2025 Centre of African Studies Annual Conference - Call for Papers
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Call for Papers
2025 Annual Conference Centre of African Studies, 24 - 25 April 2025
Theme: Climate Dynamics and the Politics of a Post-Carbon Africa.
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 Centre of African Studies (CAS) at the University of Edinburgh invites submissions from scholars and active researchers interested in the socio-technical and political entanglements shaping sustainable energy transitions in Africa. We are particularly interested in submissions that draw from an empirically-grounded and theoretical introspections about an African perspective on the global energy transition drive and climate change
We will prioritise submissions related 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
How to Apply
Submissions of no more than 250 words clearly setting out the paper’s main arguments should
be submitted here.
Important Dates:
- Deadline for submission: 13 September 2024
- Conference dates: 24 & 25 April 2025
Funding
Due to budgetary restrictions, we are only able to consider travel grants to a limited number of Africa-based participants.
If you have any questions related to the conference please contact: Dr Nelson Oppong or Dr Thabani Mutambasere.