Polykrise als globales Phänomen? Perspektiven aus der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft In recent years, the notion of “polycrisis” has become a key concept in debates about contemporary global transformations. It refers to the simultaneous occurrence and mutual reinforcement of multiple...

Ist die Polykrise ein globales Phänomen? Debattenbeitrag in der Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft vereint mehrere regionale Perspektiven, auch die afrikanische.

Open Access:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#ZfVP #Polykrise

Regional television station TVO has produced a report on our MA in Development Studies today. It will air on Wednesday on cable networks & online at TVO.de ("4you"). #UBT #Development

Special thanks to all students who participated! More info for prospective students: t1p.de/devst

The ambiguities of rapid enlargement in regional organisations and prospects for East African regional integration This article explores the implications of the East African Community’s rapid enlargement from three to eight members – including conflict-affected countries. By assessing institutional and politica...

New publication by Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg on what the EAC’s rapid enlargement means for regional integration, published in The Round Table:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#EastAfrica #EAC #RegionalIntegration #AfricanPolitics

Poster for the Model African Union Conference at the University of Bayreuth. Theme: “Pathways to Women’s and Youth Empowerment: Building Inclusive Institutions & Shifting Norms for Sustainable Development.” Dates: 9–12 April 2026. Warm brown, red, and yellow brush-stroke design with an African Union-style emblem on the left and a woman’s profile in a headwrap on the right. Bottom section shows illustrated raised fists of different skin colors and a woman; logos for the University of Bayreuth, the Institute of African Studies, and Africa Multiple, plus a QR code.

Join the MAU Bayreuth Conference 2026 on “Pathways to Women’s and Youth Empowerment: Building Inclusive Institutions and Shifting Norms for Sustainable Development.” Be part of an #AfricanUnion simulation and engage in international debates and policy-making.
Apply now: www.modelafricanunion.de

📣 Tomorrow: New Year Lecture 2026
The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence opens its 2026 programme tomorrow with the New Year Lecture, marking the start of the Cluster’s second funding phase.

Visual GIGA Focus: Ten Things to Watch in Africa in 2026

#Africa enters 2026 at a crossroads: Gen Z protests, debt crises, Chinese and Russian expansion – Yet African states will leverage critical partnerships to assert agency. In our latest #GIGAFocus, Tevin Tafese and @cvonsoest.bsky.social present 10 things to watch: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

The Lion King: Moroccan Football and Sports Diplomacy as a Means of Power Legitimation Studies into soft power and public diplomacy have become a standard repertoire in contemporary social sciences and international relations in particular. This chapter positions itself within this trad...

*Moroccan Football and Sports Diplomacy as a Means of Power Legitimation*
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97705-3_12

New book chapter by Andreas Wüst on football as an instrument of power legitimation in Morocco, examining sports diplomacy and international positioning. #AfricanPolitics #SportsPolitics

New Book: Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders by Aili Mari Tripp Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders (Oxford University Press, 2025) by Aili Mari Tripp contrasts authoritarian countries with democracies in Africa to explain how and why autocracies prom...

Congratulations to @ailitripp.bsky.social for her new book, Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders (OUP, 2025). Learn more about this important scholarship in our latest blog post: www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...

The exhibition "Die Bayreuther Afrikastudien im Spiegel von Politik und Medien" was opened today. Curated by Dr. Ibrahima Sene it reflects on the beginnings of African Studies at the @unibayreuth.bsky.social exploring why Bayreuth of all places became a centre for African Studies.

Judicial Diplomacy in African REC Courts. Available in the NOMOS 'Politics and Societies in Africa' series: doi.org/10.5771/9783748955535

*Judicial Diplomacy in Africa*
doi.org/10.5771/9783748955535

Great new book by Diana Kisakye, out now, fully open access, thanks to @africamultiple.bsky.social !

Diana analyses how the East African Court of Justice interacts with off-bench actors to promote their mission. #JudicialDiplomacy