Upcoming Events

19.-20.10.2023
Conference
Basel

Conjunctions of Archives and Public Spheres

Recorded performance, Omaruru (Namibia), 1954

Image: picture: Ernst und Ruth Damann, Basler Afrika Bibliographien PA.39 D01 1281

Conference organised by the Centre for African Studies Basel (ZASB) and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) in cooperation with the Swiss Society for African Studies and with support from the

31.10-1.11.2023
Event
Quito

Global Development Conference 2023 on Biodiversity and sustainable Development

Image: GDN

The conference theme this year is Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. The event will be conducted in both English and Spanish and proposals can be submitted in either language

2.11.2023
Celebration / Festival
Basel

Decolonisation: Facing or obscuring the debate

Image: Joséphine Strebel for MMS

Medicus Mundi Switzerland (MMS) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. On this occasion MMS will explore at the jubilee Symposium how the work and the role of Civil Societies

3.11.2023
Conference
Biel/Bienne

"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, who is the Fairest of them All?" Reflecting on Your Role in Locally Led Practice

Illustration by Ikem Smith from Kingston, Jamaica, winner of a global design contest organised by cinfo.

Image: Illustration by Ikem Smith from Kingston, Jamaica

The movement to shift power, work more inclusively and achieve more locally led practices has been underway for over a decade. At the heart of this shift is the individual.

10.11.2023
Education/Training

Better Science: How to Improve Research Culture

For PhD students and Postdocs. The workshop is open to all, members of the University of Bern are prioritised.

13.-14.11.2023
Conference
PA Rotterdam

19th Development Dialogue - Reckoning with the past and imagining the futures of development research and practice

The field of development studies is not estranged from critiques of extractive and hegemonizing policies and practices – the power relations that reproduce structural inequalities around the world. In the

14.11.2023
Symposium
Bern

Policy and science: joining forces for a sustainable future

Image: ARE

How should and can science participate in shaping a sustainable future? What form can effective cooperation between politics, administration and science take in order to achieve the SDGs, and to

15.-17.11.2023
Conference
Lagos

ARUA Biennial International Conference: Reimagine the Future of Higher Education in Africa

The conference will be held over two days and admit about 250 participants from all over the world, but with about half of the participants from ARUA member universities.

25.8-16.11.2023
Exhibition
Basel

Exhibition in the University Main Library Deal with it – African heritage in Basel

Perspectives on the handling of African cultural assets in Basel collection and research institutions.

27.9-13.12.2023
Lecture

ETH Public Lecture Series: SDG

The ETH lecture series "The Sustainable Development Goals in Context" offers insights into current research and practice and takes place online as a public event.

Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)