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IPIA Virtual Seminar
The IPIA research network meets for a monthly virtual seminar (every first Wednesday of the month). The virtual link to the seminar will be provided to network members before the research seminar.
Upcoming dates:
November 5, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Tendai Ganduri (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) - "The Zimbabwean and South African Twitterspheres and Agonistics of Climate Diplomacy at COP26"
December 3, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Abdou Rahim Lema (University of Montréal, Canada) - "Social agency and institutional contexts: Rethinking African agency in Africa-China relations"
Past dates:
October 1, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Oluwamurewa A. Newo (Covenant University, Nigeria) - “Environmental Governance and the Circular Economy of Plastics in the Global South”.
July 2, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Taking stock and planning IPIA's future direction
June 5, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Tata E. Sunjo (University of Buea, Cameroon) - “Ibrahim Traoré’s Popularity: A Pan-African Model or a Blueprint for Instability in the Age of AI Propaganda.”
May 7, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Wangamati Murumba (Maseno University) - "Factors that influence conflict in Congo DRC and the implications on regional peace."
March 5, 2025. 11:00 (GMT) - Eniye Dubakeme (Baze University) - "The Exit of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali from ECOWAS and Implications for Nigeria’s Foreign Policy."
February 7, 2025, 11:00 (GMT) - Samira Diebire, Florian G. Kern and Martin Steinwand (University of Essex) - "Foreign Policy Congruence in Africa: Exploring Linkages Between Public Opinion and Government Positions in African International Relations"
December 4, 2024, 11:00 (GMT) - Mwita Chacha (University of Birmingham) - "Public Support for Political Conditionality in Africa"
IPIA at conferences
Past
August 2024
African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK)
Panel on "International Affairs and Foreign Policy in Africa"
The Conditions of Foreign Policy Congruence in Africa: Evidence on Free Movement and Free Trade
Florian Kern, Martin Steinwand, Samira Diebire
Public Support for Political Conditionality in Africa
Mwita Chacha
Terrorism and Nigeria’s Neighbourhood Foreign Policy
Eniye Dubakeme
India’s Moment? The New Leader of the Global South in Africa
Barnaby Dye