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SUMMARY:Negotiating Sustainable Development: African Perspectives on Global Governance and Just Transitions
DESCRIPTION:The Africa–Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) on the Politics of Sustainable Development\, co-led by Future Africa at the University of Pretoria and the University of Oslo\, invites you to a virtual roundtable discussion. \nNegotiating Sustainable Development: African Perspectives on Global Governance and Just Transitions \nDate: Tuesday\, 28 April 2026Time: 09:00 – 13:00 (GMT+2)\nVenue: Online on Zoom.\nPlease register HERE to attend \nThis roundtable brings African perspectives to the forefront\, exploring global governance\, climate negotiations and finance\, and the realities shaping sustainable development across the continent. \nThe discussion will consider energy sovereignty\, just transitions\, and the trade-offs between development priorities and climate commitments\, while reflecting on policy coherence\, multilateral power dynamics\, and inclusive pathways for sustainable development. \nFor enquiries: email clarietta.chagwiza@futureafrica.science \nSee invitation for more details.
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/negotiating-sustainable-development-african-perspectives-on-global-governance-and-just-transitions/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:General,Uncategorized
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SUMMARY:Webinar: African Environmental thoughts and relational ontologies
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa at the University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a webinar titled: African Environmental Thoughts and Relational Ontologies. \nDate: Tuesday\, 24 March 2026\nTime: 11h00 –12h30 \nRegister here: https://bit.ly/4seHyoa \nAbstract: \nPolitical ecology and environmental actions reflect how people understand their biophysical environment and their relationship with it in both material and non-material terms. In this webinar\, we explore African perspectives on the environment through interdisciplinary\, multidisciplinary\, and transdisciplinary lenses. The discussion will be guided by the following questions: What do ordinary people\, social movements and leaders think about the environment? What meanings do they attach to it? \nThe webinar is organised by Professor Maano Ramutsindela\, UP–UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations. The session will be chaired by Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga from the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria. \n  \nAbout the Guest Speaker: \nDr Anselmo Matusse holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Cape Town. His academic background also includes an MSc in Environmental Science from Linköping University and master’s degrees in Higher Education Teaching and Learning from Göteborg University and Digital Humanities from Linnaeus University in Sweden. He is a Junior Research Fellow at CzASE Studies\, where he contributes to the design of a transdisciplinary course integrating the Sustainable Development Goals\, Critical Zone studies and transformative pedagogies. Dr Matusse has over a decade of teaching experience in both primary and higher education in Mozambique and has delivered guest lectures at Uppsala University\, Linköping University\, the University of Cape Town and ISCTE-IUL. He co-teaches the BA course “Words\, Bones\, and Deeds” at the University of Cape Town. He also serves as a National Geographic Explorer\, where he has shared indigenous ecological knowledge systems with school learners in the United States based on his doctoral research. His research interests include environmentalism\, development\, the platformisation of society and higher education for sustainable development.
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/webinar-african-environmental-thoughts-and-relational-ontologies/
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Future Africa launch of Lancet Countdown Africa at the University of Pretoria
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa at the University of Pretoria is proud to host the launch ceremony of the Lancet Countdown Africa Regional Centre at the University of Pretoria. \nDate: Monday\, 16 March 2026\nTime: 14h00 –16h00 \nHosted at Future Africa\, the Lancet Countdown Africa Regional Centre brings together African experts and institutions to track climate-related health indicators\, generate locally relevant evidence\, and support policymakers in advancing climate action that protects health and livelihoods. The launch will formally introduce the Lancet Countdown Africa Regional Centre\, present its strategic priorities\, and mark the commencement of its programme of work. \n  \nProgramme_Launch_of_Lancet_Countdown_Africa_at_Future_Africa
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/future-africa-launch-of-lancet-countdown-africa-at-the-university-of-pretoria/
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:December Bokamoso Holiday Art Programme
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa is proud to collaborate with the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) to present the Bokamoso Holiday Art Programme from 1–5 December 2025. If you have bright young science and art enthusiasts aged 7–15\, this programme is for them! \nOn Thursday\, 4 December\, the programme will take place at the Future Africa Campus\, where participants will embark on an art–science adventure\, exploring the gardens and gathering inspiration and natural materials for their sculpture painting project. Inspired by the Colossal Time theme in Javett-UP’s One and the Many exhibition\, the programme encourages children to explore their connection to the natural world. This will be facilitated by Dr Nicola Grobler\, artist and senior lecturer in Fine Art at the School of the Arts\, University of Pretoria. \nTo fully enjoy and participate in all activities\, we recommend signing up for the full five-day programme. \nPROGRAMME ACTIVITIES \nMonday: Introduction to sculpting – begin constructing armatures. \nTuesday: Meditation\, music\, and art – complete armatures and cover sculptures. \nWednesday: Art process making on Monumentality and Monuments. \nThursday: Visit to Future Africa Campus to explore the gardens and gather inspiration and materials for sculpture painting (Drop off & Pick up point at Future Africa). \nFriday: Sculpture painting and final presentations. \n  \nThe programme will run daily 1-5 December 2025\, 09:00-13:00. Children can be dropped off from 08:30 and collected at 13:00. \n  \nBOOK tickets now on Webtickets https://tr.ee/BookBokamosoTickets and enjoy EARLY BIRD SPECIAL on the favorite week pass! \nPlease note: The ticket covers entrance and art materials only. No food will be provided\, so parents are kindly asked to pack a lunchbox for their child. \nThis Bokamoso Holiday Art Programme’s December edition is proudly presented by Javett–UP in collaboration with the School of the Arts and Future Africa at the University of Pretoria. \nFor enquiries: Enquiries: marketing@javettup.com | Call 012 420 3960 | Whatsapp +27 71 209 6817.
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/december-bokamoso-holiday-art-programme/
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:The role of universities in leading Africa-Asia partnerships to foster STI-led entrepreneurship to support Africa’s sustainable industrialisation
DESCRIPTION:Science Forum 2025 Side Event\nLead Event Organiser: Future Africa\, University of Pretoria \nDate and time: Monday 24 November\, 10h00-12h00 \nVenue: Emerald Room\, CSIR International Convention Centre \nRSVP: Click the link to register: https://form.jotform.com/253073438123553 \nThis side event will explore how university-based collaboration between Africa and Asia can catalyse public–private cooperation to strengthen STI-led entrepreneurship ecosystems and address pressing societal challenges. It aims to identify actionable strategies to advance university-led public–private partnerships through co-generated knowledge\, co-innovation and the training of the next generation of professionals. \n\nObjectives\n\nShare progress on expanding the university-led Africa–Asia business partnership forum into a platform involving South African and Japanese public and private institutions.\nEngage on opportunities and ideas for strengthening collaborative STI-led entrepreneurship.\nExplore approaches for developing and enhancing STI-led entrepreneurship ecosystems through Africa–Asia collaboration among public policy schools.\n\n\nProgramme Overview\n10:00–10:05 | Welcome and Introduction\nModerator: Dr Farai Kapfudzaruwa\, University of Cape Town \nPart 1: Fostering STI-Led Youth Entrepreneurship Through Africa–Asia Partnership\n10:05–10:15 | PresentationAfrica–Asia platform for new public and private partnership initiatives to drive youth entrepreneurship and innovation in support of Africa’s sustainable industrialisation• Dr Farai Kapfudzaruwa\, University of Cape Town \n10:15–11:00 | Panel DiscussionThe role of universities in fostering collaborative STI-led youth entrepreneurship and innovation \nModerator: Dr Farai KapfudzaruwaPanel:1. Prof Alex Antonites\, Head of Department: Business Management\, University of Pretoria2. Chamunorwa Togo\, Innovation Incubation Consultant\, African Development Bank3. South African entrepreneur (TBC) \nPart 2: Strengthening entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems through public policy training\n11:00–11:45 | Panel Discussion \nModerator: Prof Gerda van Dijk\, School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA)\, University of Pretoria \nSpeakers and Topics: \n1. Prof Onkgopotse Madumo\, SPMA\, University of Pretoria \nUnderstanding the value of entrepreneurship and innovation from a citizen perspective (looking at local government’s need for entrepreneurship and innovation and its nexus to public policy) \n2. Prof Michel Tshiyoyo\, SPMA\, University of Pretoria \nUnderstanding the role of the third sector (NGOs etc) in contributing as partners in entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems \n3. Dr Martin Kizito\, Dean of Social Sciences\, Uganda Christian University \nThe role of higher education institutions in integrating entrepreneurship and innovation in public policy teaching \n11:45–12:00 | Concluding Remarks \n• Dr Jessika Bohlmann\, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences\, University of Pretoria \n\nAbstract\nIn recent decades\, there has been growing recognition of the role of Science\, Technology and Innovation (STI) in advancing inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development. With Africa’s rapidly expanding youth population\, STI is increasingly viewed as a key driver of youth entrepreneurship\, job creation and long-term economic growth. Yet the STI ecosystem that should support emerging entrepreneurs remains fragmented\, under-funded and insufficiently integrated across the continent. \nAt the same time\, many African entrepreneurs and industrialists continue to look to Western countries for models of innovation and development. These relationships are often shaped by a donor–recipient dynamic rooted in traditional North–South partnerships. However\, new partnership models centred on a “Look East” orientation have gained traction in recent years. Initiatives such as the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) and programmes like the Africa-Japan Collaborative Research (AJ-CORE) illustrate the potential of Africa–Asia cooperation in STI and innovation. \nThe combination of Africa’s STI ecosystem challenges and the opportunities emerging from Asia–Africa partnerships presents an ideal context for deeper collaboration between public and private actors on both continents. Universities are uniquely positioned to bridge geographic\, institutional and informational gaps through their interdisciplinary expertise\, global networks and role as neutral convenors. Through collaborative partnerships\, African and Asian universities can bring diverse stakeholders into dialogue\, co-produce policy-relevant knowledge\, and foster innovation ecosystems that drive entrepreneurship and socio-economic development.
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/the-role-of-universities-in-leading-africa-asia-partnerships-to-foster-sti-led-entrepreneurship-to-support-africas-sustainable-industrialisation/
LOCATION:Emerald Room\, CSIR International Convention Centre\, Meiring Naudé Rd\, Brummeria\, Pretoria\, 0184\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251023T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251023T160000
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SUMMARY:African Political Ecologies Learning Lab
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa invites you to the African Political Ecologies Learning Lab\, hosted by Professor Maano Ramutsindela\, the UP–UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations\, in partnership with the Future Earth Leadership Centre. \nDate: Thursday\, 23 October 2025\nTime: 09:00 to 16:00 SAST\nLocation: Online via Zoom. Please register using this LINK to attend\nEnquiries: Contact Dr Claire Chagwiza at claire.chagwiza@futureafrica.science \n\nThe critiques of the Western canon on the relations between society and nature and the consequent practices are useful but have not gone far enough to provide global themes in tune with the African condition. What is the blueprint for how and why we should research the society-nature relations from African(ist) perspectives? How do those perspectives advance progressive policies? The learning lab will engage these questions through an interdisciplinary lens to delineate the scope and directions of African political ecologies (APEs). The main outcome of this engagement is to develop a virtual learning lab for APEs. \n\nHosted by: \n \nProf Maano Ramutsindela is a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Cape Town\, and also holds the UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations. His research explores socioecological relations and the political ecology of peace parks. Read more
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/african-political-ecologies-learning-lab/
CATEGORIES:General,Sustainability Transformations in Africa
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SUMMARY:Working Hand in Hand for Food System Transformation for a Better Future
DESCRIPTION:Date: 16 October 2025\nTime: 18:00 SAST\nFormat: Virtual Panel Discussion (Zoom)\nMeeting ID: 644 3581 8107\nPasscode: 962473 \nOverview \nIn celebration of World Food Day 2025\, the Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-LeaF) Food Security Cluster invites you to a virtual panel discussion exploring how cross-disciplinary collaboration can drive sustainable and resilient food systems. This year’s theme\, “Working Hand in Hand for Food System Transformation for a Better Future”\, calls for collective action to build peaceful\, sustainable\, and food-secure societies. The event will bring together experts from across Africa in agriculture\, consumer science\, environmental geography\, plant breeding\, and social science to share insights and innovations for transforming agrifood systems. \nDiscussion Focus \nThe session will highlight how biophysical innovations such as improved plant varieties and urine fertiliser can complement social innovations like behavioural change\, waste prevention\, and community empowerment to achieve lasting impact. \nThe discussion will explore: \n\nCross-disciplinary strategies for transforming agrifood systems\nScientific and social innovations that strengthen food and nutrition security\nCollaborative approaches that link science\, engineering\, and community action for equitable access\n\nJoin us in commemorating World Food Day 2025 and exploring how collective innovation can help build a sustainable and food-secure future for all. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/working-hand-in-hand-for-food-system-transformation-for-a-better-future/
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250612T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250612T120000
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SUMMARY:Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue: The pleasure of transgressing borders through the poetics of space and time
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa cordially invites you to a webinar with Professor Lesley Green\, from the University of Cape Town (UCT)\, in discussion with Professor Maano Ramutsindela\, UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations. \nDate: Thursday\, 12 June 2025\nTime: 11:00 to 12:00 pm SAST\nVenue: Online on Zoom. Please register HERE to attend\nEnquiries: Contact Dr Hester du Plessis at hester.duplessis@up.ac.za\nRSVP by Wednesday\, 11 June 2025 \nTopic:\nThere is often a dichotomy between the conventional ecological appearances we perceive to be reality and our imagination where we inhabit an inner world constructed through our senses. How will we reconcile this binary disparity with the challenging politics of sustainability? \nAbout Speakers \n\nProf Lesley Green is a Professor of Earth Politics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and leads the Critical Zones Africa project. She specialises in transdisciplinary curriculum development and justice-based environmental governance in Southern Africa. Read more… \n  \n \nProf Maano Ramutsindela is the UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations and a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Cape Town. His research explores socioecological relations and the political ecology of peace parks. Read more… \nDOWNLOAD THE PDF INVITATION
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/the-pleasure-of-transgressing-borders-through-the-poetics-of-space-and-time/
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Africa Week 2025 | Global Security\, Global Africa
DESCRIPTION:Africa Week 2025\n\n\n\n\n\nAfrica Week is the University of Pretoria’s (UP) biennial science leadership summit hosted by the Future Africa platform. The 2025 event\, organised with the support of the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) and the Department of Science\, Technology\, and Innovation (DSTI)\, will be held from 25 to 30 May 2025 and will convene prominent African and global science leaders and stakeholders for a series of high-level discussions under the theme ‘Global Security\, Global Africa’. \nMain Summit: 25 -27 May | Side Events: 28 – 30 May \nThe purpose of Africa Week 2025 is to reframe and broaden global security beyond its militarist confines\, to uncover its multiple – hidden and overt – meanings at present and how they manifest at all levels of society. The summit aims to reimagine global security frameworks\, and to place Africa’s position and role within global security complexes. \nAttendance at the event is by invitation and primarily in person\, with limited sessions accessible via livestream for those joining remotely. \nClick here for more information about the programme and speakers. \nCatch the livestreamed sessions from 26 to 28 May 2025. Register here to join online. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/africa-week-2025-science-summit/
LOCATION:Future Africa\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Sustainability: an intersection of science and ideology
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa (FA) at the University of Pretoria (UP) cordially invites you to a lecture by Professor Maano Ramutsindela\, UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations. \nDate: Thursday\, 3 April 2025 \nTime: 12:00 to 14:00 SAST \nLocation: Future Africa\, Hillcrest Campus\, University of Pretoria & Online (hybrid event) \nEnquiries: Email Clarietta Chagwiza at clarietta.chagwiza@futureafrica.science \nRSVP by Monday\, 31 March 2025 \nREGISTER HERE\n \nAbout the Lecture \n\n\nThe concept of sustainability has become a defining mantra of our time\, shaping global discourse\, influencing human behaviour\, guiding philanthropic actions\, and serving as a soft approach to addressing hard realities. This is largely due to sustainability drawing its strength from science\, while its ideological underpinnings often remain unnoticed. In this lecture\, Professor Ramutsindela will explore how science informs understandings of sustainability\, how the ideology of sustainability is reinforced by the belief that there is nothing ideological about sustainability as a concept and practice\, and highlight the implications of the intersection of sustainability and ideology for sustainability transformations in Africa. \n\nAbout Prof Maano Ramutsindela \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Maano Ramutsindela is the UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations\, a joint initiative between the University of Pretoria and the University of Cape Town. He is also a Professor of Human Geography at UCT’s Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. A Canon Collins Scholar\, he holds a PhD in Geography from Royal Holloway\, University of London\, and a Master’s in Geography from the University of the North (Turfloop). He has served as Dean of the Faculty of Science at UCT and is a Fellow of the Society of South African Geographers and a Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Internationally\, he has held visiting fellowships at Harvard University and the University of Western Australia\, Distinguished Chair at Macalester College and Inaugural Guest Professor at the University of Geneva. His current research is on socioecological relations and the political ecology of peace parks. He is the author of Transfrontier Conservation in Africa: At the Confluence of Capital\, Politics\, and Nature and co-editor of several recent books\, including Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals (Springer\, 2020) and The Violence of Conservation in Africa (Edward Elgar\, 2022)…Read more\n \n  \nDOWNLOAD THE PDF INVITATION
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/sustainability-an-intersection-of-science-and-ideology/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue: Building Supportive Environments for Transdisciplinary Research
DESCRIPTION:Future Africa (FA) at the University of Pretoria is pleased to invite you to join the latest Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue presented by Professor Gabriele Bammer\, President of the Global Alliance for Inter-and Transdisciplinary (ITD Alliance). In this dialogue\, Prof Bammer will lead a discussion and share ideas on how to inspire and support researchers to achieve transformational impact on global challenges by creating supportive environments and infrastructure. She will also advise on how to develop workable transition pathways to implement a transdisciplinary approach to research\, teaching and learning. \nDate: Tuesday\, 18 March 2025 \nTime: 10:00 am to 11:00 am SAST \nLocation: Online on Zoom. Register HERE \nProfessor Bammer will be joined by a panel of discussants from UP’s Faculty of Engineering\, Built Environment and Information Technology: \n\nProf Karina Landman\, Head of the Department: Town and Regional Planning and Chair of the School of the Built Environment.\nDr Calayde Davey\, Coordinator: Professional Practice\, Convener: Urban Strategy & Hatfield Digital Twin City Initiative.\nMr Jason Oberholster\, PhD Candidate: Complex Urban Integration. Lecturer\, Director: Unit for Urban Citizenship\,\n\n  \nAbout Prof Gabriele Bammer\n\n \nProf Gabriele Bammer is the author of the publication Disciplining Interdisciplinarity Integration and Implementation Sciences for Researching Complex Real-World Problems and developed a useful Framework in Disciplining Interdisciplinarity – Integration and Implementation Sciences (i2S) to foster expertise for tackling complex problems. Currently serving as the inaugural President of the Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD Alliance)\, Gabrielle Bammer is a Professor of Integration and Implementation Science in the College of Law\, Governance and Policy at the Australian National College ( ANU). Prof Gabriele Bammer was recognised in 2024 with the Peter Baume Award\, the Australian National University’s most prestigious accolade\, being awarded for “eminent achievement and merit of the highest order.” She was an ANU Public Policy Fellow and is an inaugural Fulbright New Century Scholar alumna. She has held visiting appointments at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (2001-14)\, the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center at the University of Maryland (2015-2018) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam\, Germany (2019-20)\, along with short-term appointments at ETH-Zurich (2007) and the Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur in Vienna (2012). From 2007-2013 she was the convener of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security’s Integration and Implementation research program. She co[1]convened (with Michael Smithson) an edX Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on ‘Ignorance!’. Between 2011-13 she was Director of the ANU’s Research School of Population Health\, Director of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health\, and the co-Director and then Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. \n  \nDOWNLOAD THE PDF INVITATION
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/building-supportive-environments-for-transdisciplinary-research/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue: Complexity in Transdisciplinary Research: Creativity\, Serendipity\, and the Future of Academia
DESCRIPTION:The University of Pretoria’s Future Africa (FA) invites you to the fourth instalment of the Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue titled Complexity in Transdisciplinary Research: Creativity\, Serendipity\, and the Future of Academia \, presented by Associate Professor Frédéric Darbellay\, from the University of Geneva\, Switzerland. \nDate: Tuesday\, 22 October 2024 \nTime: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm SAST \nLocation: Online on Zoom \nRegister to join the dialogue: https://bit.ly/3XNy8SD \nFor more information\, please contact Dr Hester du Plessis at hester.duplessis@up.ac.za \nIn this dialogue\, Professor Darbellay will discuss aspects of complexity in research such as: creativity as the foundation for TD\, serendipity as part of the TD research process\, and the notion of a post-disciplinary academic world in waiting. \nThe dialogue will be moderated by Dr Neeraj Mistry\, Future Africa’s Deputy Director. \nSpeaker \n \n Prof. Frédéric Darbellay \nFrédéric Darbellay is an Associate Professor at the University of Geneva (Faculty of\nPsychology and Educational Sciences)\, head of the Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Unit within\nthe Interfaculty Centre for the Rights of the Child (CIDE)\, and Deputy Director of the CIDE.\nHis teaching and research address interdisciplinarity in its epistemological\, methodological\nand organizational/institutional dimensions. His work focuses on the study of the\ncomplexity of the theoretical and practical questions faced today by researchers who work\nfrom\, between and beyond disciplinary boundaries in a perspective of discovery\, creativity\nand innovation. His fields of research are located in the field of human and social sciences\nand educational sciences as well as in that of natural\, life and technical sciences\, as well as\nat the dialogical crossroads between these different scientific cultures. His research and\nteaching focuses on the study of inter- and transdisciplinarity as a creative process of\nknowledge production between and beyond disciplines. He authored multiple publications\non the theory and practice of inter- and transdisciplinarity through various scientific fields\,\nacross Arts\, Humanities\, Social\, Natural\, Life and Technical Sciences. Frédéric Darbellay is a\nmember of the Td-net (Network for Transdisciplinary Research) Scientific Advisory Board of\nthe Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences\, the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS)\nBoard of Directors and Scientific Council of the Global Research Institute of Paris (GRIP). He\nis the editor of the Elgar Encyclopedia for Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary research\n(2024).
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/future-africa-transdisciplinary-td-dialoguecomplexity-in-transdisciplinary-research-creativity-serendipity-and-the-future-of-academia/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:General
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