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Building on PolyCIVIS Insights: Enhancing African-European Cooperation in Research and Evidence-Based Policy
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Climate change and other challenges - building convergence through collaboration
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Rethinking Aging: Scientific Evidence, Public Perception, and Cultural Practices
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Exploring opportunities and challenges of AI in research and teaching in Europe -Africa Alliance
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Challenging the complexities of informal elderly care. Towards African-European collaborative aging research and education
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Added-value collaboration between academic research&local stakeholders
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Transregional sustainable development
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Participatory action research in vulnerable contexts: a trans-continental perspective
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Overcoming racism in healthcare: a European and African perspective on how to improve medical training
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Teaching complexity Through Real-World and Collaborative pedagogies
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The African Cancer Immunology and Infection Initiative
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WE4LEAD: a cross-continental endeavor towards gender equality
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Polycrisis and forced displacement across Africa and Europe
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Migrant storytelling on home and belonging as transformative tools
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Transcultural memories and narratives
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Decolonising African-European academic partnerships
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African-European teaching collaboration and instructional design
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Heritage for the future: promoting best practices for preservation and promotion
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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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Opening session
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Closing session
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Universities in Transformation
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Language beyond learning
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Toward equitable and transformative science partnerships: Which role for CIVIS?
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Preparedness and adaptability in Global Health
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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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Decolonising university museum collections
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Session chair: Prof. Hassene Mnif, University of Sfax, Sfax (Tunisia)
Individual contributions
Dr. Arlindo Mendes Antonio , Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo (Mozambic) online
Co-producing agricultural knowledge with farmers: participatory experimentation and climate adaptation for resilient rural livelihoods in Mozambique
Pr. Cristina Nombela, University of Madrid Autonoma, Madrid (Spain) online
Techniques of brain stimulation for the elderly
Dr. David Poveda, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
Dr. Noor Gulamussen, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo (Mozambic)
Dr. Fanny Sbaraglia, University of Bruxelles, Bruxelles (Belgium)
The role of traditional authorities in decision making in addressing polycrisis – Mozambique case study
This panel explores how experimentation and experience contribute to the co-production of knowledge across European and African contexts. Bringing together researchers engaged in participatory and situated inquiries, it examines how universities, institutions, and communities collaborate across continents to address shared challenges. Experimentation is understood as both a methodological practice and an epistemological stance that shapes collaboration with non-academic actors, the governance of uncertainty, and the ethical and institutional conditions of research. By comparing European and African cases, the panel highlights how distinct cultural and institutional environments foster different yet interconnected modes of knowledge production. The discussion further investigates how experiential and situated knowledge are generated, interpreted, and valued in contrasting contexts. It explores what counts as “data” in participatory research, how embodied and traditional expertise interact with academic standards, and how these encounters stimulate mutual learning and social transformation. Together, these contributions underscore the plural and interdependent nature of experimentation, revealing how Europe–Africa dialogues enrich the making, transmission, and legitimization of experiential knowledge.
Questions for the audience
- How are experiential and situated forms of knowledge generated, interpreted, and valued across different contexts? What counts as “data” in participatory research?
- How do embodied and traditional forms of expertise interact with academic standards and research norms?
- In what ways do these encounters foster mutual learning and drive social transformation?
- How can Europe–Africa dialogues enrich the making, transmission, and legitimization of experiential knowledge, highlighting the plural dimension of experimentation?