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ACT - Africa Centre for Transregional Research

The Africa Centre of Freiburg is a Competence Centre for Transregional, Reciprocal African Studies and Societal Exchange.

ACT, the Africa Centre for Transregional Research, at the University of Freiburg, is host for African researchers. ACT aims to establish a differentiated image of African reality in the public sphere.

ACT is a competence, service, and information centre for European African studies in teaching, research, and innovation.

With reciprocity of research as its guiding motive, ACT establishes a new form of cooperation between German, European and African researchers.

 

News

(canceled) Prof. Makulilo opens new lecture series: Freiburg Information Law Lectures (17.04.2024)

The Institute for Media and Information Law will open the lecture format Freiburg Information Law Lectures on 17.04.2024 with a lecture by Prof. Makulilo from the Open University Tanzania: "Regulation of Personal Data in Elections: The Case of Tanzania"

The next Freiburg Africa Talks are announced!

Germany and Africa - Quo vadis? (18.04.2023)

Racism and Deportation Plans - (How long) is Germany still worth living in? (13.06.2024)

Save The Date!

SDG-University Day Baden-Württemberg 2024

28.06.2024, HS Kehl

 

News

Andreas Mehler and Prof. Dr. Kriegelstein visit Ghana

A high-ranking delegation from the University of Freiburg, led by Rector Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kriegelstein, visited the University of Ghana from 27-29.2.2024.
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Workshop: Colonialism in East Africa and its implications today (22.02.2024)

On 22 February 2024, the Institute for Caritas Studies at the University of Freiburg, the Cluster "Peace Work. Coordination, Civil Society and Research" cluster from the Burundi Partnership of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the Africa Centre for Transregional Research (ACT) and the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI) organize a workshop on "Colonialism in East Africa and its implications today".

Videos: Behind the Scenes at the SDG University Day 2023

During the SDG University Day 2023 at the University of Freiburg, Akua Agyapong, student at the University of Ghana and participant in the ASA project "Decolonize Universities", conducted interviews with some of the speakers. In the dialogue, she delved deeper into the topics of the University Day and how North-South partnerships in higher education can be decolonized. The videos are now available!

Recording available: International Partnerships: Reciprocity and Academic Freedom (05.02.2024)

Akosua Adomako Ampofo's lecture at the Freiburg Africa Talks was recorded and is now available on the University of Freiburg's video portal.
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Extended Member Assembly of ACT (20.02.2024)

Prof. Dr. Mama Foupouagnigni and Prof. Dr. Andreas Buchleitner presented the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and discussed African-European cooperation in the field of mathematics, moderated by Prof. Dr. Nadja Germann.