From the 9–11 February, the ANCIP team held its network meeting at the Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe) at Leipzig University. The workshop focused on the project’s outcomes, jointly discussing the new publications, and, further, on preparations for knowledge transfer activities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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We are pleased to announce three new publications from our ANCIP Policy Brief and ANCIP Working Paper Series by Hilda Milka Koyier, Jasmin Schmitz and Jonas Schaaf.
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From the 15th-31st of October 2025, Hilda Koyier was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, attending the 5th edition of the Amani Africa training on the AU as well as conducting field interviews in the context of her research project on “The Role of AU Liaison Offices in Conflict Intervention Processes”.
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From 12 to 29 October 2025, Mona Saleh conducted a field research stay at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja as part of her ongoing work within the ANCIP network.
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Several members of the ANCIP network presented research findings at this year’s 66th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in Chicago, USA. As the largest conference in the field of International Studies, the ISA took place from 2-5 March 2025 under the theme “Reconnecting International Studies”.
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From 15 to 21 February 2025, Mona Saleh conducted a field research stay at the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone as part of her ongoing work within the ANCIP network.
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In late January ANCIP held its sixth workshop, this time the network convened in Duisburg. The three days offered ANCIP fellows and PIs an opportunity for exchange on progress and challenges. As we did during the previous workshops, we also used the time spent together to provide each other with insights from field research. Also, our forthcoming edited volume was discussed.
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From December 11–12, 2024, the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)—under the College of Humanities at the University of Ghana and jointly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the University of Ghana—hosted a conference titled “Dealing with Conflict, Preparing for Peace: Current Research and Its Policy Implications” at the University of Ghana.
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Emma Birikorang, acting Director of Research of Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra has joined University Duisburg-Essen (INEF) for a first stay as ANCIP fellow in fall 2024.
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El-Ghassim Wane, former head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been this fall’s ANCIP fellow at Leipzig University. Among others, Wane is a former UN assistant secretary-general peacekeeping, former chief advisor to the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and director peace and security at the AUC. He spend his time in Leipzig writing policy briefs and background papers on peacekeeping and discussing with our PhD students working on the African peace and security architecture.
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