Our Event Formats

CRC Events

Future Rural Africa hosts a variety of different event formats:

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CRC Public Lecture Series

We regularly invite leading scholars working on relevant challenges related to our research.

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Summer Schools

By bringing together students, researchers, and experts from different backgrounds and disciplines, summer schools are an important tool in capacity building and help to create a vibrant research community that is well-equipped to address complex challenges.

Early-career researchers in a group workshop during the CRC Summer School 2020.

Workshops

Workshops provide a collaborative and interactive environment for researchers to share ideas, receive feedback, and learn new skills, ultimately leading to the development of higher quality research.

Retreats

Research retreats provide an opportunity for our researchers to collaborate, brainstorm, and focus on their work in a distraction-free environment.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions provide an opportunity to showcase our findings and make research outcomes available to a wider audience and help us to fulfill our third mission commitments.

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous events include conferences, kick-off events, book launches and more.

All CRC Events

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Workshops

Call for Panels: European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) 2027 in Lisbon

As Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus, ECAS2027 – the 11th European Conference of African Studies – will be held as a face-to-face event from 30 June-3 July 2027 in Lisbon, Portugal. The ...

1. July 2026

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Workshop: Turning the Illiberal into the Convivial? Debating the Future of Wildlife Conservation in Africa

June 7th – 9th, 2026 | Cape Town Turning the Illiberal into the Convivial? Debating the Future of Wildlife Conservation in Africa This workshop critically examined the histories, present dynamics, and future trajectories of wildlife ...

22. June 2026

Ghost Projects – Ruined Futures and the Unfulfilled Promises of Infrastructure Development: Launch of Special Issue of Third World Quarterly (Online)

Mon | June 15th, 2026 | 16:00 (CEST) Guest-edited by Detlef Müller-Mahn, Eric Kioko and Theo Aalders from our sub-project C03 “Green Futures”, this special issue of Third World Quarterly explores “ghost projects,” or unfinished ...

10. June 2026

Call for Applications: JKUAT Summer School on Transdisciplinary Methods for Studying Social-Ecological Systems

With funding from the Volkswagen Foundation, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya in collaboration with the Research Unit on Agro-Pastoral, Humanitarian and Food Systems (UR-SAPHA) at the University of Parakou, ...

13. May 2026

Vereinbarkeitswoche 2026: „Zwischen Anspruch und Alltag – Wege zur Vereinbarkeit“ [DE]

Mit der gemeinsamen Vereinbarkeitswoche „Zwischen Anspruch und Alltag – Wege zur Vereinbarkeit“ realisiert das HochschulNetzwerk Familie (HNF) NRW erstmals ein institutionsübergreifendes Veranstaltungsformat für alle Studierenden und Beschäftigten der Mitgliedsinstitutionen. Im Mittelpunkt der insgesamt 14 digitalen ...