Claude Ake Visiting Chair Programme 2025

Deadline: January 20, 2025

Applications are open for the Claude Ake Visiting Chair Programme 2025. The Claude Ake Visiting Chair was arrange in 2003 on the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (DPCR), in collaboration with the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and with funding from the Swedish Government and Uppsala University.

The Chair honours the reminiscence of Professor Claude Ake, a distinguished scholar, thinker, trainer and humanist, who died tragically in 1996. The Chair is meant for students who, like Claude Ake, mix a profound dedication to scholarship with a powerful advocacy for social justice. The Chair is open to social scientists working at African universities with issues associated to struggle, peace, battle decision, human rights, democracy and growth on the African continent.

The visiting chair holder is obtainable a conducive surroundings to pursue his or her personal analysis, whereas there may be additionally OPPORTUNITY for lecturing, holding seminars and contributing to ongoing analysis actions on the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and the Nordic Africa Institute.

Benefits

• Scholars awarded the Chair could have the OPPORTUNITY to pursue their very own analysis whereas contributing to ongoing actions on the Department of Peace and Conflict Research of Uppsala University and the Nordic Africa Institute.

Eligibility

• Open to social scientists from African universities;
• Applicants ought to champion social justice and focus on areas like struggle, peace, battle decision, human rights, democracy, and growth.

Application

Applications will probably be acquired till January 20, 2025. No functions will probably be accepted after this deadline.

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