Overview of AFRASO subprojects – please click on title for more information
Title |
Principal Investigators |
Disciplines |
Countries |
Key Area 1: Markets on the Move |
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Prof. Nölke |
Political Science |
South Africa, China |
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Prof. Boeckler, |
Human Geography, Social Anthropology |
Madagascar, Benin, Mali, Japan, The Philippines |
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S1-C: African, Asian and International Actors in the Central African Mining Sector (Cameroon & Central Africa Republic) |
Prof. Runge |
Physical Geography |
Cameroon, Central African Republic |
S1-D: Postcolonial Governmentality, Subjectivation and Agency: Translation and (Re)Formulation of the Bangladeshi Idea of Microfinance in Africa |
Prof. Ruppert |
Political Science |
Tanzania, Kenya Bangladesh |
Key Area 2: Transnational Civic Networks |
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Prof. Diawara, |
Social Anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies |
Cameroon, Mali, South Africa, China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia |
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Prof. Klump |
Economics |
Vietnam, South Africa |
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S2-C: New Approaches to Transnational Gender Politics: Chinese-African Collaboration |
Prof. Ruppert |
Political Science |
Ethiopia, Kenya, China |
Prof. Graf |
Southeast Asian Studies |
Malaysia |
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S2-E: South-South Cooperation in Higher Education:Migration of Indian University Lectures to Ethiopia |
Dr. Thubauville |
Social Anthropology |
Ethiopia, India |
Prof. Diawara |
Social Anthropology |
Mali, South Africa |
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Key Area 3: Culture as Mode of Development Policies |
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S3-A: Chinese Cultural Policies and Confucius Institutes in Africa |
Prof. Wippermann |
Sinology |
Ethiopia, Cameroon, South Africa, China |
Prof. Holbig |
Political Science |
Nigeria, South Africa, China |
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S3-C: New Approaches to Negotiating Development: South Korean-African Interactions |
Prof. Ruppert |
Korean Studies, Political Science |
Ethiopia, Kenya, South Korea |
S3-D: Japanese Management Techniques and Firm Level Effects on Productivity: Evidence from Africa |
Prof. Storz |
Economics |
South Africa, Japan |
Dr. Jaimovich |
Economics |
Senegal, The Gambia |
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S3-F: African Ownership: More Than Cheap Talk? Japan‘s Foreign Aid Approach in Zambia |
Prof. Storz |
Economics, Political Science |
Zambia |
Key Area 4: Transregional Constructions of Space |
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S4-A: Indian Ocean Imaginaries in East African Literature and Oral Culture |
Prof. Schulze-Engler |
African Studies, English Studies, Human Geography |
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia |
Prof. Erll |
English Studies |
South Africa, India, Indian Ocean |
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S4-C: African-Asian Interactions in Cyberspace. Transregional Scamming |
Prof. Schulze-Engler |
English Studies, Social Anthropology |
Ghana, Kenya, India |
Prof. Boeckler, Prof. Erll, |
English Studies, Human Geography |
Indian Ocean, La Reunion |