It took me a while to process Ian’s passing. I still cannot believe he is not around. I am not going to write about the renowned scholar Professor Taylor, whose academic accomplishments we all know…
Festive Season Wishes
We wish you a peaceful Festive Season. May you have a happy and healthy start to the New Year! We look forward to the upcoming 2020! Merry Christmas illustration theme with map of Africa
Polish Aid Programme 2020 – call for proposals
The Polish Aid Programme for 2020 is now open for application. Application deadline is Jan 9th, 2020. As in previous years, in this edition of the Polish Aid Programme there are five priority countries from…
The Securitisation of Development in the Sahel: Arsonists…
We are happy to inform you that the Polish Centre for African Studies, as a partner in a research consortium, submitted an aplication under GRIEG call. Results of the evaluation of our joint project proposal…
ECPR 2019 General Conference, Wrocław
The 2019 General Conference will be held at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Wrocław is Poland's fourth-largest city, and best known for its colourful Market Square and astronomical clock. The city lies on the Odra…
ECAS2019. Africa: Connections and Disruptions Edinburgh, June 11-14…
The University of Edinburgh’s Centre of African Studies hosted the 8th European Conference on African Studies, Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus, on behalf of the Research Network of African Studies…
David versus Goliath: Tanzania’s Efforts to Stand Up…
Polus, Andrzej, and Wojciech Tycholiz. 2019. "David versus Goliath: Tanzania’s Efforts to Stand Up to Foreign Gas Corporations." Africa Spectrum 54(1): 61–72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002039719848507 Abstract This article presents and analyses how Tanzania, a country on the…
Tanzania: natural gas and IOCs
East Africa is often described as the world’s „new oil and gas frontier” or hydrocarbon El Dorado – the most perspective region in terms of oil and gas exploration. Taking into consideration the hydrocarbon potential…
Natural resource curse: the case of Zambia and…
The project was carried out with the financial support of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (No. N114 443837). The main objective of the project was to examine and fully understand the natural…