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Decolonising university museum collections
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Heritage for the future: promoting best practices for preservation and promotion
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African-European teaching collaboration and instructional design
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Cultural heritage and housing: protection, safeguarding, and belonging
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Joint African-European studies and viewpoints on epidemiology
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Language beyond learning
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Preparedness and adaptability in Global Health
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Migrant storytelling on home and belonging as transformative tools
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Teaching complexity Through Real-World and Collaborative pedagogies
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Transregional sustainable development
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Decolonising African-European academic partnerships
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WE4LEAD: a cross-continental endeavor towards gender equality
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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
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Exploring opportunities and challenges of AI in research and teaching in Europe -Africa Alliance
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Universities in Transformation
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Climate change and other challenges - building convergence through collaboration
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Polycrisis and forced displacement across Africa and Europe
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Rethinking Aging: Scientific Evidence, Public Perception, and Cultural Practices
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Opening session
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The African Cancer Immunology and Infection Initiative
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Closing session
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Building on PolyCIVIS Insights: Enhancing African-European Cooperation in Research and Evidence-Based Policy
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CIVIS Research Council face-to-face meeting
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Transcultural memories and narratives
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Added-value collaboration between academic research&local stakeholders
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Participatory action research in vulnerable contexts: a trans-continental perspective
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Experimentation and the making of experiential knowledge
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Toward equitable and transformative science partnerships: Which role for CIVIS?
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Session chair: Prof. Manuel Guilherme Júnior, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo (Mozambic)
Dr. Ute Schwaibold - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Prof. Jussi Grießinger - Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria)
Prof. Gudrun Zagel - Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria)
Prof.Yazidhi Bamutaze-
Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda)
Equity and Inclusion in African–European Knowledge Partnerships
This tandem talk series brings together researchers from African and
European CIVIS partner universities to reflect on how equity and
inclusion can be deepened within Africa–Europe knowledge partnerships.
Drawing on their experiences from various cross-continental
collaborations, the speakers examine what it means to engage in
genuinely reciprocal and context-sensitive academic cooperation.
The
session explores how initiatives in curriculum co-development,
participatory and community-based research, digital inclusion, and the
integration of local knowledge systems can foster more equitable forms
of collaboration. Each contribution offers insights from practical
experiences in transregional projects, highlighting both opportunities
and tensions in navigating differences in resources, institutional
cultures, and epistemic traditions.
Together, these reflections aim to
articulate principles and practices for co-creating knowledge that is
not only globally relevant but locally grounded. By situating inclusion,
mutual respect, and epistemic justice at the centre of academic
partnership, the session contributes to reimagining how African and
European universities can collaborate in more ethical and sustainable
ways.
Dr. Zawadi Mageni Mboma-
Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara (Tanzania)
Dr. Mary Ryan, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (Scotland)
Learning, unlearning and relearning
Equitable partnership is critical for funders and partners seeking fairer ways of working, with its importance reflected in the high volume of guidance produced by various stakeholders. Most of this guidance tends to be framed around principles of best practice while omitting day-to-day practical elements as well as the trickier question of whose practice is best. Practical barriers to equitable international partnership manifest in many ways, from financial processes, funder regulations, and legal differences to differences in institutional capacity that range from research support to infrastructure. While some barriers are structural and are not within the power of institutions to change, there are many opportunities for institutions to enhance equity in international collaboration and therefore mitigate against some of the structural issues. Through enhanced understanding of the practical barriers to equitable partnership and working collaboratively to identify contextually relevant solutions, institutions can ensure their partnerships are more equitable and resilient.
This presentation will draw on two decades of learning, unlearning and relearning between the University of Glasgow in Scotland and Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. The session will highlight how these institutions have worked together to address the messy practicalities of equitable partnership, leading to enhanced connectivity. Attendees will gain insights into how to operationalize equity, particularly in Global South-Global North collaborations and hear about the mutual benefits for institutions that navigate challenges of equitable partnership together.