School of Social and Political Science

CAS Annual Conference

Discover, Connect, and Engage!

Every year, CAS hosts an annual conference that draws leading experts, scholars, and professionals from around the world to discuss breakthrough research, innovative practices, and emerging trends, placing Africa and African perspectives at the centre.

Attendees gain expert insights, networking opportunities, discover cutting-edge research, and participate in interactive sessions and workshops. Ideal for academics, researchers, professionals, and students, these events provide a collaborative environment to foster creativity and inspire new research ideas. 

Stay updated on upcoming conferences and register for an enriching academic experience.

Previous Conferences

Check out the summary of past conferences with their varied themes:

Forthcoming Conference

CAS Conference 24-25th April, 2025 at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI)

The ongoing calls for urgent action to mitigate the growing scourge of climate change by transitioning away from fossil fuels are often met with troubling uncertainties about the fate of costly commercial ventures in the petroleum industry, risks to sustainable livelihood bundles, precarious patterns of human mobilities and displacement, and potential violent flashpoints over distributional contentions in multi-sited domains of (post)carbon development. The conference brings together scholars and active researchers who are interested in the socio-technical and political entanglements shaping sustainable energy transitions in Africa. It aims to specifically draw from empirically grounded and theoretical introspections about an African perspective on the global energy transition drive and climate change. Through a mix of keynote presentations and panels, the conference will devote to the following themes:

  • Climate-induced unrests and violence

  • Green jobs, technologies, and infrastructure.

  • Climate-induced migration and refugees

  • Just transition and human mobility

  • Governance and evolving stakeholder networks

  • Post-carbon artefacts, aesthetics and popular culture 

  • Sustainable urban transformations

  • Toxicity, pollution, and environmental governance

  • Green innovations and evolving market niches

  • Indigenous knowledge and community voices

Call for papers 

The call for abstracts is now closed. 

Registrations are now Open! - Click here for further information!

To register to the conference, please click here - Registrations will close on Friday 24th January 2025 at noon.

The conference registration fees are as follow:

  • £100 for UK, EU, Switzerland and North America-based Academics/Practitioners 
  • £50.00 for UK, EU, Switzerland and North America-based PhD Students 

These will cover lunch on each day, coffee breaks, and a reception. Graduate students and participants affiliated to African universities/institutions are exempt from the fee but would still have to register online.

Venue

The conference will take place in the Conference Room at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI), High School Yards, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ. 

Directions on how to get there can be found here.

If you have any questions regarding the forthcoming conference, please do get in touch at cas.conference@ed.ac.uk