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Transcultural memories and narratives
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Participatory action research in vulnerable contexts: a trans-continental perspective
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Polycrisis and forced displacement across Africa and Europe
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Challenging the complexities of informal elderly care. Towards African-European collaborative aging research and education
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The African Cancer Immunology and Infection Initiative
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Transregional sustainable development
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WE4LEAD: a cross-continental endeavor towards gender equality
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Rethinking Aging: Scientific Evidence, Public Perception, and Cultural Practices
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Climate change and other challenges - building convergence through collaboration
Done
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Migrant storytelling on home and belonging as transformative tools
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Exploring opportunities and challenges of AI in research and teaching in Europe -Africa Alliance
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Decolonising African-European academic partnerships
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Teaching complexity Through Real-World and Collaborative pedagogies
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Overcoming racism in healthcare: a European and African perspective on how to improve medical training
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Building on PolyCIVIS Insights: Enhancing African-European Cooperation in Research and Evidence-Based Policy
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Experimentation and the making of experiential knowledge
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Joint African-European studies and viewpoints on epidemiology
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Language beyond learning
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Heritage for the future: promoting best practices for preservation and promotion
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Preparedness and adaptability in Global Health
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Toward equitable and transformative science partnerships: Which role for CIVIS?
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CIVIS Research Council face-to-face meeting
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Cultural heritage and housing: protection, safeguarding, and belonging
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Decolonising university museum collections
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Opening session
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Universities in Transformation
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Closing session
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African-European teaching collaboration and instructional design
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Equity and Inclusion in African–European Knowledge Partnerships
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Session chair: Prof. Stefan Lang, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria)
Collective contribution
Dr. Lobna Boudaya - University of Sfax, Sfax (Tunisia)
Mr. Zaahid Khan - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa)
PhD Khady Diallo - Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium)
Mr. Djibril Mangane
- Enda ECOPOP, Dakar (Senegal),
Dr. Lorenz Wendt - Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria)
Mr. Thierry De Coster - Ucoopia NGO / Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium)
This panel proposes to analyze the specific contributionon of
partnerships between African and European universities and civil society
organizations (CSOs), including Ucoopia to Integrated Coastal Zone
Management (ICZM) within the framework of the climate, environment, and
energy nexus. Coastal ecosystems, particularly mangroves and seagrass
meadows, represent critical socio-ecological systems increasingly
exposed to anthropogenic and climatic pressures.
Universities generate
robust analytical frameworks—ecological inventories, socio-ecological
resilience assessments, climate impact modeling, and social science
research—while CSOs/NGOs ensure the translation of such knowledge into
practice, simultaneously providing empirical data and feedback that in
turn stimulate new scientific questions.
This science–society interface
constitutes a research–action–transformation continuum, enabling the
production of contextualized knowledge, testing its applicability, and
informing public policies. Particular atention will be given to the
importance of designing and financing projects in the areas of
mitigation (emission reduction and carbon sink protection), adaptation
(local capacity-building, conomic and energy diversification), and
compensation (loss and damage) when impacts are irreversible.
By
convening scholars and practitioners from environmental sciences,
climate and geosciences, economics, law, public health (OneHealth), and
education, the panel will illustrate the conditions under which
Africa–Europe collaboration can foster transdisciplinary knowledge
production, contribute to the energy transition, and strengthen both
climate resilience and environmental governance.
Questions for the audience
- How can collaboration between universities and civil society organisations (CSOs) be strengthened to translate scientific research into concrete actions for Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Southern Mediterranean countries?
- Which participatory approaches and Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) tools can best support co-management of coastal resources while integrating local knowledge and nature-based solutions?
- How can Africa–Europe cooperation enhance knowledge transfer, capacity building, and the establishment of sustainable governance models that balance conservation, development, and the blue economy?