News & Events

On 28 April Antonio Frank will defend his dissertation ‘Policing the Periphery: Party-anchored hybrid policing in Luanda, Angola’. His findings show that hybrid police networks in a number of suburbs in Luanda are anchored in the MPLA, the political party that has been in power since 1975. 

On 10 September, our guest speaker An Ansoms (UCLouvain) will examine agrarian change in North Kivu, DRC, where armed conflict, environmental governance and market integration intersect. Prof. Ansoms will analyse how rural households navigate insecurity, land scarcity and competing territorial claims. Join us!

This week we celebrate Zanele Muholi, who won this year's Hasselblad Award. Muholi is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality, documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black lesbian, gay, transgender, and intersex communities. 

On 2–3 March, the 'Green Hydrogen South–South Dialogue from Below' took place in Namibia. This event brought together community representatives, indigenous leaders, and civil society organisations from Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.