CRC Future Rural Africa at Kenya @60 Conference

26 – 27 October 2023

Prof. Kennedy Mkutu of Project B03 Violent Futures is a contributor in the “Kenya @60 Conference” at USIU-Africa in Nairobi. Together with Bernard Mitto and Kajumbi Obondo he will present on “Cattle Rustling Then and Now: The Case Of West Pokot”.

Click here for more information and conference programme.


About The Conference

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Nairobi Research Station, in partnership with the British Institute in East Africa, Kenya School of Government (KSG), United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa), and USIU-Africa’s Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IPPIA), is hosting JSPS Eastern Africa alumni, local and international scholars for a two-day conference marking Kenya’s 60th anniversary.

In recent years, in the political sphere Kenya’s transformative constitution has witnessed broadened participation and some surprising political transformations. In the economic sphere, Kenya has attracted notable investments from powers such as China, Japan and Turkey together with exponential urbanization. Socially, the country is experiencing a youth bulge with all its opportunities such as increased technological innovation, a more diversified economy, and a thriving cultural space, with increased mobility within, and without its borders. However, all these changes have come with new and old challenges of inequality, corruption, criminality, radicalization and environmental degradation.

More to explore

poster for an event at the gssc on 20 may 2025

GSSC Seminar Series: Is the Africa Charter a Helpful Tool in Creating a More Inclusive and Transformative Global Science Culture?

May 20th, 2025 | 12:00 – 13:00 (CEST). Seminarraum 3.03 Global South Studies Center (GSSC), Classen-Kappelmann-Straße 24, 50931 Köln GSSC Seminar Series 20 May 2025 ...
Read More »
black and white picture of a hand holding a gun

Global Histories of Violence (c.1800-2025) Conference at the University of Warwick

May 29th – 30th, 2025 | University of Warwick This upcoming conference at the University of Warwick explores global histories of violence, with a focus ...
Read More »
poster for a lecture at the university of cologne

Energy Expansion in Kenya: Prospects, Challenges and Implications for the Global Energy Transition – Talk by Frankline Ndi

Thu | May 8th, 2025 | 18:00 (CEST) I Geo-Bio-Hörsaal, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 49a, 50674 Cologne Researcher Frankline Ndi will give a presentation ...
Read More »
cover for a webpost

Hybrid Event: Launch of NJAS Special Issue “Framing Difference in Age and Generation in Africa” at the University of Cologne

Wed | April 9th, 2025 | 10:00 – 11:30 (CEST) and online The researchers of Future Rural Africa Project C05 Framing Futures recently edited a ...
Read More »
picture of the Australian outback's landscape

Online Lecture: Grappling With Conservation Futures – Reflections and Insights from Iconic Landscapes in Australia. With Carina Wyborn (Australian National University)

Tue | March 18th, 2025 | 9:00 (CET) Carina Wyborn is an interdisciplinary social scientist with background in science and technology studies, and human ecology. ...
Read More »
Scroll to Top