Events archive

January and February, Photo exhibition at Gustavianum in Uppsala, 'Suprastructure': Through their photographs from the million city Jos in central Nigeria, they here give a glimpse from their research on the meanings of infrastructure in everyday life. Photo exhibition by NAI-researchers Ulrika and Erik Trovalla.

22 January: Workshop on 'Institutions and Democratic Governance'
The workshop seeks to elaborate on the role of institutions and democratic governance within the post-2015 landscape. NAI's Acting Director and Cluster Leader Mats Hårsmar will moderate a table discussion on Public institutions and an enabling environment for the civil society. The workshop is arranged by the Swedish Foreign Ministry and Sida. Invited participants only. At Sida, Stockholm.

23 January: Seminar 'Child benefit fight poverty - Social Security, an issue for the global development goals beyond 2015'
With Armando Barrientos, Professor and Research Director at the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester. NAI researcher Mats Hårsmar is one of the participants. 14:00 -16:30 hrs at Myntkabinettet, Slottsbacken 6, Stockholm. Organizers are Svenska kyrkans internationella arbete, FUF and Concord Sweden. The seminar will be held in English.

24 January: Fighting Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt. Health, Suffering and Politics
A Workshop with Amany Abouzeid and Maria Malmström. 15-30-18.00, Ihre-Hall, Thunbergsv. 3H, Engelska Parken, Uppsala.

22 February: Governing a housing crisis? Emergency housing programs and Temporary Relocation Areas (TRA) in Cape Town
NAI researcher Marianne Millstein is the speaker at a seminar at NORAGRIC, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.

27 February: How can historical and critical theoretical perspectives help us understand agrarian challenges facing Africa and India?
In the lecture series: The Current Afro-Optimism — a True Image?
Public lecture with Rune Skarstein, Ass. Professor, NTNU, Norway. Discussants are Seema Arora Jonsson, Ass. Professor, Department of Urban and Rural studies, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala and Senior Professor Göran Djurfeldt, Department of Sociology, University of Lund. Chairperson: NAI researcher Terje Östigård. 14.15-17 hrs at the Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala.

6 March: Conflict Cluster Research Seminar Series: Zimbabwe’s Electoral Violence Trajectory
Presenter: Eldridge Adolfo. Discussant: Mimmi Söderberg-Kovacs.
Venue: Protea Room, Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Time: 13-15 hrs.

22 March: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Binyavanga Wainaina in conversation with Stefan Helgesson, professor of English at Stockholm University
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Binyavanga Wainaina, two leading Kenyan writers from different generations, have both recently published their memoirs. In this seminar they will discuss both the past and the present in their country of birth. The seminar is co-organised with Uppsala Association of International Affairs and Norstedts. 3 p.m. at Uppsala public library (Stadsbiblioteket), Svartbäcksgatan 17. The seminar language is English.

26 March: Conflict Cluster Research Seminar Series: The Security Dimensions in the Sahel: Evolving Threats, States’ Responses & External Entanglements
Presenter: Prof: Belkacem Iratni, University of Algiers
Venue: Protea Room, Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Time: 13-15 hrs. The seminar is open to the public.

3 April: Conflict Cluster Research Seminar Series: The Invisible Hand in Land Grabbing in Uganda
Presenter: Pamela Mbabazi
Venue: Protea Room, Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Time: 13-15 hrs.

9 April: Kenya- the how and why of the March 4 elections and possible effects for future democratisation processes
Seminar at Forum Syd, Tanzania Room, Katarinvägen 20, Stockholm. 14.30-17.00 p.m.
Speakers: Abigail Booth, Raul Wallenberg Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Anders Sjögren, NAI and Stockholm University and Per Karlsson, Senior Analyst, Sida.

10 April: Our current afro optimism – a true image of Africa?
In the lecture series: The Current Afro-Optimism — a True Image?
Public lecture with Cluster leader Kjell Havnevik. Discussant is Clusterleader Mats Hårsmar. Both from the Nordic Africa Institute. 14.15-17 hrs at the Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala.

16-17 April: Claiming the City. Civil Society Mobilisation by the Urban Poor
International conference organized by Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, Uppsala University, in cooperation with Sida and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. NAI researchers Andrew Byerley and Onyanta Adama participates.

18 April: Claude Ake Memorial Lecture with  Dr. Pamela Mbabazi
'Oil in Uganda: A Blessing in Disguise or an all too Familiar Curse?'
Dr. Pamela Mbabazi is an Associate Professor of Development Studies at Mbarara University of Science & Technology in Uganda and currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor.
Venue and time: Uppsala University Main Building, room  IX, 15.15 hrs. The lecture is open to all interested. Coorganized together with the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

7 May: Reviewing the Democratic Challenges in DR Congo
NAI guest researcher Prof. Thierry Nlandu Mayamba speaks about 'Reviewing the Democratic Challenges in DR Congo' at Fafo breakfast seminar. 8:30-9:45, at Fafo, Borggata 2B, Oslo, Norway.

8 May: Conflict Cluster Research Seminar Series: Hidden Liaisons and Gendered Fears: Unpacking some assumptions around Police-Civil relations in the DRC
Presenter: Maria Eriksson Baaz. Discussant: Thierry Nlandu (guest researcher from DRC)
Venue: Protea Room, Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Time: 13-15 hrs. For invitees only.

15 May: The current wave of Large scale agro-investments in Africa – a new form of imperialism or benefits for rural Africa?
14.15-17 hrs at the Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala.
In the lecture series: The Current Afro-Optimism — a True Image?
Public lecture with Prosper Matondi, PhD, Director of Ruzivo Trust, Zimbabwe. Discussants are  Linda Engström, Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute and Kenneth Hermele, PhD, researcher School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.

The lecture will be followed by a book launch at 17.00 hrs: Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform, by Prosper B. Matondi.

15 May: Francis Matambalya lectures at Linköping university
NAI researcher Francis Matambalya will give a lecture at Linköping university, arranged by the Student Association of foreign Affairs, on the theme “Economic growth, socio-economic exclusion, urbanization, and slumisation: an inquiry in Africa´s development contradictions.

16 May: Afternoon seminar on Angola´s natural resources – a curse or a blessing?
16-18 hrs at Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Among the speakers are Guilherme Santos, Chairman of the Board of the Angolan NGO ADRA and NAI researcher Eldridge Adolfo. The seminar is arranged together with Afrikagrupperna.