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CRC-TRR 228 Future Rural Africa
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DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre. @unicologne.bsky.social, @unibonn.bsky.social, @idos-research.bsky.social, @bicc-bonn.bsky.social & partners in Ke, Tz, Nm, Bot, SA. Future-making & social-ecological transformation in rural Africa.➡️ www.crc228.de
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🚨 Publication Alert! 🚨
Exciting new publication from #CRC1502 – D01 by Theresa Goebel and Wolfgang Britz! This study quantifies land use and land cover under different socio-economic scenarios up to 2050 by running an integrated Computable General Equilibrium analysis.

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November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New Publication:

From colonial dreams to Magufuli’s industrial vision, the story of the Stiegler’s Gorge Dam on the Rufiji River reveals how power, politics, and conservation have shaped Tanzania’s development path.

Read it here:
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Reviving a Ghost Dam: The Politics and Promise of Tanzania’s Rufiji River Basin - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
In this newly published article, Emma Minja and Detlef Müller-Mahn (Project C03 Green Futures) explore the century-long history and politics of the Stiegler’s
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November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New Publication:

How did colonial histories shape today’s global policies on foot-and-mouth disease?
@wissevanengelen.bsky.social, Andreas Weber & @estherturnhout.bsky.social
trace how veterinarians in 1960s–70s Botswana redefined FMD:

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Rethinking Foot-and-Mouth Disease: How Botswana’s History Challenges Colonial Views of Animal Health - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
This publication examines how understandings of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Botswana during the 1960s–70s were shaped by colonial and postcolonial
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October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New Publication:

Using the Nature Futures Framework, Judith Musa, Vincent Moseti & @lisabiberfreuden.bsky.social , explore how road infrastructure shapes local communities’ sense of agency in building nature-positive futures in Namibia’s KAZA region.

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New Study Reveals How Roads and Education Shape Community Visions for a Nature-Positive Future - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
This study by Judith K. Musa, Vincent Moseti and Lisa Biber-Freudenberger (Project A05 "Future Roads") investigates how road infrastructure influences local
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October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Borders in Africa are lived, not just drawn. Katrin Sowa's @unicologne.bsky.social new book explores Kenya’s borderlands, colonial legacies, and One Stop Border Posts—shaping trade, migration, and inequality.

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Enforcing the Line: An Ethnography of the Kenyan Border Regime - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
By Katrin Sowa (University of Cologne).
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October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New study from Turiani, Tanzania with @idos-research.bsky.social:

Smallholder farmers blend indigenous & modern agri-tech into unique local knowledge. Findings highlight the need to validate & support indigenous practices & rethink innovation from the ground up:

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New Publication: Blending Traditions - Evaluating Indigenous Agricultural Practices Among Smallholders in Turiani, Tanzania - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
In this study, Denis Chomboko (IDOS), Theobald Theodory (Project C03 "Green Futures"), Michael Brüntrup (IDOS & Project B05 "Science Futures"), Venance
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October 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Green Hydrogen from Namibia – A New Chapter of German Colonial History?

Activists from Namibia are on a speakers tour in Cologne to discuss the tensions between “green” cooperation & old colonial patterns.

🗣️ Dr. Linus Kalvelage, Nafi Hamukoshi & Paul Thomas

Event in EN / translations to German
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Speakers Tour: Green Hydrogen from Namibia – A New Chapter of German Colonial History? - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
Mon | October 13th, 2025 | 19:00 (CEST)
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October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New publication 📖

This chapter explores how international initiatives like the Balkan Silk Road (BRI) & SAGCOT reshape territorial governance.

How do foreign-led infrastructure & private strategies affect state sovereignty? Can strong sovereignty coexist with weak governance?

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New Publication Explores How Global Infrastructure Projects Reshape Territorial Governance and Sovereignty - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
In this chapter, Erblin Berisha, Franziska Sielker and Peter Dannenberg (Project C01 "Future in Chains") examine how international infrastructure and
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September 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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EU's Global Gateway study on 11 transport corridors:

"All scenarios presume stable political and security situation. [...] No field visits have been performed, but the EU Delegations in Africa provided extremely useful local insights."

Get serious.

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Global Gateway Support to Transport Corridors in Africa – Consolidated Report
This report provides summary comparative assessment of 11 Global Gateway Transport corridors in Africa. The focus is on the comparative modelling results under four specific objectives: 1) Reduce carb...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Join the 3rd lecture of our Climate Lecture Series! 📅 9 Sept 2025 | 🕚 11:00–12:15 CEST / 09:00–10:15 UTC | Speaker: Lucy Waruingi, African Conservation Centre (Kenya) on community-based rangeland #reforestation for #sustainable livelihoods. Free & open to all: ➡️ static.daad.de/media/daad_d...
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August 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New publication:

Annapia Debarry & Valentine Opanga explore urban research through feminist & decolonial lenses, highlighting invisibility of marginalized communities in Nairobi & Addis Ababa.

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Urban Invisibles: Feminist perspectives on marginalization and resistance in Nairobi and Addis Ababa through the lens of embodied research practices - Urban Matters Journal
This paper explores the embodied and politically charged nature of urban research through feminist and decolonial lenses, focusing on the invisibility of marginalized populations in Nairobi and Addis ...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Vacancy:

Professorship in Economic Geography and Global South (W1) with tenure track (W3) (f/m/d) @unicologne.bsky.social.

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Vacancy: Assistant Professorship in Economic Geography and Global South (W1) with tenure track (W3) (f/m/d) at the University of Cologne - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
The University of Cologne is currently searching for a Professorship in Economic Geography and Global South (W1) with tenure track (W3) (f/m/d).
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August 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New Publication:

Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca & Matin Qaim (Project C08 & @zefbonn.bsky.social) examine livelihoods in rural Africa.

Findings show:

- Poorest rely most on farming
- Self-employment dominates off-farm work
- Education & infrastructure boost access

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Rural Livelihoods: Off-Farm Income Now Drives Majority of Household Earnings in Africa - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
In their latest publication, Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca, and Matin Qaim (Project C08 "Job Futures") examine rural livelihoods in Kenya, Namibia,
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August 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Der @daadworldwide.bsky.social vermittelt nordamerikanische, britische und irische Bachelorstudierende in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie Informatik in Forschungspraktika an deutsche Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen.

Infos zur Teilnahme: ➡️ crc-trr228.de/rise-germany...
RISE Germany 2026 – Forschungspraktika - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
Zur Unterstützung der Internationalisierung in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie Informatik vermittelt der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst
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July 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Congratulations to Frankline Ndi (project C02 "Energy Futures") for receiving the @giubresearch.bsky.social International Paper Award!

His article examines land acquisition and displacement in the context of the Kipeto wind energy project in Kenya.

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Frankline Ndi Receives International Paper Award of the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
Frankline Ndi (Project C02 "Energy Futures") was awarded the International Paper Award of the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn for his
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July 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Congratulations to Thomas Widlok (Project C05 Framing Futures) for receiving the Leo-Spitzer Prize for outstanding academic work in the humanities!

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July 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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📣 Call for Papers
Join us at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies for a workshop on the Global History of the Plantation (Nov 2025)!

🌍 Open to PhD & early-career researchers
🗓️ Submit abstract by August 15, 2025

More info:https://ow.ly/iU2u50WpR1n

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July 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We recently visited the Global Heritage Lab @unibonn.bsky.social, exploring the exhibition "Dressing Resistance" with Prof. Julia Binter. A timely exchange on decolonizing heritage—especially as we plan our own exhibition with @futuriumd.bsky.social in 2026.

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Exploring Decolonial Heritage: A Visit to the Global Heritage Lab - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
In June, a group of Future Rural Africa researchers visited the Global Heritage Lab in Bonn. The Global Heritage Lab is a research hub and laboratory for
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July 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🐘 👩🏾‍🌾 Why do many #conservation approaches find it hard to do justice to people and integrate ‘living with’ #biodiversity rather than separating people and nature? We deal with this and much more in our #LivingLandscapesInAction short course. Apply by 21 July. plaas.org.za/call-for-app...
Call for applications: New thinking on integrating biodiversity and social justice short course | Plaas
Five-day in person short course 27 – 31 October 2025 Cape Town, South Africa Living Landscapes short course webpage Applications close on Monday, 21 July 2025 Why do current conservation paradigms not...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Youjin B. Chung, Marjorie Mbilinyi & Emmanuel Sulle trace how sugar & plantations shaped state-building in Tanzania—not just for exports, but as strategic staples. Colonial & postcolonial policies transformed land, labor & livelihoods, reinforcing race, gender & class hierarchies.

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Sugar, the plantation, and the state in Tanzania
This essay examines the relationship between sugar, the plantation, and state-building in modern Tanzania. Whereas scholars have emphasised plantations' export orientation, our analysis highlights ...
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July 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Congratulations! 🎉👏🎊
Very happy and proud to share that today I’ve successfully defended my dissertation. So grateful to the @unibonn.bsky.social @giubresearch.bsky.social @crctrr228.bsky.social, my supervisors, reviewers and wonderful colleagues in Bonn who guided and supported me over the last three years!
July 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🟢 How does spatial planning shape the green hydrogen boom?

In a new study, Benedikt Walker, Britta Klagge & Ravn Haid explore how Chile, Namibia & South Africa plan for export-oriented green hydrogen projects.

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Planning the Future: Comparing Green Hydrogen Strategies in Chile, Namibia, and South Africa - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
In their publication, Benedikt Walker and Britta Klagge (Project C02 Energy Futures) alongside Ravn Haid (University of Bonn) examine how spatial planning
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June 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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📖 New IDOS #PolicyBrief on #DigitalFinancialServices - Lessons from #Kenya- by Christoph Sommer (IDOS), Albert Nsengu-Muremyi, Anna Mader & @musshoff.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de. 🔗 www.idos-research.de/en/policy-br...
June 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Scholarships available for PhD students from Africa, Asia & Latin America (enrolled at a German university) to join the RLC Workshop on Rural Development & Smallholder Agriculture @zefbonn.bsky.social, Sept 29–Oct 2, 2025.

📅 Apply by July 15, 2025

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Call for Workshop Scholarships: Transdisciplinary RLC Workshop on Rural Development and Smallholder Agriculture - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
The RLC Campus at ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany, offers scholarships for PhD students from Africa, Asia and Latin America, who are currently studying at a
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June 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Up next week
June 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM