
Methodologies in International Relations: Doing systematic reviews
A recording of the online event which took place on 19 June 2023.
China builds influence using African parliaments
China donated a parliament building to Lesotho to gain influence through access to political elites.
The A.I.R. Club: research with African adolescents
A case for engaging young Africans not only about 'youth' but more broadly in research about Africa.
Making sense of the State: Citizens and state buildings in South Africa
South African citizens understand and construct the state by seeing and feeling its buildings.
The culture struggle, African Union and eliminating violence against women
The African Union’s culture-vs.-rights policy approach to violence against women.
Call for papers: Whose new world order?: Conflict, insecurity and war – Interrogating Africa and Global hegemony
Whose new world order?: Conflict, insecurity and war – Interrogating Africa and Global hegemony
Upcoming events
Africa and International Studies Working Group annual general meeting
Join the Africa and International Studies Working Group to discuss the group's work and plans for the year ahead.
Past events
The future of UK-Africa relations
Join the Africa and International Studies Working Group for a joint event with Chatham House.
Book talk: Rethinking civil society regionalism in Africa: Challenges and opportunities in democratic participation and peacebuilding in the Post-ECOWAS vision 2020
Discussing new publication by Dr Dele Kogbe.
Rethinking methodologies in international relations: towards an interdisciplinary approach using randomised control trials
This event explores the use and design of Randomised Control Trials.
Africa and International Studies Working Group AGM 2024
Details of the BISA Africa and International Studies Working Group Annual General Meeting.
Thirty years of South African foreign policy and UK relations
A joint event from the Africa and International Studies Working Group and Chatham House.
Postgraduate work-in-progress workshop
Join the Africa and International Studies WG for a work-in-progress session designed to help PGRs.
Piecing the peace together: hybridisation processes and the local
A hybrid event taking part in Madagascar as part of the HYBRICON Project.
Methodologies in International Relations: Doing systematic reviews
A virtual event from the Africa and International Studies Working Group.
Humour and politics in Africa: Beyond resistance
This event will explore the relationship between humour and politics in Africa.
Africa's imprints: Historicising African contributions to International Relations
The webinar seeks to remedy some of the neglect of African scholars' theoretical contributions to IR
Drivers of armed conflict, insecurity and terrorism in West Africa: the need to rethink international and state responses
Event exploring the drivers of armed conflict in West Africa.
Human rights and regional integration in West Africa: a discourse on the ECOWAS Community Court
Our Africa Working Group will be in discussion with Rt Hon Mojeed Alabi, PhD.
What is holding Africa back in decolonising International Relations?
What is preventing the decolonisation of International Relations? With Timothy Shaw and Toyin Falola
African International Relations in the new time of global crises
This panel aims to address challenges affecting Africa's stability and political economy.
Beyond the PhD: Excursus on postdoctoral funding applications
Training event for postgraduate students working in Africa and International Studies
Architecture and politics in Africa - making, living and imagining identities through buildings
A one-day conference on politics in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of public architecture
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