Guests

The Institute hosts several categories of guests: study grant holders from Nordic universities as well as guest researchers from Africa and the Nordic countries. Our current guests are listed below.

Guest researcher
Professor Audrey S. Gadzekpo, School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, is visiting the Institute during the period 16 January – 4 April 2012. The title of her current research project is “The media and peaceful elections in Africa”

Guest researcher
Dr. Wumi Raji, Obafemi Owolowo University, Department of Dramatic Arts, Nigeria, is visiting the Institute during the period 16 January – 12 April 2012. The title of his current research project is “The Lagos connections: Youth and urban imaginary in recent Nigerian fictions”.

Study scholarship holder (16 Jan-14 Feb)
Ingvild Andersen, University of Oslo, Norway
Project title: “REDD in Zanzibar: An ethnographic study of stakeholders”.

PhD Scholarship holder (16 Jan-14 Feb)
Leena Kotilainen, University of Turku, Finland
Project title: “ Little female soldiers in big men’s wars: The roles and reintegration of former girl soldiers in Nepal and Liberia.”

PhD Scholarship holder (16 Jan-14 Feb)
Elina Hankela, University of Helsinki, Finland
Project title: “Ubuntu and exclusive identities: Dynamics between the local members and the foreign dwellers at the Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg.”

Would you like to be our guest?

If you wish to get in touch with our guest researchers or scholarship holders, kindly contact Inga-Britt Isaksson Faris.