Current news and events

MIASA announces various fellowships: Call for Applications

Individual fellowships, German-West African tandem fellowships and fellowships for Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups for top-level research at MIASA.

29. March 2020

Migration: The bargaining power of transit states

How do destination countries try to get transit countries in line with their migration policies? Antje Missbach and Melissa Phillips wrote @the interpreter.

17. March 2020

The ABI is closed until 19th April 2020

In order to keep the risk of infection with the coronavirus Covid-19 low, the ABI and the library will be closed to the public until April 19th, 2020.

16. March 2020

Guest at the ABI: Young researchers from l'Université Internationale de Rabat

For an exchange and a visit of the ABI library, young researchers from l'Université Internationale de Rabat visited the ABI.

20. February 2020

Call for applications for a student or research assistant

The Chair for Development Theory and Policy is looking for a research assistant in support of the EUCOR funded project ‘Making Infrastructure Global?´

18. February 2020

Newspaper: The tiny African country making a big case against Myanmar

In "The Interpreter" Antje Missbach and Franzisca Zanker write about Gambia's reasons for taking the crimes against the Rohingyas to court.

18. February 2020

Call for applications: DAAD summer school 2020

The 2020 summer school will run from 1st to 27th September and include an intensive programme discussing different aspects of governance and its challenges.

4. February 2020

Newspaper: Warnings over Gambian migrant returns as democratic transition wobbles

"The New Humanitarian" writes about the research results of Franzisca Zanker&Judith Altrogge on the effects of the deportation of Gambian migrants.

31. January 2020

New Africa Centre for Transregional Research

University of Freiburg and Arnold Bergstraesser Institute establish „Africa Centre für Transregional Research“ (ACT).

17. December 2019

A hotspot for German-Ghanaian friendship: Freiburg welcomes a delegation from Accra

The Lord Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, visited his Freiburg counterpart Martin Horn and the University of Freiburg, where he also met Andreas Mehler.

12. December 2019