From 7 to 9 July, the members of the ANCIP network met at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) for the seventh biannual coordination meeting. With nine months left of the current funding period, the focus of the workshop was on finalizing the outputs of the ANCIP network, including preparation of journal articles as well as the new ANCIP webinar series.

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”.

On 11 February 2025, the second ANCIP Transfer Workshop took place in Brussels with logistical support by the Brussels office of the Leibniz Association. Representatives from European and African embassies, the EU Commission, think tanks, political party foundations, and research institutions attended the workshop to engage with the work of the research network on African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices (ANCIP).

Jonas Schaaf conducted his field research in Abuja from mid-October to mid-November. In interviews with ECOWAS officials whose work is related to the project’s themes, practices and logics of civil society inclusion in the West African regional organization’s interventions were identified.