CRG African Politics and International Relations

The CRG African Politics and International Relations provides a network for Europe-based researchers with research interests in political and inter-/transnational developments in Africa. Members have a political science background or work in sociology, anthropology, political geography or other disciplines. In the general spirit of AEGIS, the thematic group represents and promotes interdisciplinary research.

Research domains covered by the CRG include, but are not limited to, the following:

• democratization and democratic institutions
• nationalism, nation and state-building
• parties, elections, and political competition
• Africa in global politics, global politics in Africa
• security and development interventions
• governance by state and non-state actors
• regional integration and regionalisms
• political economy and development
• Africa within the discipline of International Relations

Our CRG supports research dissemination and networking across Europe and Africa at relevant conferences, such as ECAS and EISA, where it seeks to sponsor and support panels. The CRG also aims to enhance exchange and cooperation with African research associations and serves as platform for sharing information on events, research activities and publications.

We offer an event format that offers an inclusive and low-threshold platform for short (60-90 minutes) #exchanges on topics that are relevant to our CRG. Our #exchanges are open for presentations of relevant research, book presentations, talks of or interviews with practitioners, scholars, editors, etc. Please get in touch with your proposal for an #exchange.