Jana Hönke
@janahoenke.bsky.social
Researches Global/International Political Sociology, (in)security governance, infrastructures, extraction, politics of contestation, Africa, South-South relations
Also on LinkedIn. https://www.african-sociology.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
Also on LinkedIn. https://www.african-sociology.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
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Sharing our insights from INFRAGLOB (ERC) on South-South governance practices and contestations regarding large-scale infrastructure projects in Africa. #ChinaInAfrica
Together with @janahoenke.bsky.social in the latest issue of NAB 👉 www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumen...
Together with @janahoenke.bsky.social in the latest issue of NAB 👉 www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumen...
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sharing our insights from INFRAGLOB (ERC) on South-South governance practices and contestations regarding large-scale infrastructure projects in Africa. #ChinaInAfrica
Together with @janahoenke.bsky.social in the latest issue of NAB 👉 www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumen...
Together with @janahoenke.bsky.social in the latest issue of NAB 👉 www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumen...
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The IAS is pleased to announce the publication of the new NAB. 🎉 This edition offers a comprehensive look back at the IAS’s initiatives, projects, & events throughout 2024. 👉 You can access the digital version directly here:
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@africamultiple.bsky.social
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October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The IAS is pleased to announce the publication of the new NAB. 🎉 This edition offers a comprehensive look back at the IAS’s initiatives, projects, & events throughout 2024. 👉 You can access the digital version directly here:
www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/de/IAS-Publi...
@africamultiple.bsky.social
www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/de/IAS-Publi...
@africamultiple.bsky.social
Workshop nächste Woche zu Transfer im Kontext der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung by @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social. Wer noch teilnehmen möchte, kann sich bei den Organisator*innen melden.
BZeFK-Abschluss-Workshop zum Thema „Transfer“ am 13./14. Oktober 2025 in Augsburg - Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions | Jana Hönke
Der seit 2022 vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung für Wissenschaft (jetzt: BMFTR) geförderte Forschungsverbund „Bayerisches Zentrum für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung: Deutungskämpfe im ...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Workshop nächste Woche zu Transfer im Kontext der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung by @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social. Wer noch teilnehmen möchte, kann sich bei den Organisator*innen melden.
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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🌍✨ Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social analyisert in der #taz, wie die extreme Rechte und Entwicklungen in Afrika miteinander verknüpft sind. #UniBayreuth
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taz.de/Afrikanische...
July 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🌍✨ Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social analyisert in der #taz, wie die extreme Rechte und Entwicklungen in Afrika miteinander verknüpft sind. #UniBayreuth
taz.de/Afrikanische...
taz.de/Afrikanische...
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# afrika/ globale rechte: Mein Beitrag in der TAZ taz.de/Im-Schatten-...
ist eine gekürzte und revidierte Version meines @pambazukanews.bsky.socialBeitrags
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
Für eine Diskussion per Podcadt, siehe www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
ist eine gekürzte und revidierte Version meines @pambazukanews.bsky.socialBeitrags
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
Für eine Diskussion per Podcadt, siehe www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
Africa in the Shadow of the Global Far-Right | Pambazuka News
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July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
# afrika/ globale rechte: Mein Beitrag in der TAZ taz.de/Im-Schatten-...
ist eine gekürzte und revidierte Version meines @pambazukanews.bsky.socialBeitrags
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
Für eine Diskussion per Podcadt, siehe www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
ist eine gekürzte und revidierte Version meines @pambazukanews.bsky.socialBeitrags
pambazuka.org/Africa-in-th...
Für eine Diskussion per Podcadt, siehe www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
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The Masters Programme in African Studies @unibayreuth.bsky.social is still accepting applications from EU students until 30.09. As a major centre for African Studies in Germany, this is a great opportunity. For further details contact @terrefebiruk.bsky.social or see webpage.
Master African Studies
Our new English-language Master of Arts programme in "African Studies: Critical Perspectives on Society, Politics and Culture" has officially launched. It will be starting in winter semester 2023/24 a...
www.ma-african-studies.uni-bayreuth.de
July 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Masters Programme in African Studies @unibayreuth.bsky.social is still accepting applications from EU students until 30.09. As a major centre for African Studies in Germany, this is a great opportunity. For further details contact @terrefebiruk.bsky.social or see webpage.
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Was viele nicht zu verstehen scheinen: Hier wurde ein Drehbuch durchgespielt, mit dem Ziel, eine für die AfD und damit für die schwarz-blaubraunen Träume gewisser Kreise bedrohlich wirkende Richterin zu verhindern und ein nur der AfD nützendes Kulturkampfszenario nach US-Vorbild durchzuziehen.
July 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Was viele nicht zu verstehen scheinen: Hier wurde ein Drehbuch durchgespielt, mit dem Ziel, eine für die AfD und damit für die schwarz-blaubraunen Träume gewisser Kreise bedrohlich wirkende Richterin zu verhindern und ein nur der AfD nützendes Kulturkampfszenario nach US-Vorbild durchzuziehen.
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Kulturkämpfe sind allgegenwärtig. In Universitäten, Parlamenten, Theatern - überall wird über Identität, Freiheit, "Cancel Culture" und das gute Leben gestritten. Es sind keine Einzelphänomene, sondern Konflikte um die Moderne. Kommt vorbei zu unserer interdisziplinären Konferenz! gegenmoderne.de
July 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Kulturkämpfe sind allgegenwärtig. In Universitäten, Parlamenten, Theatern - überall wird über Identität, Freiheit, "Cancel Culture" und das gute Leben gestritten. Es sind keine Einzelphänomene, sondern Konflikte um die Moderne. Kommt vorbei zu unserer interdisziplinären Konferenz! gegenmoderne.de
Nächste Woche schon!
How can we overcome prejudice and political polarization?
Together with freelance journalist Hanna Israel and @janahoenke.bsky.social we discuss this question and journalism’s role in bridging divides.
Join us on July 17, 2025, for another exciting lecture from our Bayreuth Peace Talks series.
Together with freelance journalist Hanna Israel and @janahoenke.bsky.social we discuss this question and journalism’s role in bridging divides.
Join us on July 17, 2025, for another exciting lecture from our Bayreuth Peace Talks series.
July 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nächste Woche schon!
Publication day for Practicing Pluriversalism! By Raoul Bunskoek @clingendael.bsky.social and @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social @zmo-berlin.bsky.social
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@africamultiple.bsky.social.
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@africamultiple.bsky.social.
Practising Pluriversalism in Africa - Raoul Bunskoek, Maria Ketzmerick-Calandrino, 2025
This special section examines how African and non-African actors, including Chinese and Western, co-produce knowledge through pluralistic encounters. Emphasizin...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Publication day for Practicing Pluriversalism! By Raoul Bunskoek @clingendael.bsky.social and @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social @zmo-berlin.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0002...
Kindly supported by
@africamultiple.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1177/0002...
Kindly supported by
@africamultiple.bsky.social.
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How can we overcome prejudice and political polarization?
Together with freelance journalist Hanna Israel and @janahoenke.bsky.social we discuss this question and journalism’s role in bridging divides.
Join us on July 17, 2025, for another exciting lecture from our Bayreuth Peace Talks series.
Together with freelance journalist Hanna Israel and @janahoenke.bsky.social we discuss this question and journalism’s role in bridging divides.
Join us on July 17, 2025, for another exciting lecture from our Bayreuth Peace Talks series.
July 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
How can we overcome prejudice and political polarization?
Together with freelance journalist Hanna Israel and @janahoenke.bsky.social we discuss this question and journalism’s role in bridging divides.
Join us on July 17, 2025, for another exciting lecture from our Bayreuth Peace Talks series.
Together with freelance journalist Hanna Israel and @janahoenke.bsky.social we discuss this question and journalism’s role in bridging divides.
Join us on July 17, 2025, for another exciting lecture from our Bayreuth Peace Talks series.
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In this post I compiled a literature review of research about such gendered service disparities. These dynamics contributed to my resignation from a tenured full professorship last week.
July 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
In this post I compiled a literature review of research about such gendered service disparities. These dynamics contributed to my resignation from a tenured full professorship last week.
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🚨New Article🚨
“Trusting under Extreme Uncertainty? Trust Relations and Institution-Building under ISIS Governance in Iraq” by Hanna Pfeifer
Read OPEN ACCESS here:
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“Trusting under Extreme Uncertainty? Trust Relations and Institution-Building under ISIS Governance in Iraq” by Hanna Pfeifer
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Trusting under Extreme Uncertainty? Trust Relations and Institution-Building under ISIS Governance in Iraq
Abstract. How do trust relations evolve in situations of extreme uncertainty, such as during civil war, when both institutions and trust are precarious? Ex
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July 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚨New Article🚨
“Trusting under Extreme Uncertainty? Trust Relations and Institution-Building under ISIS Governance in Iraq” by Hanna Pfeifer
Read OPEN ACCESS here:
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
“Trusting under Extreme Uncertainty? Trust Relations and Institution-Building under ISIS Governance in Iraq” by Hanna Pfeifer
Read OPEN ACCESS here:
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
📢 Call for Papers
WORKSHOP: Gender, Peace, and Security: Resistance and Resilience
Nairobi, 1-3 December, hosted by British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) with @rvinews.bsky.social
➡️ Application deadline 13 August!
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social
#resilience #gender #climate #peacebuilding
WORKSHOP: Gender, Peace, and Security: Resistance and Resilience
Nairobi, 1-3 December, hosted by British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) with @rvinews.bsky.social
➡️ Application deadline 13 August!
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social
#resilience #gender #climate #peacebuilding
July 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Packed panel on digital platforms and conflict ecologies at #ECAS2025. Watch out for forthcoming work by Boubacar Haidara on Wagner group in Mali, Joschka Philipps on conspiracies, and Karen Büscher on urban digital warscapes!
June 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Packed panel on digital platforms and conflict ecologies at #ECAS2025. Watch out for forthcoming work by Boubacar Haidara on Wagner group in Mali, Joschka Philipps on conspiracies, and Karen Büscher on urban digital warscapes!
This could be of interest for colleagues in #politicaltheory as well!: The University of #Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint a Full Professor of #Political #Philosophy (m/f/d) at salary grade W3
For mor information:
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@theorieblog.bsky.social
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June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This could be of interest for colleagues in #politicaltheory as well!: The University of #Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint a Full Professor of #Political #Philosophy (m/f/d) at salary grade W3
For mor information:
lnkd.in/dEb8rSy5
@theorieblog.bsky.social
For mor information:
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@theorieblog.bsky.social
Great panel on networks of opportunity, Chinese entrepreneurs and African brokers @ECAS2025 this morning! Organised by Constanza Franceschini and @drelisagambino.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Great panel on networks of opportunity, Chinese entrepreneurs and African brokers @ECAS2025 this morning! Organised by Constanza Franceschini and @drelisagambino.bsky.social
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Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship?
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
June 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship?
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
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Join us this Wednesday at 12.00 for the talk "Africa's Global Infrastructures. Chinese Projects and Transforming Governance Practices" by @janahoenke.bsky.social .
The Zoom link is available here: www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
The Zoom link is available here: www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
May 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Join us this Wednesday at 12.00 for the talk "Africa's Global Infrastructures. Chinese Projects and Transforming Governance Practices" by @janahoenke.bsky.social .
The Zoom link is available here: www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
The Zoom link is available here: www.uni-bremen.de/institut-fue...
Ich freue mich auch besonders für die Kolleg*innen am CHREN @humanrights-fau.bsky.social. Glückwünsche!
@simone.derix @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @FoKS
@simone.derix @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @FoKS
FAU-Projekt „Transforming Human Rights” wird Exzellenzcluster 🏅
Heute hat die DFG und der Wissenschaftsrat die künftig geförderten Exzellenzcluster bekanntgegeben. Und die FAU darf jubeln: Das Projekt „Transforming Human Rights“ ist dabei! 🤩 #FAUproud (1/3)
www.fau.de/2025/05/news...
Heute hat die DFG und der Wissenschaftsrat die künftig geförderten Exzellenzcluster bekanntgegeben. Und die FAU darf jubeln: Das Projekt „Transforming Human Rights“ ist dabei! 🤩 #FAUproud (1/3)
www.fau.de/2025/05/news...
Exzellenzstrategie: Herausragend in der Menschenrechtsforschung
Große Freude an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): Das Forschungsprojekt „Transforming Human Rights“ wird Exzellenzcluster. Am späten Donnerstagnachmittag gaben die Deutsche…
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May 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ich freue mich auch besonders für die Kolleg*innen am CHREN @humanrights-fau.bsky.social. Glückwünsche!
@simone.derix @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @FoKS
@simone.derix @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @FoKS
Such great news for @africamultiple.bsky.social ! I am excited to get to work on our collaboratively developed Research program on in:Securities and world making, one out of the six new focal areas. With colleagues in Burkina, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and @unibayreuth.bsky.social @IAS
The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Such great news for @africamultiple.bsky.social ! I am excited to get to work on our collaboratively developed Research program on in:Securities and world making, one out of the six new focal areas. With colleagues in Burkina, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and @unibayreuth.bsky.social @IAS
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yes of course you are right. There are notable exceptions . Julian Go's Policing Empire ; Markus-Michael Müller and @janahoenke.bsky.social's The Global Making of Policing: Postcolonial Perspectives ; Georgina Sinclair's At the End of the Line ; Lynsey Black's work ; etc. Some excellent work
May 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
yes of course you are right. There are notable exceptions . Julian Go's Policing Empire ; Markus-Michael Müller and @janahoenke.bsky.social's The Global Making of Policing: Postcolonial Perspectives ; Georgina Sinclair's At the End of the Line ; Lynsey Black's work ; etc. Some excellent work
Such great news! I am super-excited to get to work on our collaboratively developed Research Programm on in:Securities and world making. With colleagues in Burkina, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana. @africamultiple.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social @IAS
Boom! Insecurities theme, here we go ! @janahoenke.bsky.social
Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Such great news! I am super-excited to get to work on our collaboratively developed Research Programm on in:Securities and world making. With colleagues in Burkina, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana. @africamultiple.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social @IAS