We coordinate the new Master of Arts African Studies: Critical Perspectives on Society, Politics and Culture
An interdisciplinary programme that focuses on Africa as a key site of knowledge production, combining insights from sociology, politics, anthropology, history, and religious studies.
For our other programmes, please see Teaching.
New book published, co-edited by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke, Yifan Yang and Eric Cezne.
It is available via Hurst Publishers and Oxford Academics/Oxford University Press here:
"Africa's Global Infrastructures - South-South Transformations in Practice"
Our research
- contributes to the development of Global Political Sociology, with a focus on Africa.
- is at the intersection of Global Political Sociology, International Relations/Political Science and African Studies, and from there, develops theoretical and methodological innovations.
- is part of the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple. We also build towars a new interdisciplinary research focus on peace and conflict at the University of Bayreuth (see research projects HIERARCHIES, ÜBERGÄNGE/TransitionalConflicts).
- involves international collaboration on the ERC-project "Africa's Infrastructure Globalities (INFRAGLOB), with focus on China and Brazil.