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Research Stories
Here you can find blog posts and first hand accounts from our researchers.
Bridging Science, Policy, and Community: Reflections from a Season of Conferences
By Tasneem Osman (Project B02 Future Infections). As a researcher with a background in medical entomology and a deep commitment to public health, my journey with the Collaborative Research Centre Rural Africa (Project B02) has ...
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Exploring Platformization in Africa: Insights from a Workshop on Digital Transformation
By Victoria Luxen (Project C01 Future in Chains). From February 24 to 27, 2025, I participated in the workshop “Writing about Platformization from Africa” at the University of Cape Town. Funded by the British Academy, ...
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Interview: Frank Edward and Veronica Kimani Reflect on Tanzania’s Health Infrastructure, Their Recently Published Special Issue and the Legacy of Past Policies
Future Rural Africa Project C07 Health Futures examines public-health policy planning under changing concepts of social welfare and political legitimation. The project’s members recently contributed to the maiden issue of the Zamani Journal of African ...
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The Political Conflict Over the Zambezi State Forest in Northeastern Namibia (2017-2020)
By Johannes Dittmann (Project C03 Green Futures). Between 2017 and 2020, a conflict between the then Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) and the then Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) over the use ...
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Researcher Ndapewa Fenny Nakanyete Reflects on Result Workshop in Bwabwata, Namibia
Future Rural Africa Project C01 Future in Chains seeks to explain socio-ecological transformation in cross-border growth corridors, and assess long-term developments and adaptive capacities connected to emerging (inter-)national value chains. Project members Javier Revilla Diez, ...
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