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Rethinking Aging: Scientific Evidence, Public Perception, and Cultural Practices
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Experimentation and the making of experiential knowledge
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Exploring opportunities and challenges of AI in research and teaching in Europe -Africa Alliance
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Climate change and other challenges - building convergence through collaboration
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Transcultural memories and narratives
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Polycrisis and forced displacement across Africa and Europe
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Decolonising African-European academic partnerships
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Transregional sustainable development
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Teaching complexity Through Real-World and Collaborative pedagogies
Done
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The African Cancer Immunology and Infection Initiative
Done
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Added-value collaboration between academic research&local stakeholders
Done
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Overcoming racism in healthcare: a European and African perspective on how to improve medical training
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Challenging the complexities of informal elderly care. Towards African-European collaborative aging research and education
Done
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Migrant storytelling on home and belonging as transformative tools
Done
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Participatory action research in vulnerable contexts: a trans-continental perspective
Done
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WE4LEAD: a cross-continental endeavor towards gender equality
Done
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Heritage for the future: promoting best practices for preservation and promotion
Done
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Cultural heritage and housing: protection, safeguarding, and belonging
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African-European teaching collaboration and instructional design
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Universities in Transformation
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Opening session
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Toward equitable and transformative science partnerships: Which role for CIVIS?
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Language beyond learning
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Closing session
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CIVIS Research Council face-to-face meeting
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Equity and Inclusion in African–European Knowledge Partnerships
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Preparedness and adaptability in Global Health
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Joint African-European studies and viewpoints on epidemiology
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Decolonising university museum collections
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Session chair: Sebastian Seiffert, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles (Belgium)
Collective contribution
Dr. Olfa Ammar, University of Sfax (Tunisia) online
PhD candidate Sarah Hassnaoui - Aix-Marseille University, Marseille (France)
Dr. Noor Jehan Gulamussen - Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo ( Mozambique )
Prof. Malte Brosig - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Building on PolyCIVIS Insights: Enhancing African-European Cooperation in Research and Evidence-Based Policy
Following the signature of Memoranda of Understanding between the European and African CIVIS partners in 2022, PolyCIVIS became the first major externally funded project that allowed to advance intercontinental cooperation, starting in October 2023. As the current funding phase of PolyCIVIS will approach its conclusion, the CIVIS Forum provides a timely opportunity to reflect on the achievements,challenges, and future prospects of the project.
Although PolyCIVIS was
initially conceived independently from CIVIS Hubs, several of its
research questions closely align with current Hub priorities,
as referenced in the call. The PolyCIVIS mid-term conference in April 2025
culminated in the Dakar Communiqué, which offers policy recommendations
on climate and energy issues, and highlights asymmetric climate
vulnerabilities (Hub 1).
Additionally, a policypaper published by
colleagues from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in autumn 2025
examines sustainable water management in both rural and urban settings
from African and European perspectives (Hub4).
Questions for the audience
- Which aspects of the PolyCIVIS implementation have been particularly successful?
- Which aspects developed below expectations and why?
- What preliminary insights have emerged from the edited volume process - the first peer-reviewed publication jointly developed by African and European CIVIS partners?
- How has the project refined the analyticalunderstanding of the notion of polycrisis, applied it tocase studies, and succeeded in conveying its insights to policy-making?
- What strategies are being explored to ensure the network's long-term sustainability? How could these strategies be applied by CIVIS Alliance to further strengthen its collaboration with African universities?